The book “The Innovation Instinct” is a book about “business”. The original title is “The Toilet Entrepreneur”, which can be translated as “The Toilet Entrepreneur”. This is a book written by a foreign author named “Mike Michalowicz” and translated into Korean. “How to make billions after failing in business and spending your last $20,000 on soju” The subtitle of the ...

The book titled “To the World, Maybe to Myself: 49 Stories of 7 People in This Age” is a collection of seven stories written by seven people, each of whom wrote seven stories they wanted to write. The authors of the book are Hong Se-hwa, Kim Yong-taek, Lee Chung-geol, Park Chan-il, Min-sin, Song Ho-chang, and Ban Lee-jung. The poet Kim ...

In the modern world, more women are entering the workforce than in the past. In the past, many women were stay-at-home moms, but modern society has changed and more women are working. While some women leave the workforce after marriage, more and more women are choosing to stay in the workforce after marriage due to the increasingly unaffordable living conditions. ...

Until about five years ago, in 2019, we were in the midst of a “YOLO” startup boom. While economic growth and a sense of calm seemed to be in the air, that changed in the winter of 2019 when COVID-19 arrived. The world has changed dramatically since COVID-19. The positive vibes were all but gone, replaced by negativity. The economy ...

Our lives are heavily influenced by our environment. Humans are adaptive animals, and the “environment” we live in shapes our culture. So, “space” and “environment” play a huge role in our lives. Broadening the scope even further, literature has also become more interested in environmental themes than ever before. “Ecological literature, represented by Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” has gained attention ...

The late 2000s and early 2010s were a time of specs on specs on specs. It was a time when job seekers were working hard to get a job, and companies were trying to fill in the gaps in their resumes to get better candidates. While the trend has slowed down a bit now, in the 2010s, when I was ...

In the early 2010s, the phrase “asshole but cool” was all the rage. It’s a phrase that’s now a dying breed, but at the time it was sensationally popular. It’s a phrase that was used appropriately when you’re good at something that’s definitely out of the ordinary, but it’s also a dumb thing to do. The title of the book, ...

The book “He’s Just Not That into You.” was published in 2004. This is a book that I heard about because it was actively advertised on the radio when it was translated into Korean. The book of the same title was both published as a book and made into a movie. This is a book written by Greg Behrendt, who ...

Business Confidential is a book written by a former top CIA operative and a business psychology author that focuses specifically on hiring and managing people and organizations. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is often portrayed in movies and TV shows as very cool, but the real-life CIA is not, according to the authors. This is a book that is ...

While the subtitle of the book is “Perfectly Organized World History in 3 Hours,” in reality, it’s challenging to completely organize world history in just one book. This is because the world we live in has accumulated a long history, and understanding the history of a single region alone takes a considerable amount of time. However, if you at least ...

There’s a proverb that says, “Words become seeds.” In our youth, we might have seen it as a simple saying, but as we navigate through life, it becomes increasingly resonant. If we often think and speak negatively, things tend not to work out well in the end. However, even in similar circumstances, if we think positively and speak positively, things ...

“69 Ways to Raise Your Child with Your Heart: Insights from Jewish Mothers” by Jo Mi-hyun is a book that delves into parenting from the perspective of Jewish parents. Among the similarities between Koreans and Jews, one notable aspect is their emphasis on education. Koreans have a strong interest in education, and similarly, Jews place significant importance on education. As ...