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You’ve probably noticed some subtle improvements on PickTheBrain over the past month. Stuff like better images in posts, competitions, and book giveaways.<\/p>\n

The explanation for this is that I’ve started doing less, and Peter from IWillChangeYourLife<\/a> has come on board as the primary editor!<\/p>\n

I’ll still be around, writing posts, taking part in discussions, and managing the site in general, but having Peter around to help out will allow me to spend time on other projects while continuing to improve the site.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to know a bit more about Peter, check out his interview at the TheNext45Years<\/a> or head over to his personal blog<\/a>, which is a great read. Also, feel free to contact him at Peter@pickthebrain.com.<\/p>\n

New EBooks from Scott and Leo<\/h2>\n

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Two good friends of PickTheBrain, Scott Young<\/a> and Leo Babauta<\/a>, have recently published ebooks that are definitely worth checking out.<\/p>\n

Scott’s book is about holistic learning, and provides some great tips for how to learn more while studying less. You can check out a preview copy of the book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leo’s new book is called The Zen Habits Handbook for Life<\/a>. It’s basically a well organized and nicely designed compilation of all the best ZenHabits posts.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate enough to receive free review copies of each book, and both of them are well worth the investment.<\/p>\n

Also, I’ve just launched a new blog<\/a>, totally unrelated to PTB, about media and technology. If you’re interested in that type of stuff head over and check it out<\/a> or just grab the RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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