Bridge is My Game: The Lessons of a Lifetime
Charles H. Goren
“I suppose a goodly portion of the charm of bridge is in your companions, your fellow aficionados of the game. I can look back on thousands of happy hours spent in the company of bridge players, both at the table and away from it”.
Thirteen Hands
Carol Sheilds
Clara, the main character, in Carol Shields play “Thirteen Hands” delivers one of the most heartfelt endorsements of the game’s potential to create long-lasting relationships:
“It was as if our brains were so busy, counting points, planning the next move, trying to guess what was in our partner’s head, and you know, we got so we could do just that, it was like a kind of enchantment.
The Organized Mind
Daniel J. Levitin
Even in the enchanting game of bridge, there is a possibly of too much information and too many decisions. Bridge has systems for organizing the game to keep it delightful. Here is a quote from The Organized Mind, by Daniel Levitin.
Which points us in the right direction: “It’s not that we need to take in less information but that we need to have systems for organizing it”.
Better Bridge provides lessons and information on Conventions, for example, and is conveniently located on your Convention Card. You know at a glance when these conventions apply.
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson is the author of biographies on Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, and Leonardo di Vinci. He shares a quote from Einstein, “I have no special talents. I am just passionately curious”.
This intense curiosity is a perfect characteristic for bridge players because it allows one to indulge in fantasy, be open to mystery, to collaborate. It is the right way to look at the game, a game of opinion, and be consumed with insatiable curiosity.
The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo
In her book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” Marie Kondo, explains how she came up with the concept.
One day, she realized that focusing solely on throwing things away brought only unhappiness. Instead, the focus should be about what we choose to keep, not what we want to get rid of. She concludes that the best criterion for choosing what to keep and what to discard is whether keeping it will make you happy, and whether it will bring you joy. Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, she suggests, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle.
