Relentless self-improvement → Endlessly growing book list → Coders at Work → Peter Norvig → Teach Yourself Programming → "Practice" → Searching for titles with practice → Seth Godin's "The Practice - Shipping Creative Work" → Amazon.com → Barnes and Noble (because I couldn't find the Table of Contents on the Amaazon.com site) --> Askida Ekmek
In Turkey, the seemingly modern idea of paying it forward goes back centuries. It’s called askıda ekmek and relates specifically to paying it forward with bread.
Lisa Morrow: Amidst the constant flurry of customers, I’ll sometimes see the owner give someone a loaf of bread without any money changing hands. At other times a customer will pay for two loaves of bread but only take one. Askıda ekmek, which means “bread on a hanger” or “suspended bread”, has its roots in Islam, the dominant religion in the country. It works like this: you go to a bakery and pay for two loaves of bread but only take one. On paying for the bread, you tell the person who takes the money that one of them is askıda ekmek. Your contribution is bagged and hung together with others so when people come in throughout the day and ask, “Askıda ekmek var mi?” (“Is there bread on the hook?”), they can take a loaf for free.
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