A few weeks ago I finished reading Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little things Can Make a Big Difference. I fully enjoy Gladwell’s books as they often popularize more complex ideas out…
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Quick Review: The Gifts of Imperfection
After reading Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly a few weeks back, I decided to read her book The Gifts of Imperfection as well. This was the foundation of her initial TED talk that went viral and…
Quick Review – Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
I recently read David Cortright’s Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas as part of the Peace Studies PhD program I am currently in. I had not heard of the book prior, but it…
Quick Review: Daring Greatly
I finished Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly today and it was really great. I’m not sure I need to give too much of an intro due to her enormous popularity through her TED talks…
Quick Review: Quiet
Over the past month I read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. As I share some thoughts, I disclose that I am an introvert…
Self-Leadership: The Adventure of Spoon Collecting
If your self-leadership development efforts were illustrated through spoons on a wall, what would it look like? Would you have many spoons…or two…or maybe just one? My mom has always had a…
Quick Review: 13 Hours
Over the weekend I read 13 Hours by Michael Zuchoff, which I had wanted to read since seeing the “13 Hours” movie that came out in the fall. The book and the…
Quick Review: Outliers
I read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers last week and I really enjoyed it. If you looked at my recent posts you could see that I essentially am finding ways to read a bunch of…
Quick Review: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty
A couple of weeks ago I read Dan Ariely’s The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves. The book is loaded with research and stories that illustrate…