In the aftermath of another almost disastrous, but at the very least, average, Chicago Bears season, I took an hour from grinding through producing lecture videos for a few online courses to…
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Quick Review: Negotiating the impossible
I just finished and really enjoyed Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts by Deepak Malhotra. It’s the next negotiation book in quite a line of them that I am reading. Malhotra is…
Quick Review: The Plan
This is the third book I’ve read that is connected to the 2016 Cubs’ championship season. I am quite willing to read 100 more if more people write about that team 🙂 The…
Quick Review: Teammate
I recently finished David Ross’s book Teammate. This is another of my 2016 Cubs World Series nostalgia right of passage books. This is how I coped with the Cubs exit from the playoffs…
Quick Review: The Cubs Way
So as the 2017 MLB playoffs are just underway, what better way for a brief review on one of my favorite reading experiences of 2017 – The Cubs Way by Tom Verducci. This book…
Succeeding From Shame
“We succeed out of our shame.” -Mike Tyson I’ve listened to a couple interviews with former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson in the last month and I’ve been really fascinated by learning…
Quick Review – The Power of Negative Thinking
I just finished The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results by NCAA Coaching Legend Bob Knight. People who know me would recognize why I probably HAD to read…
Stats Lie Pt 12: Large Underwear
I want to continue with my Moneyball inspired posts in the “Stats Lie” series as the Oakland A’s are currently enjoying a miracle season once again and start their playoff run tomorrow. …
Stats Lie Pt. 10 -Quick Thots From The Movie Moneyball
I am re-posting this blog in preparation for my next few posts that will relate to the book Moneyball and because I think this post and those to come belong in my…