Category: Reading
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Reading Recap: October 2024
I fell a little off my five books a month pace this month, but I am still on target for 60 with 10 books left to go in the remainder of 2024. All four of these books were great reads that I recommend. More to come in the deep dive. Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman,…
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Reading Recap: September 2024
🧑⚕️Disabling Professions by Ivan Illich A series of essays arguing that professional societies make individuals less able to understand certain decisions. This lessens our individual agency and we become dependent on professionals. Professional societies sustain their relevance through a cycle on increasing complexity which requires us to rely on them more and more. 🎢Thrillville U.S.A.…
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Reading Recap: August 2024
A quick summary of the books I read this past month. I will do a deep dive later this month. On the road to 60 it’s 41 down, 19+ to go. 🤫Quiet Leadership by David Rock Drive workplace performance by changing how we and our colleagues think. Coaching techniques to help others change their own…
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Transposition of Discomfort
Establishing new habits and routines is hard. It is common to feel some mental resistance when you try to take action on your new practice. When I talk with people about building a reading practice, they often comment that it is hard to focus and make progress on reading if they have not been doing…
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Reading Recap: July 2024
🌳An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Just when you get used to a situation, things change. A compelling story that shows that no matter where you are in life, systemic oppression can take you down. People are imperfect and don’t turn out how you might expect. A happy life can be complicated. 💗10 Poems to…
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Reading Recap: June 2024
🎭Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini Starting with facial recognition accuracy leading into intersectionality and systemic bias. Already oppressed groups can be further excoded by AI systems. Neutral does not mean unbiased. Why should we trust closed AI systems let loose on society? On…
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Reading Recap: May 2024
💸The Go-Giver: A Little Story About A Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann The more you give of yourself to help others, the more that comes back to reward you. A short, fun read that inspires and educates. 🪕Born Standing Up by Steve Martin An overnight success; decades in the making.…
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The Power of Nuance
David Epstein’s book, Range, highlights how a broad set of experiences helps us drive innovation. Knowledge in different domains enables us to make analogies to describe new and unexplored territory. Epstein doesn’t specifically call out vocabulary, but I believe an extensive repository of words helps us build the analogies necessary to explain the yet unknown.…
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Reading Recap: April 2024
📢Talk like Ted by Carmine Gallo Great advice and examples on successful public speaking. My favorite tips were to make an emotional connection, not to read your slides, and to speak with your body language. 🧘Tranquility by Tuesday by Laura Vanderkam Another helpful planning and productivity book. I loved the focus on some of the…
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Your reading game is too small!
Well, mine is too. But I am fighting the good fight and trying to get better every day. My goal for 2024 is to read at least 60 books. So far, I am on track. Reading is a key driver of my personal development and my leadership career. If you want to learn more, please…