It turns out that you can judge a book by its cover. In this case, Go for No! in which the premise of the book is summarised in the title. If you want success, don’t chase the yes — chase the no. It’s only from chasing no that you will get sufficient learning to enable [...]
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What tribe do you lead is the fundamental question in Seth Godin’s book, Tribes: We need you to lead us. It got me thinking about the various tribes I’m a tribe member of and the leadership present or available in each. Make no mistake, this is a book that challenges the status-quo. In fact, it [...]
The Anatomy of Peace is the Arbinger Institute’s followup to the groundbreaking book Leadership and Self Deception which I reviewed earlier. It is written in a similar narrative style and follows Lou Herbert from the first book, and a number of other parents across two days of learning about themselves and their relationships with their [...]
Initiating a conversation with other people can be difficult as most of us are so worried about what the other person will think of us that we decide it’s better to say nothing than to expose our flaws. This topic is just one covered in The Fine Art of Small Talk by Debra Fine. For [...]
I have already listened to the audiobook of Leadership and Self Deception twice so far this year. I found the content of this book extremely humbling each time and whereas the first exposure to the material was a challenge, the second time it was challenging of me. Unable to source a paperback copy quickly I [...]
There are a few books which seem to have been around forever. The Power of Positive Thinking by Normal Vincent Peale is one of them. I picked up a second-hand copy in a local bookstore a few weeks ago and was soon enthralled by the classic timelessness of the book. Peale’s ideas are deeply rooted [...]
The Knights Templar are an organisation shrouded in myth and controversy. Having gained recent popularity in the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code, it is interesting to hear something of the real story behind them as told in the non-fiction The Enigma of the Knights Templar. There is a rich history here which brings [...]
Starting April 2008 I set myself the challenge to read fifty books in a year (April to April). My goal was to radically increase my knowledge by developing a habit of daily reading. I have now posted the details of the challenge itself, last year’s success and this year’s progress.
