I bought The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds–Not Crushes–Your Soul by Brad Stulberg because I loved a book he wrote with Steve Magness, Peak Performance. I gave that book a top review and named it one of the top five books I read in 2018. I expected a lot from The » Read More
Category: Books
Time to Make Your Summer Reading List for 2023
This year, summer officially starts on June 21. Maybe you think it “really” starts earlier, on Memorial Day. That’s the start of “psychological summer” for me. Either way, summer will be here soon. It’s time to make up your summer reading list. Here’s how I do it and the story behind the method. My father » Read More
Book recommendations for business leaders: 5/4/23
Leaders are readers. Reading helps you discover ideas to try and expand your mental models. In this post, I point you to reviews of recent business books. You’ll find pointers to reviews of The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash » Read More
Book Review Short Take: Rising Together
There are, conservatively, 300 gazillion books published every year. No one has the time to list them, let alone read them or review them. That’s a problem because there’s a lot of value in many books you may not hear about because of the clutter. “Short Takes” is my humble effort to cut through » Read More
Book recommendations for business leaders: 4/13/23
Leaders are readers. Reading helps you discover ideas to try and expand your mental models. In this post, I point you to reviews of recent business books. You’ll find pointers to reviews of You Need A Manifesto: How To Craft Your Convictions And Put Them To Work, The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion that Will » Read More