By Matthew McConaughey The actor Matthew McConaughey is quite the introspective guy. He really marches to his own drummer and was willing to give up millions of dollars in “rom-com” movies just so he would not be bored. He has taken off in an RV and drove around the country, sped off to the Amazon […]
Mountain Madness: Scott Fischer, Mount Everest & a Life Lived on High. By Robert Birkby
I met Bob Birkby back in my days in Seattle, 1980-81. Friends of some friends… I was even somewhere around 300 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in the summer of 1981 with these “friends of Bob” when Bob and Carol (she’s in the book) hiked up to our camp. It was wild to […]
Switchers by Dawn Graham
As a career coach, I loved this book. It reinforced the work I do with my clients – helping them create a value – added statement highlighting their skills. The author also does a great job talking about the importance of networking to break into new industries. Networking is important for all career changers but […]
Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work
By Burnett, B., & Evans,D. (2020) I found this book to align well with my own career coaching philosophy of creating a value-added statement, (the 5 or 6 essential things you want everyone to know about you), being curious and reaching out to your network to create opportunities. This is the first book our career […]
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
I’d seen the movie but books are typically better than the movie as they can go into more detail, and this book was indeed a great read. My friends suggested some Catherine Ryan Hyde books as they have read a number of her books recently and enjoyed them all. Turns out this was the only […]
Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner
This book gave me new insights to the man we know as George Washington. The guy states, streets, and people were named after. The author takes us from the beginning of his life growing up to the end and gives a real sense of “who” he was and “how” he thought. It was dense at […]