Eight Simple Truths to Boost Your Carer and Your Life. This is a quick read that I found very inspirational. It is told as a story of the author meeting with a mentor Tuesday morning's for 8 weeks and each week was a lesson on how to improve his work and personal life. Here are the key points made that are elaborated on in the book. No Matter What - accept responsibility and move forward And Then Some - give what is expected and then some Consider it Done - be consistent and dependable … [Read more...]
Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on our Sixteenth President
This was a very interesting book on Lincoln. A compilation of many historians writing about Lincoln from different perspectives at different times of his life. I am such a Lincoln fan that some of them were hard to read because I figured "everybody" loved Lincoln. Apparently not. But it is good to hear multiple perspectives and their reasons why. He is one of those people we could only wish had lived longer. But one train of thought was that maybe he is so famous because he was assassinated. … [Read more...]
Live Video Revolution. By Joel Comm
Live Video Revolution. How to Get Massive Customer Engagement and Skyrocket Sales with Live Video. I know that video is more important these days than simply putting up text. We are an 'image-happy' nation/world. Joel was a speaker at the Agents of Change conference this past September and gave everyone his book. Thank you Joel. I picked up a number of good tips on how to approach using video. He has inspired me to keep trying Facebook Live and possibly "live" on other platforms. He … [Read more...]
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. By Daniel Pink
Another great deep dive into topics that can help us do better in our lives. Daniel uses lots of research to support "when" to do things. He talks about when our energy is best (it's a little different for all of use) and most people have a drop in energy in the afternoons. *(Guess what? If you interview late in the afternoon your chances are diminished in getting the job because the interviewers are not at their best) He gives tips on how to counter this. … [Read more...]
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Wow! An incredible true tale of a young Italien boy who helped many Jewish people escape Italy to avoid the death camps of Nazi Germany. The author researched for years after he heard this story and then created a novel based upon the stories from Pino Lilla. Pino was 17 at the beginning of this story and was put into the most amazing and difficult situations you can imagine. Actually, I can not. A very brave young man that had some of life's most miserable things happen to him as he … [Read more...]
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