One of the annual practices I enjoy is reflecting on the books I read and sharing those I found to be most valuable. Many of these informed my perspective and/or include useful tools that might be interesting for folks in my network. Although I mostly focus on nonfiction for these lists, some of the entries […]
One of the annual practices I enjoy is reflecting on the books I read and sharing some I found to be most valuable. These evolved my perspective and/or include useful tools that might be generally useful for folks in my network. They’re listed in the order I read them. I hope some of these prove […]
While I haven’t done as much writing this year as I might have liked, I did read some books I thoroughly enjoyed and wanted to pass along. Perhaps they may even be in time for the holiday season for any of you who, like me, feature books on their wish lists. Here’s to 2022, quite […]
I enjoyed some thought-provoking reads this year, including by going through the “back catalogs” of a couple of my favorite authors. Others such as Nassim Nicholas Taleb have written more eloquently than me about the virtues of reading the old in addition to (or even instead of) the new, and I’m a big believer in […]
Having many other avenues of entertainment removed in 2020 was, in my case, conducive to reading more. A silver lining to an otherwise challenging year, although I’ll be OK with seeing other human beings in person again. Below are some highlights of books I found to be especially enlightening, and in a couple of cases, […]
I think this was originally a recommendation from Bill Gate’s reading list. Very informative overview of the 1918+ influenza pandemic, and highly relevant for the times we’re living through in 2020. It’s not short, and at times the stories of the personal lives of some of the key scientists involved felt a bit drawn out. […]
One of the most common questions encountered as it relates to personal and professional development is some variant of “how can I increase my capabilities?” To that, I’ll riff on a Harry Truman quote: Not all readers are leaders, but all good leaders are readers. Even if you aren’t particularly interested in “leadership” per se, […]