Tag: books
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Book: Life in Three Dimensions
I learned about the book Life in Three Dimensions on the Happiness Lab podcast. I was fascinated by the idea of psychological richness. A psychologically rich life is one with interesting, varied and perspective changing experiences. Oishi argues this is the missing dimension of what it means to live a good life. Distinct from happiness…
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Book: The Fax Club Experiment
The Fax Club Experiment is an interesting book. 100 people signed up to receive a weekly prompt, via fax (!) and responded only under their assigned number. 32 people made it to the end, and the book is a selection of their responses. I enjoyed people’s deeper thoughts, separated from any knowledge of their identity.…
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Book: The Next Day
I was listening to the first episode of the “Welcome to the Party” podcast, when Melinda French Gates was mentioned, and all three sports icons (Abby Wambach, Julie Foudy, and Billie Jean King) took the opportunity to gush about her and her work. So I bought the new book – The Next Day: Transitions, Change,…
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Book: Decisive
The overall thesis of Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath is that you make better decisions when you use a process called “WRAP”. It’s a really interesting book, I got a lot out of reading it. Some stuff that’s like, oh that does work, and some stuff that gave me a new perspective and caused…
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Book: Careless People
Facebook tried to shut it down, so obviously like so many others I had to read it! Careless People covers the period of 2011-2017, the author pitches a job to Facebook working in policy, and was there from the inception of Facebook getting involved with governments. It’s a well written, engaging story. The author knows…
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Book: Backlash
Backlash (Susan Faludi) is a long and not particularly easy read. Written in response to the Reagan administration’s assault on women’s rights (originally published in 1991), it was reissued in 2020 as history repeated itself. Two recurring themes in the book. First, the way that the data did not at all align with what was…
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Comfort Reads
I really believe in the power of a good novel as an escape from Real Life. Some of my recent(ish) favorites I’ve been recommending. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston – an absolutely beautiful novel, I loved it. Somali Dev’s Austin inspired series – I adore this series about an Indian immigrant family, each one…
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Book: The Stake
The Stake [Amazon] is the book about the CoActive Leadership program. It’s written in a different way, from the other books from the perspective of the people taking it and the journeys they go on. As a result, it’s more engaging to read and the application and impact more clear. One of the most important…
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Book: The Outward Mindset
My coach recommended The Outward Mindset, from the Arbginger institute, same as Leadership and Self Deception (one of my all time most impactful books) and The Anatomy of Peace. It feels in many ways a continuation of those ideas, but more team/business oriented. The first part of the book focuses on the impact of mindset,…