The Long Game: How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world by Dorie Clark – Here are my five lessons and takeaways
• In The Long Game, my goal is to lay the process bare and to share the unvarnished reality behind what it takes to build long-term success. • The Long Game is intended to be a clarion call on behalf of long-term thinking. • The truth is, none of us can predict the future. But Read More
My synopsis of We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is Today, Thursday, November 18, 12:30 pm, over Zoom – Come Join Us – (And, here is the synopsis handout)
If you have an open lunch time window Today, Thursday, November 18, 12:30 pm (CST), I am presenting my synopsis of We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 12:30 (CST) for the Urban Engagement Book Club, sponsored by CitySquare, on Zoom. This is an important book on gender equality. It is clear; to Read More
Here is the New York Times list of best-selling business books for November, 2021 – Atomic Habits by James Clear is back at the #1 spot
The New York Times has (finally; the latest in the month I’ve seen) published its list of best-selling business books for November, 2021. Atomic Habits by James Clear is back at the top of the list. I have followed this list for many years, and there has never been a book at, or near, the Read More
On Teaching and Learning, in Life, and Within Organizations (part 2) – (Reflections on Learning Organizations, filled with Fellow Learners)
In business management, a learning organization is a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself. The concept was coined through the work and research of Peter Senge and his colleagues. Wikipedia A learning organization is an organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights. David A. Garvin, Read More
You might need a coach, advisor, consultant counselor… but, you also might need a teacher.
What am I? Just a teacher – a member of one of the great professions in the world. The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer (correct). He must continuously be exploring for ways to improve himself in order that he Read More
Coming for the December 3 First Friday Book Synopsis, over Zoom –Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact by Liz Wiseman, and Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (Mental and Emotional Abundance) by Nick Trenton.
IN OUR 24TH YEAR! First Friday Book Synopses Friday, December 3, 2021 7:30 am, CST The First Friday Book Synopsis is currently on Zoom. Over 100 people are gathering for our monthly sessions of the First Friday Book Synopsis on Zoom. {We meet every month, on the first Friday of the month, 7:30 am, (CST). Please add our Read More
