Arthur Herman, How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It (aff). New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001....
Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. (aff.) New York: Scribner, 2016. 349 pages.
Angela Duckworth, a professor of psychiatry at the
University of Pennsylvania, studies grit and...
Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2019. 386 pages.
This is the latest book by the New York Times best-selling
author Malcolm Gladwell. I have...
One of the most prized possessions throughout history has not been gold, diamonds, or silver but wisdom. People instinctively recognize, as King Solomon did, that wisdom leads to all manner of treasures and success. The wisest person...
Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters. (aff.) Oxford; Oxford University Press, 2017. 252 pages.
This book offers a stinging indictment...
Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy. (aff.) New York: Portofino, Penguin Books, 2016. 226 pages.
This book is thought provoking and highly practical. My
friend Cheryl Bachelder recommended it, and...
Adam Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. (aff) New York: Penguin Books, 2016. 321 pages.
One of the pleasures I currently enjoy is being part of a
book club...
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (aff). New York: Random House, 2010. 444 pages.
I will confess up front that this book was...
Leaders have enormous power at their disposal. It derives
not from their ability to promote or fire. Nor does it stem from their control
over finances and their ability to dispense bonuses and salary increases.
Leaders actually have an influence...
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress. Abottsford, WI: Aneko Press, 2015. 385 pages. (aff)
Over the course of this past year, I have made a concerted effort to read Christian classics...
