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The Revolutionary: A book review by Bob Morris

December 1, 2022

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams Stacy Schiff Little, Brown and Company (October 2022) A “wildly entertaining exploration” of the thirteen colonies’ “Machiavelli of liberty” This is among the most entertaining and most informative works of non-fiction that I have read in…

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The Five Universal Laws of Success

March 13, 2019

In The Formula,  Albert László Barabási explains why people succeed or fail. He focuses on five “laws” and devotes a separate chapter to each.  I have presumed to add what seems to me to be an appropriate observation. 1. Performance…

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The Formula: A book review by Bob Morris

February 21, 2019

The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success Albert László Barabási Little, Brown and Company (2018) Following the five laws doesn’t guarantee success but ignoring them usually guarantees failure Albert László Barabási explains why people succeed or fail. He focuses on…

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What CEOs are reading this summer

July 19, 2016

  Here is an article by the editors of McKinney Quarterly in which they share what leaders of some of the world’s biggest organizations will be reading to keep them occupied in the coming months. The slightly lazier days of…

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The Kid: A book review by Bob Morris

September 14, 2014

The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams Ben Bradlee, Jr. Little, Brown and Company (2014) A brilliant examination of a Hall of Fame career and of an “exceptional, tumultuous, and epic American life – an immortal life.” I am…

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David and Goliath: A book review by Bob Morris

October 9, 2013

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown and Company (2013) Flawed reasoning skills detract from interesting stories about underdogs I have read and reviewed all of Malcolm Gladwell’s previous books and consider…

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Spark: A book review by Bob Morris

March 5, 2013

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain John Ratey with Eric Hagerman Little, Brown and Company (2008) Note: I recently re-read this book while working on a review of another book. In my opinion, the information, insights,…

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