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The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2024

The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America Jeffrey Rosen Simon & Schuster (February 2024) How and why happiness is the result of what you do, not what you feel…

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Dignity in a Digital Age: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 1, 2024

Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us Ro Khanna Simon & Schuster (February 2022) How technology can advance democratic patriotism bv respecting the dignity of every American I agree with these observations by the late…

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Sprint: A book review by Bob Morris

April 26, 2023

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Simon & Schuster (March 2016) Here is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get…

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Live Life in Crescendo: A book review by Bob Morris

October 6, 2022

Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You Stephen R. Covey and Cynthia Covey Haller Simon & Schuster (September 2022) “Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller Opinions are divided about the…

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The Trials of Harry S. Truman: A book review by Bob Morris

July 23, 2022

  The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man (1945-1953) Jeffrey Frank Simon & Schuster (March 2022) A honey badger in the Oval Office With regard to his middle name, Harry Truman told reporters that…

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The Geography of Genius

July 22, 2022

The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley Eric Weiner Simon & Schuster (2016) This is one of the books I re-read wholly for pleasure, its insights even more valuable…

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: A book review by Bob Morris

May 29, 2022

How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated for the Next Generation of Leaders Dale Carnegie Simon & Schuster (May 2022) “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and…

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Hearts Touched with Fire: A book review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2022

Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made David Gergen Simon & Schuster (May 2022) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” Tennyson’s Ulysses As I began to read this book, I was again reminded that…

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Sprint: A book review by Bob Morris

February 18, 2022

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Simon & Schuster (March 2016) Here is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get…

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Sprint: A book review by Bob Morris

December 13, 2021

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Simon & Schuster (March 2016) Here is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get…

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