Book Reviews
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, and Your Career Darren Hardy Vanguard Press? /A member of the Perseus Group (2010) “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.” Albert Einstein I selected the Einstein quotation to…
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The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson Bantam Books 92011) How and why “the moments you are just trying to survive are actually opportunities to help your child…
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The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything Matthew E. May McGraw-Hill (2012) “To attain knowledge, add things every day. To add wisdom, subtract things every day.” Lao Tzu While writing his latest book, Matthew May invited…
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Leading So People Will Follow Erika Andersen Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) A thorough and insightful examination of “those core timeless attributes” of leadership that are essential to human fulfillment Those who have read any of Erika Andersen’s earlier works — notably Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary…
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The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward Kevin Cashman Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) “Great things are achieved by reflection, force of character, and judgment.” Marcus Tullius Cicero In his previous book, Kevin Cashman advocates what he characterizes as “leadership from…
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Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok This book is best viewed as an operations manual with a toolkit for those directly involved in public school education in…
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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation Daniel J. Siegel Basic Books (2010) How and why the mind uses the brain to create itself in order “to promote physical, psychological, and interpersonal well-being In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Polonius offers this advice…
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol S. Dweck Ballantine Books (2008) How to achieve sustainable growth of intellectual capabilities with the right mindset I read this book when it was first published (2006) and recently re-read it before reading Daniel Siegel’s Mindsight: The…
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Be Bulletproof: How to achieve success in tough times at work James Brooke and Simon Brooke Vermillion (2012) How to “create your own Mongol silk shirt or develop your own bulletproof vest” The title of my review refers to James…
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