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Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote Craig Fehrman Avid Reader Press/An imprint of Simon & Schuster (February 2020) What most people don’t know about the authors and readers among U.S. Presidents I…
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Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe Brian Greene Knopf (February 2020) Here’s “a story that, at its core, stirs the soul” and the mind. What motivated Brian Greene to create…
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Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln Edward Achorn Atlantic Monthly Press (March 2010) “Now he belongs to the ages.” Edward M. Stanton Here is the context of the title of this book, from Abraham Lincoln’s…
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Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article written by Hugh G. Courtney, Jane Kirkland, and S. Patrick Viguerie for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company [2000]. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…
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A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy Jonathan Israel Princeton University Press (2011) On Radical Enlightenment’s ongoing, multidimensional “opposition to mainstream thinking” Having read two of Jonathan Israel’s recent works, The Enlightenment…
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Create the Future: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking Jeremy Gutsche Fast Company Press (March 2020) “The future is already here — It’s just not very evenly distributed.” William GIbson This volume serves as Part 1 of the operations manual for Jeremy…
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Whenever asked which animal I would prefer to become if reincarnated, I have two: the polar bear and the tiger. What would be your choice(s)? Meanwhile, here is a portion of an article by Abhishek Gurung for India’s Ranthambore National…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from the profile of Fred Rogers. To learn more about him and other subejects, please click here. * * * Fred Rogers (born March 20,…
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Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say–and What You Don’t L. David Marquet Portfolio/Penguin (February 2020) Earn respect and trust by what you do and how well you do it, and that includes communication As I began…
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Every Leader Needs to Navigate These 7 Tensions
Here is an excerpt from an article written byJennifer Jordan, Michael Wade,and Elizabeth Teracino for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and…
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