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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking is a 2012 non-fiction book written by Susan …
As someone who has only recently joined Toastmasters, and about to give his 2nd speech in a couple of weeks, this made for a riveting read, allowing me to look into the future of what I have to look forward to, so long as I put myself out there and put in the work!
There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five …
Joel Schwartzberg: Get to the point! (2017)
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on …
Excellent read (+ audiobook) and practical and actionable steps provided that we all need to keep front of mind across the entire spectrum (physical, mental and spiritual).
Richard Shotton: The choice factory (2018)
"By observing a typical day of decision-making, from trivial food choices to significant work-place moves, he investigates how our behavior …
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by …
This has been the most enlightening, heartwarming and sobering book I've ever read. Being at what I hope is not quite my mid-life (44y/o) I've been thinking more about my mortality in the last couple of years - however this has reinforced some of my thinking about making the most of the time we have, but also opened my eyes up to the fact a lot of that is out of our control and the sooner we have the 'hard conversations' with both our loved ones, and ourselves, the better it is to have such clarity.
I also now realise that I need to have the conversation with my parents who are fortunately still alive and in relatively good health for their ages (father/80, mother/72). And then subsequently to have with my wife and children before things get too far along.
This really is a must read for everyone...because we …
This has been the most enlightening, heartwarming and sobering book I've ever read. Being at what I hope is not quite my mid-life (44y/o) I've been thinking more about my mortality in the last couple of years - however this has reinforced some of my thinking about making the most of the time we have, but also opened my eyes up to the fact a lot of that is out of our control and the sooner we have the 'hard conversations' with both our loved ones, and ourselves, the better it is to have such clarity.
I also now realise that I need to have the conversation with my parents who are fortunately still alive and in relatively good health for their ages (father/80, mother/72). And then subsequently to have with my wife and children before things get too far along.
This really is a must read for everyone...because we are all going to end up here eventually, with no exceptions.
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World is a 2019 book by David Epstein in which he expands on …
