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Saturday, January 17th, 2009I have little to say about this book by the author of Purple Cow, The Dip & Meatball Sundae, except – buy / borrow /steal it, read it and then read it again next week. Get it from Amazon here. Free download of his book “Unleashing The Ideavirus” from his blogsite here.
The Weekend Read – High Energy Habits by Bill Ford
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009Bill Ford is an Executive Coach and you can read his profile here. He writes a regular ezine and you can subscribe through his website www.coachingdirectors.com. This is a great little book which will repay a read (or two), it is free of gimmicks, BS and magic tricks. A great read to start a great new [...]
The Monday Morning Quote #21
Monday, December 29th, 2008Hopefully most people are still in reflective / holiday mode enjoying the tail end of Christmas whilst contemplating the coming year, this poem should be compulsive reading. W.H. Davies was a native of Newport in South Wales and was a popular poet of his time who never quite fitted into a style or genre. His [...]
The Weekend Read – Aubrey & Maturin by Patrick O’Brian
Sunday, December 21st, 2008I have spent the best part of the last 48 hours in bed, suffering from the chest & throat virus that seems to have afflicted so many people. I attribute the reduction in my resistance to working 4 clinical days in a week for the first time in 3 years several Christmas & other celebrations [...]
The Weekend Read – Getting Things Done by David Allen
Sunday, December 14th, 2008I first read this book several years ago and, mired as I was then, in the bog of procrastination I ignored / forgot it. It came back to mind on Friday evening, when I was stuck in traffic and reflecting on things that I hadn’t done this year (including re-reading this book!). Available here. There’s little [...]
The Weekend Read – Your Best Year Yet by Jenny Ditzler
Saturday, December 6th, 2008It’s almost one week into December so now is the time to get your thoughts aimed towards 2009 (or even 2010). This will help you ask yourself the difficult questions that you know you ought to ask but somehow manage to avoid. As with any book on self improvement I.A.D.O.Y. – It All Depends On [...]
The Weekend Read – Winning by Clive Woodward
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Topical enough, as the Autumn International Rugby circus reaches its conclusion with Wales the only team to beat southern hemisphere opposition. So perhaps it’s a good time to take another look at this book from the man who facilitated what is arguable England’s greatest sporting triumph since 1966. As a Welshman (albeit with an Irish [...]
The Weekend Read: 12 – Shackleton’s Way
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008A fantastic narrative of Shackleton’s Transantarctic expedition – with frequent references to the metaphor in business leadership and team development. This is one of the best books on leadership I have read. Available from my Amazon shop here.
The Weekend Read 11 – Onora O’Neill – A Question of Trust.
Saturday, November 15th, 2008This slim volume is the transcript of the Reith lectures given by Baroness O’Neill in 2002. Easily readable, it presents a philosopher’s view of trust and deception and asks whether and how trust can be restored in a modern democracy. What’s that got to do with Dentistry? Business? Coaching? Everything. A challenging, provocative read for [...]
The Weekend Read 10 – The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Saturday, November 8th, 2008OK I admit it, this is more than just a weekend read but you need a place to start. Subtitled as: ‘A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self’ we’re obviously back in tree hugging territory here, a place of which I’m very fond. I enjoy the nitty gritty of spreadsheets, cash flows and [...]
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