First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 9, 2012

As I have written many times, “you accomplish what you meet about.” (I learn this and have this reinforced from so many sources, but it is especially described in vivid detail, with a clear action plan, in the excellent book Mastering the Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish). Meetings are simply well planned conversations. And conversations [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 9, 2012

In her recently published book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain examines the advantages and disadvantages of being primarily an introvert. As she explains, an introvert prefers one-on-one conversations to group activities; also, solitude, reflection before action, unhurried introspection, listening rather than talking, doing rather than talking [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 9, 2012

The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction Rebecca D. Costa Vanguard Press (2010) How and why we must accept “the title of realists-in-search of-a-solution, not doomsayers….” Frankly, I did not know quite what to expect as I began to read this book but soon realized that Rebecca Costa combines the defining characteristics of [.].

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