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An Ordinary Man: Gerald R. Ford

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Richard Norton Smith’s extraordinary biography of Gerald Ford, An Ordinary Man , pulls together multiple perspectives to give essential insights into Ford’s thinking and leadership. By stressing individual contacts over ideological mandates, Ford defines leadership in transactional terms, constituent service on a grand scale.

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Booknotes: 14 Ideas from The Power of Something Stupid

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Author Richie Norton explains that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. Wouldn''t it be amazing if you could travel into the future, see where you messed up, and then go back in time to rearrange things in order to make your future better? If you can foresee regret, you can mind-travel to the future.

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