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The Road to Character

By David Brooks

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: Brooks earlier book, The Social Animal, was featured here some time ago. This guy has a unique talent for de-mystifying the deeply philosophical and complex issues surrounding life’s...

Stitches

By Anne Lamott

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Part of the research for my own book is to buy any book that promises to discuss life’s “meaning.” Learning other perspectives and avoiding repetition is my goal....

Start Here Now

By Susan Piver

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: If you've ever considered trying meditation, this is the book for you. My mindfulness practice began in the mid-1990s and has progressively changed how I look at life....

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Old Turtle and the Broken Truth

By Douglas Wood

October 15, 2019

Editor’s comment: I don’t usually feature a children’s book but this one is a good reminder to those of us reading to our children/grandchildren. The parable is a star (of...

Name that Emotion

By Dr. Erin Olivo

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: I’m a little skittish about self-help books anymore, especially from an associate of “Dr. Oz” and so before reading “Wise Mind Living,” Dr. Olivo’s 200 page advice to...

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If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?

By Kurt Vonnegut

October 15, 2019

Editor’s comment: In celebration of graduation season, here are nine graduation addresses collected and published by Vonnegut friend, Dan Wakefield. Reader be reminded that Vonnegut was an outrageous figure, a...

Change Your Questions Change Your Life

By Marilee Adams

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: I'm not much for parables and the story in this book is no exception. But the learning, the very idea of Question Thinking is very powerful for me....

Callings

By David Isay

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Before every business plan, I ask my students/friends/employees to first write a life plan so that their work will match their purpose. In this incredibly readable and enjoyable...

Being Mortal

By Atul Gawande

October 15, 2019

Editor's note: As stated in the blog its a tough but fascinating read. Gawande shares his experience as a surgeon with a human, personal touch and his growing skill as...

Quote: You must be…

October 15, 2019

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." By Mahatma Gandhi

Quote: We Must Have Patience

October 15, 2019

"We Must Have Patience" - by Martin Luther King [more] "We must have patience. We must be willing to understand why many young nations have to pass through the same...

Quote: To Laugh…

October 15, 2019

"To laugh…[more]is to risk appearing the fool. To weep…is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another…is to risk involvement. To expose feelings…is to risk exposing our true self....

Quote: The world is too much with us…

October 15, 2019

"The world is too much with us; [more] late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers Little we see in Nature that is ours ...

Quote: the true measure of an individual is…

October 15, 2019

Written by Ann Landers [more] "Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good."

Quote: Take New Year One Day at a Time

October 15, 2019

Excerpt from "Take New Year One Day at a Time" by Dear Abby [more] "Just for today, I will live through this day only, and not set far-reaching goals to...

Quote: Suffering is Optional

October 15, 2019

An excerpt from "Suffering is Optional" by Byron Katie [more] "What I came to see was that my suffering wasn't a result of not having control; it was a result...