Short Book Reviews

Factfulness

Ron's Short Review: One of my clients used to say "Things are never as bad as they seem and never ...

The Order of Time

Ron's Short Review: Deep, difficult book but with great power. Here is just one quote "Why do we remember the ...

Wisdom at Work

Ron's Short Review: Because you are older doesn't necessarily mean you're wiser. But, research does find that many people who ...

The Book of Why

Ron's Short Review: I found this a little difficult to read but the key point for me is that we ...

Great at Work

Ron's Short Review: The key to top performance is focus! There a lot to this book but this line summarizes ...

On Dialogue

Ron's Short Review: This is an old book but good dialogue (true dialogue) is the process that helps us make ...

12 Rules for Life

Ron's Short Review: Peterson has received a lot of criticism and created some controversy with this book but what I find ...

Why We Sleep

Ron's Short Review: This may seem odd to find in a business library but this is a shocking book about how ...

Reclaiming Conversation

Ron's Short Review: I'm worried by the loss of face-to-face communication in our digital age. Alvin Toffler wrote nearly 40 years ...

Principles

Ron's Short Review: Ray builds on Life Principles such as: embrace reality, understand that people are different, and effective decision making. He ...

Radical Candor

Ron's Short Review: Anything less than Radical Candor leaves issues unsaid and unexamined. This builds on the concept of Psychological Saftey ...

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

Ron's Short Review: Fun, well-written guide for the human race and how to handle stress better ...

Only Humans Need Apply

Ron's Short Review: The shift to technology-based work is pushing us beyond the information age. If you've been an "Information Worker" ...

Changeable

Ron's Short Review: You have to dig through this one a bit to find examples of how this works at ...

Talk Lean

Ron's Short Review: Learn some habits from this book and you'll be amazed how much wasted time is eliminated from meetings ...

Deep Work

Ron's Short Review: This book changed my habit of getting meaningful work done. I have carved out time every month to ...

Why Make Eagles Swim

Ron's Short Review: I think Bill takes the lessons from Strength Finders and puts them into a very practical format for ...

Against Empathy

Ron's Short Review: Is compassion better than empathy? Bloom seems to think so and makes a really good case. Empathy will ...

The Power of a Positive No

Ron's Short Review: The word "Decide" actually means to figure out what you're going to say "No" to. This book helps ...

Resisting Happiness

Ron's Short Review: This is a solid Catholic-based book. I'm not Catholic but the principles are very sound and it helps ...

The Happiness Advantage

Ron's Short Review: Hard work, dedication, success, won't make you happy. Being happy makes you better at hard work, dedication and ...

How Good People Make Tough Choices

Ron's Short Review: This is the book to help you deal with Right vs Right decisions. Most business decisions are Right ...

Leadership Step by Step

Ron's Short Review: Can you develop leadership? Josh sheds some light on the age-old question of "Are leaders made or born" ...

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

Ron's Short Review: Power, control, worry, change, fear, mistakes, resentment, expectations: these topics and more are covered and shown how mentally ...

How to Fly a Horse

Ron's Short Review: Debunking the myth that creativity is somehow related to genius and comes to you in a flash. It ...

The Law

Ron's Short Review: The Law was originally published in French in 1850 by Frederic Bastiat. It was written two years after ...

Designing Your Life

Ron's Short Review: My generation had "What color is your parachute?" This is a great book for today's creative, entrepreneurial environment ...

The Management Myth

Ron's Short Review: Matthew clearly helps us see how all of the number based management principles are clearly rooted in ...

Life in Half a Second

Ron's Short Review: While Matthew's definition of success is clearly stuck in the materialistic world, his "five door" process can ...

Idiot Brain

Ron's Short Review: Dean is probably the most humorist neuroscientist that you'll meet or read. He has a great ability to make complex ...

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