Book Notes
Dark Horse: Achieving Success through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
How to achieve breakout success and deep fulfillment when you don't fit the traditional mold
Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
Reading Notes on Preventative Interventions In a Nutshell: Upstream is a book about prevention: how to not just mitigate the damage of problems after they happen (downstream) but address the underlying drivers of the problem such that the problem no longer occurs or is much less severe. * This type of
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
In Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why [https://bookshop.org/books/deep-survival-who-lives-who-dies-and-why/9780393353716] journalist Laurence Gonzales combines his own personal adventure history with time spent with white water rafting experts, mountaineers, fighter jet pilots, and wilderness survival guides to understand how people survive (or fail to survive) in
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Why it's ok to be a jack of all trades
The Fuzzy and the Techie
I just finished Scott Hartley’s new book The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World [https://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Techie-Liberal-Digital-World/dp/0544944771/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1501252541&sr=8-1&keywords=fuzzy+and+techie&linkCode=ll1&tag=helpyour-20&linkId=edcce4f5b6c7cf2aebdd3935ceab23d7]
Remote: Office Not Required
I just finished reading Remote: Office Not Required [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804137501/ref=as_li_ss_tl%3Fie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0804137501&linkCode=as2&tag=helpyour-20] , by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, partners at 37Signals [http://37signals.com/] and makers of Basecamp [https:
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Today, we’re taking a look at the book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly. I really enjoyed this book and if you work in technology or even have a passing interest in how technology will shape our world in the
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
I recently finished reading Sebastian Junger’s excellent new book Tribes: on Homecoming and Belonging [https://jason-shen.ghost.io/%22http://amzn.to/2bqyqJL/%22]. It’s a slim volume that addresses something really important: how hardship builds group cohesion and solidarity. In my keynote speech [https://jason-shen.ghost.io/%22https:
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else
I recently finished reading The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else [https://web.archive.org/web/20160921075050/http://amzn.to/1VCM2PO] in business by Patrick Lencioni. You’ve definitely heard Lencioni’s other books: Death by Meeting [http://amzn.to/1La6Uxa] and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team [https:
Don’t Call it That: A Naming Workbook
Today I’m sharing the insights I gleaned from a wonderful (and fairly short) book Don’t Call it That: A Naming Workbook [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I1MRY80/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00I1MRY80&linkCode=as2&tag=helpyour-20&linkId=LC3LGUNMHVBROLR7] . The Book
