I recently completed reading The Wright Brothers by historian David McCullough. He has written many prominent books on historical figures, most notably his work on John Adams. He published The Wright Brothers in 2015 and I listened to the audio version of the book via Audible, which has a feature that enables you to clip […]
Reflections
A Contrast of Two Sundays
Andrea Bocelli’s performance at the Duomo in Milan on Easter Sunday was incredibly moving. It was featured live on YouTube in partnership with the City of Milan. Bocelli volunteered his time. The opening visuals feature the empty streets of Milan, views from the air and views from the street. It is remarkably empty. While those […]
Book Review: Atomic Habits
There is a reason that James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones is a New York Times bestseller and read by so many leaders. I have heard this book recommended or cited many times since it was published in 2018. I finally got around […]
Book Review: Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea
Richard Brookhiser set out to write a book about the history of liberty in America. In the introduction he says, “This is not a book about almost liberty elsewhere; it is a book about the real thing, here in America.” He adds that, “the unique feature of America’s nationalism is its concern for liberty.” He […]
Book Review: Fearless Innovation
“Innovation is a horrible word. The term has become so buzzy, it seems to have lost all practical meaning,” said Alex Goryachev in the introduction of his new book, Fearless Innovation: Going Beyond the Buzzword to Continuously Drive Growth, Improve the Bottom Line, and Enact Change. I interviewed Alex for Episode 71 of the Agents […]
Book Review: The Hemingses of Monticello
For the past month or so, I feel like I have been living, on and off, with the Hemingses of Monticello, and their slave master, Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States. This is what a good book feels like sometimes, especially one that is biographical – […]
My response to the China Virus
As many of my friends and family know, just a week or two ago, I was pretty vocal about what I see as a mass hysteria in relation to the CoronaVirus / COVID-19 / Wuhan Virus / China Virus, whatever you want to call it. Well, as of last Saturday morning (March 14), I started […]
Live a Life of Possibility: 3 Books to Start 2020
In the first month of 2020, I completed reading three books. Two were done by Audible and the other was read in print. All had something in common: living a life of possibility. They also all explored the themes of time. As we begin a new year, we are reminded that time is ticking and […]
2019 Year In Review: Running Down The Dream
2019 was perhaps the best year of my life. And, when I sat down to review everything I did and accomplished, I have to add that it must be one of the most productive years I’ll ever have. Voyages The thing that most defined this year was the sheer amount of travel I did, both […]
Final Books of 2019: Starting with Why; Ending with Love
Two of the final books I read in 2019 were both read by Audible. They are below. With these two books completed, I surpassed my 24-book reading goal of 2019 with one bonus book, bringing me to 25 books total for the year. In total, I read 8,914 pages. I did 10 books by Audible […]