7) Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant For the uninitiated, Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook, one of the world's most powerful and richest women, and also wrote the influential book Lean In, a sort of pragmatic, work-oriented feminist text (which originated from a TED talk). This isn't a follow-up to Lean… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 7: Option B
Category: self-help
Year 2 / Book 36: Grit
36) Grit by Angela Duckworth So this is an interesting book. I was biased towards it from the start, having long been of the view that most of the good stuff takes perseverance, something I’ve written about a few times in different ways. This book, based on years of research, puts some evidence and substance behind… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 36: Grit
Books 13-19 / 2016
13) The One From the Other - by Philip Kerr. I've been meaning to read a Bernie Gunther crime novel for a while, and this was worth waiting for. Set in pre- and post-war Germany, it covers a really wide range of ground whilst staying (mostly) believable and, in places, quite powerful. Gunther has a… Continue reading Books 13-19 / 2016
