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29 November 2008
Books - interesting and important
Marcus Buckingham: Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus is the master at finding what you’re good at, feeling good about it, and finding ways to build your life, your team, your business around your peoples’ strengths instead of weaknesses. I use his work so much I feel I’m on a first-name basis with him!Natalie Goldberg: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
This speaks to me in a new way every time I read it. Last year I had to buy a new copy, as every word had over the years become highlightedGordon MacKenzie: Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
Grab a copy of this while there are still copies about, because it’s out of print. It’s a gem of a little book, and McKenzie is hands-down the most natural storyteller I’ve come across. Simply genius, and the theme of being a part of a company without being sucked into its gravity is hugely important to creative people who need to hold down a job.Malcolm Gladwell: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
I’m not convinced Gladwell did what he set out to do, but he did create a gripping, highly illustrative book on trusting and honing our instinctsSusan Scott: Fierce Conversations
I have adapted one of Scott’s phrases into my own change statement: if you want orange juice, you have to get some oranges. Or, it’s no good trying to create something using the wrong materials (people whose strengths lie elsewhere). I know no one who has read this book and not made a life change.Danny Wallace: Yes Man
It’s a light read, but with heavy truths about how a positivity changes everything. I read it before the film - read the book, it gives you more time to reflect.Steve Krug: Don't Make Me Think
This is the only IT-based book I’ve finished – it has universal applications to creating a consciousness around your audience, and anticipating how they feel
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