Max Wallace | 2023 | Grand Central Publishing | 9781538707685
Subject: Political Science
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Review: The Helen Keller that America loved was on display at New York's Palace Theatre in 1920. Keller, whose sight and hearing were destroyed by an infection when she was an infant, had become a media sensation celebrated by presidents and tycoons. Now she was being advertised as "The Most Talked of Woman in the World! Blind, deaf, and formerly dumb," in "The Sweetest Love Story Ever Told."...Read More
After the miracle: the political crusades of Helen Keller
The Helen Keller that America loved was on display at New York's Palace Theatre in 1920. Keller, whose sight and hearing were destroyed by an infection when she was an infant, had become a media sensation celebrated by presidents and tycoons. Now she was being advertised as "The Most Talked of Woman in the World! Blind, deaf, and formerly dumb," in "The Sweetest Love Story Ever Told."
Review: The 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the first time a non-European colonial independence movement was able to drive out a modern western occupier. Not that the French hadn't been warned. Ho Chi Minh barely receives a mention in "ric Vuillard's new novel An Honourable Exit, which is more concerned with denouncing colonial abuses in French Indochina than hailing the art of war. Vuillard begins in Ju...Read More
An honourable exit
The 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the first time a non-European colonial independence movement was able to drive out a modern western occupier. Not that the French hadn't been warned. Ho Chi Minh barely receives a mention in "ric Vuillard's new novel An Honourable Exit, which is more concerned with denouncing colonial abuses in French Indochina than hailing the art of war. Vuillard begins in June 1928 when the first team of French labour inspectors were sent to Indochina to investigate the mistreatment of indigenous workers at Michelin's rubber plantations in Tonkin. The inspectors discover locked rooms containing stocks with foot-holes and contusions on the battered bodies of plantation workers. Suicides by hanging are regular; hatred and scorn has led to desertions that swell the ranks of the Viet Minh. The inspectors draw up a report but there were no reforms or indictments. Vuillard's translator Mark Polizzotti deserves special mention for the lively way he animates the ironic exasperation that drives these narratives forward. An American family that pops up in An Honourable Exit is described as having earned ?enough boodle so as not to have to lift an effing finger for a good hundred generations.? Sometimes one wonders whether achievement, or the longevity connected with achievement, is really so despicable. Vuillard?s assessment of Lyon?s mayor ?douard Herriot, who presided over France?s National Assembly during some of the most heated fighting during the first Indochina war, seems petty and vindictive. But there is no escaping Vuillard?s rare gift for black humour and absurdity. No more so than when he describes an interview that the French army General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny did with the American TV show Meet the Press to raise funds for his army in Indochina. ?For all [de Lattre?s] arm-waving and pugnacious bravado?, Vuillard writes, ?his words are meaningless, and he continues in freefall, a thousand leagues from any clear signification, splashing about in the primordial ocean of signs.?nDe Lattre died of cancer before the final face-off with Ho Chi Minh at Dien Bien Phu. But if he had lived he would?ve found no encouragement from the French secretary of war Pierre de Chevign? who likened the valley encampment to a ?chamber pot? with the Viet Minh ?occupying the entire rim?. Defeat at Dien Bien Phu felt to the world like the French war effort had been flushed down the toilet.
Sahar Gharachorlou | 2023 | The Browser | 9789392210105
Subject: General
Source: The Times of India
Review: Gharachorlou shares 10 case studies of Past Life Regression therapies that she did and the lessons. Have you wondered why you keep facing the same problems in life again and again? Have you ever felt a sense of deja vu- Or do certain people or places make you feel strange at times? In this book, Gharachorlou writes about Past Life Regression therapy, and how it can help one heal and find answers t...Read More
Because time does not heal
Gharachorlou shares 10 case studies of Past Life Regression therapies that she did and the lessons. Have you wondered why you keep facing the same problems in life again and again? Have you ever felt a sense of deja vu- Or do certain people or places make you feel strange at times? In this book, Gharachorlou writes about Past Life Regression therapy, and how it can help one heal and find answers to unexplained or persistent issues in their lives. In 'Because Time Does Not Heal', the author shares 10 case studies where she helped people from different walks of life, travel into their past lives. In the process, she helps them accept and recover from traumas that they had unknowingly carried with them in other lifetimes. At the end of each chapter, Gharachorlou also shares tips regarding real-life problems which makes this an interesting read.nGharachorlou gives a brief introduction about the healing process in the book, which helps one understand the concept of Past Life Regression therapy better. Her gentleness and patience in dealing with her clients comes across in each case study, as she helps them heal. Written in an easy-to-read manner, 'Because Time Does Not Heal' is an interesting read for those who believe in past lives and even for those who don't.
Robert Mack McCormick | 2023 | Smithsonian Books | 9781588347343
Subject: Biography
Source: The New York Times
Review: In the obsessive world of blues scholarship, the tyrannical figure has long been Mack McCormick and the unseen masterpiece his biography of Robert Johnson (1911-38), some five decades in the reporting and writing. Like a carton of cigarettes, "Biography of a Phantom" comes wrapped in advisories. Whether because of mental illness or moral turpitude, McCormick did bad things, it is explained. He's t...Read More
Biography of a phantom: a Robert Johnson blues odyssey
In the obsessive world of blues scholarship, the tyrannical figure has long been Mack McCormick and the unseen masterpiece his biography of Robert Johnson (1911-38), some five decades in the reporting and writing. Like a carton of cigarettes, "Biography of a Phantom" comes wrapped in advisories. Whether because of mental illness or moral turpitude, McCormick did bad things, it is explained. He's the guest of dishonor at his own banquet. He kept enemies lists. He threatened people with physical violence. He lied about nonexistent contracts. He forged documents to throw others off the trail. He treated Johnson's survivors poorly. He held up reissues of Johnson?s songs, which influenced dozens of rock musicians and permanently altered our sense of American music and culture.nNo doubt all this is true, and these conversations matter. The funny thing about ?Biography of a Phantom? is, after you wade through the trigger warnings, how earnest and low-key and appealing McCormick?s manuscript is.nThe book draws from early drafts, written in the 1970s, not long after McCormick had completed his fieldwork. He?d wanted to write it as a kind of thriller, in the manner of Truman Capote?s ?In Cold Blood,? about his search for the truth about the life and death of a musician who thrilled him. He just about succeeded.nThis is a human and humane book, an insightful exploration of the biographer?s craft.nLate in ?Biography of a Phantom? he begins to get some breaks. He finds a cluster of people who knew Johnson well.nMcCormick?s book is no longer unseen, nor is it a masterpiece. But, reading it, you feel as though you?ve met a real writer, one who had a lot going for himself and let it all slip away.
Review: Through her book, Jha chronicles the behind-the-scenes struggles and workings in India's entertainment ecosystem. Bollywood is one of the largest film industries in the world, and Indian films are watched and loved by viewers worldover. So how has it changed in the last 100 years? What are the technological advancements seen in film making today? How has the content changed and what does it reflec...Read More
Bollywood, box office and beyond: the evolving business of Indian cinema
Through her book, Jha chronicles the behind-the-scenes struggles and workings in India's entertainment ecosystem. Bollywood is one of the largest film industries in the world, and Indian films are watched and loved by viewers worldover. So how has it changed in the last 100 years? What are the technological advancements seen in film making today? How has the content changed and what does it reflect about our society? Journalist Lata Jha analysis some of these questions and the business of films in her deeply researched debut book 'Bollywood, Box Office and Beyond'. The book is divided into four parts- how films are financed, the making process, how they are exhibited, and how they make money. It also explores the post-pandemic situation in the Indian film industry, the growing popularity of OTT platforms and how it has brought a change in the content today. n'Bollywood, Box Office and Beyond' is an informative read not just for Bollywood lovers, but also for aspiring producers and filmmakers. This is a timely and engrossing book about Bollywood and the business of cinema.
Charles Dunst | 2023 | Hodder & Stoughton | 9781399704441
Subject: Political Science
Source: Financial Times
Review: Charles Dunst's new book, Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman, offers a programme for revitalisation of troubled democracies. At a time when much rhetoric in the US is focused on the international arena, Dunst is surely right to emphasise the importance of democratic regeneration at home. After all, "victory" in the cold war was achieved not through force...Read More
Defeating the dictators: how democracy can prevail in the age of the strongman
Charles Dunst's new book, Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman, offers a programme for revitalisation of troubled democracies. At a time when much rhetoric in the US is focused on the international arena, Dunst is surely right to emphasise the importance of democratic regeneration at home. After all, "victory" in the cold war was achieved not through force of arms but because the western model was so much more robust and attractive than the Soviet alternative. Dunst argues for more meritocracy to increase social mobility. He wants greater accountability, to see powerful wrongdoers brought to justice. He wants more robust social-safety nets; incentives for politicians to think long-term; more investment in infrastructure, and politicians who are willing to communicate the economic benefits of migration.nAll of that leads to the authoritarian temptations that Defeating the Dictators identifies. But strongman systems have their own pathologies and are perhaps even more prone to catastrophic errors. Putin?s invasion of Ukraine illustrates that. So does Chinese president Xi Jinping?s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, which combined secrecy, authoritarianism and, finally, a panicky reversal of the ?zero-Covid? policy on which he had staked so much.
Review: The often hilarious, occasionally harrowing "Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You" is a bracingly candid chronicle of a sui generis character plotting a ramshackle but ultimately triumphant trajectory. "I don't want it to be one of those sugarcoated books like you find at Walgreens, she says in a brief intro. I want them to see the truth. Ms. Williams's freewheeling story concludes with a lis...Read More
Don't tell anybody the secrets I told you: a memoir
The often hilarious, occasionally harrowing "Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You" is a bracingly candid chronicle of a sui generis character plotting a ramshackle but ultimately triumphant trajectory. "I don't want it to be one of those sugarcoated books like you find at Walgreens, she says in a brief intro. I want them to see the truth. Ms. Williams's freewheeling story concludes with a list. It is explained as a late addition to the final text wherein the writer, having generously opened a vein to share her experience, decides to simply consolidate her philosophy into a litany of things that make life worth living. It's the perfect ending to a gleefully imperfect book.
Review: Seema Sirohi's book chronicles three decades of India-US ties, beginning with the early 1990s to the present. As an Indian journalist based in the United States of America, she had a ringside seat, though not with a complete view, as the Indo-US bilateral relationship shed the "hesitations of history" and moved to a wider, deeper, warmer but prickly partnership. Sirohi's work details the ebb and f...Read More
Friends with benefits: the India-US story
Seema Sirohi's book chronicles three decades of India-US ties, beginning with the early 1990s to the present. As an Indian journalist based in the United States of America, she had a ringside seat, though not with a complete view, as the Indo-US bilateral relationship shed the "hesitations of history" and moved to a wider, deeper, warmer but prickly partnership. Sirohi's work details the ebb and flow of this transformation and the issues and the people involved in this process, especially in the US system and in India's Washington Mission. She also brilliantly focuses on the perpetual intrusion of the two countries? respective approaches towards, and ties with, Pakistan and China in their own bilateral interactions; these balancing acts are destined to continue.nSirohi?s book would have benefitted from a more detailed consideration of the evolution of the Indian community and the extent of its actual impact on bilateral ties. All in all, Sirohi has made a major contribution to the literature on India-US relations both for scholars and the public.
Review: In Eliza Minot's compassionate and lyrical new novel, "In the Orchard", Maisie Moore is acutely aware of this conflict. "In the Orchard" is warmer and sunnier than most motherhood novels I've read in recent years, taking a gentler and more firmly realist approach than Szilvia Molnar's "The Nursery" or Rachel Yoder's "Nightbitch," which examine similar themes. Though financial anxiety provides one ...Read More
In the orchard: a novel
In Eliza Minot's compassionate and lyrical new novel, "In the Orchard", Maisie Moore is acutely aware of this conflict. "In the Orchard" is warmer and sunnier than most motherhood novels I've read in recent years, taking a gentler and more firmly realist approach than Szilvia Molnar's "The Nursery" or Rachel Yoder's "Nightbitch," which examine similar themes. Though financial anxiety provides one of the book's main sources of tension, our ability to truly experience Maisie's desperation is undercut by the book's languid pace. One of the ironies of reading "In the Orchard" was realizing how little I remembered from the first two weeks of my daughter?s life; the book awakened memories I didn?t know I had.
John Cotter | 2023 | Milkweed Editions | 9781571311948
Subject: Biography
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Review: Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in the intellectual company of man. It is hard to imagine a more devastating loss than that for a writer. John Cotter's "Losing Music" is his moving account of what it has entailed. Many of us whose hearing is intact will realize we hav...Read More
Losing music
Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in the intellectual company of man. It is hard to imagine a more devastating loss than that for a writer. John Cotter's "Losing Music" is his moving account of what it has entailed. Many of us whose hearing is intact will realize we have taken for granted a striking array of pleasures and freedoms when Mr. Cotter narrates their passing as a result of the gradual degradation of his heari
Uri Gneezy | 2023 | Yale University Press | 9780300255539
Subject: Organisational Behaviour
Source: Financial Times
Review: This is a book about how to avoid such mixed signals - particularly within a business or work environment - which lead to conflict between what people say and what their incentives signal. The book outlines how to create what the author calls a middle ground, where these signals and incentives can be better aligned and lead to better outcomes. Mixed signals that can cause problems include encourag...Read More
Mixed signals: how incentives really work
This is a book about how to avoid such mixed signals - particularly within a business or work environment - which lead to conflict between what people say and what their incentives signal. The book outlines how to create what the author calls a middle ground, where these signals and incentives can be better aligned and lead to better outcomes. Mixed signals that can cause problems include encouraging long-term goals but incentivising short-term success, or inspiring innovation and risk taking but punishing failure. Consider the manager who tells her employees in a call centre that customer care is the most important thing. But, Gneezy asks, what if the manager sets the incentives so employees are paid by the number of calls they answer? It sends a mixed signal about what the manager is looking for. The incentive is about being fast, which means quality is dispensed for quantity. And it means employees will be confused about the manager's values versus her expectations. Gneezy adds that any company or manager needs to make sure that what is incentivised is what they want to encourage. They can reward quantity, but how do they also make sure quality is not compromised? The answer is not altogether straight forward. Getting the incentives balance right can be complicated. But Gneezy hopes his book provides insights that help people feel prepared to take on the concept and design better incentives.
John Lawton | 2023 | Atlantic Monthly Press | 9780802158024
Subject: Fiction
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Review: John Lawton's reputation as one of the best authors of espionage fiction is burnished by "Moscow Exile." The action here stretches from the 1920s (fleetingly) to 1969, jumping between London, New York, Washington and Moscow, with pit stops in Beirut and Athens. Officially this is the fifth entry in Mr. Lawton's series starring the British spy known as Joe Wilderness, but before Joe steps on stage,...Read More
Moscow exile: a Joe Wilderness novel
John Lawton's reputation as one of the best authors of espionage fiction is burnished by "Moscow Exile." The action here stretches from the 1920s (fleetingly) to 1969, jumping between London, New York, Washington and Moscow, with pit stops in Beirut and Athens. Officially this is the fifth entry in Mr. Lawton's series starring the British spy known as Joe Wilderness, but before Joe steps on stage, readers become well-acquainted with several other colorful characters. Joe seems the odd man out, the fellow without a mission. He's been a captive of the KGB since a Berlin prisoner-exchange went awry, yet he remains ?free? to roam Moscow like a closely watched tourist. The story of how and why this came to pass is revealed bit by bit.nThose who know Joe best suspect he may be playing his own self-serving game as well as his employer?s. He finds a way, even within this absurd landscape, to stay true to his highly personal code of honor. Wheels spin within wheels and love occasionally conquers ambition in this capacious chronicle, which proves that high-level spycraft can be as dangerous as it is farcical.
Mariana Alessandri | 2023 | Princeton University Press | 9780691215457
Subject: Psychology
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Review: In "Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods," the philosopher Mariana Alessandri offers a very different understanding of clinical mood disorders, one that at first seems like bad news but ultimately proves comforting, even uplifting. Far from being disproportionate reactions to life's curve balls, Ms. Alessandri argues, dark moods are entirely appropriate responses to the human conditio...Read More
Night vision: seeing ourselves through dark moods
In "Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods," the philosopher Mariana Alessandri offers a very different understanding of clinical mood disorders, one that at first seems like bad news but ultimately proves comforting, even uplifting. Far from being disproportionate reactions to life's curve balls, Ms. Alessandri argues, dark moods are entirely appropriate responses to the human condition. Our date's ghosting reminds us that love is always insecure. The dying moth warns us that life is fragile. If such events send us into a funk, well, that's perfectly understandable. If we could learn to be more satisfied with what might be called "ordinary happiness," then maybe we would suffer less depression and anxiety. That, at any rate, is the presumption of much therapy, ancient and modern. Ms. Alessandri certainly does us a service in calling attention to the value of dark moods. We do need better night vision. But we need better color vision too.
Michael Farris Smith | 2023 | Little, Brown and Company | 9780316413633
Subject: Fiction
Source: The New York Times
Review: In "Salvage This World," Michael Farris Smith bolsters his reputation as an intoxicating literary stylist. For Southern writers (Smith is from Mississippi), a comparison to Cormac McCarthy can be both an honor and an act of oppression, but McCarthy is an unavoidable point of reference for the bleak elegance of Smith's prose. In this environment, families aren't so much broken as they are razed, an...Read More
Salvage this world: a novel
In "Salvage This World," Michael Farris Smith bolsters his reputation as an intoxicating literary stylist. For Southern writers (Smith is from Mississippi), a comparison to Cormac McCarthy can be both an honor and an act of oppression, but McCarthy is an unavoidable point of reference for the bleak elegance of Smith's prose. In this environment, families aren't so much broken as they are razed, and the emotional center of Smith's book is a portrait of a father (Wade) full of regret and a daughter (Jessie) full of resentment who, through the malignant bumbling of the daughter's love interest, are afforded an unexpected second chance in each other's lives. While Smith's enthralling narrative talents are plentifully on display in this book, I did find the dialogue a slight letdown. My expectation to receive deeper access to the idiosyncratic personalities of the characters often went unfulfilled, the exchanges too brief or too focused on already-known information. All in all, "Salvage This World" is a bruising, bracing read by a hell of a writer. If you consider life too short for uninspired sentences or nondescript locales, this book is for you.
Alex Mar | 2023 | Penguin Random House | 9780525522157
Subject: Fiction
Source: The New York Times
Review: For a culture with a simmering anger problem, we spend a lot of time preoccupied with forgiveness: From 12-step programs advocating amends, to asana yoga classes dedicated to radical compassion, to forgiveness spells available for purchase on Etsy, we are regularly reminded that personal growth requires us to forgive. But what does that word even mean? And what does it look like in practice? By wa...Read More
Seventy times seven: a true story of murder and mystery
For a culture with a simmering anger problem, we spend a lot of time preoccupied with forgiveness: From 12-step programs advocating amends, to asana yoga classes dedicated to radical compassion, to forgiveness spells available for purchase on Etsy, we are regularly reminded that personal growth requires us to forgive. But what does that word even mean? And what does it look like in practice? By way of an answer, many Western philosophers point toward Judeo-Christian concepts of forgiveness as interpreted by Joseph Butler, an 18th-century bishop and prolific apologist. Butler argued for an understanding of forgiveness as the overcoming of resentment accomplished by self-mastery and tolerance for others. However, even that interpretation leaves room for scholarly debate: Is forgiveness an act or a feeling? Does it require us to view a wrongdoer with benevolence, or is merely checking our desire for revenge sufficient?nThese are the questions underlying Alex Mar?s ?Seventy Times Seven,? a chilling account of a homicide that left a 78-year-old woman dead and an already divided community grasping for answers. Unlike with many recent works of true crime, there is no tease of whodunit or a potential miscarriage of justice here: As Mar makes explicit in her prologue, ?this is not a story of wrongful conviction.? Instead, the facts of the case were disturbingly clear from the outset.
Andreas Wagner | 2023 | Oneworld Publications | 9780861545278
Subject: General
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Review: In his new book, Mr. Wagner, a professor at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich, showcases biological "sleeping beauties": animals, plants, even bacteria that for generations plugged along with modest evolutionary success, only to later flourish spectacularly. "Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture" expl...Read More
Sleeping beauties: the mystery of dormant innovations in nature and culture
In his new book, Mr. Wagner, a professor at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich, showcases biological "sleeping beauties": animals, plants, even bacteria that for generations plugged along with modest evolutionary success, only to later flourish spectacularly. "Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture" explains how evolutionary adaptations sometimes go from dormancy to full flowering, while also suggesting that an analogous process applies to human innovations, including science, technology and the arts.n?Sleeping Beauties? begins with a seemingly parochial example: grasses.n?Sleeping Beauties? fits, well, beautifully into this process, and its author is in the forefront of important additions to our grasp of how evolution proceeds. This book?s key concept is that many valuable adaptations develop from such well understood events as mutation and sexual recombination, long before they are particularly useful.n?Sleeping Beauties? is a delightful, accessible and information-packed primer on evolutionary biology, taking the reader from the complex details of DNA and proteins to some of humanity?s most intriguing successes and failures. Andreas Wagner explains the emergence of many otherwise puzzling traits and species?and also sheds important new light on the mechanics of evolution itself.
Dennis Lehane | 2023 | HarperCollins | 9780062129482
Subject: Fiction
Source: The New York Times
Review: The book has all the hallmarks of Lehane at his best: a propulsive plot, a perfectly drawn cast of working-class Boston Irish characters, razor-sharp wit and a pervasive darkness through which occasional glimmers of hope peek out like snowdrops in early spring. Throughout the novel, real people and events make cameos, like Louise Day Hicks, who led the antibusing group Restore Our Alienated Rights...Read More
Small mercies: a novel
The book has all the hallmarks of Lehane at his best: a propulsive plot, a perfectly drawn cast of working-class Boston Irish characters, razor-sharp wit and a pervasive darkness through which occasional glimmers of hope peek out like snowdrops in early spring. Throughout the novel, real people and events make cameos, like Louise Day Hicks, who led the antibusing group Restore Our Alienated Rights, or ROAR. (Mary Pat is a member of a fictional sister group called SWAB.) Characters show up to the antibusing rally at Boston City Hall, where a furious crowd spits on Senator Ted Kennedy, and curses him offstage. They cross paths with the angry mob who famously strung up and burned effigies of Garrity and Kennedy on the streets of South Boston. In the first chapter, one of his men goes door to door handing out signs for an upcoming protest. One of the more fascinating aspects of the novel is its powerful indictment of the damage done by the Irish mob in Southie, who fomented hate and xenophobia in an effort to keep the community dependent on them and to keep outsiders away.
Review: Staying the Distance is a manual for leaders seeking a more sustainable way to achieve long-term goals and how to get the best out of those they lead. Starting with six steps to enable managers to master key attitudes, approaches and behaviours that drive longstanding success - such as discipline and finding sustained motivation - Baker, an expert in blending business and sports expertise to drive...Read More
Staying the distance: the lessons from sport that business leaders have been missing
Staying the Distance is a manual for leaders seeking a more sustainable way to achieve long-term goals and how to get the best out of those they lead. Starting with six steps to enable managers to master key attitudes, approaches and behaviours that drive longstanding success - such as discipline and finding sustained motivation - Baker, an expert in blending business and sports expertise to drive performance, explores how to apply them to working life. Chapters are complemented by lessons from elite sports and insights from athletes as well as top business performers. Focusing on small and consistent behaviours could help discipline become part of a daily routine from which, Baker writes, one may even learn to find some joy. The second part offers guidance on how to get the best from the people you lead, drawing on stories from a variety of elite athletes and coaches, which are backed up with research and other case studies. Baker concludes that if you can more consistently get the best out of yourself and your people, "the greater that impact is going to be over the long term".
Adrienne Bellehumeur | 2023 | Matt Holt | 9781637742839
Subject: Organisational Behaviour
Source: Financial Times
Review: Some business books you can read for pleasure. Others you read to get something done. The 24 Hour Rule definitely provides the latter, but is written in an accessible way that encourages those of us who feel buried in unnecessary emails, receipts, memos and spreadsheets. Essentially, the "24-Hour Rule" is about doing something with any information you receive within 24 hours. It forms one part of ...Read More
The 24-hour rule and other secrets for smarter organizations: including the 6 steps of dynamic documentation
Some business books you can read for pleasure. Others you read to get something done. The 24 Hour Rule definitely provides the latter, but is written in an accessible way that encourages those of us who feel buried in unnecessary emails, receipts, memos and spreadsheets. Essentially, the "24-Hour Rule" is about doing something with any information you receive within 24 hours. It forms one part of a six-stage process - which includes effective structuring and presenting this information - to getting your work administration in order. This book will give heart to those that despair about their ability to get organised. The core message is that career success is built on small but significant changes in our daily routines. It is not an earth-shattering message, but given work and life admin can be a constant headache even for those who feel they have a handle on things, the book offers advice we could all apply to ease the burden.
Morra Aarons-Mele | 2023 | Harvard Business Review | 9781647822538
Subject: Leadership
Source: Financial Times
Review: Morra Aarons-Mele has herself achieved a lot, having moved through several senior marketing roles to founding a communications consultancy business helping to engage women online through social media, and several years as a public speaker. This guide has grown out of a successful podcast on the subject of being an "anxious achiever". Aarons-Mele also admits to being a leader with "chronic, clinica...Read More
The anxious achiever: turn your biggest fears into your leadership superpower
Morra Aarons-Mele has herself achieved a lot, having moved through several senior marketing roles to founding a communications consultancy business helping to engage women online through social media, and several years as a public speaker. This guide has grown out of a successful podcast on the subject of being an "anxious achiever". Aarons-Mele also admits to being a leader with "chronic, clinical anxiety". There are limits to what this book can do and Aarons-Mele notes that those with severe anxiety should seek professional help. Anxious Achiever focuses on managing anxiety in the workplace, where it can cripple ambition and our ability to be productive. It also offers the encouragement that anxiety can be turned into a positive force, enabling rather than disabling us.
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