Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa 2016, Lee Boudreaux Books The Idea The interwoven narratives of key players whose lives were thrust together by the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests are an exercise in empathy. Recommended For Neoliberals and grassroots civic activists alike (as well as anyone in […]
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen 2000, Penguin Books The Idea The hardest conversations are typically the most important ones (and the easiest to screw up). Thankfully, three smart souls from the Harvard Negotiation project have hooked us up with this gem, a book that
As an English major, you take a lot of classes about the text of famous literature. And often, the very first class you take is Literary Criticism. It’s a class makes you look at the books you’ve read in different ways. You may, for example, find that The Little Mermaid is more about patriarchy than
The Idea Modern business is overcomplicated: here’s how to keep it simple for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. Recommended For Entrepreneurs, managers, project & team leaders, anyone dreaming up a startup concept The Pros More like a blog than a conventional book, short chapters are to the point and distill big ideas into actionable advice. The Cons
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My 2-year old daughter plays on the beach in a tiny red, white and blue swimsuit, her chest emblazoned with a winged yellow “W” that needs no explanation. Unlike Dora the Explorer and Ariel the Mermaid, cutesy characters popular with the toddler set, Wonder Woman is a full-grown Amazon, created in 1941 by William Moulton
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The Idea Multi-tasking doesn’t make you more productive. To become more effective, you need to narrow your focus and do less. This book urges you to pause before you start a new project and ask yourself—“What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?”