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You are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier
" I exactly agree with Dave's review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Worth a read. "
Dave Bolton rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Mastery by Robert Greene
Mastery
by Robert Greene (Goodreads Author)
read in December, 2012
Unfortunately a mess of ideas and misconceptions (did you know that Albert Einstein discovered relativity due to spending a badly estimated 10,000 hours thinking about it over 10 years?) that did little to illuminate mastery. Lord, even the table of...more
Dave Bolton rated a book 3 of 5 stars
How to Change the World by Jurgen Appelo
How to Change the World: Change Management 3.0
by Jurgen Appelo (Goodreads Author)
read in April, 2013
Quick read of mostly known strategies to change. Worthwhile if just for his engaging writing style -- there are many drier, longer books covering the same subject.
Dave Bolton rated a book 3 of 5 stars
No More Mr Nice Guy by Robert A. Glover
No More Mr Nice Guy
by Robert A. Glover
read in April, 2013
I have mostly self diagnosed and coached myself over the last ten years through most of the issues mentioned here, but I definitely would have got there quicker with some guidance such as this book. Pretty good stuff.
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"Glad you liked it! I saw other reviews where the reviewer thought the author was constantly big-noting himself, but I thought he was just delivering m...more "
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Engineers of Victory by Paul M. Kennedy
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The Rise of Rome by Anthony Everitt
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Contagious by Jonah Berger
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Oscar Wilde
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

Mahatma Gandhi
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Albert Camus
“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”
Albert Camus

Henry David Thoreau
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

George Eliot
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
George Eliot

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