Harvey Mackay is quickly becoming an author and thinker that will be on my most formative books list (shameless plug, you can get my list of the ten most formative books in my life, culled from hundreds

When Jim Rohn was young, he quit high school, jokingly because he said that he was smart enough. This, as it turned out, was one of the few major mistakes that he had made in his life. He was eager to

My unofficial mentor and inspiration in Toastmasters is a man named Peter Kossowan. I have a great amount of respect for Peter because as one of the oldest members of Toastmasters at the club, he says

Recently, I was introduced to Michael Michalko and Roger von Oech who both have written a number of books on creativity. Michael Michalko is the best selling author of Thinkertoys and Roger von Oech is

The first thing about this book that I think you should not worry about is that although this book is about retirement advice, it is widely applicable to everyone in all part of their lives. Of course,

Sometimes things happen that are outside of your control. Your girlfriend decides that she needs to move back home and long distance is not an option, so you have to break up. You are a top performer at

There comes a moment in everyone's lives where we experience a pivotal moment. We get married and start a family. We have a particularly difficult time at work. Our family needs us and we drop everything

As I was reading The 100 best business books of all time by Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten, I went down a number of rabbit holes as is the case when I get recommendations to read other books. This was

Chances are, you're working on a team that is all moving in one direction towards a goal. Maybe it is to develop a piece of software. Or it is to get the numbers just right on a spreadsheet. Or to slowly

You're not listening was recommended by many people that I follow as one of the books that I should read for 2020. I was glad that I picked up this book, because I had always thought that I was a good

Sometimes, there is no way around getting sick. One of my friends often says that once one of their kids get sick, everybody in the family gets sick as the illness is passed from the child to other siblings

After reading The Joy of Not Working by Ernie Zelinski, I wanted to share a few cost-free ways to spend your leisure time. If you believe that leisure time is important (and I believe it is), then there

I am terribly surprised that I am just reading this book now. I guess that's the feeling that people that read a lot get when they encounter a book that surprises and delights them with insights and changes

I often think about one of the splendid truths by Gretchen Rubin, author of the best selling The Happiness Project. Her truth is "One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people

After reading Josh Waitzkin's book The Art of Learning, I started to think about one quote in his book that there is often something intrinsically linked with the 'opposite' side of things. For example,

Weight loss is something that everyone seems to care a lot about. Over the past year, I went from approximately 155 pounds to 145 pounds and I wanted to share the specific steps that I took to lose those

I managed to pick up a copy of Rafael Nadal's book Rafa recently. I had no idea that I was interested in these kinds of books, but I secretly have a love for tennis champions biographies. I really liked

The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin is a look at his life and his road to excellence. He was the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, became a master of Tai Chi and has applied his

This is not meant to be a humble brag or even a brag, but I'm at a place in my career where I get asked for a lot of coffees either to network their way into a job or find connections or contacts that

If you follow Tim Ferriss, Ryan Holiday or other successful individuals, you will know that all of them have some meditation or silent practice. Hal Elrod, in his book, The Miracle Morning, has 'silence'