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My Favorite Books I read in 2021

My Top Pick: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. From the moment I heard about this book (while flipping through a magazine killing time at

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Four Thousand Weeks Discussion Questions

Before reading this book, how many weeks did you think the average person lived? I love this quote from Marie-Louise von Franz (page 218): There

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#48: Holidays, Permanent Revolution, Pretty Flowers

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week.“There is a terrific fear of . . . being the unique human one is.” ~ Marie-Louise von Franz

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#47: The day the world changed

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ Buckminster Fuller

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#46: The secret to success

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” ~ Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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#45: How to Find Good Stories

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “I’d rather wrestle grizzlies than compete with Mrs. B!” ~ Warren Buffett

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#44: Do people remember what you said?

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week “Perception and reality are two different things.” ~ Robert Thomas, The Riddle of Oz

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#43: How to moderate a panel

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “What the hell just happened?!” ~ Jesse Cox

Checklist Guide for Moderating a Panel

“When panels go wrong, it’s usually because the moderator doesn’t know how to moderate.” ~ Cassie Kozyrkov Moderators play an integral role in panel discussions.

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#42: Brooks and the Eulogy Virtues

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” ~ Simone Weil, French philosopher

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#41: Where should you stand on stage?

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Don’t hide behind the lectern!” ~ Mike Michalowicz

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#40: Are you accidentally training in hard mode?

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “[T]hink first and speak afterward. If you . . . do that, you will not have any trouble.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder

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