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Book Review: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
I stumbled on this book when I was doing a deep dive looking for books to read for our monthly book reviews. The premise sounded interesting. The average person lives to be 80 years…
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Book Review: Fear Less by Dr. Pippa Grange
Fear Less by Dr. Pippa Grange is about how we face our fears and how our “hidden fears” may be holding us back and keeping us from reaching our full potential. I really enjoyed…
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Book Review: Drive by Daniel Pink
In his book Drive, Daniel Pink explores the concept of motivation and how motivation has changed throughout the years. At one time motivation was based on survival, this was followed by a model of…
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Book Review: Learn, Improve, Master by Nick Velasquez
This was an interesting and easy book to read about how to become a better learner and achieve mastery. The book is broken up into three sections that match the title, learning, improving…
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Book Review: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
I have made no secret of my superfan status when it comes to Brené Brown so reading one of her books was the perfect start to the year for me. When I…
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2021 Book Reviews: A Year in Review
In November of 2020 I wrote my first book review for our Forward Fitness newsletter. At that time I mentioned that I was branching a little out of my comfort zone for…
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Book Review: The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter was an interesting read. It is a book about extremes and pushing yourself to the extreme. While there were some ideas in the book that I found a…
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Book Review: The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal
When I looked up a bio on the author of The Willpower Instinct, Kelly McGonigal, this is what I found on the Stanford website, “Kelly McGonigal, PhD, is a health psychologist and lecturer at…
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Book Review: Burnout – The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
As with many of the books I have reviewed this year, I learned about this book when I was listening to the Brenê Brown podcast “Unlocking Us” last summer. After listening to the authors…
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Book Review: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene’ Brown
“The Gifts of Imperfection” is the second book written by Brene’ Brown but it is the book that jump started her career. The book was originally published in 2010 and an updated version was recently…
