My boss was looking to start a book club in our team/department (I work at a business school), so, I excitedly took the reigns and ran with it. The intent is to be work/self-improvement focused, pulling from what is impacting our work, and our students. Our first go around we read Malika Chopra’s “Living with Intent,” as she was a keynote speaker for an event on campus. For the next book, I suggested this one as the author is a faculty member and I had […]
Business Advice for the Previous Century (Unintentionally, I Think)
Best for: People looking for a time capsule that explains lots of what’s wrong with business. In a nutshell: Protocol expert offers some … traditional ideas about what is proper etiquette in the business world. Line that sticks with me: “There is merit to the thought the more professional the woman, the longer her hemline.” The fuck?! Why I chose it: Someone gave it to my husband (I think) and as someone who runs her own small etiquette blog (How Not to Be an Asshole […]
It could be habit forming
Habits – why we form them and what helps us keep them – is a topic that’s been on my mind much lately. There have been periods of time in my life where good habits were beyond habit – they were my nature. But recently, I have found it difficult to build those good habits back into my life. A quick and engaging read, Charles Duhigg begins with an explanation of how habits work on cues, with a resulting reward – known as the habit loop. […]
That moment I crowned myself Book Club Queen.
Since January 2014, I have read every single one of the books our book club has chosen. Except one. The Chancellor has not read all of the books, but he read this one. And he has ribbed me about this one mercilessly. That left me with two choices. Either I could stick to my original principles—I didn’t want to read How to Win Friends and Influence People, because our selector had chosen it out of convenience, rather than actual desire (seriously, no. Book club is […]