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Discover Your Inner Economist

I loved Freakonomics.  I devoured Stumbling on Happiness. I enjoyed immensely The Tipping Point.  I was fully engaged reading The Wisdom of Crowds.  I was fascinated by The Progress Paradox.
All of these books fall into the pop-psychology genre I so enjoy.  I love this look into the human nature.  I find fantastic sermon illustration in [...]

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The Contrarian’s Guide to Knowing God

I read a good number of books by mega church pastors to plagiarize gleen ideas for sermons. Most of these books end up shelved - not being of much value other than the illustrations and quotes. The Contrarian’s Guide to knowing God was an exception to the norm…I really liked it!
Most “sermon-series-turned-books” just [...]

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Leadership on the Line

I just finished reading Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky. I have to say I was quite impressed.
Many of the leadership books I read seem to be fluff…this one was solid food. I read it for a class I was taking and found my thoughts stirred by the pages [...]

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Is our mindset the reason some people thrive and others fail?

It could well be, according to Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
The premise of the book is that people are of the fixed or growth mindset. The fixed mindset believes in having natural talent and abilities that achievement can be attributed to. The growth mindset believes that achievement [...]

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Unchristian author on Headline News

Have you heard of the book, UnChristian?  It has been very well recieved and is on my pile of books to read soon.
One of the authors, Gabe Lyons, was interviewed recently on Headline News.  Here is that interview.

Found at ChurchForMenInFlorida.

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How Starbucks Saved My Life

Over Christmas I set aside some time to sit by the fire, drink some coffee, and read “How Starbucks Saved My Life,” by Micheal Gates Gill.
This book had been mentioned in some places I respect and the theme peaked my interest.
The book is a memoir of Micheal Gates Gill and chronicles his “fall” from living [...]

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The Gift of Being Yourself


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Food (or drink?) for thought

Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been away and did not get a chance to cue up any posts to show up in that time. But I am back and, as usual, have a head full of ideas that may or may not be of help but sure are of interest [...]

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