March 2021-Reading
The Flexible Body by Roger Frampton
Overview
I learned about Roger Frampton from his TED X talk. I loved
the idea of movement based fitness. This book is more of a flexibility plan
that a book about fitness.
What we can Learn
How to be healthy people with a decent range of motion.
Rating
I enjoyed the book and found the perspective refreshing. However,
without actually committing to the process, it was tough to find any benefit. I
just borrowed the book and would need to buy it to gin the benefits, but it
wasn’t that good.
Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull
Overview
Part self-help and part leadership, this book is a winner.
There are tons of lessons on fostering culture, organization and leadership.
What we can Learn
Hearing other’s win and losses is always helpful. To hear
that even despite the success, others feel like failures makes my imposter syndrome
less scary. I enjoyed the leadership lessons and story of the rise of Pixar.
Rating
I’d read it again. I’d for sure read it and probably take
notes or engage in others ways on the book to make it stick more, though maybe
not enough to actually buy it.
The Good Fight by Les Parrott
Overview
This book by well known phycologist and relationship expert
explains how to navigate conflict. Conflict will happen, but it doesn’t have to
hinder relationship. In fact when conflict is done right it can not only bring
people closer, but make them both better. This book had a lot of strategies and
science to help readers understand conflict more.
What we can Learn
I was deep in the planning phase for a busy season at work,
so I thought of working with my boss. I was able to see healthy conflict can apply
to many groups and pairs of people, not just marriages.
Rating
While I’d read it again, I found it strangely shallow and
repetitive.
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Ruben
Overview
This book is about designing your life to be happier. The
author chose one goal every month and takes the reader on a journey of the
success, failure and discovery along the way. Ruben is witty and relatable, so
the book was a joy to read. Full of humour and interesting ideas, this book
makes self work practical.
What we can Learn
Ironically, in 2020 I did something similar to the author. I
had a yearly goal and then set one goal every month to contribute to that goal.
Except my goal wasn’t happiness, it was health. I appreciated the ideas Ruben
had and was able to use some of her revelations myself.
Rating
As I’ve said before, I am realizing how powerful story is. Having
this “self-help” book as a personal story was way more impactful than if Ruben
had just told me what to do. It was a fun read; one I’d do again and take a few
notes on. But once I have the principals, I doubt I‘d read it again.
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