Day One Reads – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings “See, you don’t have to think about doing the right thing. If you’re for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.” When I posted my last Day One Reads profile of Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People …
Day One Reads – White Fragility “Racism is a structure. Not an event.” I wasn’t even a few paragraphs into this book before I realized how desperately I needed to read it: I had simply assumed the author of a book on white fragility was going to be black. I was incredibly disappointed with myself …
Day One Reads – The Power of Moments “Moments matter, and what an opportunity we miss when we leave them to chance. Teachers can inspire. Caregivers can comfort. Service workers can delight. Politicians can unite, and managers can motivate. All it takes is a bit of insight and forethought. This is a book about the …
Day One Reads – Year of Yes “Losing yourself does not happen all at once. Losing yourself happens one “no” at a time. No to going out tonight. No to catching up with that old college roommate. No to attending that party. No to going on a vacation. No to making a new friend.” “Year …
Day One Reads – The Motive “Whenever I hear a graduation speaker exhort a group of students to ‘go out into the world and be a leader’ I want to stand up and shout: ‘No! Please don’t be a leader unless you’re doing it for the right reasons.’” (Very first line of “The Motive”) My …
Day One Reads – Mobituaries “Strawberry-flavored Frankenberry was soon discovered to contain a dye that turned children’s feces pink. According to medical researcher John V. Payne ‘the stool had no abnormal odor but looked like strawberry ice cream. This horrifying to parents, hilarious to children, and harmless to doctors condition was named ‘Frankenberry Stool’. While …
Day One Reads – Mastermind “If you get one thing out of this book it should be this: the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its present thoughts and its state.” I love books about psychology: about how and why we make the decisions …
Day One Reads – Satchel A master of the first impression, [Satchel] whistled in a few fast ones that popped against the catcher’s glove like they was firecrackers. Then he challenged the Tigers’ skipper to pick up a bat, blowing ten pitches by him. ‘Do you throw that fast consistently?’ The manager asked. “No sir,” …
Day One Reads – Bad Blood “I have tried to figure out how we could have arrived at a place where the Journal is considering publication of an article that we know to be false, misleading and unfair, and then threatens to disclose information that Theranos rigorously protects as trade secrets. The root of the …
Day One Reads – A Human Algorithm I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of Artificial Intelligence, and I was equally fascinated by the perspective from which this book approached it. A Human Algorithm is a profoundly hopeful book. While most of the discussion I’ve read on AI can be divided into two viewpoints: “it’s …
