Gatecrashing
Rarely do I review a book the author suggests when the suggestion comes from a Twitter direct message. But when Brian Heasley offered to send me a copy of GateCrashing, I was eager to dive…
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Reading as Social Capital – It’s Way Better Than Watching TV
You want real social capital to impress your friends and colleagues? Read a book. Turn off the television. I’m serious. You could watch another weekend marathon of Seinfeld to learn all the silly jokes, or…
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Russian Roulette
Spies, history, geopolitics, and massive cultural shifts. But mostly spies. That’s what Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin’s Plot for Global Revolution by Giles Milton focuses on in this amazing book. Now many of…
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Risky Compassion
The burly guy met us at a McDonald’s in downtown Bangkok. A friendly smile and Aussie accent made him immediately likable. He introduced himself as Ash Barker. My first impression was of another big hearted missionary…
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Of iPhones, Smart TV’s and the Dick Tracy iWatch
This post is for the wonderful people who subscribe to my blog. Thank you! Below you’ll find links to two new book reviews and I encourage you to check them out. Although very different, both are…
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Talk Like TED, by Carmine Gallo
If you do any public speaking, you should read Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds by Carmine Gallo. We all know TED attracts the best thinkers and innovators in…
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The Sacred Year, by Michael Yankoski
Have you ever read my post on celebrity leadership? If you understand the world described in the post then you understand the circus-like Christian speaking conference world Michael Yankoski found himself in. Thankfully, Mike recognized he…
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Overrated, by Eugene Cho
Are we more in love with the idea of changing the world than actually changing the world? That’s the core question of Eugene Cho’s first book Overrated. It’s a great question. Sometimes the idea of…
