Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show by Jonathan KarlMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Thursday, December 30, 2021
Review: Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show
Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show by Jonathan KarlMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: Death Be Not Proud
Death Be Not Proud by John GuntherMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is my second time reading this moving, truly sad memoir of the death of the author's son from a glioma tumor. It appears the 17-year-old was a truly remarkable young man with a hopeful, positive outlook and talents including the gifts of a future, experimental chemist and scholastic ability to get him admitted to Harvard. One of his other passions was chess and I know recall I still try and apply his eleven precepts to the game (p 83 of my edition). In the long and ultimately futile course of treatment, detail are shared on mustard gas injections and Gerson Therapy, a dietary-based alternative cancer treatment. The chronology concludes with excerpts from a Johnny's journal and reflections in a chapter from each parent.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Review: The Commanders
The Commanders by Bob WoodwardMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Leadership in the New Normal: A Short Course
Secretary Powell’s 13 Rules:
1. It ain’t as bad as you think! It will look better in the morning.
2. Get mad then get over it.
3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
4. It can be done.
5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it.
6. Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
7. You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
8. Check small things.
9. Share credit.
10. Remain calm. Be kind.
11. Have a vision. Be demanding.
12. Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
13. Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021
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Review: Work and Its Discontents: The Cult of Efficiency in America
Work and Its Discontents: The Cult of Efficiency in America by Daniel BellMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a collection of essays on topics related to work. Mostly. they rail against time studies and other efficiency ploys in assembly line contexts. This was 1956. He would like to see work decentralized from factories and lowered in the priority of a fulfilled life.
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Review: Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response
Friday, October 29, 2021
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