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LIT: Life Ignition Tools: Use Nature’s Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas, and Ignite Action” by Jeffrey Karp

March 3, 2025

Life Ignition Tools is particularly appealing to busy, successful individuals because it focuses on practical, time-efficient strategies that can be seamlessly integrated into a demanding lifestyle. The book emphasizes the importance of maximizing impact without overhauling one’s routine, providing tools for enhancing productivity, managing stress, and maintaining a growth-oriented mindset. Its straightforward, actionable steps are designed […]

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Reading List: Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Harris

February 3, 2025

“Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Harris”  is an amazing book that changed the way I think about how I can control my reaction to external events.  These days we have lots of “external events” whether it is a change to the Capital Gains Inclusion Rate or a 3 year old clogging a toilet with […]

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Attention Span – Find Focus, Fight Distraction by Gloria Mark

January 2, 2025

I heard Gloria Mark speak at a Rotman Lifelong Learning Conference. She is the definitive expert on distraction and multi-tasking in an increasingly digital world.  In her book, you will discover why multitasking hurts rather than helps productivity, how social media and modern entertainment amplifyour short attention spans, what drains our mental resources and how […]

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READING LIST: ATOMIC HABITS BY JAMES CLEAR

December 2, 2024

This is a very practical and useful book. James Clear distills the most fundamental information about habit formation so you can accomplish more by focusing on less. In my Life Design work with our clients, the following quote has become an essential starting point for designing a meaningful and focused life: “You do not rise […]

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Reading List: Clear Thinking, by Shane Parrish

September 19, 2024

Shane is the brilliant thinker who created “The Farnam Street” newsletter and the “ The Knowledge Project” podcast, both of which I have found to be extremely valuable over the last 10 years. In “ Clear Thinking”, Shane provides an actionable guide to using your own mind more effectively and a lucid manual for overcoming […]

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