Review #3 — Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less, by Joseph McCormack
There is an irony to this book. Joseph McCormack, the founder and CEO of Sheffield Marketing Partners, knows that. Lest you think you are the …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
5 reviews in 5 days: Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter (#2)
I went on a reading spree a few weeks ago, and read 5 books in 5 days. I'm now posting short reviews of all 5 …Read More
5 book reviews in 5 days: Dave Barry’s You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty
As a "demand side" reader, I went on a reading tear a few weeks ago. I wound up reading 5 books in about 5 days. …Read More
A love letter to Amazon Prime
When I was at the Makers Conference a few weeks ago, Wendy Clark, SVP of Coca-Cola's "Global Sparkling Brand Center," talked about how she managed …Read More
Confessions of a demand-side reader
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the differences between “supply side” readers -- those who set aside times to read, and build reading naturally into …Read More
Making time to read: supply vs. demand
When I ask people what they’d like to do more of with their time, “read” comes up almost as often as “exercise.” And yet many …Read More
Books I have actually reread
I spent some time recently scrolling through Amazon’s list of 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime. I love book bucket lists, even if I …Read More
Wintry sunsets
After the epic Saturday nap I wrote about in my previous post, I went stomping around our yard in the snow. It was about 4:45-5:30 …Read More
The bits (and chunks) of joy list
A few of my favorite bloggers have been posting their “bits of joy” lists lately. The idea is thinking through a list of activities you …Read More
Glorious inefficiency
I have been accused, more than once, of arguing that people should pack something into every minute of the day. I fully own up to …Read More