The “Rags to Riches” story ark is a compelling one we often romanticize. The thought that we are in control of our own destiny, barring effort and a bit of luck, is an appealing one. However, in his fantastic book Outliers, Malcom Gladwell argues that explaining our heroes’ journeys to success using this framework is […]
The 1-Page Marketing Plan is author Allan Dib’s first book. It details a direct response marketing framework aimed at helping small business owners quickly take control of their marketing activities to drive results. The promise of this framework is to give readers a step-by-step plan to help generate and capture sales leads to convert them […]
Last weekend I was staying in a rented cottage and fell upon Bossypants while perusing the quaint library sitting over the old television set. I had heard about this autobiographical book written by Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live fame, but it had not made its way onto my reading list. However, since I didn’t […]
If reading this book along with Tools of Titans has taught me anything, it’s that you can derive lots of content from a single piece of core content. In Tools of Titans, Tim Ferriss’ last book, he distilled and grouped the best pieces of advice that over 100 guests of his popular podcast, The Tim […]
I recently tried my hand at CrossFit and the figureheads in this space often recommend the Paleo and/or Zone approaches to nutrition to maximize performance. Not knowing a whole lot about nutrition, I wanted to see what all the hype was about. There are several “Zone” books out there but this review is of the original, published […]
Thomas King does a wonderful job of introducing readers to Aboriginal history in North America in his page turning book, The Inconvenient Indian. Written for the historical laymen, the book covers many key periods in Aboriginal history through a masterful demonstration of cynical, opinionated yet humor-filled storytelling skills. Although King makes no effort of hiding […]