Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Powerful Pivot

Machiavelli For Women by Stacey Vanek Smith

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Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace is a self-help novel through the lens of The Prince. What can women learn from Machiavelli and apply in the 21st century workplace? A fair bit, as it turns out. Smith has done a decent job here of breaking down the struggles that women face in the professional world and how, with a bit of knowledge, perspective, and strategy, these struggles can be overcome. The book is peppered with real case studies […]

Guru Possum

When in Doubt, Play Dead : Life Advice from an Unexpected Source by by Ally Burguieres

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Are you having a bad day? Had a bad year? Then get When in Doubt, Play Dead : Life Advice from an Unexpected Source by Ally Burguieres. This book has different sections and tells you WWAPD (What Would A Possum Do). And what would they do? Play dead. Let go. Sleep with whomever they want to. They don’t care what is in your pouch (unless it is snacks, then maybe share). Check on your friends. Know that you are never too large, little, old or […]

Just keep swimming

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William McRaven

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I went to the University of Texas, so Admiral Bill McRaven’s 2014 commencement speech “If you want to change the world, make your bed,” has a special place in my burnt orange heart. But the speech has a ton of important and practical life advice applicable to anyone. You can grab an idea or short story to focus on in any given day and it will help you. This short book is based on his speech – a little more fleshed out and with some […]

Management Matters

Becoming a Better Boss by Julian Birkinshaw

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What makes a good boss? What separates the worst managers from the best? How can you keep your team happy and engaged, even as they and the work continues to grow and change? How can you get the leadership balance right between overlord and buddy? These are the questions that plague me. It’s no small thing to have a group of smart, caring, and committed people looking to you each weekday (and some weekends too) for guidance and support. People are incredibly complex and bring […]

A Totally Biased Review

Giving Back by Edward A. Joseph

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CBR Bingo: Home. In which I return home and find my father. Giving Back was written by my father, Edward Joseph. It’s a series of essays that he’s written and published over the years about family, memories, moments of human connection and advice for living. It’s a great book and I’m so proud of him. The way my father came into writing is intricately tied to my own story. I had been living in San Francisco but returned to my home city in New York […]

Adding F*ck to the title makes it seem deeper

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck should be used in marketing classes as prime example of what you can achieve with proper positioning. This book contains some pretty basic self-help advice (decent advice, for the most part) but appeals to a new audience by including fuck in the title. People who scoff at self-help are apt to pick it up and think, “Hey, this guy swears, he must be like me, not like those ultra touchy, feel-gooders who have a Ph.D. in Musicology but […]



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