Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Alternative Title: The Privilege of Being Idle

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

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I am not one to languish. I am the first to admit to being a Type-A, planning, achieving, goal-setter. I don’t just have mere ‘new years resolutions’; I have developed a sophisticated yearly goal-hierarchy system, linked to a capstone Theme, with performance measures and time-frames. I have a calendar of monthly ‘deep clean’ priorities around my house (this month: screens!). I book in a monthly Money Date Night with my husband where we review our budget and update our Net Wealth spreadsheet. I closely track […]

Get Your Notebook Out for This One

High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard

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I’d had this book on my shelf for quite some time before I dove in, and I can’t believe I waited so long! High Performance Habits truly lives up to the title as it provides practical lessons to take your productivity to the next level. In order to squeeze every ounce of knowledge from this book, be prepared to set time aside to complete the activities. It is worth it. “Be more intentional about who you want to become. Have vision beyond your current circumstances. Imagine […]

The Gift of The Gifts of Imperfection

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

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“Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it’s often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.” This is one of those books I wish I had as a young girl. Perhaps I wouldn’t have picked up on all of the intricacies and layers then that are understandable only with development and years of self-discovery; however, this may have helped to lay a […]

A Modern Mistake – Millenneagram Misses the Mark

Millenneagram by Hannah Paasch

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Ugh… it’s such a loaded word, but yes, I am a Millennial. I was excited to check out this book because I love the Enneagram. (I’m a Two.) I thought it would provide some fun insight. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I think this may be a book better suited for Enneagram beginners or younger Millennials. I had a hard time connecting to the tone. Furthermore, I didn’t feel that the information inside was anything that I didn’t already know.  For instance, my Enneagram type in […]

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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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I think that this is the original book of its kind. Maybe not original, but the first of its kind to have the success that it has had. That is the reason I read it and I must say that it sounded like every piece of advice ever given to me by my father and grandfather. The style described in the book is essentially boiled down to the adage “You catch more flies with honey.” That is EXACTLY my own personal style for interaction. In […]

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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