Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success by Adam M. Grant A lot of books like this aren’t nearly as groundbreaking as they claim to be, but this one definitely changed the way I think about the world. The authors divide the world into three types of people, givers, takers, and matchers. Not surprisingly, …
Tag: motivation
Jul 10
Book Review: Crucial Confrontations
Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior by Kerry Patterson This feels like more of a textbook than a non fiction for the layman, but that may have been because it was lent to me in a set of two, with an audio guide. It reads like a self help …
Sep 25
Book Review: Drive
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink Drive, by Daniel Pink, is (as its title suggests) a book about what motivates people. Since I’ve read books that mention this book (Better by Mistake) and books that this book uses in its bibliography (Stumbling on Happiness, Outliers) I kept my expectations …