Book Review: Coddling of the American Mind, Lukianoff and Haidt, 2018 We parent, teach and support. We want the best for young people. What we are seeing is a collapse of mental well-being. At the same time, events of intimidation, violence and witch hunts increase. Lukianoff and Haidt take us on an evidence-based and carefully
Empathy: have we taken it too far?
Distorted and short-sighted or the solution for our lives and our planet? First, I recommend that you read both of these masterful books before you judge. Paul Bloom has put the cat amongst the pigeons with one book that stands against a wave of 1,500 plus books on empathy. We have gorged on empathy. We
Resilience Reading
Some of our favourite books: What the Fat?: Fat’s IN; sugar’s OUT. Practical Guide and Recipes, Grant Schofield, 2015 What the Fat? Leaner, fitter, faster on low-carb healthy fat, Grant Schofield, 2015 Smarter, Faster, Better: the secrets of being productive, Charles Duhigg, 2016 Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, Anders Ericsson, 2016 Humans
Deadly Wandering: texting risk
A Deadly Wandering by Matt Richtel is a must read for young and old. It is a beautiful story of the intersection of life when a teenager kills two men while texting, law and brain science. Bottom line: when you are driving and texting you are 50% more at risk of an accident than when
The Real Meal Revolution
Ironically, while completing medicine, Professor Noakes was our professor of sports medicine. He had me and fellow students committed to carbohydrate loading and aggressive fluid replacement. However, Tim has always been a provocative and thorough researcher. Over the past 30 years he has had a profound impact on sports science and advanced our knowledge of
The Rise of Superman
An excellent book. Our team has loved this one. Kotler grabs the idea of flow and shakes out the cobwebs of an old idea with compelling examples and science. This is a read for those passionate about the greatness that humans can achieve when we align and focus our talent and skill, to the right
Search Inside Yourself
A great, simple and innovative guide to engaging with Emotional Intelligence. Meng, an engineer at Google, brings a practical and logical framework to content that is complex and esoteric for many. He manages to avoid psychobabble and provides some good scientific support along with heaps of practical skills that you can get started with
Bold
One one hand, Bold could be dismissed as manic tech-bubble hyperbole. On the other, it is the single most thorough, well-researched, and current guide to building a good business I have read in 10 years (the last great being Blue Ocean Strategy). If you want to understand the foundations, strategy, tools and sequencing of entrepreneurship
Altruism
Ricard is a French biologist who trained as a Buddhist monk and now bridges the worlds of contemplative practice and neurobiology. He is famous as the monk in the brain scanner but is an exceptional intellect and gentle man who I had the pleasure of spending three days with last year. Altruism is a very