By: Brendon Burchard Reviewed by: Susan MacKenzie The Premise: High performance in this book is defined as “succeeding beyond standard norms, consistently over the long term.” At The Roundtable, we work with many high performers. Most have been on a fast-track for high achievement for years. Their ability to perform at high levels is not …
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By: Bharat Anand Reviewed By: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: The Content Trap: A Strategist’s Guide to Digital Change is written by Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand. I’ve had the pleasure of sitting in one of Bharat Anand’s lectures, and as I was preparing for the case study on Schibsted, a media company owning …
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Written by: Christopher McDougall Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen has been on my reading hit list for a while. As an avid runner myself, I was told time and time again to read this by my ‘more avid …
Written by: Paul Kalanithi Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Dr. Paul Kalanithi, a brilliant neurosurgeon, finds out he is terminally ill with an aggressive lung cancer. Only in his thirties, and with much of his life left to live, Kalanithi takes you through his journey pre and post-diagnosis. Commencing as a medical student, Kalanithi recalls …
Written by: Andrea Owen Reviewed by: Sarah Fentum The Premise: The second book by nationally sought-after life coach and author, Andrea Owen, How to Stop Feeling Like Shit examines ‘how life knocks you down, but habits keep you down.’ Each chapter examines behavioural patterns that many women fall into, and Owen doesn’t hold back when she calls …
Written by: Michael A. Singer Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Author Michael A. Singer takes you on a spiritual awakening through a self-reflective lens. Beginning the book with the familiar ‘voice inside your head’, you embark on a journey of self exploration that touches on transcendence, freedom and love. The Untethered Soul: The Journey …
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The Premise: Mark Manson, self-proclaimed Author, Thinker, Life Enthusiast uses the f-word. A lot. If this will put you off in any way, this book is not for you. That said, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is actually a modern look at how to deal with stress, social media envy and anxiety …
By: Brené Brown Reviewed by: Susan MacKenzie The Premise: Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown is a timely book for today’s increasingly ‘us versus them’ tribal environment. Social connection has helped us survive as a species but people are increasingly isolated as perspectives are polarized (anything from politics, sexual harassment to child-rearing), many of us feel …
By: Tony Hsieh Reviewed By: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: In an honest and candid ride-along, Tony Hseih describes his journey from enterprising & optimistic youngster surviving several failed attempts at entrepreneurship before arguably achieving the ultimate in financial success in 1998, at the age of 24, by selling the company he co-founded to Microsoft for $265million. However, …
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By: Daneal Charney & David Singh Reviewed By: Karin Eaton The Premise: Meant to act as a catalyst for those entering the first phase of their careers, Hitting StrYde provides useful ‘how-to’ tips for personal, work and career success. Written for a generation accustomed to receiving and consuming information at a click of a button, …
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