PohSunGoh: #Deep Reads (recommendations for my grandchildren)

#Deep Reads (recommendations for my grandchildren) - in no particular order

George Leonard. (1992). Mastery - The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment.

(The key message from this book, is that 'implementing' and making long term, sustained, and sustainable value and impact in our practice requires a 'Mastery' mental orientation, and mindset. )

Chalmers Brothers. (2005). Language and the pursuit of Happiness. New Possibilities Press.

(The key message from the book, is that our language, our choice of words, reflects and influences 'how' we 'look' at things, situations, and people; and has a powerful influence on how we en-'Vision' (our) future).

James Suzman. (2020). Work - A History of How We Spend Our Time. Bloomsbury, London.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/work-9781526604996/

In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré

The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch

The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads by Daniel T. Willingham

Practical Pedagogy: 40 New Ways to Teach and Learn by Mike Sharples

Diamonds Under Pressure: Five Steps to Turning Adversity into Success by Barry Faber

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

The Zurich Axioms by Max Gunther

One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clayson

Future Shock, and The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler ('Alvin Toffler: What he got right - and wrong' by Courtney Subramanian. BBC News, Washington; Published 30 June 2016)

AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Lee Kai-Fu (Give the A.I. Economy a Human Touch by Lee Kai-Fu. NY Times, published Dec 10, 2020)

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer

Power Talk: Theatre Techniques that have helped thousands of executives give successful presentations by Nicki Flacks and Robert W. Rasberry

Power Talk: Using Language to Build Authority and Influence by Sarah Myers McGinty

Tactics: The Art and Science of Success by Edward de Bono

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Light from Many Lamps by Lillian Eichler Watson

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner

When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough: The Search for a Life that Matters by Harold Kushner

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Zen and the Art of Motocycle Maintainence: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig

The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof Capra

“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee

The Way of Aikido: Life Lessons from an American Sensei, and Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George Leonard

The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Straits Times, The Business Times and their websites, and the CNN, BBC, CNA websites