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Blog / New Releases
Books to Watch | June 2, 2020
By Porchlight
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Book Giveaways
One by One by One: Making a Small Difference Amid a Billion Problems
By Porchlight
In the spirit of Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains, and joining the ranks of works by Bryan Stevenson, Matthew Desmond, Abraham Verghese and Oliver Sacks, the inspiring story of a young American neurologist's struggle to make a difference in Haiti by treating one patient at a time--a story of social justice, clashing cultures, and what it means to treat strangers as members of our family.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Staff Picks
May 2020 Cookbook Roundup
Book Review by Blyth Meier
“Cooking in” is the new “going out,” so let’s take a look at the new cookbooks that were giving life to our kitchen routines in May.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / ChangeThis
7 “Primitive” Qualities for Finding Meaning in Your Work
By Marco Greenberg
This radical work-life imbalance makes it more urgent than ever that our work truly give us meaning. It should focus the mind on a critical question: is our work fulfilling?
Categories: changethis
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Blog / Excerpts
Your 168: Finding Purpose and Satisfaction in a Values-Based Life
By Porchlight
Put your values first and focus on what matters most.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Perfectly Confident: How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely
By Porchlight
An expert on the psychology of decision making at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business examines the importance of being confident, arguing that confidence is good, but overconfidence can hinder growth.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / New Releases
Books to Watch | May 26, 2020
By Porchlight
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Editor's Choice
The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
Book Review by Porchlight
John Maynard Keynes stared down two world wars and the Great Depression, and in response offered hope and optimism to the world through sound economic policy.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / ChangeThis
Trauma Stewardship
By Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk
Trauma always creates a ripple effect, the same as when someone throws a stone into a still pond. The initial impact creates repercussions that expand almost infinitely, reaching and having an effect on many people who didn’t experience the blows firsthand. The shockwaves soon move beyond individual caregivers to influence the organizations and systems in which we work and, ultimately, the society as a whole. The harms of trauma exposure response radiate in this way, but so do the benefits of trauma stewardship.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / New Releases
Books to Watch | May 19, 2020
By Porchlight
Categories: new-releases