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There are many books about following your passion currently on the market, but few deeply address the idea of figuring out what one's passion might be. Even in my own conversations with people about what they want to do when they grow up, there's often uncertainty as to what that might be; even the direction it might be in.
Whitney Johnson's new book, Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream does address this idea.
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Thursday, July 26th
PechaKucha Night Milwaukee #11
at Translator
415 E Menomonee Street, Milwaukee, WI
7PM
$10
It's been awhile, but we're excited about the next PechaKucha Night in Milwaukee. We're hosting the next one right down the road from our office, at Translator.
Here are some of the ideas on deck for the night:
Education, beating cancer, juicing, mushroom hunting, militant creativity, and other enlightening topics will be presented from a diverse group of locals using the "20x20" format - 20 images that change every 20 seconds as the presenters share their stories.
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Michael Bungay Stanier, author of the inspiring Do More Great Work and the social blockbuster End Malaria books, is now a featured Thinker in Residence over at KnowledgeBlocks. As part of his online residency, Michael and I talked about how to avoid busywork, what makes work great, and some important lessons he learned in undertaking a project like End Malaria.
I've been interested in Michael's work for years, so this was a great chance to talk with him more about how he thinks and what he's working on next.
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If your leadership style was a painting, could it be sold on the market?
This might seem like an odd question, but Drs. Michael O'Malley and William Baker see leadership literally as an art, in a different medium.
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Amazon has been putting out a mid-year list of the best books for the past few years now, and released this (mid) year's list yesterday. The books in the Business & Leadership category are:
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, Random House
The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity by Phil Stutz & Barry Michels, Spiegel & Grau
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M.
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