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How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton

This year for my job, I set a goal of reading one book each quarter related to leadership, development, assertiveness,…

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FOLP #4: The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch

If you need a bit of inspiration or encouragement coupled with a kick in the pants, The Last Lecture by…

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FOLP #3: Brave Companions, by David McCullough, copyright 1992

“I feel sorry for anyone who misses the experience of history, the horizons of history. We think little of those…

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FOLP: Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey, copyright 2003

I finished my second “Friends of the Library Project” book June 28. It would be easy to say a lot…

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Blue Bicycle Books in Charleston, South Carolina

In early June, I traveled to Charleston for a work conference. If you’re wildly curious about what I do, you…

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Assertiveness, part of the #BizGirlMind series of e-books

My annual professional goals at work include reading one book per quarter on certain topics & blogging about them. For…

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The Poem Farm’s Summer Notebooking Project

   Attention grandparents, teachers, parents, writers,  doodlers, and scribblers of all ages: Summer has barely started, and the age-old question…

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FOLP: The Professor & The Madman, by Simon Winchester

The first completed book from my Friends of the Library Project is The Professor and The Madman, by Simon Winchester….

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My Life Monday: Summer Resolutions

I don’t know about anyone else, but each summer, even though I work year-round, I have grand (or perhaps grandiose)…

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Primal Leadership by Goleman, Boyatzis, and McKee, copyright 2013

Everyone knows smiles and yawns are contagious, but the authors of Primal Leadership contend emotions are, too; therefore, effective leaders…

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