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Dan Connors
Jan 203 min read
The Small and the Mighty
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement...
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Dan Connors
Jan 74 min read
Winter doesn't have to suck. Here's how to make the best of it.
How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days Kari Leibowitz "Reclaiming winter is a chance to find...
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Dan Connors
Dec 19, 20243 min read
The Berlin Wall and other failures of modern fear and intimidation.
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall Helena Merriman "Behind every barrier, there is always a way...
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Dan Connors
Dec 13, 20243 min read
The Hacking of the American Mind
The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains Robert H. Lustig “Scientists now...
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Dan Connors
Nov 9, 20242 min read
Good People- they DO exist
Good People: Stories From the Best of Humanity Gabriel Reilich , Lucia Knell 2024 "There are so many good people in the world. Their...
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Dan Connors
Oct 10, 20246 min read
Cult Nation?
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Amanda Montell 2021 “Modern cultish groups also feel comforting in part because they help alleviate...
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Dan Connors
Sep 11, 20245 min read
Time to Panic? How worried should we be about the environment?
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Hannah Ritchie 2024 “I often feel...
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Dan Connors
Aug 14, 20246 min read
How much does our luck define us? How can we improve our odds in the face of randomness?
The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World around Us Mark Robert Rank " Thornton Wilder asks ' Do...
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Dan Connors
Jul 20, 20245 min read
How well can you know somebody? How well do people know you?
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks 2023 “The real act of, say, building a...
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Dan Connors
Jul 10, 20245 min read
Magical Overthinking and the Tricks Our Brain Uses To Hide Reality.
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality Amanda Montell 2024 “The most basic activism we can have in our lives...
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Dan Connors
Jun 25, 20244 min read
Supercommunicators- healing the world one conversation at a time.
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection Charles Duhigg 2024 “The most effective communicators pause...
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Dan Connors
Jun 7, 20245 min read
Why do smart people have stupid beliefs?
Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things Dan Ariely 2023 “The individual journey that people take down the...
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Dan Connors
May 31, 20244 min read
Hidden Potential
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam M. Grant 2023 “It’s often said that where there’s a will, there’s a...
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Dan Connors
May 26, 20245 min read
Flukes and why the tiniest things could make the biggest difference later on.
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters Brian Klaas 2024 “Once you accept that entangled existence, it becomes clear...
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Dan Connors
May 13, 20244 min read
The Big Myth
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway 2024 "The...
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Dan Connors
Apr 26, 20246 min read
Languishing and Flourishing- the new mental health dichotomy.
Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down Corey Keyes 2024 "Languishing is the neglected middle child of...
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Dan Connors
Jan 20, 20245 min read
Learning from our mitsakes- there is a right way to be wrogn.
Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well Amy C. Edmondson 2023 “As golf champion Yani Tseng puts it, “You always learn...
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Dan Connors
Jan 1, 20245 min read
Advice on Aging from a 90+ year old national treasure
Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer Dick Van Dyke 2015 “I am a child in search of his inner adult, though the...
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Dan Connors
Dec 26, 20235 min read
Is Democracy Dying?
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson “Authoritarians rise when economic, social, political, or...
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Dan Connors
Nov 29, 20235 min read
Feeling stuck? Try this book
Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most Adam Alter 2023 “The optimal failure rate to stay motivated- and...
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