Day One Reads – White Fragility “Racism is a structure. Not an event.” I wasn’t even a few paragraphs into this book before I realized how desperately I needed to read it: I had simply assumed the author of a book on white fragility was going to be black. I was incredibly disappointed with myself …
Day One Reads – The Power of Moments “Moments matter, and what an opportunity we miss when we leave them to chance. Teachers can inspire. Caregivers can comfort. Service workers can delight. Politicians can unite, and managers can motivate. All it takes is a bit of insight and forethought. This is a book about the …
Day One Reads – Year of Yes “Losing yourself does not happen all at once. Losing yourself happens one “no” at a time. No to going out tonight. No to catching up with that old college roommate. No to attending that party. No to going on a vacation. No to making a new friend.” “Year …
Day One Reads – The Motive “Whenever I hear a graduation speaker exhort a group of students to ‘go out into the world and be a leader’ I want to stand up and shout: ‘No! Please don’t be a leader unless you’re doing it for the right reasons.’” (Very first line of “The Motive”) My …
