Month: March 2020
Reading Habits Tag
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Today we’ll dig into my reading habits via the Reading Habits tag. I was [Ariel Bissett](https://youtu.be/A700s47V0hQ) do this tag first and it sounded fun. 1. Do you have a certain place at home for reading? 2. Bookmark or random piece of paper? 3. Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after…
6 Books That Changed How I Thought About Life
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Last week I talked about the books that changed my business and this week I’m going to stick to that theme by tackling the books that changed how I thought about the world around me. Ranging from how I thought about gender issues to the way I think about when you’re failing and should keep…
Star Trek Book Tag
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Today we’re doing the Stark Trek book tag which I heard about thanks to the [Bookish Bryants](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCycCocdRz054goHbRI5c9sA). Go check out their version of the tag for more book goodness. 1. Pick a book that has influence you or has been influential in your choice of career Purchase Wrinkle in Time: [Independent Bookstore](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312367541?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1250003431/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) |…
February Reads and March TBR
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– Purchase North of Normal: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062289861/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FNorth-Normal-Cea-Sunrise-Person%252F9780062289872%5D%5D) – Purchase Words Have a Past: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062289861/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FWords-Have-Past-Jane-Griffith%252F9781487521554%5D%5D) – Purchase The Innovators: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062289861/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FInnovators-Walter-Isaacson%252F9781471138805%5D%5D) – Purchase Free Range Kids: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470574755/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FFree-Range-Kids-Lenore-Skenazy%252F9780470574751%5D%5D) – Purchase The Library Book: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476740186/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FLibrary-Book-Susan-Orlean%252F9781782392255%5D%5D) – Purchase Snow, Glass, Apples: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1506709796/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FSnow-Glass-Apples-Neil-Gaiman%252F9781472262912%5D%5D) –…
Friday Notes 094 – March 13 2020
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While my kids were sick for a few weeks with a fever, it’s now our regular caregiver’s turn. What that has meant for me is about 5 less hours of work a week for the last month. In some ways these constraints are great because they force me to focus **only** on the few things…
4 Ways I Increase Friction to Get More Done
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Most people look to reduce friction to get more done, but I’m weird and one of the first things I look at when I’m needing to get a good amount of work done is increasing the friction in my life. Not just all friction, but the right amount of friction that forces me to limit…
The Books That Changed My Business
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After 12 years in business, things run fairly smooth around here. I’ve made a bunch of mistakes, and put processes in place to help ensure that I don’t make further mistakes. I’ve read lots of books and learned a bunch of things that changed my business. Today is all about those books that helped my…
Early March Book Haul
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While I said to myself two weeks ago I would put a hold on purchasing more books, that didn’t happen. Let’s take a look at what I found in the last few weeks. – How to Read a Book: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781476790152?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476790159/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FHow-Read-Book-Mortimer-J-Adler%252F9780671212094%5D%5D) – Under Wildwood: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062024718?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/006202471X/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book…
Words Have a Past
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Up front let’s get this out, I’m a white dude of middle age. There are lots of things I don’t know and can’t understand at an emotional level because of my upbringing. I don’t think this means I shouldn’t expend effort to see through the eyes of others though. To start down this road one…
Friday Notes 093 – March 6 2020
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Today no “special” content for email subscribers only. If you want this type of content every week [subscribe](https://curtismchale.ca/subscribe). > Scarcity captures our attention, and this provides a narrow benefit: we do a better job of managing pressing needs. But more broadly, it costs us: we neglect other concerns, and we become less effective in the…
