What we’re about
Books are useless if we don't put into action the lessons learned from them.
I can learn all of the best ways to form habits, how to negotiate, how to learn faster, etc.. but that means nothing if I don't use that information in real life. If I don't actively try to use anything from those books then I might as well not have wasted my time reading them.
In the words of Morpheus - "There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path".
With this book club, the goal isn't necessarily to read the book, although that's recommended, the goal is to put into action the lessons from the book.
For every book we go over I'll bring in a subject matter expert to guide the
How the book club works:
• We have two meetings a month
• The first meeting of the month we introduce the book, have an exercise around the topic and then get a fun real-world exercise around the topic
• The second meeting of the month we share stories from our real-world exercise and go over lessons learned.
• For now, we'll be doing every meeting virtually
Breakdown of a typical meeting:
6:00 pm to 6:10 - introductions and hellos
6:10 to 6:30 - We break out into groups to either do an exercise or discuss lessons learned
6:30 to 6:40 - We come together to share lessons learned
6:40 to 6:50 - We decided what real-world exercises we want to do.
Upcoming topics
December - Negotiating with the book Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
• Subject Matter expert - Me, I've given lectures at local University on the topic of business negotiations
• Goal - To become more comfortable negotiating
• Warm-up exercise - A secret
• Real-world exercise - Negotaing for Christmas presents
January - Habits with the book Atomic Habits by
• Subject matter expert - A secret
• Goal - Recognize habits we want to change
• Warm-up exercise - a secret
• Real experience - Create a new habit/ destroy an old habit
Some inspiration
“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation." - Nelson Mandella
