Category Archives: Change

THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt

Posted on April 5, 2024 by OnlyGoodBooks

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but Jonathan Haidt’s latest, THE ANXIOUS GENERATION: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, a must-read for parents and educators, brilliantly captures his two … Continue reading →

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ATOMIC HABITS by James Clear

Posted on December 23, 2022 by OnlyGoodBooks

            “You do not rise to the level of your goals.  You fall to the level of your systems.”  One morning when I heard Brené Brown quote James Clear from his book ATOMIC HABITS, I thought, That is SO TRUE.  … Continue reading →

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THE POWER OF MOMENTS by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Posted on November 11, 2017 by OnlyGoodBooks

Not long after I turned 14, I was hired to do salad prep at a local restaurant. On my first day, a young man probably in his early 20s was assigned to train me. He picked up a knife and … Continue reading →

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HELPING CHILDREN SUCCEED by Paul Tough

Posted on June 7, 2016 by OnlyGoodBooks

In 2013, the United States reached a sad milestone: 51 percent of public school students now live in poverty. That’s right, 51 percent. More than every other child. In public schools. In this country. Live in poverty. Paul Tough’s previous … Continue reading →

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WHISTLING VIVALDI by Claude M. Steele

Posted on May 15, 2016 by OnlyGoodBooks

This amazing book, subtitled How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do, takes its title from a story that Brent Staples (now a NY Times columnist but then a University of Chicago psychology graduate student), told about an experience … Continue reading →

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BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Posted on July 22, 2015 by OnlyGoodBooks

  Toni Morrison has called this book “required reading,” and I agree. Carved as a letter to his teenaged son, BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME explains why Ta-Nehisi Coates feels the way he feels and views the world the way … Continue reading →

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NO ONE UNDERSTANDS YOU AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT by Heidi Grant Halvorson

Posted on July 16, 2015 by OnlyGoodBooks

I don’t have any children (yet), but I have thousands of former students, which is the next best thing because the chances they will do something that makes me proud are greatly multiplied. To clarify: I take zero credit for … Continue reading →

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THE SOCIAL PROFIT HANDBOOK by David Grant

Posted on March 29, 2015 by OnlyGoodBooks

From its very title, THE SOCIAL PROFIT HANDBOOK by David Grant challenges the status quo. We should rename “not-for-profit” organizations as “social profit” organizations—because, after all, isn’t that what they are designed to do, benefit society? Yes. Exactly. As the … Continue reading →

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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK by Piper Kerman

Posted on March 2, 2015 by OnlyGoodBooks

When I finally picked up ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (originally published in 2010), I did not know what to expect. The buzz around the Netflix series, which I have not yet viewed, seems to suggest high drama, machinations, and … Continue reading →

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THE INNOVATORS by Walter Isaacson

Posted on November 15, 2014 by OnlyGoodBooks

Walter Isaacson’s latest 500-pager, THE INNOVATORS: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, is a paradox. Much like its predecessor, STEVE JOBS, it’s a dense page-turner. For pages and pages, it made me think about … Continue reading →

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