March Reads

March, reading at a cracking pace again. As the client-facing part of the year is now in full swing there are fewer opportunities to read.

In the next few months, I will savor and revisit these books from early in the year.
As my work has become more specialized my reading is broadening in some ways.
And I find myself revisiting books for deeper understanding and more application in the day-to-day world.

@johann.hari has been in the news a lot this year for his brilliant new book Stolen Focus which had me revisit one of the best books ever written Lost Connections.
Will someone nominate this man for a Nobel Prize?

Every single person should read these two books in my view.

I also revisited Michael Bungay Stainer’s [ @mbs_works ] little book The Coaching Habit.
 

A gem for all managers and leaders who want to be more like a coach. And for people thinking about learning to be a coach.
 

In fact, it is the #1 seller of coaching books.
 

Seven key questions, building the habit of curiosity. Operationalizing the coaching mantra - Ask more, tell less.

Everyday Creative by @mykeldixon is a perfect addition to The Coaching Habit. Both books elevate CURIOSITY - essential for expanding your options.

Mykel’s description of seeking totally inspired me as we head into a new age of healthcare where everything has the potential to be transformed,
including how we might understand the healing power of human relationships.

And this thinking led me back around to Humankind by @rutger.bman which I am still loving as we work to elevate kindness in healthcare as an intervention as powerful as any other.

@d.dworkis MD PhD wrote The Emergency Mind as a study of performance under pressure.
 

This book is a practical application way beyond the Emergency Department and one of our early Thriving Doctor Book Club reads.

For fiction, Songbirds by Christy Lefteri. A tragic and important story.
 

Reading stories like these can expand our capacity for empathy and compassion as they open our minds to the experiences of others helping us uncover our biases, assumptions, and ignorances, promoting curiosity about lives beyond our own.