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Breaking it Down and Connecting the Dots (2017)
This book contains a selection of blog posts I have written during the past five years on family life, organization behavior, rhetorical rabbit holes, music, public policy, sports, dogs, diversity, Christianity, President Trump, and a few other things. Each essay contains fewer than 750 words.
Many of these essays focus on lessons drawn from experiences interviewing for jobs, raising stepkids, playing music, training New York City taxi drivers, watching sports, shepherding dogs, finding common ground on abortion, leading diversity programs, and loving my wife. Others are based on my reactions to opinion pieces written by thought leaders from across the political spectrum. A few meander into snarky satire. Most suggest that common ground does exist if we can find the patience, skill, and grace to create it.
The book is divided into nine sections. I encourage you to focus first on those sections that interest you, remembering that if you don’t like some of the content, each essay is short. Most of all, I hope you come away with the idea that we can work across boundaries to accomplish great things.
ISBN 13 (TP): 9781532030390
ISBN 13 (eBook): 9781532030406
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Breaking Barriers
Working and Loving While Blind
By Peter Altschul, MS
For some unknown reason, Peter Altschul was born totally blind. He grew up in a working-class town where, with the help of his persistent mother, he broke through barrier after barrier, determined to live a full life.
This memoir reveals one man’s journey through blindness as he teams with his five guide dogs to overcome personal challenges and eventually discovers love, success, and happiness.
ISBN 13 (TP): 9781469731117
ISBN 13 (HB): 9781469731124
ISBN 13 (eBook): 9781469731131
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We Talk Too Much: Lessons From #neuroscience You Can Apply In #business Conversations #communication
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2020/09/16/we-talk-too-much-lessons-from-neuroscience-you-can-apply-in-business-conversations/#61c1dbf710ac
How #transformation-Ready Leaders Learn Looking back. Looking around. Looking ahead. Vs.: Looking for the status quo. Looking for the easy way. Looking for the excuse. #leadership
https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/How-Transformation-Ready-Leaders-Learn?gko=7380b
Making Change Is Not a Matter of Willpower: #habit #environment #leadership
https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Making-Change-Is-Not-a-Matter-of-Willpower?gko=d439b
How #police #reform can improve the plight of the poor #poverty
https://www.alternet.org/2020/09/how-police-reform-can-improve-the-plight-of-the-poor/
Think Inside the Box #innovation #productivity
https://www.nickols.us/thinkinside.pdf
Why #corporate #wellness programs fall short: They focus on the individual, not the system #management
https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Why-Corporate-Wellness-Programs-Fall-Short?gko=6dda6
Leaders Focus Too Much on Changing Policies, and Not Enough on Changing Minds #leadership #influence #communication
https://hbr.org/2018/06/leaders-focus-too-much-on-changing-policies-and-not-enough-on-changing-minds?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=twitter
Banning Critical Race Theory And White Privilege Isn’t The Answer. But #viewpoint #diversity Can Be #training #inclusion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ilanaredstone/2020/09/06/banning-critical-race-theory-and-white-privilege-isnt-the-answer-but-viewpoint-diversity-can-be/#7e5bd3401386
Why I Volunteered for Moderna Inc.’s Phase 3 Clinical mRNA #vaccine Study #pandemic #volunteerism
https://townhall.com/columnists/gregoryrummo/2020/09/07/why-i-volunteered-for-moderna-incs-phase-3-clinical-mrna-vaccine-study-n2575740
Will the 2020 #NFL season see the death of home-field advantage? #sports #gambling
https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/29831703/will-2020-nfl-season-see-death-home-field-advantage
Breaking Barriers - Working and Loving While Blind