Haven't had quite as much reading time this week, but here a couple of the books I'm reading right now.
Your Child's Talents. One of our greatest responsibilities as parents is to be students of our children. And a huge part of that is helping them discover their strengths. Or to use Proverbial language, their "bent." Really enjoying this read.
Predictably Irrational. This is a Gladwell-type book with lots of psychological studies. Fascinating insight into human personality or as the subtitle suggests, "the hidden forces that shape our decisions." Good read. Might hear an illustration or two from this one!
The Anatomy of Hope. An interesting expose on people how people prevail in the face of illness. A little morbid. But an insightful book written from the perspective of an oncologist.
Your Child's Talents. One of our greatest responsibilities as parents is to be students of our children. And a huge part of that is helping them discover their strengths. Or to use Proverbial language, their "bent." Really enjoying this read.
Predictably Irrational. This is a Gladwell-type book with lots of psychological studies. Fascinating insight into human personality or as the subtitle suggests, "the hidden forces that shape our decisions." Good read. Might hear an illustration or two from this one!
The Anatomy of Hope. An interesting expose on people how people prevail in the face of illness. A little morbid. But an insightful book written from the perspective of an oncologist.
2 Comments:
Both sound like great reads. I will def have to pick up the first one. I try to read all things kids/children/parent related. Love the word "bent".
As if you had an infinite amount of time, I'd like to recommend "Discovering your child's design" by Mattson and Black. It's a how-to of actually discovering your child's strengths (including, 'how' they function/operate). It doesn't really catalog strengths-options but gives hands-on ideas of how to uncover (discover) a child (or friend or spouse or ...).
I am not Mattson nor Black, I am just most grateful someone introduced me to the book when our kids were still small!
David in Seattle
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