The Conscious Parent The Conscious Parent "When you parent, it's crucial you realize you aren't raising a "mini me," but a spirit throbbing with its own…www.goodreads.com An enlightening approach on how to grow as a person through parenting. Dr. Shefali Tsabary shares her approach on the foundation of one’s parenting: how to be present, how to engage and how to build a relationship with your child. …

A new experiment for me last year was to read five books at the same time. I discovered this idea through Shane Parrish. AS I’ve been building SparkPath technology, I read five books on startups. …

I’m on vacation this week, and I am making an effort to make the most of it. This includes a commitment to checking email only once per day. During vacations, entrepreneurs create special reasons why they shouldn’t disconnect. For example, they can be prone to believing that they are ‘too…

My hunt for incredible/transformational books this year changed the way I see book reviews. I’ve come to realize that it is difficult to write a book review for others, since their enjoyment of a book is highly dependent on personalized factors. A book that is incredible/transformational for one person can…

I met my goal of reading 20 books in 2017. Please find them below, along with links, highlights and recommendations. Next year, my goal is to read 5 incredible books. This will change my approach and force me to 1) exclusively hunt for incredible books and 2) stop reading books…

A friendly heads-up before reading: This was difficult to write and could be difficult to read. Everyone mourns differently. Thank you for respecting our way to mourn. (Even though I make use of the word ‘we’ several times, this post was written from my perspective, which may not reflect Isabelle’s…

This year I took the time to write a review on GoodReads for the books I read (You can click on the book title to read my review). Instead of sharing full reviews on this post, I thought I would share a highlight/takeaway from each book. I learned about Farnam…

Better late than never! Since I’m posting this about 6 months late, I realize that my discipline to put together book reviews may not match my reading pace. Regardless, I wanted to take the time to reflect on what I read last year and make this yearly post a tradition…

I set a goal to read more last year and decided to post short summaries to keep myself accountable. Lessons learned: I rediscovered how much I love to read/learn, I tend to read books in spurts (1–2 weeks), or I struggle through them slowly (5–7 weeks) and I tend to…