by Blake Stansell | Apr 22, 2024 | 3 Things
Elon Musk may be one of the most polarizing people in business. Actually, forget “may be,” he is almost certainly in the top three. It takes a master of their craft to be able to make a book about such a person required reading, and that is why Walter Isaacson was the...
by Blake Stansell | Apr 8, 2024 | 3 Things
Are you a workaholic or are you just engaged at work? Does your company enable workaholics, and, if so, how do we change that? These are the types of questions that Malissa Clark answers in her new book, Never Not Working. I’ll admit, by the end of it, I was...
by Blake Stansell | Apr 3, 2024 | Monthly Reading Lists
One thing that you can almost always count on in the South is a rainy March, which means more time for reading. With that in mind, I took the chance to read a couple of larger books that have been on my list. I’ve also been doing some “me work” over...
by Blake Stansell | Mar 11, 2024 | 3 Things
Richard Rumelt is considered a giant in the world of business strategy. He has authored numerous articles for Harvard Business School and two fantastic books on strategy. His latest book, The Crux, goes beyond explaining what strategy is, to actually laying out how...
by Blake Stansell | Feb 29, 2024 | Monthly Reading Lists
I’m a planner. I spend an inordinate amount of time looking to the future and working backwards from where I’d like to be to actions and goals that need to be set in the present. I do this for my career, for our personal finances, for the mega milestones...
