 Happy Monday
This week's article is inspired by a country music song that was a hit several months ago. It's a sentimental ballad about moments in our life that we don't think much about now but will someday miss. I believe there is an important lesson for us about learning in those words (though, that isnt, I'm sure, why it was a hit song!). I'll explain all of that in the article, so I hope you will read and learn from it.
I'm excited about our next Guest Conversation in the Remarkable Leadership Learning System on Thursday (Sept. 11) at 2pm. I'll be joined by Aaron Sandoski and Bryn Zeckhauser, authors of the new book How the Wise Decide. I hope you'll make the wise decision to join us Thursday!
Stay tuned…next week we're going to share some exciting news about what we've been working on to help you be a remarkable leader.
Something great is going to happen to you this week. If you follow the advice in this week's article, you'll be sure to not miss it.
Have a great week and . . .
. . . remember always that You are Remarkable.
Your in learning,
You're Gonna Miss This - Learning Right Now
Everyday life.
We can learn from it in so many ways, and I am continually reminded of one of those key ideas from a hit country song You're Gonna Miss This performed by Trace Adkins (if you're not a country music fan you might know Trace as the runner-up on Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice).
The song shares three moments in a young woman's life. These are times of everyday events - and the chorus offers this advice to her:
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
The song is sentimental, country and I love it. But I don't just love it because of the sound or the overt message. I love it because it gets to the heart of something we all must do if we want to be more effective, continual learners.
The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Dan Gardner
 I heard this author on the radio for about three minutes, and within ten more minutes had this book loaded on my Kindle .
The Science of Fear is about risk. How we assess it as human beings, and how that leads to the things we fear. It is fascinating and full of facts and great stories. It even makes me laugh - not only at the mistakes others make in their thinking, but the ones I make too. (My wife Lori found it odd that I was laughing out loud at a book about fear - I don't think it was any sort of proof of my heroism!).
It explores the science of how we think, why we think, and the shortcuts we all use when we think. It also explores how and why we make decisions. The examples are from advertising, medicine, politics and much more. This book gives me much to think about in terms of how we are persuaded, and gives us tools to help us think more critically.
If you enjoy books that help you understand the world around you better (think Made to Stick, The Tipping Point, The World is Flat and others), this book should earn a place on your reading list. If your focus is more narrow on thinking and decision making skills, I still believe it is well worth the read.
I'll put it this way, I'm glad my radio was on in the car that morning.
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