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Contract Start:	1 Jun 2011	"Read" I commit to: 1) 2 books/month 2) 1 synopsis/review/month 3) record finished titles 4) earn a meal with friend/colleague I will read two books per month (1 non-fiction). I will record in the notes the titles of completed books. I will write and upload a synopsis/review on at least 1 of the books each month. I will treat myself to a meal with a colleague for each successful month. I will mark each report positive throughout the month counting only the first report of each month for previous month's report
Contract End:	30 May 2012
Contract Length:	52 week(s)
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1) 2 books/month 2) 1 synopsis/review/month 3) record finished titles 4) earn a meal with friend/colleague I will read two books per month (1 non-fiction). I will record in the notes the titles of completed books. I will write and upload a synopsis/review on at least 1 of the books each month. I will treat myself to a meal with a colleague for each successful month. I will mark each report positive throughout the month counting only the first report of each month for previous month's report

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Lithos

30 Jun 2011 10:20 PM

Outliers.
Gladwell uses his unique style of compiling research from multiple places and multiple people to extract piggybacking conclusions. In outliers he assaults the notion of the self made man, the "outliers" . He shows that these people actually are a compilation of their previous experiences. Rather than being super humans who overcome every setback and clear every obstacle against all odds they are people whose setbacks are in some cases actually the break they need. Gladwell makes this point quite convincing while still acknowledging that these are people who work incredibly hard. These are people who earn their way but also get incredible breaks along the way.

Lithos

26 Jun 2011 04:17 AM

June - Rainbow 6 (non-fiction) Tom Clancy
Outliers (non-fiction) Malcolm Gladwell

twittler

30 May 2011 02:36 AM

you can do it, you can do it, if you put your mind to it, so put your mind to it and do it!!!!