.: Leadership in Literature Reading Room

{"http:\/\/www.reachhighdesign.com\/leadership-in-literature\/reading-room.html":{"comments":{"data":[{"id":"10150294169004604_18421467","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Hey everyone. As many of you know I love reading history and leadership books. Some months ago I established a section of my website called Leadership in Literature. It includes my Top 10 Leadership Books List, articles on several of my favorite reads, and as of today, The Leadership in Literature Reading Room. I have am designing this space in hopes that we can all use it to share what we are reading. It also features a very cool photo gallery of inspirational photos I have taken over the years. Please come check it out and let me know what you think.","created_time":"2011-08-31T23:03:25+0000","comments":{"data":[{"id":"10150294180614604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"This is Emma my dad is awesome.","created_time":"2011-08-31T23:07:19+0000"},{"id":"10150294212964604","from":{"name":"Sherry Inman","id":"1302311600"},"message":"This is great Aubrey!  I can garantee I will be using some of this!  I am reading a book right now called Tell to Win by Peter Guber.  It is great so far!","created_time":"2011-08-31T23:53:04+0000"},{"id":"10150294304939604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003F3PK9K\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=reahigdes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B003F3PK9K\nTell to win looks like a great book on using story telling to improve communication. Good one Sherry! Thanks for sharing","created_time":"2011-09-01T02:13:46+0000"},{"id":"10150315898854604","from":{"name":"Klaire Dustin","id":"100002943705459"},"message":"On your recommendations I've read several  of the books you suggest.  I've especially \"Truman\" and \"1776\" by McCullough.  Both demonstrate that  personal character and courage are the most important qualities in inspiring followers.   For different reasons, I would also like to recommend \"Benjamin Franklin:  An American Life\" by Walter Isaacson.  Franklin iis a good example of the leadership power of hard work, intellectual curiosity, and the desire to  understand and improve products and institutions.  I also admire the way Franklin used diplomacy and Socratic questioning as leadership tools.  Listening and understanding are so important to effective leadership.","created_time":"2011-09-19T16:47:19+0000"},{"id":"10150319868124604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"This is a great suggestion. My interest is peaked by the the leadership lessons you say can be learned from Benjamin Franklin. Most of all his example as an innovator interests me. I have looked several times at Benjamin Franklin Biographies. I think the way he was portrayed in McCullough's John Adams is what has kept me away. Do you think he fits in a study of values based leadership? For all interested in this great book, suggested by one of the readers I respect most, here is a link:\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000FBJG4U\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=reahigdes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B000FBJG4U\n","created_time":"2011-09-22T07:54:42+0000"}],"count":5}},{"id":"10150294169004604_18424847","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"I am listening to \"The Path Between the Seas\" by: Davis McCullough on my iPhone. This is a book about the making of the Panama Canal. It is an amazing story, full of people doing great things. Theodore Roosevelt just entered the scene...I am really getting into it.\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743262131\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=reahigdes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0743262131","created_time":"2011-09-01T02:34:38+0000","comments":{"data":[{"id":"10150300701239604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Just finished hearing about the impact of John Frank Stevens as the second chief engineer of the Panama Canal. His outstanding leadership strengths were Candor and Vision. Very inspiring. He solved the primary problems that robbed the French of success in the undertaking. Tenable living conditions for the labor force and railroad transportation. Once this was done the problem of creating the canal could finally be addressed. He was a formally uneducated, on the job trained engineer. But, at the time of his resignation, he was uniformly loved by the force working in the canal zone. ","created_time":"2011-09-07T18:31:40+0000"},{"id":"10150302396499604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"I just finished this book this morning. Sorry to see it go.","created_time":"2011-09-09T02:45:51+0000"}],"count":2}},{"id":"10150294169004604_18458035","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Right now I am reading a great book called \"Snow Rising\" by: Mat Baldwin. It's the story of a dog eat dog professional who gets set strait by an alpine guide nick-named Merlin while climbing Mt. Hood. This is an easy read. The story is engaging enough to really catch my attention and it is packed with great principles. Check it out!\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1606416588\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=reahigdes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1606416588","created_time":"2011-09-02T19:39:37+0000","comments":{"data":[{"id":"10150295769234604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Merlin Quote: \"I absolutely believe that the measure of a human being is not in wether we make mistakes. We all make mistakes. The measure is in how we act in relation to those mistakes; it is calculated in the character we respond with.\"","created_time":"2011-09-02T19:40:14+0000"},{"id":"10150313936089604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Merlin Quote: Life is a sequence that begins in choice and ends in consequence. Natural law cannot be avoided. We have no control over consequences. They are driven  solely by axioms, by truth.\n","created_time":"2011-09-18T07:28:05+0000"},{"id":"10150315298609604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Personal Esteem\nIntegrity\nActions\nBeliefs & Values\nAxioms\/Truth\/Nature's Law\nThe answers to any problem are found on a level lower than the level on which the problem occurred. ","created_time":"2011-09-19T07:17:46+0000"},{"id":"10150315324619604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Perfect science and prefect religion are exactly the same thing.","created_time":"2011-09-19T07:55:19+0000"},{"id":"10150325008709604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Merlin Quote: Life is not about big things: big careers, big homes, big cars, big bank accounts, big egos. Life is about small things. Seedlings. Do the small things, enjoy the little things. The big things may or may not follow, but peace will always be a partner.","created_time":"2011-09-26T08:25:00+0000"},{"id":"10150366000989604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"I finished this great book day before yesterday. It was a pleasure to read. The outlook on life it proscribes is perfectly in line with mine. The logical and skillfully crafted method for communicating it employed by the author through his engaging Merlin was fantastic. This one is a must read. It made me want to climb Mt. Hood and make meningful changes to the way Inplay with others all at once.","created_time":"2011-10-24T07:16:51+0000"}],"count":6}},{"id":"10150294169004604_18638098","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"I started listening to \"Unbroken\" late last week. I had been reading this book along with about 6 others for some time. On of the first things that strikes me about the book is how elegantly it is written. Laura Hillenbrand wrote \"Seabiscuit\", which I loved, years ago. When \"Unbroken\" came out I wondered why such a wonderful author hadn't written any other books. It turn out she suffers from conic fatigue syndrome. Her depictions of the heroes in her books, so full of life, is her way of living a life her body can not. She is a fantastic author. I am savoring every word.\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003WUYPPG\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=reahigdes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B003WUYPPG","created_time":"2011-09-12T18:20:39+0000","comments":{"data":[{"id":"10150307053174604","from":{"name":"Mandy Mager Dustin","id":"1622000594"},"message":"Such a great book. I actually finished it--you know me and nonfiction books, we usually don't make it past the halfway point :) So many inspirational lessons about perseverance and attitude. I must say, though, that the shark scenes made me a little hesitant to go back to the beach...\n","created_time":"2011-09-12T18:30:36+0000"},{"id":"10150334036234604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"This book was a hard experience for me. It was as promised an inspiring story of triumph of perseverance and the human spirit. At the same time I personally had a very difficult time reconciling the Japanese of these POW camps with the almost too docile Japanese I know so well. How did such a dramatic change occur in less than a lifetime? In the end the fact that the grace of Christ finally overcame and allowed Louis many years of peace, service and happiness was very heartening. What a sweeping story!","created_time":"2011-10-02T19:47:17+0000"},{"id":"10150338613134604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":" I mentioned I am listening to this book. Of late I have less and less time for reading.Not like the hours I spent daily when I was deployed. For the last few weeks I have been keeping an audiobook always sued up on my iPhone and listening to it when ever I have to drive somewhere.","created_time":"2011-10-03T18:00:30+0000"}],"count":3}},{"id":"10150294169004604_19017455","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Benjamin Franklin: An American Life---This morning I began listening to \"Benjamin Franklin: An American Life\" by Walter Isaacson. This is a book recently recommended by Klaire Dustin in this Reading Room. I have long considered reading about Benjamin Franklin but was dissuaded by his apparent lack of morality, as described in \"John Adams\" by David McCullough. Now with this recommendation by one of the readers I respect most, I am off on a journey through the life and times of this great man. So far I really like the voice of Mr. Isaacson. I think this is going to be a lot of fun.","created_time":"2011-10-03T22:12:25+0000","comments":{"data":[{"id":"10150339411644604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":" I purchased this Audiobook from iTunes. The link is below:\nhttp:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=hC2Gya8HgRU&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http\u0025253A\u0025252F\u0025252Fitunes.apple.com\u0025252FWebObjects\u0025252FMZStore.woa\u0025252Fwa\u0025252FviewAudiobook\u0025253Fid\u0025253D431191662\u00252526s\u0025253D143441\u00252526uo\u0025253D4\u00252526partnerId\u0025253D30","created_time":"2011-10-03T22:12:35+0000"}],"count":1}},{"id":"10150294169004604_19347415","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"I just finished Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans. I like this author very much. I'm extremely excited for the next book in \"The Walk\" series. Michael Vey was at best a deversion. It caught my attention and was enjoyable to read. It also taught good values and parenting. It did seam to have some holes in the story that I found quite bothersome. It is as if this work was not edited as well as some of the authors other books.  http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?ie=UTF8&ref_=nb_sb_ss_c_2_11&field-keywords=michael\u002520vey&url=search-alias\u00253Ddigital-text&sprefix=Michael\u002520vey&_encoding=UTF8&tag=reahigdes-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957","created_time":"2011-10-24T07:27:13+0000","likes":1},{"id":"10150294169004604_19548894","from":{"name":"Gary Dustin","id":"100000424462453"},"message":"I just finished \"State of Fear\" by Michael Chricton. I liked what it had to say about global warming, but in my opinion the story was weak and there were several scenes it could have done without. Still, it's not everyday you read a novel with a forty-page bibliography. If you want to get past all the hype and get to some real facts about global warming, this is a good book to read. Basically, the author says that nobody understand the climate well enough to make long-range predictions about the climate. Think about how often the weather forecast is right and then consider that the climate is vastly more complex and less understood than weather patterns, you'll begin to doubt how well science can predict ten years let alone a hundred years into the future. Anyway, this is the kind of book you read to learn more about a controversial topic not to have a good read.","created_time":"2011-11-05T15:05:32+0000","comments":{"data":[{"id":"10150400439284604","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Sounds like a very interesting book Gary. For all others here is a link to this book:\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000FC2NQW\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=reahigdes-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B000FC2NQW&adid=092H5QQJ8TAZJVE55XC5","created_time":"2011-11-17T07:18:44+0000"}],"count":1}},{"id":"10150294169004604_19745362","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Mandy and I both read \"Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives of North Koreans\" by Barbara Demick while I was in South Korea training this last month. This book reveals the tragedy of the last 60 years in North Korea through skillfully crafted mini-biographies of six defectors from the same home town but very diverse parts of the North Korean cast system. Reading this book was a real eye opener to the true costs of unrighteous peace. This reading was accentuated by a tour of the DMZ where I witnessed the bold stand off between forces which remains blatantly hostile even after these 60 years & and a trip into Downtown Seoul for a lantern festival where I witnessed the extreme affluence and hyperactivity of South Korea. What a testimony to the principles of capitalism and government by the people for the people.\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0385523912\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=reahigdes-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0385523912&adid=00NYWR8P1XQ2AS4HJCM1","created_time":"2011-11-17T07:37:26+0000","likes":1},{"id":"10150294169004604_19764831","from":{"name":"Aubrey Dustin","id":"100000341175798"},"message":"Mandy and I both read a couple of very interesting survival Novels over the past few weeks. The author is James Wesley Rawles. The books are named Patriots and Survivors. These were very engaging books chuck full of useful information and ideas. Survivors ended a bit abruptly with a lot of loose ends. The promise of a third book has me hoping that these loose ends will soon be resolved. The novels talk through the reactions of a group of prepared survivalists upon the collapse of the world economy. This set of cercomstaces seems less and less far fetched all the time. I recommend these books ase easy reading full of relevant information.\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B003ODHO8G\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=reahigdes-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B003ODHO8G&adid=120CZ7MMK6KS9SWVD7Q8","created_time":"2011-11-18T08:56:00+0000","likes":1},{"id":"10150294169004604_19833215","from":{"name":"Gary Dustin","id":"100000424462453"},"message":"I just finished the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. These books are definitely not on the same playing field as the one Aubrey mentions here, but they were a fun read. Think Monte Python, and you'll get the idea of what kind of reading these were. Anyway, even thought the books were mostly an exercise in absurdist humor, there were some interesting commentaries on life, the universe, and everything. They were a fun read, and a nice break before I begin my next project: The Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers. The Federalist Papers were written to defend the constitution and to persuade people to vote for it. They are quite possibly the best place to go to understand how the founding fathers saw the constitution. The Anti-Federalist Papers were written by people who opposed the constitution or parts of the constituion. My goal is to get a better understanding of the founding document of our country. I'll write more as my project progresses.","created_time":"2011-11-22T14:05:07+0000"}],"paging":{"next":"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/comments?ids=http\u00253A\u00252F\u00252Fwww.reachhighdesign.com\u00252Fleadership-in-literature\u00252Freading-room.html&limit=25&offset=25&__after_id=10150294169004604_19833215"}}}}