Mark Reiter

In my continuing work goal of 40 hours of professional development goal of this year, I picked up this book and devoured it Triggers starts with saying to not expect anything innovative. The theme is more about returning to basics over and over and over.

Some people joke about my numerous spreadsheets. I have a spreadsheet for documenting sleep, movies watched, restaurants , birthdays/anniversaries, and neighbors. He gave me ideas on how to improve on them. He also expounded on the idea of "good enough". For a period in my life, I shouted "Good enough is not good enough." Nowadays, good enough is plenty good enough for a good amount of things. And this book is more than just good enough.

I'd like to think that after reading that I'm a better person and I'm already implementing some of his ideas in my own life.… (meer)

Marshall Goldsmith’s book, Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be is about adult behavioral change. Frankly, I could use some of that right now. 2019 was not a great year for me and I could use some attitude adjustment. As Goldsmith noted, “A trigger is any stimulus that reshapes our thoughts and actions” (Goldsmith, 2015, p. xv). Too many things are triggering me and I need to regain control. I think this book can help me. Read more… (meer)