Mind Growing Reads

Thoughts about books I’ve read and what they’ve taught me about living a happier, more interesting, more fulfilling life

Monday, 26 January 2015

TED speakers recommend 52 books

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If anyone needs any inspiration, here's what TED speakers recommend we should be reading.  For each speaker making a recommendation th...
Saturday, 24 January 2015

New beginnings

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It's been a while since my last post, but I have been busy wrapping up 8 years of living and working in Sydney and moving back to the UK...
Saturday, 1 February 2014

Plenitude: the new economics of true wealth

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After Homeward Bound I read " Plenitude: the new economics of true wealth " by Juliet Schor . I had read another of her books, T...
Sunday, 5 January 2014

Homeward Bound

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Happy New Year! A busy run up to Christmas means I have a backlog of books I've been meaning to write about, and with my new year enth...
Thursday, 5 December 2013

Jason Roberts is changing the world

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I read about Jason Roberts earlier this year in Dumbo Feather magazine and was blown away by wh at he had achieved as an "ordinary pe...
Monday, 2 December 2013

How to Change the World

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I've been meaning to write about How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff for ages as it made a big impression on me. It's fr...
Monday, 18 November 2013

Happier at Home

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I mentioned recently that, in the midst of my house move, I re-read Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin.   Now, I'm a big fan of Gretchen...
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Michelle
I read and talk about books quite a lot. My friends told me I should write a blog. Although I love a good novel, my book choices lately have mainly been non-fiction books about important things in life...happiness, wellbeing, creativity, education, work and the environment. Writing on this blog helps me remember all the best bits from the books I've read and hopefully inspires others to read them as well.
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