https://rickbaker.ca/category/book-reviews/ Rick Baker's Thought Posts — plain-spoken writing on leadership, business values, communication, habits, and the people side of building a business. Publishing since 2008. en-ca https://rickbaker.ca/post/when-troubles-consume-your-thoughts-remember-your-tooth-will-cease-aching-if-your-house-is-afire/https://rickbaker.ca/post/when-troubles-consume-your-thoughts-remember-your-tooth-will-cease-aching-if-your-house-is-afire/Sat, 27 Feb 2021 07:34:00 -0500The Thinking Behind The Tweet " Your tooth will cease aching if your house is afire... " Frank Channing Haddock made that point in his 1910 classic, ' Power… https://rickbaker.ca/post/controlling-the-common-littlenesses-of-human-nature/https://rickbaker.ca/post/controlling-the-common-littlenesses-of-human-nature/Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:55:00 -0500William MacDonald described Benjamin Franklin as a man who could control the common littleness of human nature 1 . It is clear MacDonald had tremendous… https://rickbaker.ca/post/i-rarely-write-about-morals/https://rickbaker.ca/post/i-rarely-write-about-morals/Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:24:00 -0500I rarely write about morals. However, driven with hero worship, I want to share the 'self-direction' Benjamin Franklin provided to himself when he was in his… https://rickbaker.ca/post/about-napoleon-hill/https://rickbaker.ca/post/about-napoleon-hill/Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:31:00 -0500There are certain books I have read, which have done the things books are supposed to do…entertain me, educate me, inform me, etc. But, no book has caused as… https://rickbaker.ca/post/2-simple-tools-1-for-thinking-1-for-actionboth-for-communicating/https://rickbaker.ca/post/2-simple-tools-1-for-thinking-1-for-actionboth-for-communicating/Fri, 10 May 2013 07:50:00 -0500Edward de Bono is one of my heroes. In my opinion, he is the world's greatest creative thinking educator. I have written about Edward de Bono and his ' Six…