Bruce Feiler
Bestselling author of The Secrets of Happy Families and Walking the Bible
Book Recommendations:
Recommended by Bruce Feiler
“Gina has been my go-to thinker in Silicon Valley for nearly two decades. She's a visionary-and a builder-and she understands that none of us can achieve our true purpose without a community to uphold and uplift us. At a time when tech leadership has become suspect, Purpose provides the much-needed roadmap to creating a better future-together.” (from Amazon)
WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE AND HOW DO YOU MAKE IT MATTER IN MODERN LIFE? In this thought-provoking and actionable book, Silicon Valley social software pioneer Gina Bianchini offers a step-by-step guide to finding your purpose and translating it into action through the power of community and new approaches to technology. She offers a unique take on purpose discovered through her popular Community Design(TM) Masterclass that has helped thousands of people crystalize their purpose and deliver impact-one community at a time. Purpose: Design a Community and Change Your Life will show you new ways to create a practice around your purpose, craft your Future Story, and harness modern tools to make it matter in modern life. If you don't yet have a purpose, this book will help you find yours. If you're hungry to share your purpose with more people, this book will show you new strategies and techniques to capture people's imagination and expand your impact. By consciously designing a life with purpose, community, and the best of new technologies outlined in this book, you'll find more joy, energy, and meaning in nearly every area of your life. Your journey starts here.
Recommended by Bruce Feiler
“Don't read this book alone. Read it at a gathering of friends, in a book club, with a team of colleagues, or on a family reunion. But read it—for its wisdom, its charm, its insight, and its ability to make every encounter with others more meaningful and enjoyable. The Art of Gathering is a book long overdue, and just in time.” (from Amazon)
"Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read!" --Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED From the host of the New York Times podcast Together Apart, an exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our communities, and beyond. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play. Drawing on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings around the world, Parker takes us inside events of all kinds to show what works, what doesn't, and why. She investigates a wide array of gatherings--conferences, meetings, a courtroom, a flash-mob party, an Arab-Israeli summer camp--and explains how simple, specific changes can invigorate any group experience. The result is a book that's both journey and guide, full of exciting ideas with real-world applications. The Art of Gathering will forever alter the way you look at your next meeting, industry conference, dinner party, and backyard barbecue--and how you host and attend them.