Patricia Sanders is a freelance writer and editor. She lives in the Azores.
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White Fragility
White Fragilityby Robin DiAngelo
A Good Antiracist Is Hard to Find
All white Americans are racists, according to sociologist Robin DiAngelo. In White Fragility, she explores the compelling reasons why white progressives, against their own convictions, continue…
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Raceby Reni Eddo-Lodge
A Primer on British Racism
In 2014, British journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge stopped having conversations with white people about race: They weren’t listening. For those who are listening now, her book…
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STFU
STFUby Dan Lyons
Hitting Mute on a Motormouth
People who talk too much – humanity’s compulsive talkers, windbags, chatterboxes and motormouths – annoy listeners, alienate friends and frequently sabotage their careers, relationships and…
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates
An Arc That Doesn’t Bend
Will America ever achieve racial justice? And how should Black Americans live while it doesn’t? An influential Black intellectual offers a bleak assessment of the…
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Influence Is Your Superpower
Influence Is Your Superpowerby Zoe Chance
Influence for Nice People
Influence doesn’t have to be tacky, greedy or corrupt. Renowned Yale professor Zoe Chance offers an alternative: research-based insights into influence that nice people will…
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Right Kind of Wrong
Right Kind of Wrongby Amy Edmondson
Succeed at Failing
In today’s business world, thriving depends on innovating, experimenting, and breaking new ground. Missteps, mistakes, and outright failures come as part of the territory. Renowned…
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Optimal
Optimalby Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss
Better than Flow
In the pursuit of high performance, many professionals seek “flow” — that elusive state of peak performance emerging from intense focus and immersion in a task. But…
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