Reading gives me great pleasure, so I spend a lot of time indulging myself. I also find that I am mentored by the books that I read, even novels, and books often shape my thinking. I try to read many different genres in a quest to be more creative in my thinking. I recently discovered that the books that I read were not as diverse as I thought, if you look at where the authors originate from. Below is a list of some of the books that I have enjoyed this year, how many on the list have you read? This is a sampling because I have read over 150 books since the start of 2011. If I have reviewed the book, I have included the link to the review. … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Week in Review
November 19, 2011 by
This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, Gertrude Bell, British Archaeologist, Explorer, Writer and Mountaineer and Steve Kayser, Head of PR, Cincom Systems. Mondays at the Salon Thor Muller, CTO and co-founder of the firm Get Satisfaction recently gave a talk, The Practice Planned Serendipity as part of the Unfinished Business series at Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU). Before we dive into what Muller said during his talk, first let’s look at what serendipity means. Horace Walpole, English art historian and politician born in the early 18th century coined the … [Read more...]
Booked for Mentoring: Review – Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
November 15, 2011 by
To truly enjoy reading literary classics you have to be transported back to a place and time that’s very different from our own. In Anne Brontë’s time, single women had very few career choices. Among the available ones open to an educated single woman were governessing and writing. Anne Brontë was one of six children, and one of the three Brontë sisters who were superb writers – the other two being Charlotte (Jane Eyre) and Emily (Wuthering Heights). Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë is a tale of the experiences of a governess. The story is somewhat autobiographical because Brontë was a governess and had a very bad experience with her … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Week in Review
September 3, 2011 by
This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Essayist, Poet and Lecturer and Interview with Tina Brillinger. Mondays at the Salon In “The Secrets of Creative Problem Solving” Otto Schmidt presents a simple methodology for problem solving, which beautifully ties in with Graham Wallas’ Creativity Model. The Secrets of Creative Problem Solving Booked on Tuesdays The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is an early feminist work. It is an important work because it was written in the Victorian age, and for a woman to defend … [Read more...]
Booked for Mentoring: Book Review – The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
August 30, 2011 by
Anne Brontë is one of six children, and one of the three Brontë sisters who were superb writers – the other two being Charlotte (Jane Eyre) and Emily (Wuthering Heights). The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is a tale very much about some of the kinds of things that can happen when we are strong-willed and stubborn. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is an important work because it was written in the Victorian age, and for a woman to defend another's right to leave a disastrous marriage was quite novel and courageous. Anne Brontë used the pen name Acton Bell, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is often considered an … [Read more...]
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