 A fellow parent recommended to me the book Raising Lions by Joe Newman. I just finished reading it and really enjoyed it. It was a very new perspective for me to read, and it made a lot of sense. It focused on an authoritarian, balanced, behaviorist approach to parenting and discipline. I loved all the very challenging scenarios it described and how they were resolved with the appropriate interventions/strategies. I can see a lot of situations even in normal contexts where these principles can apply. I definitely recommend this book to any parents of strong-willed kids.
Below are my main notes and takeaways.
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 Having finished and loved the book Sales Pitch, I knew I had to also read the prior book Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It by April Dunford. This one focused on the positioning that is used in designing the pitch, and I loved how she outlined a simple and concrete process to figure it out. I had only heard of positioning statements before, and I liked how her concepts are much deeper, richer, and more useful than a single statement. I liked the examples in this book too, especially the story about positioning cake pops as cake with a stick vs. a cake pop and the database vs. data warehouse story.
I think I still preferred Sales Pitch, but Obviously Awesome is so useful as well. My main notes and takeaways are below.  I recently finished reading The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans by Aliza Pressman, which came out earlier this year. I had listened to and enjoyed her podcast, and this book was really good in hitting all the major topics from infants through teenagers. It built on and reinforced several other books I had read before, and I liked how it distilled all the material to its essence and the most actionable recommendations.
The various frameworks in the book (5 R's, BALANCE, BAD, etc.) are helpful for remembering what to do in difficult situations. The various mindfulness exercises and prompts were nice as well. I especially enjoyed the descriptions of various games families can play together. This is a great overall parenting book that covers a lot of ground very concisely and directly, and I definitely recommend it. My main notes and takeaways are below. |
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