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Reading Circle: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Do’t Know

James B. Duke Library - Room 128

With Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, author Adam Grant suggests that intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there’s another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. If knowledge is power, Grant argues, […]

Reading Circle: The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives (Group 1)

James B. Duke Library Porch

Although The End of Burnout tells the tale of a professor in academia, it’s central arguments about the ways we theorize and internalize our work—and ways to disrupt the deleterious effects of “productivity”– are applicable to all colleagues in higher education, including staff and faculty. This book interrogates the gap between our vocation and our work […]

Reading Circle: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones (Group 1)

James B. Duke Lilbrary Haynsworth Room

Drawing from the most proven ideas in biology, psychology, and neuroscience for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible, Atomic Habits is a comprehensive and practical guide on how to create good habits, break bad ones, and get 1 percent better every day. Whether you want to cultivate new habits of your own or […]