October Resource Roundup 📚

What to read, listen to, and watch, in one place.

I missed sending this email for September (more swimming, sightseeing, and being outdoors, and less watching and reading) but I’m back at it this month. Here’s the next Resource Roundup — the best of what I’ve been listening to, reading, and watching in October.

Have a fabulous weekend.

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In case you missed it.

We’re all busy and there’s a lot to read, so…

Here’s a roundup of what I shared on Business/Women on the five Wednesdays in October:

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Pretty much everything will take longer than you think - FROM THE ARCHIVES.

What happens when you stop pushing and start listening

On leading from your full humanity

Thoughtfully spend money to make money - FROM THE ARCHIVES

Own your unique flavor

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📚 Three books currently on deck.

”The Fraud: A Novel” — by Zadie Smith

”Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness: A Process for Reclaiming Your Full Self” — by Elise Loehnen and Courtney Smith (a workbook to put into practice the learnings from Elise Loehnen’s bestseller, On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good).

“Lose Your Mind: The Path to Creative Invincibility” — audiobook narrated by author Josh Pais

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📝 Worth reading.

“How to Open a Restaurant in New York” — by Priya Krishna with video by Hiroko Misuike (NYTimes gift link)

“Twenty ways to enjoy winter: Marking the fifth birthday of Wintering” — by Katherine May

“Personal History: Good morning. The things in our lives are the result of fantastic webs of interconnected prerequisites.” — by Melissa Kirsch (NYTimes Saturday Morning Newsletter, gift link)

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🎥 Worth watching.

After reading and loving restauranteur Will Guidera’s book, Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect, I subscribed to his bi-weekly “Pre-Meal” newsletter. In it he shares his best tips on how to run a restaurant (aka any business). At the moment, he’s the newsletter consists of series of experiences he’s had when it comes to unreasonable hospitality. This week he wrote about an initiative KLM ran back in 2014.

To set it up:

“Back in 2014, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines set up shop in the Amsterdam airport for one week with a mission: search social media for travelers in need, and help them.

They didn’t just help their own customers. They helped everyone.”

It’s worth watching.

p.s. If you’re a fan of The Bear, you will have seen Cousin reading the book and bringing “unreasonable hospitality” to the newly opened restaurant.