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- Amazon link: PaperbackOr you can get an autographed copy from the "AKitchenYouLove.com" website.
This book is a little off-topic, but hey! Ann is the author!
A Kitchen You Love is an examination of what makes a kitchen really work in your home – the difference between a kitchen that looks great, and one that looks great AND is a joy to work and entertain in. You know, it’s not much fun to use a dysfunctional kitchen. It can be very frustrating and aggravating. This book gives you all the tips and knowledge you need to make sure your kitchen design is functional!
From the book description:
Create a kitchen that works as hard as you do, one that flows and fits YOUR life style. Functionality is often overlooked when surrounded by the glamour and sparkle of new cabinets, fixtures and appliances. But after the new wears off, the function – or dysfunction – remains. Get it right from the start by following the guidance in this book. Create a kitchen you will enjoy for years to come. Do you wonder what goes into a well thought out kitchen? Maybe you really want to do it yourself but are not sure where to start. Ann McKinley is a kitchen and bath designer with a degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as Food Science and Technology. She has many years of experience working with houses from the inside out. Through rental properties, rehabbing fixer-uppers and her general love of all things housing, Ann has accumulated a wealth of knowledge that she is sharing with you in this book. Ann is one of the rare Kitchen and Bath designers who has construction skills and knowledge, as well as mechanical competency. She understands what is going on behind the walls, floors and ceiling, from structure to plumbing and electrical, as well as ergonomics. The kitchen is much more than pretty cabinets! This book is focused on providing an understanding of what will make your kitchen highly functional, and functionality is what makes it a joy to work in. It makes a kitchen you will enjoy for years to come.
This book is on Paul’s reading list. It was recommended by Teresa Kenny of Flawless Beauty of Charlottesville:
From Amazons description:
What’s being widely regarded as “one of the most life changing books ever written” may be the simplest approach to achieving everything you’ve ever wanted, and faster than you ever thought possible’
This book was recommended to me by a psychologist in the late 80’s, and was very helpful.
This is a book I consider to be “required reading” in the classroom of life.
The title comes from a poem by Robert Frost – see later in the post.
Also see “The Road Less Traveled And Beyond.”
Frankly, it’s been so long since I read it that I don’t remember much of the details. Here are some of the notes I wrote in my copy:
Four Tools of Discipline
- Dedication to the truth (out of denial)
- Accepting Responsibility for whole of life, for my anxiety, depression, what is happening in my life. I may be responsible to someone else, but not for someone, with the exception of a small child I may be caring for.
- Delaying gratification. Pain is a professor, you must be willing to learn from your pain.
- Balancing – Wisdom – Be straight with others. Tell them when they need to be told. If it hurts them instead of helping, don’t tell them.
Underlined:
- All self-discipline might be defined as teaching ourselves to do the unnatural
- I define love thus: the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.
- Love is an act of will – namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.
- If an act is not one of work or courage, it is not an act of love. There are no exceptions.
And many other underlinings.
Get this book. Study it. But beware, it may lead you down the road less traveled, the one of profound spiritual growth similar to what I’ve been on.
The Road Less Traveled
— Robert Frost
Recommended by our friend Kent Ladewig.
I am currently studying this book, Ann has already read it.
Judo is a martial art, but it is the martial art that is based on deflecting aggression with the least pain and injury to both parties. The book is a really good exercise in avoiding “the greatest speech you’ll ever live to regret.” But more so than that, it provides very easy methods of both speech and thought to bridge difficult interpersonal situations, to help people down from emotionally stressful situations, to talk your own way out of tough situations. In short, it provides the tools you need to be a really effective communicator. As my mentor Raymond Aaron says, your ability to earn is based on your ability to communicate.
From the Amazon description:
Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand in most disputes.
Verbal Judo offers a creative look at conflict that will help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation from your spouse, your boss, and even your teenager. As the author says, “when you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’re in control.”
Recommended by Prince Rich of Rich Technology Group
Rich says: This is the best book for someone starting out building a Youtube channel.
Recommended by the Courtney Doyle of Arcuri Associates Wealth Management.
From the Amazon description:
Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.