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About schoultz

CEO of Fifth Factor Leadership - Speaker, consultant, coach. Formerly Director, Master of Science in Global Leadership at University of San Diego; prior to that, 30 years in the Navy as a Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) officer.

Tribe, by Sebastian Junger

Why this book:  I listened to Tim Ferriss’s interview with Sebastian Junger on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast and was impressed with his ideas.  A couple of my friends,  also Tim Ferriss devotees, who were similarly impressed.  We all agreed … Continue reading

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When Breath becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi

Why This Book:  This book was recommended to me by my son, who said it was short, powerful, and very much worth reading.  Then another friend told me she had read it and her reaction was identical to my son’s. … Continue reading

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Going After Cacciato, by Tim Obrien

Why this book: A good friend and currently active-duty SEAL officer and I agreed to read some literature related to our chosen profession.  I had read Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and liked it, and attended a lecture at which … Continue reading

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A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway

Why this Book:  My literature reading group selected it as a companion piece to The Paris Wife, since both are about Hemingway’s experiences living in Paris during the 1920s. The Paris Wife is a novel based on the experiences of … Continue reading

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The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway

Why this Book:   My reading group had selected The Paris Wife and A Moveable Feast to read for our next selection.  Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises during his time living in Paris described in these two books.  A member … Continue reading

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The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain

Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group, along with Moveable Feast, Hemingway’s own version of life during the time described in The Paris Wife.  A few of us also are reading The Sun Also Rises, the novel Hemingway wrote … Continue reading

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Originals, by Adam Grant

Why this book: Selected by my All American Leadership reading group, with the enthusiastic endorsement of Rob Nielsen, who finished it and immediately began to read it again, in order to better absorb the many ideas in it.  I and … Continue reading

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Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison

Why this book: Suggested by one of the members of my literature reading group, who had read it in college, was intrigued, wanted to read it again, and wanted to discuss it with this group.  Toni Morrison is a very … Continue reading

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Bounce, by Matthew Syed

Why this book: Bounce was selected by my All American Leadership reading group as a good follow up to our last book, Mindset by Carol Dweck.  Many of us felt that Dweck’s book needed more depth and we decided that … Continue reading

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Tribes, by Seth Godin

Why This Book: I often speak about developing a “tribal culture” as an ideal that leaders should strive for.  I recently assumed the role of president of my Toastmasters Club and have begun referring to our club as  a “tribe,” and … Continue reading

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