When I was a kid growing up California, the Oakland A’s were ‘my’ baseball team and Reggie Jackson was my favourite player. Reggie’s nickname was ‘Mr October’ – for his postseason clutch hitting. During his career he hit 563 home runs, placing him 13th on the all-time list. He also has the dubious distinction of…
By Marshall Goldsmith & Patricia Wheeler Anne Lamott took the title for her book on writing, Bird by Bird, from one of her father’s teachable moments. She said: “My older brother, who was 10 years old at the time, was trying to get a report written that he’d had three months to write. It was…