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Sensory Strides podcast


Feb 18, 2020

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“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.”
Stephen R. Covey

Welcome to the Sensory Strides podcast.  Observations of the world through activity, reading, listening, and everything else.

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Had lots of car time this week.  This allowed me to do some reading in paper form and catch up on some podcasts. 

Although I read nearly every day, it is usually before bed and I read my e-book.  I know – we aren’t supposed to use electronics before bed.  However, I love turning off all the lights, snuggling under the blankets, and reading.  I can’t do that when I have a paper book.

I am in a mastermind group and each month we each read a nonfiction book and then we discuss them at the end of the month.  We’ve learned we get more out of the books this way because we can each read something that relates to our life at that moment and we get to hear about other books we haven’t read and learn from them too.

This month I am reading People Fuel by John Townsend.  When I picked the book up from the library – not evening having remember ordering it, I thought this was going to be about how best to fuel your body through food.  When I started reading it, I realized immediately that this book has nothing to do with food.  It is all about relationships and what gives us energy and what can drain us.

https://www.amazon.com/People-Fuel-Fill-Your-Leadership-ebook/dp/B07KDZZ7L9

I love John’s writing style and he has kept me interested and given me tips that are easily integrated to my current conversation style.

What was even more interesting to me is at the same time I started reading People Fuel, I began reading Sensible Shoes by Sharon Garlough Brown.  This is a nonfiction Christian book about four women that meet at a spiritual retreat and how they build a relationship and support each other.  The descriptions from John’s book and examples gave me a different viewpoint on this nonfiction book as I was seeing John’s examples play out in the interactions of the characters in Sensible Shoes.  

https://www.amazon.com/Sensible-Shoes-Story-Spiritual-Journey/dp/0830843051/ref=sr_1_2?crid=T5VYF144N2I4&keywords=sensible+shoes+by+sharon+garlough+brown&qid=1581789323&sprefix=sensible+shoes%2Caps%2C382&sr=8-2

Have you ever read two books that ended up complementing each other as you read them?  I hadn’t experienced this to the degree I did here.  God’s work.

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