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MC's avatar

Yessss! There will be a bio sketch right below this in the back cover. I like your additions, I will update.

Re exercises, I created 3 exercises per chapter. Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of real-world consulting, so I'm pretty confident there is no overlap and the readers will find them valuable because they are very practical. You could pick a few (if you don't want to do them all) and just practice.

“39” sounds like a lot, I get that, but is it a lot over a year or so?

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Joel@Discy's avatar

Sounds good MC. I think Adam Grant adopted a similar approach in one of his recent books. Fairly sure James Clear did also so there's precedent for it! '39' might still put some off. But they're likely not your target. As you said, it's not much over a year and I assume all your exercises are about helping folks weed out bad habits or plant and nurture the right habits they need.

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Thanks! What approach did Adam Grant use exactly? The exercises or the bio? Sorry, I didn't understand that part...

Exercises are about practicing what I discuss in the chapter. I will send you a sample offline! My point is: if you don't practice certain skills, you'll never acquire them...

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Joel@Discy's avatar

Sorry for the slow reply MC! I took a break. In his book Think Again. It's structured into 3 sections. Each containing 3-4 chapters. Then in his concluding section he has practical actions (for an academic) which follow the same structure. What I like about it is that you can focus on the actions without wading through the body of the text. And if you want to refresh yourself or go deeper. It's easy to know where to go in the book.

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MC's avatar

Interesting. I took a slightly different approach as I have the exercises right after the chapter. Rationale was once you are fresh with the stories and contents the exercises resonate better (at least, in my mind...)

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Joel@Discy's avatar

Yeah, I can definitely see the rationale!

One consideration/ question might be... do you anticipate your "ICP" reader to complete the exercises straight away as they progress through the chapters? or will there be some "DO NOW - enablers" and some more "DO NEXT", "DO LATER"?

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