Book Lounge - Grit with Guest Michele Hill

Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Grit with special guest Michele Hill.

Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.

This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:

*Michele HIll has spent over 30 years in the classroom as an educator for high school students. She shares the insights she has had while implementing best practices for students as they try to develop grit.

*How parents, teachers and leaders can foster, develop and encourage grit in order to help their students/team succeed.

*Michele shares which student athletes tend to get the best grades because of the grit that develops in their particular sport and their ability to apply it to academics.

Want quick saveable, shareable bullet points on today's podcast? Check out the Memo: https://memod.com/KarinRichey/grit-with-michele-hill-3168

Show Notes:

Michele Hill is an award-winning educator with a Master’s Degree in school leadership. She is also the Coordinator of Strategic Marketing, Communications and Admissions at Burlington County Institute of Technology.

https://twitter.com/HillMrispo 

What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?

Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.  Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.

Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?

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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez

Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey