Steel Book Reviews Samples For Students

Analysis of Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel”

When reading about human history, there are patterns surrounding certain parts of the world, while other places don’t fit into these patterns; hunters and gatherers became farmers, spoken words became written language, villages became cities, etc. Most history books published in past decades contain a perspective that focuses on Europe when talking about the development of human societies. In the very same history books, it becomes obvious that the people of Europe and Asia were some of the first in the development of technology and their economy, but sometimes they were invaders and attacked others. This makes a person question ...

I have learnt that success comes from passion. Every investment that we make is passion based. The book introduces Warren Buffet as a man who is content and who loves what he does. I have subsequently learnt that the best business opportunities also thrive on passion. I should ask myself if I genuinely like doing what I am thinking of investing in.

In addition, I have learnt that I need to have the qualities of an investor for me to succeed in business. These include patience, discipline, flexibility, courage, confidence, and decisiveness. Each of these qualities plays a significant role in ...

Claude Steele’s book, “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do,” tackles many hardhitting issues that face educators and students today . One issue Steele focuses on prominently is the question of why black students are not graduating college at a different rate, or rather, more slowly, than their white peers, as well as other ways race impacts education. With every issue Steel addresses, he makes sure to assess how educators can examine and fix the problem before it becomes bigger, or jeapordizes any more futures.
As a social psychologist, Steel is in a unique position ...