WLP376 Booknotes: The Art of Possibility

WLP376 Booknotes: The Art of Possibility

From 21st Century Work Life by Pilar Orti

November 24, 2025 · 31 min

About this episode

Pilar Orti shares insights from 'The Art of Possibility' and discusses personal updates and reading recommendations.

Another episode from the season: Booknotes, where Pilar shares the notes she made while reading a book, allowing new insights to emerge spontaneously behind the microphone. In today's episode: Part 1 Pilar shares her booknotes from: The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander Favourite highlight: I love my weeds as much as my unblossomed roses. (Which actually comes from a letter received by one of the author's students.) Part 2 Recommendations for other reading: Mark Kilby's newsletter Staying Human with Tech Practical Presenting: 100 Actionable Tips by Guy Michaels And don't forget to check out Connection and Disconnection in Remote Teams , the book! Personal Updates Hello to Andrew and Mike from Blue Goat Books, thank you for listening! Pilar tells of what she learned from having a substitute teacher for her choir singing class. And how she experienced cognitive load herself while teaching Pilates. pilarwrites.com

People in this episode

Host: Pilar Orti

Topics covered

  • booknotes
  • personal development
  • professional growth
  • reading recommendations
  • remote teams
  • cognitive load

Keywords

  • The Art of Possibility
  • Rosamund Stone Zander
  • Benjamin Zander
  • cognitive load
  • remote teams
  • reading recommendations
  • Pilar Orti

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Goat Books

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