
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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