Why The Book Isn’t Always the Most Important Part of a Book Club

The Second Rule of our Book Club is “It’s all about the Book” or is it?

Find out why the book isn’t as important as I thought.

Here’s some key topics covered from this episode:

  • Why Book Clubs are a powerful learning experience
  • How we use our Book Club as a filter
  • How our Book Club format transforms our engagement

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Here’s some key takeaways from this episode: 

Book Clubs are not all about Books

This is fascinating because it’s a Book Club but they’re not there to discuss the book themselves.”

It’s about what you do with the learning inspired by the book

Bringing people together to learn and engage with each other is often the real value.”

Come to our Book Club or start your own

If you’re thinking about starting a book club or joining one, try shifting your focus away from the book and towards the people.”

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