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Martha Johnson

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Martha Johnson is an author and speaker with both fiction and non-fiction credits to her name.

She draws her non-fiction leadership material from her more than 30 year career as an executive in business and government. She served in both the Clinton and Obama Administrations, culminating in tenure as the Administrator of the General Services Administration, a position for which she was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate.

For fiction she reaches into her personal experiences with her faith community, her social justice concerns, her LBGT friends, and the arts.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Johnson grew up in California and North Dakota and attended Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts. She was graduated from Oberlin
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Speedreading

I have a book club meeting on Wednesday and I haven't finished the books! Yikes.

Yesterday I read one of the books. It's the fastest slow-read I have ever done. I grabbed main words out of descriptions, paid attention to dialogue, and skipped when the author repeated (which, luckily, this author did a lot). It worked. I have a million questions for the discussion.

I think that I had to choose as I Read more of this blog post »
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Published on April 30, 2013 05:34 Tags: book-clubs, reading, speed-reading
Average rating: 4.43 · 21 ratings · 4 reviews · 1 distinct work
In Our Midst

4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions
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“Fail Fast, Fail Forward, Fail Fruitfully”
Martha Johnson

“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
Will Rogers

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