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Book Shorts: Fred the Cow?

Book Shorts:  Fred the Cow? I enjoyed two interesting, super-quick reads from last week that have a common theme running through them:  being remarkable. The Fred Factor, by Mark Sanborn, is one of those learn-by-storytelling business novellas.  It’s all about the author’s mailman, Fred, and how Fred has figured out how to make a difference in people’s lives even with a fairly routine job.  The focal points of the book are things like β€œpractice random acts of kindness” and β€œturn the ordinary into the extraordinary by putting passion into your work.”  It’s a good reminder that it is unbelievably easy, not to mention free, to be kind and thoughtful, and that those things are always always always worth doing.  Kinda…