2. Unmasking Ourselves: Monika Jiang x “Sensuous Knowledge”

Have you ever fallen down a rabbit hole? When something catches your eye and you just have to follow it, finding yourself in a new world? It happens in business like it does in life, and Monika Jiang spends most of her time in a brand new world of business. Monika is a Millennial Activist and Head of Content and Community for the House of Beautiful Business, a global platform and community for making humans more human and business more beautiful. She and Michael discuss the importance of expanding your views to continuously grow. Get book links and resources at https://www.mbs.works/2-pages-podcast/  Monika reads pages from ‘Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone’ by Minna Salami. [reading begins at 5:44] Michael and Monika also talk about: The book’s impact on Monika [15:23] | What makes life so livable [17:03] | Our ongoing evolution as people [17:45] | Focusing less on passing the finish line [20:33] | Creating brave and safe spaces [21:34]

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Discover the best bits of the best books read by people you admire. Michael Bungay Stanier hosts the podcast where brilliant people read the best two pages of a favourite book. Listen as authors, leaders, activists, academics, celebrities, and entrepreneurs dig in with MBS to explore the insights and ideas within. Whether it’s books that inspire leadership, change, self-development and growth, power, strategy, ambition, productivity, or creativity and innovation - this is hand-curated wisdom from people who know. These are the books that change minds, shape lives, and inspire great work and worthy goals.