The authors answer to everything is humility. Every other sentence says humble or humility or cites a study that doesn’t even complete a point. You can skip reading this book. RATING: 2/5 CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • “If you are humble, nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you … Continue reading Humble By Daryl Van Tongeren
Actually really enjoyed this one. Some fresh new perspectives on how to achieve your dreams. Definitely worth checking out. RATING: 4.2/5 CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS |AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • In a crowded and competitive world, “good enough” is generally not good enough. • Be like water. No matter what you set in its way, water … Continue reading No One Succeeds Alone By Robert Reffkin
Happy Labor Day everyone! Hope you’re enjoying your free time😉 Free Time is filled with tips and tricks for small business owners on how to create a healthy work life balance. It’s about creating strategies to automate your work so that you have more free time in your personal life. RATING: 3.3/5 CHECK IT OUT: … Continue reading Free Time By Jenny Blake
Perception: How our bodies shape our mind is a fantastic psychology book about the relation between our psychical body and our perception of reality. It can be summarized by this example; A hill will seem steeper to someone who is out of shape, compared to a fit individual. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY … Continue reading Perception By Dennis Proffitt
A short and simple read; Ichigo ichie is the Japanese art of making the most of every moment. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON Related: IKAGI By Hector Garcia KEY TAKEAWAYS: • Ichigo Ichie = What we are experiencing right now will never happen again. And therefore, we must value each moment like a beautiful … Continue reading The Book Of Ichigo Ichie By Hector Garcia
Power of Less offers extremely generic tools to streamline your life by identifying the essential and eliminating the unnecessary. The basic principles of this book include: simplifying your goals and commitments, cutting down on anything that’s not top priority and focusing on the task at hand. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS |AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • “With … Continue reading The Power Of Less By Leo Babauta
Certain stories are more contagious, and certain rumors are more infectious. Some products get a good deal of word of mouth, while others go unmentioned. What causes certain products, ideas, and behaviors to be talked about more? This book provides cutting-edge science about how word of mouth and social transmission work. And how you can … Continue reading Contagious By Jonah Berger
Four Thousand Weeks is yet another book about making the best use of time. But it is written in the belief that time management as we know it has failed miserably, and that we need to stop pretending otherwise. The rest of the book is an exploration of a saner way of relating to time … Continue reading Four Thousand Weeks By Oliver Burkeman
Former congressman and prosecutor, Trey Gowdy, teaches the art of persuasion and effective communication. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • In persuasion there is no clock; there is an acquired sense of when there is an opening and an even more acquired sense of when to step into that opening. • “Chance … Continue reading Doesn’t Hurt To Ask By Trey Gowdy
Mac Miller is my favorite musician of all time. Unfortunately, the book is disappointing, mostly because the author primarily talks about her experience, instead about his music and life. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • “You gotta pretend that no one listens. You gotta pretend that you’re just making music for yourself, … Continue reading The Book Of Mac By Donna-Claire Chesman
If you’re curious how prison is, this is an honest representation from an articulate inmate on his 10 year sentence through the correctional system. In that time, books were his anchor, entertainment and guide. Highly recommend. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • One can purchase so much in a prison yard. Packs … Continue reading Sentence By Daniel Genis
Think Again is about the mental flexibility to rethink and question people and opinions you don’t agree with. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • Intelligence is traditionally viewed as the ability to think and learn. Yet in a turbulent world, there’s another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability … Continue reading Think Again By Adam Grant
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