For a book with running in the title, it’s barely about running. Instead, it’s a weirdly arranged memoir that flip flops between an ultra marathon, the authors time in a psychiatric hospital and strange, borderline delusional life stories. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • Sometimes I think the point of all my … Continue reading Running Is A Kind Of Dreaming By J.M Thompson
Told from a mostly spiritual standpoint, The Lost Art of Conversation demonstrates how mindful communication can impact areas of your life while elevating others around you. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • The Latin root conversatio means “living with; to keep company with, or having dealings with others.” Thus we could regard … Continue reading The Lost Art Of Good Conversation By Sakyong Mipham
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
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
A well-rounded book about integrity, character development, growth and goals. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • Character = the ability to meet the demands of reality. • People who become leaders, or really successful, tend to have three qualities. Number one, they have some set of competencies, meaning they know their field … Continue reading Integrity By Henry Cloud
Switch is a dated, broader version of Atomic Habits By James Clear, presenting essentially the same main point—change begins with small incremental steps. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • Failing is often the best way to learn, and because of that, early failure is a kind of necessary investment. • Even in … Continue reading Switch By Chip Heath
Conversations, stories & touch of philosophy from a father and son motorcycle trip. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • To travel is better than to arrive. • The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there. • You look … Continue reading Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance By Robert Pirsig
Broken down into quick snippets, What I Know For Sure is the work of Oprah revising and condensing over 14 years of her magazine column. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • If you’re holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you’re wasting your time. You must be fearless enough to give yourself … Continue reading What I Know For Sure By Oprah Winfrey
All The Money In The World touches on many different ways to procure happiness. Ultimately, the book can be summarized by this: save and budget more than you think, try to live minimally and cut excess spending where you can. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • “I’d like to live as a … Continue reading All The Money In The World By Laura Vanderkam
A simple and effective book about the psychology behind how humans invest and make financial decisions. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS | AMAZON KEY TAKEAWAYS: • Some lessons have to be experienced before they can be understood. • King Alyattes of Lydia, now part of Turkey, is thought to have created the first official currency in … Continue reading The Psychology Of Money By Morgan Housel
Todays countless options make the act of commitment harder than ever. Pete Davis argues that committing deeply to a particular thing is a more fulfilling path. We want to keep our options open, and yet we yearn for the purpose, community, and depth that can only come from making deep commitments. CHECK IT OUT: GOODREADS … Continue reading Dedicated By Pete Davis
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