Think Like a Freak, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
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Haha honnestly I didn't find much value in the book at all. I think every time I read it I nearly fell asleep. Some how its a new york times best seller....? HmmmMany of us had to force ourselves to finish it.
This book was mentioned previously, but I am reading
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Super interesting. It's the type of book that entrepreneur geeks love, myself included.
Great story with INSIDERS insights into the founding, methodology, and operation of Amazon.
Highly recommended, especially for anyone who plays in the eCommerce channel.
Interesting book, but I think other creativity book is better than this one. For example, Thinkertoys
A better book to help you understand how it fits together would be "What to say when you talk to yourself". It places emphasis on using positive self talk to help generate your beliefs, which in turn generate your attitudes, which in turn generate your actions which in turn generate your habits.I liked it. Classic business book. Affirmations sort of help me but not really sure how it all fits into place yet.
A better book to help you understand how it fits together would be "What to say when you talk to yourself". It places emphasis on using positive self talk to help generate your beliefs, which in turn generate your attitudes, which in turn generate your actions which in turn generate your habits.
My top books:
Influence - Cialdini
The 4 hour workweek- Tim Ferris
The Alchemist- Paulo coelho
Total recall - Arnold Schwarzenegger
The millionaire fastlane - MJ DeMarco
The Art Of The Deal. Whatever your political beliefs are, I highly recommend it.
What I've read since August (By reading I mean listening in audiobook format and usually in 2x speed which helps alot)
Added book title/author and some of the key takeaways I got
Mindset
Carol Dweck
- Great book to identify limiting beliefs,
Have a growth mindset, you can learn anything if you want, ask the right questions, failure is ok, it’s how we learn.
Edit: Also a great read if you have children and how some of the things you say and do to encourage them might actually be f*cking up their life
Money: Master the Game
Tony Robbins
- All weather portfolio, the only thing in your control is assets allocation, trying to time the market or pick a winner is a fools game, also investigate the 5 driving forces of men
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
- Find meaning in even the bad things that have happened to you
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
- Good book on philosophies that have driven great men
Linchpin
Seth Godin
- Most valuable thing I took was him identifying the negative voice in the back of your head and how to fight back, don't let the resistance hold you back
The 4-Hour Work Week
Timothy Ferris
- Create your muse, build the business, know how it works in every aspect and then come up with systems to automate and free your time, follow the 80/20 principal in whatever you do, find the 20% that produce 80% results and focus on that.
The Millionaire Fastlane
MJ DeMarco
- The book that set me on my journey.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
- Probably need to read again as was difficult to capture over audio, a lot of thoughts
Mastery
Robert Greene
- Embrace the apprentice mindset and find a mentor. Study different fields and make unique connections. Mastery takes a lifetime of dedicated effort
The 48 Laws Of Power
Robert Greene
- Lot's of good insights into human behaviour difficult to pick one main thing I picked up
Start With Why
Simon Sinek
- Look up the golden circle theory when marketing a product or service, start with why and move outwards. Don’t start by talking about features and how you are better. We are innovators who just happen to build/do X.
Think And Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
- Create a mastermind group and check out goal setting procedure from there
ReWork
Jason Fried & David Heinemeirer Hansson
- Found loads of good insights difficult to summarize in one point, maybe one thing that stood out was that you don't have to take massive amount of VC to be successful. Hustle your way to the top.
The E-Myth Revisited
Michael Gerber
- Great read after TMFL and FHWW to tie things together and how to approach building a business that is sellable (liquidation event)
I'm currently reading Shoe Dog by Phil Knight and it's INCREDIBLE. It's not the fact that he took Nike from $8000/year from 1964 to $43bn/year in 2016 which in itself is madness. It's the spiritual journey that took him from dreams to reality. He talks about everything I believe in and follow. He had the same anxieties as me. He's human.
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