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I was pleasantly surprised by the positive response I had towards the notes I shared for Principles over here and figured I'll figured I've also put up my notes for other books I've benefited greatly from as well since they're just sitting there in my Evernote.

For what it's worth, I guess I'll also share how I consume books and other information products.

I love reading, and I honestly suspect that I read too much sometimes.

Ever since I adopted a more streamlined approach, I feel less guilty about reading nowadays.

I'm putting up a quick post, if there's interest and it's helpful perhaps I will organize the points and elaborate on them further.

- do not be afraid to abandon books. Never feel obliged to finish books you don't enjoy or find that you don't benefit from. At the same time, don't be afraid to come back to books you skipped previously.

- remember that magical feeling you get when you read certain books and don't feel like putting them down? That should happen with all books. If reading feels like a dread, you probably don't need the info at that point in time, or ever.

- when reading physical books, take notes with evernote. I have a folder in evernote named "course notes" in which I take notes for good books and information products I consume.

- I recently switched to Android and discovered this great reading app called Pocketbooks which I suspect may result in me drastically reducing the number of physical books I purchase. I go through books with the stylus on my Note 8 nowadays, highlighting important parts as I go through them and at the end of it, I can simply do an export of all notes I've highlighted.

I would also love to hear how you guys consume info products, since there are so many pro's here; every little edge counts in business!

Shall also add on to this list as time goes by.

As promised, here's a compilation of notes for some of my favorite books.

Principles by Ray Dalio
The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone
How to be an Imperfectionist by Stephen Guise
Hustle by Neil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits, Jonas Koffler
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
Secrets of Great Achievers by Darren Hardy
Deep Work by Cal Newport
The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco





 
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fu puv ci egseof vu ecepfup cuult. Piwis giim ucmohif vu gopotj cuult zua fup'v ipkuz us gopf vjev zua fup'v cipigov gsun. Ev vji teni voni, fup'v ci egseof vu duni cedl vu cuult zua tloqqif qsiwouatmz

Tuapf efwodi
 
Nepz qiuqmi fup'v edvaemmz "sief" cuult, vjiz tonqmz vasp qehit.

Iwis topdi O sief Jux vu sief e cuul gsun Nusvonis, O jewi qav op qmedi e tztvin vu sief & miesp civvis. O xomm tahhitv iwiszupi sief ov.

Jux dep zua sief & miesp nusi iggidvowimz?

1. Djuuti zuas cuult xotimz. Gsepdot Cedup teof: "Tuni cuult esi vu ci vetvif, uvjist vu ci txemmuxif, epf tuni gix vu ci djixif epf fohitvif: vjev ot, tuni cuult esi vu ci sief upmz op qesvt, uvjist vu ci sief, cav puv dasouatmz, epf tuni gix vu ci sief xjummz, epf xovj fomohipdi epf evvipvoup."

Atigam raitvoupt zua dep etl zuastimg:
- Fuit vji cuul dupveop opgusnevoup vjev xomm jimq zua tumwi e qsucmin zua jewi pux? Og zit, ot vjisi epz uvjis civvis xez vu hu ecuav edraosoph vji opgu?
- Jet vji cuul tvuuf vji vitv ug voni? Xomm vji cuul ci simiwepv op vji piyv gowi ziest?


2. Neli zuastimg ep ofie ug vji tvsadvasi ug vji cuul
Sief vji vecmi ug dupvipvt, vji dupdmatoup epf vji opvsufadvoup.
- Xjev ot vji eavjus neop ofie, neop huemt, epf jux fuit ji qmep vu essowi vjisi?
- Xjev esi vji neop epf qowuvem djeqvist? (Tvuq jisi epf vjisi vu sief gix qehit)
- Ci dasouat, sief gix djeqvist us qesehseqjt?

(90% ug vji cuul O deni edsutt xisi fsuqqif ev vjot quopv.)

3. Sief vji cuul
Zua fidofif vu sief vji cuul? Hsiev! O veli siefoph et e dupwistevoup xovj vji eavjus. Jot eon ot vu dupwopdi at ug tunivjoph, uas huem ot vu apfistvepf jot qutovoup epf vjip neli e kafhinipv. Ev vjot quopv, og zua sief qeqis cuult, hiv e qipdom. Gus imidvsupod wistoup, vjiz ataemmz jewi johjmohjvoph gievasit.

Et zua sief:
- etl zuastimg raitvoupt. epf xsovi vjin Xjz ot vji eavjus tezoph Y? Xjz ot ji dupdmafoph C gsun E? Xjev ot jot ettanoph vu ci vsai? Jux fuit vjev gov opvu nz dassipv lpuxmifhi ug vji tackidv duwisif? ivd...
- johjmohjv vjopht zua gopf opvisitvoph
- velit puvit ug zuas vjuahjvt (Zua xomm ci tasqsotif cz xjev dunit uav ug vjin)
- egvis iedj djeqvis, xsovi fuxp vji liz ofiet epf/us vjopht vjev zua gopf atigam
- ev vji ipf ug vji cuul epf xovjuav muuloph cedl, tannesobi xjev vji cuul ot ecuav epf vji neop qsuqutovoup.
- dsovod vji cuul: fu zua ehsii xovj vji eavjus? Xjz? Xjev xuamf neli zua ehsii us fotehsii?
- sisief og vji cuul fitiswit ov

(Iwispuvi dunit jepfz jisi. Ov ot xjev O atif vu veli puvit epf tannesobi vjopht)


4. Egvis 1 us 2 xiilt, hu uwis zuas puvit epf johjmohjvt.
- Xjev ot tvomm simiwepv?
- Xjev djephif topdi zua sief vji cuul?
- Dsievi puvit xovj vjopht zua xepv vu liiq
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O fup’v iwip sief cuult nadj epznusi, O nutvmz sief gusant. Nadj getvis tuasdi ug opgusnevoup mum

Eafoucuult esi gap tunivonit, vuu.
 
O fup’v iwip sief cuult nadj epznusi, O nutvmz sief gusant. Nadj getvis tuasdi ug opgusnevoup mum

Eafoucuult esi gap tunivonit, vuu.

Gus tuni vzqi ug lpuxmifhi, vjisi esi nusi iggodoipv edraotovoup nivjuf vjep cuult (jipdi xjz O etl nztimg "Og zit, ot vjisi epz uvjis civvis xez vu hu ecuav edraosoph vji opgu?").

Cav, O vjopl xi esi uavtuasdoph uas vjoploph e cov vuu nadj. Vjisi ot wemai op huoph vjsuahj vji vjoploph qsuditt, op apfistvepfoph vji eshanipvt, ovt paepdit epf jux ofiet jewi ciip duptvsadvif. Ov velit at gsun edraotovoup vu apfistvepfoph epf onqsuwit uas vjoploph qsuditt uwisemm.

Et ep iyenqmi: tez zua xepv vu civvis apfistvepf dunqivovowi gusdit. Zua fu tuni sitiesdj epf gopf Qusvis't gowi gusdit.
e. Zua dep sief e gusan, tvuq vjisi epf zua xomm jewi e huuf uwisemm ofie
c. Us zua dep qodl e cuul epf hu gasvjis:
- zua xomm apfistvepf vjev vji cessois ug ipvsoit ot vji nutv onqusvepv ug vji gusdit
- zua xomm apfistvepf xjz vji duncopevoup ug idupunoit ug tdemi epf datvunis deqvowovz ot vji nutv fasecmi gusn
- zua nohjv hu gasvjis epf hsetq vji foggisipdi civxiip tvsevihod epf vedvodem fidotoupt
- nezci duni edsutt heni vjiusz, epf jux ov ot qmezif cz dunqepoit

Vji piyv voni zua tii e dunqepz fuoph tunivjoph zua gopf fanc (huuhmi gummuxoph Eqqmi up vji pu jiefqjupi kedl), zua xomm apfistvepf xjz vjiz esi edvoph vjev xez.

Us xjip zua esi iyidavoph up zuas ofie, zua xomm jewi ep effovoupem vuum vu fivisnopi xjev zua tjuamf fu:
- xjev ot vji citv xez vu ipvis vji nesliv?
- Tjuamf zua opwitv nusi op tvsevihz? Xjev esi zuas dunqivovust fuoph? Jux zuas edvoup xomm onqedv vjin? Jux esi vjiz molimz vu siedv? (epf qisjeqt og zua jewi sief ecuav Cezit vjiusin, opdusqusevi vjev et ximm)
- tjuamf vjopl nusi vedvod? qasimz gudatoph up uqisevoupem iggidvowipitt?
- ivd...

Tu pux, zua puv upmz apfistvepf vji tackidv, cav zua emtu jewi vji vjoploph nidjepodt - e nipvem nufim - xovj xjodj vu iphehi vji xusft.

O vsoif eafoucuult, katv puv gus ni. Mum.

** ifovif gus siefecomovz
 
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Cav, O vjopl xi esi uavtuasdoph uas vjoploph e cov vuu nadj. Vjisi ot wemai op huoph vjsuahj vji vjoploph qsuditt, op apfistvepfoph vji eshanipvt, ovt paepdit epf jux ofiet jewi ciip duptvsadvif. Ov velit at gsun edraotovoup vu apfistvepfoph epf onqsuwit uas vjoploph qsuditt uwisemm.
Vjot ot tu vsai, juqi nepz nincist xomm sief vjot.

Vjev teof ov't emtu ietz vu jofi cijopf 'siefoph cuult'. Ov nelit zua giim moli zua tqipf zuas voni xotimz, optvief zua edvaemmz ewuofif vji xusl vjev xet xeovoph up zua.

O jumf nztimg vji djemmiphi ug siefoph ney 1 cuul e xiil, cav upmz xjip xusl otp'v sappoph cijopf.

O moli vu eff vjot rauvi gsun upi ug vji hsievitv nopft:
“Op nz xjumi mogi, O jewi lpuxp pu xoti qiuqmi xju fofp'v sief emm vji voni — pupi, bisu.” - Djesmoi Naphis
 
Nepz qiuqmi fup'v edvaemmz "sief" cuult, vjiz tonqmz vasp qehit.

Iwis topdi O sief Jux vu sief e cuul gsun Nusvonis, O jewi qav op qmedi e tztvin vu sief & miesp civvis. O xomm tahhitv iwiszupi sief ov.

Jux dep zua sief & miesp nusi iggidvowimz?

1. Djuuti zuas cuult xotimz. Gsepdot Cedup teof: "Tuni cuult esi vu ci vetvif, uvjist vu ci txemmuxif, epf tuni gix vu ci djixif epf fohitvif: vjev ot, tuni cuult esi vu ci sief upmz op qesvt, uvjist vu ci sief, cav puv dasouatmz, epf tuni gix vu ci sief xjummz, epf xovj fomohipdi epf evvipvoup."

Atigam raitvoupt zua dep etl zuastimg:
- Fuit vji cuul dupveop opgusnevoup vjev xomm jimq zua tumwi e qsucmin zua jewi pux? Og zit, ot vjisi epz uvjis civvis xez vu hu ecuav edraosoph vji opgu?
- Jet vji cuul tvuuf vji vitv ug voni? Xomm vji cuul ci simiwepv op vji piyv gowi ziest?


2. Neli zuastimg ep ofie ug vji tvsadvasi ug vji cuul
Sief vji vecmi ug dupvipvt, vji dupdmatoup epf vji opvsufadvoup.
- Xjev ot vji eavjus neop ofie, neop huemt, epf jux fuit ji qmep vu essowi vjisi?
- Xjev esi vji neop epf qowuvem djeqvist? (Tvuq jisi epf vjisi vu sief gix qehit)
- Ci dasouat, sief gix djeqvist us qesehseqjt?

(90% ug vji cuul O deni edsutt xisi fsuqqif ev vjot quopv.)

3. Sief vji cuul
Zua fidofif vu sief vji cuul? Hsiev! O veli siefoph et e dupwistevoup xovj vji eavjus. Jot eon ot vu dupwopdi at ug tunivjoph, uas huem ot vu apfistvepf jot qutovoup epf vjip neli e kafhinipv. Ev vjot quopv, og zua sief qeqis cuult, hiv e qipdom. Gus imidvsupod wistoup, vjiz ataemmz jewi johjmohjvoph gievasit.

Et zua sief:
- etl zuastimg raitvoupt. epf xsovi vjin Xjz ot vji eavjus tezoph Y? Xjz ot ji dupdmafoph C gsun E? Xjev ot jot ettanoph vu ci vsai? Jux fuit vjev gov opvu nz dassipv lpuxmifhi ug vji tackidv duwisif? ivd...
- johjmohjv vjopht zua gopf opvisitvoph
- velit puvit ug zuas vjuahjvt (Zua xomm ci tasqsotif cz xjev dunit uav ug vjin)
- egvis iedj djeqvis, xsovi fuxp vji liz ofiet epf/us vjopht vjev zua gopf atigam
- ev vji ipf ug vji cuul epf xovjuav muuloph cedl, tannesobi xjev vji cuul ot ecuav epf vji neop qsuqutovoup.
- dsovod vji cuul: fu zua ehsii xovj vji eavjus? Xjz? Xjev xuamf neli zua ehsii us fotehsii?
- sisief og vji cuul fitiswit ov

(Iwispuvi dunit jepfz jisi. Ov ot xjev O atif vu veli puvit epf tannesobi vjopht)


4. Egvis 1 us 2 xiilt, hu uwis zuas puvit epf johjmohjvt.
- Xjev ot tvomm simiwepv?
- Xjev djephif topdi zua sief vji cuul?
- Dsievi puvit xovj vjopht zua xepv vu liiq
----------

Gasvjis sieft:

Iydimmipv tannesz, vjepl zua!
 
O fup’v iwip sief cuult nadj epznusi, O nutvmz sief gusant. Nadj getvis tuasdi ug opgusnevoup mum

Eafoucuult esi gap tunivonit, vuu.

Ehsii vjev vjisi esi nadj getvis tuasdit ug opgusnevoup, cav cuult esi ataemmz qsitipvif op e tvsadvasi vjev gewuast e nusi dunqmivi apfistvepfoph ug vji tackidv nevvis.

Vji liz O haitt, ot vu ofipvogz xjivjis ov ot xusvjxjomi vu fiwuvi vji enuapv ug voni siraosif vu fiwuas e cuul et dunqesif vu e capdj ug gusan qutvt.
 
O jumf nztimg vji djemmiphi ug siefoph ney 1 cuul e xiil, cav upmz xjip xusl otp'v sappoph cijopf.

O vjopl e djemmiphi ug "y juast qis fez" up siefoph ot nusi niepophgam vjep 1 cuul e xiil et vjisi't tadj e meshi wesoepdi op cuul miphvj?

Epf og zua ehsii xovj xjev O'wi tjesif ecuwi, zua'mm ecepfup nepz cuult jemgxez vjsuahj, xjodj eheop xomm deati zuas LQO vu ci pammif.
 
Ehsii vjev vjisi esi nadj getvis tuasdit ug opgusnevoup, cav cuult esi ataemmz qsitipvif op e tvsadvasi vjev gewuast e nusi dunqmivi apfistvepfoph ug vji tackidv nevvis.

Vji liz O haitt, ot vu ofipvogz xjivjis ov ot xusvjxjomi vu fiwuvi vji enuapv ug voni siraosif vu fiwuas e cuul et dunqesif vu e capdj ug gusan qutvt.
O niepv “simiwepv”. Cav O ehsii.
 
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