“Tools of Titans” is a summary of Tim Ferris’s amazingly popular podcast. The caliber of people presented there is spectacular and the depth of knowledge amazing. I let myself split my book summary similarly to how TF has split it: Healthy Wealthy Wise „Wise” part is pretty cohesive with „Wealthy”. Honestly, only after reviewing these notesContinue reading “Book: Tools of Titans – Wise”
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Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
War of Art is a book about creative struggle. Pressfield writes about Resistance as the ultimate nemesis of creativity, a Darth Vader of any creative endeavour. It applies to enterpreneurs, poets, moviemakers and writers alike. If you want to make something worthwhile, you will be harassed by resistance. Even if you are trying to looseContinue reading “Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield”
Book: Tools of Titans – Wealthy
“Tools of Titans” is a summary of Tim Ferris’s amazingly popular podcast. The caliber of people presented there is spectacular and the depth of knowledge amazing. I let myself split my book summary similarly to how TF has split it: Healthy Wealthy Wise I wouldn’t say “Wealthy” part is about amassing capital – it’s rather aboutContinue reading “Book: Tools of Titans – Wealthy”
Book: Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World
The world we live in is ripe with exponential possibilities. “World’s biggest challenges are also world’s biggest business opportunities” Exponential technologies are the ones that can be adopted at a rate of Moore’s law. The digitalization of technologies frees them from physical limits and moves them to Moore’s law limits. Amazon Link Exponential tools
Book: Obstacle is the way by Ryan Holiday
Dont panic. It will be ok. One foot at a time. This book is ultimately about perseverance. Ryan gives examples about how we can use stoic philosophy to deal with current situation and to end victorious. Keep cool head Observe, dont feel, assess the situation What can you change? How canContinue reading “Book: Obstacle is the way by Ryan Holiday”
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
I was reading this book while my girlfriend was reading “Better Angels of our nature”. We came to the conclusion that the concepts in these 2 books were pretty similar, but sometimes the takeway a bit different. Humans wiped out many species, both humanoid and not. 300 000 years ago there were many humanoids, butContinue reading “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari”
Book: Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holliday is very disillusioned by modern media. You could call it Karma, since he made his career as a marketing director for American Apparel – one of the biggest clothing brands in US. He manipulated journalists to pick up his stories, created scandal to make the headlines and got away with it. You canContinue reading “Book: Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday”
Book: The Charisma Myth
How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Fox Cabane Charisma is not something set in stone. It is ultimately a set of habits and we can train ourselves to make them part of our lives. Charisma can be learned and it is powerful tool to influence people. Amazon LinkContinue reading “Book: The Charisma Myth”
Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People
This classic is a treasure trove of great advice. Initially published in 1936 it is still filled with timeless knowledge. Only small bits are a bit dated almost 100 years later – like “selling the sizzle”, but I suppose only because the marketing world went a little overboard with implementation of these rules. AmazonContinue reading “Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People”
Book: Tools of Titans – Healthy
“Tools of Titans” is a summary of Tim Ferris’s amazingly popular podcast. The caliber of people presented there is spectacular and the depth of knowledge amazing. I let myself split my book summary similarly to how TF has split it: Healthy Wealthy Wise Basically, this sums up why I focus on Fitness. Health and Strength areContinue reading “Book: Tools of Titans – Healthy”