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”
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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”
Book: First 20 hours… How to learn anything… fast.
How to learn anything extremely fast? Well, that book is precisely about that. Josh is a master learner and he chose few skills that he became quite good at within 20 hours. I resolved to learn Colemak after reading this book. Took me longer than 20 hours (keyzen-colemak was quite helpful) Amazon Link My notesContinue reading “Book: First 20 hours… How to learn anything… fast.”
Book: Creativity Inc.
Ed Catmull is a CEO of Pixar – studio responsible for such amazing movies as Up, Wall-e and Toy Story. He took upon himself to protect the creativity of Pixar and find out what needs to be done to protect and fuel expression. Seeing how successful companies turn into “Beasts that have to be fed”,Continue reading “Book: Creativity Inc.”
Book: Benjamin Franklin, An American Life
Benjamin Franklin is certainly one of those “Larger than Life” personas. One of the founding fathers whose face is forever immortalized in a $100 bill. Apart from the United States, he is also a first founding father of self-improvement. His “moral improvement project” was well publicized then and now and his peers were quite impressedContinue reading “Book: Benjamin Franklin, An American Life”
Book: An Astronauts guide to live on earth
This is an autobiography of Christopher Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut that had served as a commander of expedition 35 to the International Space Station. He is an all around cool dude and he started sharing bits and tidbits about living in space. Hadfield has been described by Forbes as “perhaps the most social media savvy astronautContinue reading “Book: An Astronauts guide to live on earth”