Chiara Cokieng

Philosophical, tactical, and pragmatic fitness wrapped in stories. You’re going to get philosophy — Dan explains why and how to build a body that matters to YOU. You’re going to get tactics — There’s lots of very specific programs in here regardless if your goal is to be better

Most authors berate us for lack of mental toughness. In my experience, mental toughness is overrated. Steve Pavlina is right: Your environment will eat your goals for breakfast. It’s very, very true, but seldom talked about. That’s what Marshall discusses in this book: the fact that our environment

Best book to kick your ass to action. I bought, read, and reread this in Kindle years ago. But last week, I bought a paperback copy to take with me everywhere. If, like me, you have a “technique and craft, not inspiration/Muse/etc.” approach to art and writing, you

I read this book again because it was recommended to me as the “best book on learning how to be effective.” So far, I agree. Already, I am using an “issues log”, designing experiments, seeing every failure I make and every success I achieve as artifacts to analyze. My biggest

Do you know that feeling when you’re certain something pivotal just happened to you? You’re sure — you just know — that things will never be the same again… I’ve having one of those moments. The GiveGetWin tour just ended. Persistence. Air planes. Possibilities. There’s so many things

Read to cope during a very down time in my life. It’s a fact that You can feel bad… And still decide to take action —Stories of Lincoln helped me internalize this, in a way that self-help books couldn’t. This was just 150 years ago, but everything was

This is a short (I read most of it on a one-hour flight from Virac to Manila) collection of excerpts from Ogilvy’s private and public memos, letters, speeches, and interviews. Full of useful and insightful gems, Ogilvy felt real to me, like a mentor, not an author. Really enjoyed

A stoic man’s reminders to himself. It’s amazing how someone, an emperor, who lived in 2nd century AD would have the same neuroses and issues as us. Read to both change your mindset and develop habits of thinking that will transform your life. Laziness / procrastination / akrasia, ambition, peace

Ryan Holiday sums it well: “Goddamn, TR was a good man [http://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-holiday/2014/02/25-recommendations-for-life-changing-biographies-for-voracious-readers/] .” Roosevelt was a man of intelligence and action. He became known as a man who was willing to do unpopular things. He livedin the arena [http://brenebrown.com/2011/09/15/2011915the-woman-in-the-arena-html/