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/