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A collection of 26 issues

Job Hunting Directives from Knock 'em Dead

This is the book that taught me that - like everything else - job searching is a skill. It can be learned and honed. Job searching is a personal sales campaign. 1. The goal is to get into as many conversations as quickly and as often as possible with the

Book Review and Notes: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil

Book: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil My rating: 5 of 5 stars The subtitle says this book is about how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy. And it is exactly that. It’s a good overview for

My reading year, 2017

These are the books that stuck with me in 2017. 2017 is the year I learned how todo my job. What is my job? It is to not tell grand stories to myself about how great and talented I am, how full of potential, how awesome the things I will

Books and highlights - Week of 4 December 2017

Books opened week of Monday, 4 December 2017 * Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less * The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues * The Advantage, Enhanced Edition: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business * The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization * The Four Obsessions

Reminiscing a four-year friendship with Sebastian Marshall

I’m rereading Ikigai [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006M9T8NI/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title] which I bought four years ago, in 2013. At that time, it was a major decision to spend $9.77 to buy an ebook on Amazon. I remember buying a Kindle so I could

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

I was looking for a fiction book that is readable, does not require me to think too much, and will not feel like mental junk food. This is it. The Godfather was gripping from the first word to last. Tucker Max writes, “In a weird way, it’s a guide

Book: Never Let Go by Dan John

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

Book: Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith

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

Review: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

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

Review: Principles by Ray Dalio

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