Book Notes How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie Anybody can criticize, condemn, and complain, but it takes true character and self-control to understand and forgive.
Book Notes Freedom from the Known by Jiddu Krishnamurti To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.
Book Notes The Great Mental Models Vol. 2 by Shane Parrish If you want to make better decisions, it starts with understanding the core ideas that govern how the world really works.
Book Notes Getting Things Done by David Allen Read more on AmazonShort SummaryGetting Things Done (GTD) is a framework for organizing and tracking your tasks and projects so you don't have to keep them in your head. Favorite Quote"You can’t organize what’s incoming—you can only capture it and
Book Notes How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren If you want to keep learning and discovering, you must know how to make books teach you. There is no limit to the growth and development your mind can sustain once you master the art of reading.
Book Notes The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman Good design is invisible. It's goal is to guide users effortlessly to the right action at the right time. Bad design, on the other hand, screams out its inadequacies, making itself very noticeable.
Book Notes How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens Instead of wasting your time searching for notes, quotes, or references, the Smart Notes method lets you focus on what counts: thinking, understanding, and developing new ideas.
Book Notes Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone We are driven, consciously or unconsciously, by our desire to achieve a particular level of status relative to those around us.
Book Notes Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin The best way to learn what, how, and why things work is to master the best of what other people have already figured out. Achieving wisdom is best achieved by learning the big ideas that underlie reality.
Book Notes The Great Mental Models Vol. 1 by Shane Parrish We can improve our understanding of how the world works by using mental models to shape how we think, how we understand, and how we form beliefs.
Book Notes The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber Most small businesses fail because they make a fatal assumption: if you understand the technical work of a business, you understand a business that does technical work.
Book Notes Antifragile by Nassim Taleb All systems can be categorized by the following triad – Fragile, Robust, and Antifragile.
Book Notes Atomic Habits by James Clear Developing good habits in your life is a matter of following four simple steps: make the cue obvious, the craving attractive, the response easy to follow, and the reward satisfying.
Book Notes Made to Stick by Chip & Dan Heath Ideas that “stick” are ones easily remembered and understood. They have a lasting impact on the intended audience by making them listen, believe and act. So what makes an idea sticky?
Book Notes Deep Work by Cal Newport If you want to be a winner in the new economy, then you must learn how to produce. Producing your best creative output requires training yourself to perform deep work.