johnfial_qr8lrr Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It Kamal Ravikant, 2012 ($free-$5, amazon.com link) (Read 2012, Reviewed 2017) Nice short book. TF recommendation. Good to quickly read, but not much new for me, more “book porn” like much of what I was reading in late 2012. Good to review, if only for a few minutes, in 2017 … Read more
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell ($13, amazon.com link), 2006 (Read 2012, reviewed 2015/2017) Read this three years ago [five]. Indeed, the first highlight below sums it all up: the law of the few, the stickiness factor, and the power of context; although unfortunately I can’t exactly recall … Read more
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond ($10, amazon.com link) “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?” (Yali, a man from New Guinea) In other words (from above), “Why did human development proceed … Read more
Secrets of Power Negotiating 15th Anniversary Edition, Roger Dawson (2012, read 2013) “The art of conflict resolution is to get people off of their positions and focused back on their mutual interests.” This should be essential reviewing regularly, and before any type of negotiation, relating to job-searches/offers, apartments, houses, large items and appliances, vacations and … Read more
Note: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) provides 24/7, free and confidential support for anyone in distress, in addition to prevention and crisis resources. Also available for online chat. Hi all, I’ve been working on this site seriously for the past few months, and on most days, I am more patient than others. Today, I … Read more
How to Make Someone Fall in Love With You in 90 Minutes or Less, Nicholas Boothman, 2009 (Read 2012) Not that there’s anything really wrong with it, but the title is quite a bit misleading – and considering everything I read in The Game, that’s a far more potent book. This book gave me the … Read more
The Truth about Carbs: How to Eat Just the Right Amount of Carbs to Slash Fat, Look Great Naked, & Live Lean Year-Round Nate Miyaki (2014, read 2015) Read this in January (2015) – simple eBook to make the author money, despite how much of its content might be good or not. There were … Read more
The Martian: A Novel, Andy Weir (2014, read 2015) LOG ENTRY: SOL 381 I’ve been thinking about laws on Mars. Yeah, I know, it’s a stupid thing to think about, but I have a lot of free time. There’s an international treaty saying no country can lay claim to anything that’s not on Earth. And … Read more
A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking (1998, read 2015, posting 2017) Didn’t actually have any notes/report written, just a few highlighted quotes. Probably didn’t enjoy the book that much or really understand it: Perhaps one of my favorite quotes: A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on … Read more
2,300 wordsRead time @ 250 words/minute: 9 minutes Table of Contents Introduction Driving is like a second career. We have lost the ability to converse and think Driving is a “simulation for the mind.” I didn’t want to be a pilot, I wanted to stare out the window and daydream. By “waking up,” I … Read more