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Brad Jacobs on How To Research an Industry

Brad Jacobs has built seven companies, some of which across different industries. In his book, he shares his experience. What fascinated me so far is how he learns about an industry: "I use a three-part methodology for my research: I educate myself on the industry as thoroughly as possible,

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How to Build the Habit of Reading Daily - Effortlessly

If you want to build the habit of reading daily but don't know how to go about it, this is how you can do it - effortlessly: 1. Take as little time as 30 minutes a day - 30 minutes a day is 10,950 minutes a year

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Books I Read in 2023

My 2023 reading list: 1. The Trial — Franz Kafka 2. Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoyevsky 3. Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov 4. Sense and Sensibility — Jane Austen 5. Show Your Work — Austin Kleon 6. Remembrance of Things Past — Marcel Proust 7. Overcoming the World — Kapil Gupta 8. Emma — Jane Austen 9. Wuthering

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Top 20 Books From My 2023 Reading List

My hobby is reading books. Building on last year’s momentum, I attempted to read daily in 2023. Here are the top 20 books from my 2023 reading list: 1. Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most — Greg McKeown 2. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - Walter Isaacson

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Personal Finance Book Recommendations | Nischa

Here are some book recommendations on personal finance according to Nischa: 00:15 - I Will Teach You to Be Rich 01:14 - 4 Hour Work Week 03:00 - Rich Dad Poor Dad 04:40 - Cashflow Quadrant 06:00 - Think and Grow Rich 07:21 -

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2024 Book Recommendations

Top book recommendations based on my 2023 reading list: 1. The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts — Shane Parish 2. Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most — Greg McKeown 3. Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence — Daniel Goleman 4. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - Walter

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Introduction to Zen Buddhism - Quotes | T.D. Suzuki

Lines of wisdom from Suzuki in his Introduction to Zen Buddhism: * We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way. * The finger pointing at the moon remains a finger and under no circumstances can it be changed into the moon itself. * Taking it all in all, Zen is emphatically a matter

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The Way of the Superior Man - Quotes | David Deida

A few lines from The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida: * Austerity means to eliminate the comforts and cushions in your life that you have learned to snuggle into and lose wakefulness. Take away anything that dulls your edge. No newspapers or magazines. No TV. No candy, cookies,

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The Four Agreements - Quotes | Don Miguel Ruiz

A few lines from The four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: * The Four Agreements 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best. * Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally... Nothing other people do

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5 Books Eastern Philosophy

I’ve been planning on reading books on Eastern Philosophy. I asked ChatGPT 5 influential books on the subject. Here is the list: 1. "The Bhagavad Gita" 2. "The Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu 3. "The Dhammapada" 4. "The Analects" by

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Peak performance - Quotes | Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

Ideas and quotes from Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness: * Periodization: stress and rest. * Stress demands rest and rest supports stress. * Stress + Rest = Growth * In order to be a maximalist, you have to be a minimalist. * It isn't experience that sets top performers apart but the

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21 techniques to Fight Procrastination | Eat that Frog

Here’s a summary of the 21 things you can do to overcome procrastination and manage your time effectively according to the book “Eat that Frog” by Brian Tracy: 1. Set the Table 2. Plan Every Day in Advance 3. Apply the 80/20 Rule to Everything 4. Consider the

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Still the Mind - Quotes | Alan Watts

A few lines from Still the Mind by Alan Watts: * When somebody plays music, you listen. you just follow those sounds, and eventually you understand the music. the point can't be explained in words because music is not words, but after listening for a while, you understand the

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The Art of Living - Quotes | Thich Nhat Hanh

A few notes and quotes from the book The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh: A few notes and quotes from the book The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh: * The way out is in. * The wave is the water. * You are what you want to become * There

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Zen in the Art of Archery - Quotes | Eugen Herrigel

Quotes from Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel: * The right art is purposeless, aimless! * The more one concentrates on breathing, the more the external stimuli fade into the background... In due course one even grows immune to larger stimuli, and at the same time detachment from them

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Eat that Frog - Quotes | Brian Tracy

A few quotes from Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy: * One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all. * If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first. This is another way of saying

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Indistractable - Quotes | Nir Eyal

A few quotes from Indistractable by Nir Eyal: * The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity * Being indistractable means striving to do what you say you will do. * We must learn a powerful technique called a “precommitment,” which involves removing a future choice in order to

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Books to Fight Distractions

Here are a few books that can help you fight distractions 1. "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" by Cal Newport 2. "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains" by Nicholas Carr 3. "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of

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Books on Silence

A few books on silence: * Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain * Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World by Michael Harris * Silence in the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge * Silence: The Power of Quiet

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Personal Board of Directors

In his book Clear Thinking, Shane Parrish shares the idea of having a personal board of directors. This is the first time I had heard of the idea. I tried to look into and it turns out that it has been around for sometime. The idea originated from the book

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Inner Engineering — Quotes

Here are some quotes from the book Inner Engineering by Sadhguru: * Learning to listen is the essence of intelligent living. * The whole effort of the spiritual process is to break the boundaries you have drawn for yourself and experience the immensity that you are. * Reactivity is enslavement. Responsibility is freedom.

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History of Philosophy - A Preview from A.C. Grayling

I recently chanced upon a great book at a local book store. It is called The History of Philosophy by A.C. Grayling. I liked the book because it does a great job of explaining philosophy in a chronological order. The book is divided in the following sections: * Ancient philosophy

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Clear Thinking - Quotes | Shane Parrish - Part 3

Part three of notes/quotes from Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish: * Definition principle: Take responsibility for defining the problem. Don't let someone define it for you. Do the work to understand it. Don’t use jargon to describe or explain it. * The root cause principle: identify the root

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Clear Thinking - Quotes | Shane Parrish - Part 2

* Part 2 of quotes from Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish: * Doing something different means you might underperform, but also means you might change the game entirely. * If you do what everyone else does you get the same results that everyone else gets. Best practices aren’t always the best, by

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Clear Thinking - Quotes | Shane Parrish - Part 1

Here’s part of quotes from Shane Parrish’s Clear Thinking: * Results are a function of position. You don’t need to be smarter than others to outperform them if you can out-position them. * Working with a master firsthand is the best education; it’s the surest way of raising