Book Updates: Added Remarks & Notes - April
A summary of book updates from the books page for the month of April. I will make this a monthly post, which will be emailed out to the newsletter. Let me know if you have any good book recommends as I'm on the hunt for hidden gems!
A summary of book updates from the books page for the month of April. I will make this a monthly post, which will be emailed out to the newsletter. Let me know if you have any good book recommends as I'm on the hunt for hidden gems!
Books Added:
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – But Some Don't ****
by Nate Silver
Rating: 7.5/10 Reading Ease: 2/4 Reading Time: 16 hours
“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” — Nate Silver
3 Reasons to Read
- Humans are wired to make predictions, but it's a skill that can be improved, this book can help
- Insight into prediction thinking behind areas like: baseball, chess, poker, the stock market, politics, weather, and terrorist attacks
- Examine the many ways predictions can go wrong, look into ways you can make predictions go right
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
by Charles Duhigg
Rating: 6.5/10 Reading Ease: 4/4 Reading Time: 9 hours
“THE FRAMEWORK: • Identify the routine • Experiment with rewards • Isolate the cue • Have a plan” — Charles Duhigg
3 Reasons to Read
- Learn how the power of habits can improve your life
- Discover the habits of successful companies and organizations
- Learn how to break bad habits
**[Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
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by Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney
Rating: 7.5/10 Reading Ease: 3/4 Reading Time: 9 hours
“For most of us, though, the problem is not a lack of goals but rather too many of them.” — Roy F. Baumeister
3 Reasons to Read
- Learn how to develop your willpower to enhance your self-control and quality of life
- Find out what depletes your willpower
- Demystify willpower and common misconceptions about it
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Rating: 8.5/10 Reading Ease: **3/4 **Reading Time: 12 hours
“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.” — Laura Hillenbrand
3 Reasons to Read
- World War II survival story
- The life of Louie Zamperini, son of Italian immigrants, an Olympic Athlete by age 19, Broke the 4-minute mile, POW and WWII Hero
- Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit
Notes Added:
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
by W. Timothy Gallwey
Rating: 9/10 Reading Ease: **4/4 **Reading Time: 3 hours
“When the mind is free of any thought or judgment, it is still and acts like a mirror. Then and only then can we know things as they are.” — W. Timothy Gallwey
3 Reasons to Read
- Learn how to Improve your focus
- Work towards mental peak performance
- Learn how to bring peace to the two selves within you
The 50th Law
by Robert Greene & 50 Cent
Rating: 8/10 Reading Ease: 3/4 Reading Time: 8 hours
“Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.” —Robert Greene
3 Reasons to Read
- A uniquely balanced blend of history mixed with modern day street smarts to conquer fear
- Learning to accept your own mortality
- Gaining a Realist-Optimist mindset; keen eye for reality, while finding opportunity and persisting through
Essentialism****by Greg McKeown
Rating: **8/10 **Reading Ease: 4/4 Reading Time: 7 hours
“If you don't Prioritize your life, someone else will.” — Greg McKeown
3 Reasons to Read
- Improve your ability to find what is essential; we accomplish more when we are choosier about where we direct our efforts
- You are overwhelmed with distractions, options and want to focus more
- You need to say “No” more
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Here are the books notes posted in march, as it was the month where I started moving my notes to the blog.
Notes in March
The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life