Favorite Things 2015
A list of awesome things I've discovered, read, listened to, purchased and watched in 2015.
Juvoni Beckford
A list of awesome things I've discovered, read, listened to, purchased and watched in 2015.
Favorite Books
- A Guide to the Good Life - by William B. Irvine
- The Inner Game of Tennis - by W. Timothy Gallwey
- The Practicing Mind - by Thomas M. Sterner
- The One Thing - by Keller Papasan
- The Time Paradox - by Philip Zimbardo
- Antifragile - by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Between the World and Me - by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Read write-up here.
Favorite Podcast Episodes
- Planet Money #625: The Last Job (link)
- The Tim Ferris Show - Maria Popova on Being Interesting, Creating More Time in a Day, And How to Start A Successful Blog (link)
- The Tim Ferris Show - The Evolutionary Angel, Naval Ravikant (link)
- The Tim Ferris Show - Jamie Foxx on Workout Routines, Success Habits, and Untold Hollywood Stories (link)
- The Tim Ferris Show - Ep 56: How to Think Like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos (link)
- The Moth Podcast - The Moth Radio Hour: Boyhood (link)
- Stuff To Blow Your Mind - The Science of Addiction (link)
- The Art of Manliness - #124: Self-Discipline & Personal Effectiveness With Rory Vaden (link)
- The Art of Manliness - #149: Taking Action in an Uncertain and Hack-Focused World With Kyle Eschenroeder (link)
- The Joe Rogan Experience - #681 - Gad Saad (link)
- The Joe Rogan Experience - Any episode with Joey Diaz (link)
Favorite Blog Posts
- The Four Stages of Life
- Screw Finding Your Passion
- Letter to My Younger Self
- 20 Signs You Have Evolved As A Person
- 8 Pieces of Wisdom from 8 Enlightened Sages
- An Introduction to Mental Models
- Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think
- 10 Overlooked Truths About Taking Action
- Treat Failure Like a Scientist
- The 30 second habit with a lifelong impact
- The Single, Most Valuable Lesson I've Learned in My Professional Life
- Screw motivation, what you need is discipline
Favorite Apps
- Pomotodo - Full featured cross-platform Pomodoro Tracker
- Pocketcasts - Podcast Manager
- HabitBull - Habit Tracker - Motivation and reminders for daily routines and goals
- Transit - Real-Time Tracker & Directions for Bus, Subway, Metro and Bike including Offline Schedules
- Pushbullet - Connect your devices with Notification and Message mirroring
Favorite Services
- Rescuetime - Personal Time Management Tracker
- Trello - Organizer
- Goodreads - Readers Social Network
- Pocket - Read it Later, Offline Reading
- Feedly - RSS feed manager
Favorite Products
- Sleep Master Sleep Mask - Mask to block out light and reduce sound while you sleep
- FlipKlip Treadmill Book Holder 1-Pak - Holds up books while you read
- Magic Bullet NutriBullet Pro 900 Series Blender/Mixer System - Awesome blender, great for smoothies
- BlenderBottle GoStak Twist n' Lock Storage Jars, 100cc 3-Pak - Portable container, I use it to hold extra protein while I travel
- Vapur Eclipse Water Bottle, 1-Liter, Night Blue - Foldable water bottle that can fit in your pocket
- Withings WS-50_02 Ws-50 Smart Body Analyzer, White - Digital scale that connects to an app and syncs your weight data online
Favorite Songs
- Acquainted - The Weeknd
- The Hills - The Weeknd
- Valerie - The Weeknd
- Montreal - The Weeknd
- Wesley's Theory - Kendrick Lamar
- Know Yourself - Drake
- Used To - Drake, Lil Wayne
- Can't Stop - Theophilus London
- What Is Love - V. Bozeman
- End of Disclosure - Hypocrisy
- The Violation - Fleshgod Apocalypse
Favorite Shows
- Game of Thrones
- Silicon Valley
Favorite Movies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
