Favorite Things 2015

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
  • iOS
• Pocketcasts - Podcast Manager
  • iOS
  • Android
• HabitBull - Habit Tracker - Motivation and reminders for daily routines and goals
  • iOS
  • Android
• Transit - Real-Time Tracker & Directions for Bus, Subway, Metro and Bike including Offline Schedules
  • iOS
  • Android
• Pushbullet - Connect your devices with Notification and Message mirroring
  • Android

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

Juvoni's Highlight Songs 2015 SPOTIFY Playlist

Favorite Shows

• Game of Thrones
• Silicon Valley

Favorite Movies

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian