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Enjoyable book that combines sports and life psychology. I enjoyed the concept of self 1 and self 2. Some stuff feels voodoo(ish) about this book. I've come to accept that from books like these and just move past it. The last few chapters are fantastic. Enjoyed learning about…

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Deep work definition: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill and are hard to replicate. Shallow work definition: Non cognitively…

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Fantastic book and a lot of fascinating explanations for common patterns you have seen or heard about in sales.

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There are some useful ideas and interesting thoughts in this book. The author seems like a very intelligent, helpful and nice person who just wants to provide value to people. But it ended up feeling like this book is trying to teach something profound without actually hitting…

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A fantastic read. Chapter 10 was my favourite. I resonated very strongly with the the way the author talks about forgiveness. What it really truly means. It's the way it's beautifully articulated is the thing that left an impression on me the most. Some parts feel like gimmicks…

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It was a cool story but the ending didn't really land for me. Was not very satisfying.

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The book is essentially journal entries about running from the author. It was a cool read since I enjoy running myself.

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The story is about Isaac and his life after losing his wife. Goodness I loved this book. The writing. I love this style of writing when it comes to fiction. Heartbreaking at times. The author does an excellent job putting to paper really complex feelings and experiences.

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Find out what you want to work on and only work on that for a long period of time. Quit everything that you won't commit to properly. Was a quick one. Felt a bit generic but good advice nonetheless.

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I enjoyed The Luck Factor by Mr Wiseman before. I enjoy his writing and the way he researches the topics covered in his material. This book covers a lot of ground and has a lot of golden nuggets of useful information across different parts of life. I enjoyed it for the most…

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Picked this up after I finished The Psychology of Money by Morgan. Because my main takeaway from that book was that his writing is actually enjoyable to read. Some ideas in this book feel recycled from the first one. But for the most part it was an enjoyable read.

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For some reason this book is every single bookstore ever in the non-fiction section. You also hear about it mentioned all the time in the self-help, productivity, finance online space. Does it live up to the hype? For me not really. The main thing that I took away from this is…

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I have not seen a single Jimmy Carr show. Ever. I knew about him sure and had seen some clips here and there but never a full show. So why did I pick up this book? Simply because he's a comic. I feel like any successful comic must have an interesting story to share of how they…

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Starting to really enjoy reading memoirs. Enjoyed the stories told by Matthew and his approach to life. Not many notes.

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My manager recommended me this book and oh my god I couldn't stop once I started. Thrilling story about someone being made head of IT at a company and then turning the ship around for the whole company through improving their software. Learned so much about how old software…

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Came up on my recommended page in the audible app and it was a relatively short book to get through so bought it. Overall agree with the premise but did not find the material very informative or engaging to get through. Some interesting case studies like the UPS designing their…

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An enjoyable book on everything you need to know about building a startup. The most valuable thing that I find in these type of books is learning about the founder's own story. It was enjoyable learning about Ash Ali. Growing up in Birmingham to eventually ending up in Just Eat…

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I bought this book 4 months ago and have struggled to finish this for a while. The spirituality space is interesting. On one hand I definitely do believe a huge part of success / happiness is the spiritual stuff of believing in yourself, the universe, positive thinking and…

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I can FEEL the subtext but I understand none of it sadly. I feel annoyed at myself that the part I enjoy the most is the bit that has linear storytelling. This feels like one of those books you have to read multiple times to understand what the author is trying to say. I'm…

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I'm conflicted about what my thoughts are on this book. Picked it up because I saw it won a bunch of prizes. The opening chapters made me feel a bit uncomfortable. But that's fine. I think that was intentional. Everything about this book that I don't like feels intentional by…

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This book is the perfect example of when you make something good the people will automatically get whatever the thing you make afterwards. I loved Show Your Work by Austin. That is all I shall have to say for this one.

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After finishing Outliers I felt this was a good next book to pick up. Where Outliers talks about how most of success is dependent on the opportunities you get in life and it framed a lot it as being lucky in my opinion. The luck factor is about the difference between people that…

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First of all I have to commend the Author's ability to form an argument. He manages to convey his points well and the book flows. Overall it was a fun read. But I have to say I do overall disagree with the Author's message and the point it tries to make. Malcom shares that the…

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I had heard about this book for a while but just delayed reading as I wasn't too interested in hearing about time management techniques. Surprisingly this book isn't really about time management tips and tricks. The author never tells you about some cool framework you should…

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So many thoughts. I'll write it some other day

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Really good book. Can't add anything that hasn't already been said about this one. I'm not sure why some people give books like these a negative conotation when they talk about them. Or sound very dismissive. But it's actually very practical and has so much useful information. I…

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I watched this movie called Arrival many years ago and absolutely loved it. So I wanted my next fiction read to be something like that. A sci-fi story that really tries to bend the way we see things. From that I found that Ted Chiang was the writer of Arrival. So I picked up…

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Fantastic short story that teaches you to that, giving is what makes you successful. 5 rules to follow: The law of value The law of compensation The law of influence The law of authenticity The law of receptivity This is just a simplest summary of what I took away from the book.…

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This was a really inspiring listen. It is so crazy how two brothers invented the airplane and it's referred to as the flying machine throughout this book. It's so hard to imagine a time when people lived with cars but believed flying was impossible. Wilbur and Orville were…

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SPOILERS WARNING Part 1 I'm going to try and write notes / thoughts on this book as I go through it. It will be very unstructured but at least this way I can write down stuff along the way and not forget what I liked and disliked. Coming into Rhythm of War, I was a bit skeptical…

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Absolutely loved this book to be honest. The main premise of this book is to fight against the notion that humans are inherently bad. The Veneer theory. The idea that human's true nature is actually selfish and brutish. This book debunks various studies and stories like: Lord of…

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I really found myself enjoying the prose. This was my first book from Myers and really enjoyed his style of writing. The friendship between the two characters is heartwarming at times. Characters themselves were fun to learn about. Nice short story. Dum spiro spero. While I…

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I got this book because I had watched Gone Girl some years back and wanted to read something from the same author as I really enjoyed that movie. This book was the author's first breakthrough project so I decided to pick it up. A lot of self-harm is referenced in this book. I…

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I have to say reading this was a bit underwhelming even though the stakes were higher than ever. It just goes to show making things bigger doesn't always make them better. The thing I loved about the first two books were the personal struggles of characters. Following Kaladin's…

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I'm not sure what I was expecting but left the book feeling very disappointed? At the start you have a nice story of someone connecting back to their faith and not being embarassed by embracing it fully. I'm sure a lot of people in the west can understand the journey and those…

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Beautifully written short story about a man that loves his craft doesn't give up through adversities. Love the conversations Santiago has with himself and especially at moments where he starts doubting himself or his old body but gets back up and keeps going. 'But man is not…

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Notes will be written soon :)

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One of the most emotional books I have ever read.

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