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how to live on 24 hours a day – arnold bennett
Published 1908. Under 1 hour to read. It has been said that time is money. That proverb understates the case. Time is a great deal more than money. If you have time you can obtain money— usually. Talk about an ideal democracy! In the realm of time there is no aristocracy of wealth, and no…
the doom loop – charles jett
Interesting short book about career/life. Very similar concepts to Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. The author has a very simple, “back of paper napkin” concept of a 2×2 grid of ability and enjoyment. He argues that the highest career/life satisfaction comes in Q2 and one should try to stay in that quadrant as long as possible….
the alchemist – paulo coelho
I come back to this book every few years and find a new, refreshing message within it each time. It is a book about following one’s dreams, seeking them outside one’s self and ultimately finding them within. The world was huge and inexhaustible; he had only to allow his sheep to set the route for…
peru
Just got back from a 10 day trip to Peru. What a diverse country – in terms of landscape, ecology, food… Here are some interesting facts about Peru followed by some photos. Twice the size of Texas Birthplace of potatoes. Still has the best potatoes in the world. 3800 different varieties. Value of annual world…
digital minimalism – cal newport
Very inspiring. I’m going to start using my dumb phone after reading this book. Digital Minimalism – A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things that you value, and then happily miss out on everything else. Some…
how proust can change your life – alain de botton
There are few things humans are more dedicated to than unhappiness. Feeling suddenly attached to life when we realize the imminence of death suggests that it was perhaps not life itself which we had lost the taste for so long as there was no end in sight, but our quotidian version of it, that our…
the war of art – steven pressfield
Like all good books, this is short and to the point. The War of Art starts with the premise that most of us have 2 lives – the life we live and the unlived life within us. What prevents us from living the unlived life is Resistance. Pressfield defines Resistance, gives us techniques to overcome…
men without women – haruki murakami
Weird book even by Murakami standards. But charming and difficult to put down. The stories are impossible for me to summarize. Here are 2 excerpts from the dust jacket and the book itself: Across seven dazzling tales, Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways,…