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Shorter – Alex Pang
In Shorter, Alex Pang, takes a look at what it would mean to work a 4-day week. He uses real world examples, and hard numbers to evaluate if it’s possible, and comes to the conclusion that yes it is and no we wouldn’t loose a bunch of “productive” work time. We’d mostly drop the useless…
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You Are Awesome – Neil Pasricha
In You Are Awesome, Neil Pasricha works to encourage readers to believe in themselves while also highlighting how the lives we live today has caused us to loose the resilience of former generations. Not many of us have been through famines or wars or, let’s be honest, any form of true scarcity. We have it…
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The Revenge of Analog – David Sax
The Revenge of Analog looks at how analogue content is having a strong resurgence. From vinyl records (and in 2024/2025 it would include CDs) to books to writing by hand, Sax looks at the appeal of analogue in an increasingly digital first world. Read my longer review of The Revenge of Analog
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Rest – Alex Pang
Many of us are interested in how to work better, but we don’t think very much about how to rest better. Productivity books offer life hacks, advice about how to get more done, or stories about what CEOs or famous writers do. But they say almost nothing about the role of rest in the lives…
Style: Non-fiction