Category: Book Reviews
2019 Reading So Far – What Mattered
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I saw Jamie Todd Rubin give a short update on what he read this year so far and I realized that it’s about time for me to share some of my favourites too. Yup most of these are going to be Amazon links and I get about .0000001 cent if you purchase, well maybe a…
How Introverts Live With the Extrovert Ideal
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There is a difference between being introverted and being shy according to Susan Cain, author of Quiet. Shy people are afraid of speaking up and introverts feel overstimulated and need downtime[^Page 13]. There’s an even bigger distinction between extroverts and introverts and it’s not just how they prefer to spend their time. The big difference…
Why Do We Assume It Has to Be Crazy at Work?
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The title of this post is the central question that Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanson are trying to answer in their book It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work. Here is the two primary reasons they think that work has gotten so crazy. There are two primary reasons: (1) The workday is being…
Dan Lyons Looks at How Silicon Valley Makes Us Lab Rats
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While “hustle porn” is on the way out as something that most people idolize, it’s at least worth wondering why we had some obsession with it anyway. This is where Dan Lyons comes in, specifically with a look at how Silicon Valley has been using workers as Lab Rats to change the way we work,…
A Review of Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
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If you can point to someone that says they don’t feel the pull of social media then you’re also most likely pointing to a liar. Oh sure, there are some that don’t feel the unescapable desire to dive into social media every few minutes but it’s a very small percentage. We all want to identify…
What Does It Take to Stand Out?
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The goal of all your marketing is to stand out from the crowd. To build a site/product that people notice, and are willing to trade money or attention for. This isn’t an easy road though. It takes a lot of work and some luck to stand out from the myriad of competitors any endeavour has.…
How Can You Use Pre-Suasion to Make More Sales
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Have you ever wondered how to communicate well? Not just communicate, but how do you sell well? Communication is all about delivering a message that is well received, and then accepted by those that hear it and Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini is here to help us with that. The main thrust of Pre-Suasion hinges on…
What Does It Take to Have a Miracle Morning
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Who wouldn’t want to wake up and have the best day they’ve ever had…every day. The thought of waking up and starting your day so that you achieve your maximum potential and can reliably reproduce this effect is appealing isn’t it. That morning that jump starts your day, every day, is what The Miracle Morning…
Do You Know Where Good Ideas Come From
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I think that a question that is asked often by anyone with a bit of drive is, how on earth do you come up with a good idea? How did Charles Darwin, or Steve Jobs, or Hedy Lamarr come up with the ground breaking ideas and technology that they are credited with. This question is…
Is It Better to Be an Early Success or Late Bloomer?
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Much of our society today looks to early success as the only type of success and hypes it as the thing we all need to achieve[^1]. If you’re not an early success, then forget about it. This is where [Late Bloomers by Rich Karlgaard](https://amzn.to/2Tu3RbQ) is here to make some changes to the early success narrative…
