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February Reads and March TBR
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– Purchase North of Normal: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062289861/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FNorth-Normal-Cea-Sunrise-Person%252F9780062289872%5D%5D) – Purchase Words Have a Past: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062289861/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FWords-Have-Past-Jane-Griffith%252F9781487521554%5D%5D) – Purchase The Innovators: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062289861/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FInnovators-Walter-Isaacson%252F9781471138805%5D%5D) – Purchase Free Range Kids: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470574755/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FFree-Range-Kids-Lenore-Skenazy%252F9780470574751%5D%5D) – Purchase The Library Book: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476740186/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FLibrary-Book-Susan-Orlean%252F9781782392255%5D%5D) – Purchase Snow, Glass, Apples: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1506709796/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FSnow-Glass-Apples-Neil-Gaiman%252F9781472262912%5D%5D) –
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Friday Notes 094 – March 13 2020
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While my kids were sick for a few weeks with a fever, it’s now our regular caregiver’s turn. What that has meant for me is about 5 less hours of work a week for the last month. In some ways these constraints are great because they force me to focus **only** on the few things
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4 Ways I Increase Friction to Get More Done
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Most people look to reduce friction to get more done, but I’m weird and one of the first things I look at when I’m needing to get a good amount of work done is increasing the friction in my life. Not just all friction, but the right amount of friction that forces me to limit
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The Books That Changed My Business
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After 12 years in business, things run fairly smooth around here. I’ve made a bunch of mistakes, and put processes in place to help ensure that I don’t make further mistakes. I’ve read lots of books and learned a bunch of things that changed my business. Today is all about those books that helped my
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Early March Book Haul
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While I said to myself two weeks ago I would put a hold on purchasing more books, that didn’t happen. Let’s take a look at what I found in the last few weeks. – How to Read a Book: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781476790152?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476790159/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FHow-Read-Book-Mortimer-J-Adler%252F9780671212094%5D%5D) – Under Wildwood: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062024718?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/006202471X/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book
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Words Have a Past
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Up front let’s get this out, I’m a white dude of middle age. There are lots of things I don’t know and can’t understand at an emotional level because of my upbringing. I don’t think this means I shouldn’t expend effort to see through the eyes of others though. To start down this road one
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Friday Notes 093 – March 6 2020
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Today no “special” content for email subscribers only. If you want this type of content every week [subscribe](https://curtismchale.ca/subscribe). > Scarcity captures our attention, and this provides a narrow benefit: we do a better job of managing pressing needs. But more broadly, it costs us: we neglect other concerns, and we become less effective in the
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Ready Player One
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I’ve had Ready Player One on my list of books to read and movies to watch for a while now. Well the DVD came available a week before the book did at my local library, so today I’m going to talk about my thoughts on both of them. What do I think of the styles
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Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
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I first saw this as a beautiful cover from [Byways in Bookland](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM5GuSLTOIN-zxX0fQ_V6Ww) and after reading a few other reviews I borrowed it via Libby from my local library. I’m of two minds as I reflect on the book. On one hand, I finished it and enjoyed it. I enjoyed the characters and while the finish
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Single Stand YouTube Studio for Under $350
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Today I’m going to show off my single stand YouTube studio. The setup, minus the camera, comes in at just over $300USD and it would be perfectly suitable to grab a [tripod phone mount](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B06VXJMMQ3/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) and use that instead of my [Canon 90D](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B083QQG8Y8/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20). – $20.99 [Neewer Light Stand](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K69A0QY/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – $149.99 [Neewer Rollable 30X53 LED Panel](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R5TKVSC/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) –
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