Author: Walter Isaacson ISBN: 978-1451648539 I really enjoyed a realistic (or at least much more realistic than other books and movies) insight into the life of one of the greatest creative geniouses of the 21st century. The book is full of practical wisdom about life and business. True to himself, Walter Isaacson leves no stone unturned, which can make a book to lengthy if you're not a true fan of [...]
Author: Timothy Ferriss ISBN:978-0091929114 Funny, this was one one of the first books that I've read voluntarily. I was approaching the end of my student yeas and I had a giant lump in my throat. The job at a prestiguous corporate law frim was just behing the corner. In a couple of months my relatively worry-free life was about to be replaced by the 40-year 9-9 grind. More than anything [...]
Author: Daniel Kahneman ISBN: 978-0141033570 Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist, who together with Amos Tversky began studying the way we make decisions. This book is a collection of his career findings and presentention of findings for which he was awarded a Nobel prize in economics. A quite lengthy book and not the easiest to read, but well worthy of your time. The sad thing is that even though you'll familiarize [...]
Author: Arnold Schwarzenegger ISBN:978-1849839730 What a life! How a boy from the small Austrian village of Thal went on to become the greatest bodybuilder of all times, famous Holywood actor and a governor of California. Truly inspiring! As a bonus, Arnold does not shy away from book does not lack juicy details! EXCERPTS This books shall be read for the sake of the story. It makes you understand this video [...]
Author: Robert B. Cialdini ISBN: 978-0061241895 Great book about how we can become more persuasitve. If you're interested in the way our brains make decisions, make sure to read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. EXCERPTS When we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. The word “because” triggers an automatic compliance response. Instead of stacking all the odds [...]
Author: Richard Koch ISBN: 978-1857883992 Pareto principle explained and applied to everyday life. A great read! EXCERPTS [I've read this book in paper form. Instead of the usual excerpts I am providing my notes and thoughts.] The base premise of the book is universal applicability of the Pareto principle. The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly [...]
Author: Michael Lewis ISBN:978-0393338829 You've probably watched the movie. The movie is great but the books is even better. The story goes about three people, who accurately predicted the financial crisis in 2008; how they figured it out, how they bet on it and how their knees were shaking because THE day didn't want to come. In a flood of people claiming they saw it coming, how do you know [...]
Author: W. Anton ISBN: 978-1456494551 This is the best "game" book out there (Better than Myster Method). BUT, before you decide to act on advice in this book, read Mark Manson's Models (or excerpts on this blog!). EXCERPTS I've read the book before I had a Kindle eReader so saddly I haven't made any excerpts. But I can tell you that I've practically underlined half the book. That's how good [...]
Author: Stephen Valdez, Philip Molyneux ISBN: 978-0230243095 In my opinion, this is the best book if you want to acquaint with the basics of how financial markets operate and what are the roles of various entities (commercial and investment banks, various investment funds, central banks etc.). EXCERPTS I've read the papaerback version so I haven't made any excerpts.
Author: Markovik E. ISBN: 978-0312360115 Just another pick-up book. EXCERPTS Demonstrating a higher value: "peacocking" (dressing outlandishly) preselecting (displaying other women to the "target" which often builds a jealousy plotline into your seduction), social proof (showing that others in her set value you highly), "negging" (making subtle-yet-negative statements that put your target off-guard and make her question her own value,' increasing yours on a relative basis). The fear of a [...]