Book summaries (excerpts)
Instead of summarizing the books in my own words, I gathered the top excerpts. I want the spirit of the books to remain intact and I want you to be able to interpret the crumbs of wisdom on your own.
Date is the date on which I read the book.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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 [...]
Total Recall
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 [...]
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
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 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less
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 [...]
The Big Short
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 [...]
The Manual: What Women Want and How to Give It to Them
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 [...]
