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.
Beyond Brawn (3rd Edition)
Author: Stuart McRobert ASIN: B008CHJHBQ Great book on strength training. A classic. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The most important exercises are the core movements, i.e.,: squat, bent-legged deadlift (usually referred to as “the deadlift”), sumo deadlift (arms held between the legs), stiff-legged deadlift, leg press, bench press (flat and incline), parallel bar dip, shrug variations, pulldown, row variations, pullup (pronated grip) and chin/chinup (supinated grip), pullover using a machine, and overhead [...]
Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
Author: Garth Davis, Howard Jacobson ISBN: 978-0062279316 I used to be obsessed with proteins, always worried that my very active lifestyle requires large amounts of proteins. My ex-girlfriend was a vegan and I wanted to prove her that plant-based nutrition cannot provide enough protein. I decided to build my case on scientific studies. I read the literature promoting plant-based eating first to point out the shortcommings. To my [...]
All Marketers are Liars
Author: Seth Godin ISBN: 978-1591845331 If you only have time to read one book about marketing, this should be it! I also higly recommend subscribind to Seth's blog and listening to his podcast Akimbo. EXCERPTS Don’t just tell me the facts, tell me a story instead. Be remarkable! Be consistent! Be authentic! Tell your story to people who are inclined to believe it. Live the lie. [...]
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Author: Brad Stone ASIN: B00DJ3ITKS An interesting book, but can't say it's really worth reading. For me the excerpts would suffice. EXCERPTS “We are genuinely customer-centric, we are genuinely long-term oriented and we genuinely like to invent. Most companies are not those things. They are focused on the competitor, rather than the customer. They want to work on things that will pay dividends in two or three years, [...]
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Author: Peter F. Drucker ISBN:978-0060833459 Self-explanatory title. A business classic. EXCERPTS How can you possibly expect others to perform at the highest levels without first expecting that of yourself? If you want the average performance of those around you to go up, you must first improve your own performance. We are all incompetent at most things. The crucial question is not how to turn incompetence into excellence, but [...]
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Author: Cal Newport ISBN: 978-0349411903 Wondering why you have nothing to show, while some of your colleagues are true output giants? Read on. EXCERPTS Deep Work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate. Although he had many patients who relied on him, Jung was not [...]
