One of those books that forever change your way of looking at things – in this case it’s personal finance. It explains why people struggle with financial problems – because they spend years in school but learn nothing about money and inestments. As a result – people follow the path of least resistance (eg. instant […]
Tag: 2017
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu Goldratt
A classic book by Israeli business management guru Eliyahu Goldratt, who invented the Optimized Production Technique, the Theory of Constraints, the Thinking Processes and many other productivity methodologies. In The Goal, Elihayu defines productivity as getting closer to the goal – every action that brings you closer to the goal is productive. Every action that […]
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity: by Hugh MacLeod
If I were just starting out writing, say, a novel or a screenplay, or maybe starting up a new software company or an online retail business, I wouldn’t try to quit my job in order to make this big, dramatic, heroic-quest thing about it. I would do something far simpler: I would find that extra […]
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
Memorable quotes What makes o ur intervention with athletes unique is that we spend no time focusing on the ir technical or tactical skills. Conventional wisdom holds t h at if you find talented people and equip them with the right skills for the challenge at hand, they will perform at their best. […]
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar by Allan Friedman & Peter Singer
Memorable quotes This gap has wide implications. One US general described to us how “understanding cyber is now a command responsibility,” as it affects almost every part of modern war. And yet, as another general put it pointedly, “There is a real dearth of doctrine and policy in the world of cyberspace.” His […]
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Memorable quotes “The conventional wisdom is often wrong.” “An incentive is a bullet, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation” …Feldman’s presence had deterred theft. Not only that, but those bagel eaters knew the provider and had feelings (presumably good ones) about him. A broad swath of psychological […]
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
A wellknown principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do. …quality of modern life when he asserted that “civilization advances by extending the number of operations we can […]
The Way of the Fight by Georges St. Pierre
Memorable quotes Fear freezes your actions because it takes you into the world of what-if, and that’s the worst place anybody can be. This is when you start doing stupid things like predicting the future, or thinking your career as a mixed martial arts world champion is going to end suddenly. Forecasting doom and gloom […]