📚 Books

Author Fumio Sasaki Genres Self Help Rating 💖💖💖💖💖 Date Finished 01/2024 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences Minimalism is about the important things Minimalism is personal Minimalism is about true happiness and peace of mind 🎨 Impressions I love this book. It’s probably one of my favourites in the genre. The book talks about: 55+12 rules to more easily become a minimalist; the personal experience of the author and some of the philosopy behind minimalism. So you will find helpful lessons and tips that you can apply to your Minimalist journey paired with decluttering wisdom of the author. ...

Author Daniel Coyle Genres Self Help Rating 💖💖💖💖🖤 Date Finished 12/01/2024 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences There are no prodigies. Only cultivated talent and practice. Practice with intention (slow down, exagerate moves, introduce challenges). Hard Skills (kicking a ball) vs Soft Skills (reading the field). 🎨 Impressions A bit too short. Some chapters could have benefited from a few more words. How I Discovered It I had it in my TODOs for a while, I don’t remember. ...

Author Burton G. Malkiel Genres Finance Rating 💖💖💖💖🖤 Date Finished ~2022 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences On a long enought time horizon, nobody can beat the S&P500. Historically, the market goes up, eventually it will go down and nobody can predict when. The best investor is a dead investor. 🎨 Impressions Its a good book explaining the history of the stock market with the major bubbles and modern portfolio theory. ...

Author Matthew Walker Genres Self Help Rating 💖💖💖🖤🖤 Date Finished ~2023 🎨 Impressions I’ll keep the review short and concise. My first impression of the book was good. I thought that anyone striving to improve their sleep quality should have read it. But after reading the article Matthew Walker’s “Why We Sleep” Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors I’m not sure anymore. It seems that in the first chapter alone there are an unproportional number of uncited papers, misleading citacions, wrong percentages and factual errors. The book is now being cited as a source in various papers despite not having the save scientific accuracy of published papers. ...

Author James Clear Genres Self Help Rating 💖💖💖💖💖 Date Finished ~2022 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences Habits compound over time and decay if not maintained. Focus on creating a system not a goal. The best way to change habits is to change identity. 🎨 Impressions I love this book. I actually read this book two years ago so this review is not very accurate. What is accurate is the result I achieved after reading this book (like going to the gym regularly, reading more, going outside more, working on my side projects and more…). This book literally changed my approach to improving my habits. It’s also the only one for which I have both the digital and hardcopy versions. ...