How to Make Better Choices
The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz In a world of seemingly limitless options - which career to pursue, who to marry, what car to buy - modern society believes that exercising our freedom to [Read more...]
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3 Ways To Find Meaning in Life
Book Synopsis #9: Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl Victor Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist and a neurologist who was held captive at several Nazi concentration camps during the Second [Read more...]
Why Fortune Favors the Bold (Entrepreneur)
Bold by Peter Diamantis The world we know is changing - exponentially. To illustrate this, imagine a person takes 30 linear steps - he might get to the opposite side of the street. Now imagine if he [Read more...]
Shit Happens (and That’s a Good Thing)
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday Setbacks and failures are an integral part of life, and how we think about them largely determines our fate. No matter how much we try to avoid it, shit [Read more...]
Why Knowing Yourself is the Key to Life
Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker In the modern world, people are responsible for their own professional development and success. The world is very different from how it was just one generation [Read more...]
A Super Cute Metaphor for Creating Value
Stone Soup This book was described as the essence of any MBA training by the incredibly successful entrepreneur Peter Diamantis.
Is an MBA worth it?
The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman Getting an MBA is a big decision. It takes tremendous time, effort and (often times) money. In order to determine if an MBA was right for me, I had to consider what I [Read more...]
The Power of a Contrarian View
Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters "What's one thing you believe about the world that most people disagree with you on?" In order to answer this question you need courage, curiosity [Read more...]