Have you gotten the entrepreneurial seizure yet? That’s when a person with technical skills decide to go out on his/her own and start a business. The Technician turning business owner! The Boss is dead! hurrah! What could possibly go wrong?! Most small business don’t even have a plan. It runs on gut feeling and intuitionContinue reading “Thoughts on: The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber”
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Thoughts on: The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
Social psychologist Erich Fromm explores the topic of love in all it’s aspects: not only the craziness and lofty expectations of romantic love, but also love of god, brotherly love, erotic love, the love of parents and self-love..Fromm sees love an art and suggest that mastery in the art of loving need the same knowledgeContinue reading “Thoughts on: The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm”
5 Key Lessons from The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols (VIDEO)
Takeaways from The Death of Expertise This book is about the attack on established knowledge. With a quick trip to Wikipedia the average citizen believe themselves to be as informed than their doctors and diplomats. Does this book reek of elitism? Somewhat. But this is an important discussion that needs to be had. Here areContinue reading “5 Key Lessons from The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols (VIDEO)”
Thoughts on: The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Identity and Race by Douglas Murray
There are a few events that got me to finally look into the topic of intersectionalility, gender and identity politics:.🔸 A trans person I knew committed suicide..🔹I saw a poster on a notice board on a playground inviting children from the age of 11 (or was it 9?!) to a municipally held HBTQ+ get-together..🔸When IContinue reading “Thoughts on: The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Identity and Race by Douglas Murray”
Thoughts on: The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
The aim of this book is to explain why some people earn more, work less, pay less taxes and are more financially secure. It all depends on what side of The Cashflow Quadrant you are operating from. This book teaches you how to move from one side to the other, the pros and cons ofContinue reading “Thoughts on: The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki”
Thoughts on: The Story of Civilization, Vol 3: Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
Just like Rome wasn’t built in a day, this book is not read one either. It’s thousand pages covers almost all aspects of Roman civilization..The broad scope is both it’s biggest strength and it’s weakness. While philosophy and statemanship holds my attention, Rome’s pottery and poetic traditions does not. This leads many highs and lows,Continue reading “Thoughts on: The Story of Civilization, Vol 3: Caesar and Christ by Will Durant”
Thoughts on: The Republic by Plato
Did you know that Plato was my rapper alias back in the day? I was 16 and had a gangsta rap group with some friends. Lol 🤙.In hindsight I find the alias quite suiting as Platon seems to have been the OG of political philosophy..This book is a Socratic dialogue where Socrates and his crewContinue reading “Thoughts on: The Republic by Plato”
Thoughts on: Lifespan by David A. Sinclair
This book will blow your mind with the latest research in the field of longevity. It talks about aging as a disease caused by loss of information—and that aging is not at all inevitable..Rather, it’s could be much easier to cure aging itself than it’s symptoms I.e. cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. 📝 Death andContinue reading “Thoughts on: Lifespan by David A. Sinclair”
Thoughts on: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
He laid down on the floor of the hospital corridor as security guard approached.-“Sir, you can’t lie down here.”-“I’m sorry”, I said, gasping out the words. “Bad…back…spasms…”-“You still can’t lie down here, sir.”-“I’m sorry but—IM DYING FROM CANCER!””.David was just arriving at his destination. Years of study followed by excruciatingly long hours of residency wasContinue reading “Thoughts on: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi”
Thoughts on: Rejection Proof by Jia Jiang
Is fear of being judged and rejected holding you back from greatness?.In this book we get to follow Jia Jiang crazy rejection journey to desensitize himself and build resilience through an experiment he called: 100 Days of Rejection.——-The idea of rejection therapy is simple but powerful: get rid of fear of rejection by putting yourselfContinue reading “Thoughts on: Rejection Proof by Jia Jiang”
