Title: The Obstacle Is The Way Recommendation: 8.6/10 Summary: In 170 AD, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote a formula, loosely based on stoicism, for thriving not just in spite of obstacles but because of them. After all, life is perpetual struggling. Yet, few realize that obstacles, although not inherently good, can be used for good…
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What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School
Title: What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School Recommendation: 7.5/10 Summary: It’s good to be aware of deficiencies. Successful entrepreneur Mark McCormack, a graduate of Yale, highlights an important area that academics, students, and aspiring entrepreneurs should be aware of. “Business demands innovation: but business schools are condemned to teach the past.” In…
Hooked
Title: Hooked Recommendation: 8.7/10 Summary: Nir Eyal delivers a practical, and ethical, product design toolkit to build habit-forming tools. (I find the ethical part extremely important, after all, habits aren’t inherently positive.) Every company needs to create an association in the minds of users between a pain and solving that with the company’s product. Habitual…
No Way Down
Title: No Way Down Recommendation: 8.4/10 Summary: **Spoilers: The second-highest mountain on earth, 28.2k feet, and one of the highest fatalities per summit percentages make summiting K2 an extremely daunting task. Some might even say reckless. In 2008, 11 mountaineers died from an avalanche. This retelling follows multiple survivors, and the speculated experience of those…
Why We Sleep
Title: Why We Sleep Recommendation: 8.7/10 Summary: We all know sleep is important, but what does it mean to have healthy sleep practices? With a lighthearted tone, Matthew Walker, who even encourages you to ebb and flow in and out of sleep during the book, presents an entertaining, somber, and informative case. The costs of…
