Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain Thinking like a Freak Trying to think more creatively and rationally Viewing things from different angles and with different expectations Hard to do because existing biases and herd mentality I Don’t Know Hard to really understand complicated things Studies on expert predictions… Continue reading Think Like a Freak
Tim Ferris Podcast – Maria Popova – 07/2015
Tim Ferris Podcast – Maria Popova Maria Popova runs Brainpickings.org. Knowing what you know now, what would you tell someone about starting a blog? Write for yourself. Once you write for other people for anything creative, you lose long game You must stay motivated by it to create something rewarding in the long-run Key to… Continue reading Tim Ferris Podcast – Maria Popova – 07/2015
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life Systems are more important than having goals. Goal-orientated people exist in a state of continuous failure and lose purpose once the goal is achieved. Systems people succeed everyday they apply the system. Making your systems simple increases the odds that you… Continue reading How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
So Good They Can’t Ignore You
So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love Rule #1: Don’t Follow Your Passion Passion Hypothesis: They key occupational happiness is figuring out what you’re passionate about and then find a job that matches this passion. Problem is most people don’t have pre-determined passions Passion usually takes… Continue reading So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lesson 1st (first) Edition by Albom, Mitch published by Doubleday (1997) Hardcover At the end of your life, do you want to withdraw or live? What about now? The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. If the culture… Continue reading Tuesdays with Morrie
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow Two Systems There are two systems: One is automatic (System 1), the other requires focused thought (System 2) System 1 makes associations automatically and can turn into beliefs and actions which often turn into actions System 2 is lazy and when weak more susceptible to System 1; people who are less… Continue reading Thinking, Fast and Slow
James Altucher Podcast – Mick Ebeling – 12/2015
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2015/12/ep-146-mick-ebeling/ Mick Ebeling is a film/TV producer, author (Not Impossible), entrepreneur (The Ebeling Group), and philanthropist (The Not Impossible Foundation). Influenced by parents who were usually starting charities or doing something good Mantra: help one, help many Allows for starting small and building momentum. Asking for more makes it seem less achievable. Tries to make something… Continue reading James Altucher Podcast – Mick Ebeling – 12/2015
James Altucher Podcast – Stephen Dubner – 05/2015
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2015/05/dubner/ Stephen Dubner is one of the authors of the Freakonomics books When to Rob a Bank is new book consisting of best blog posts from past 10 years Levis tends to throw himself into a situation while Dubner tends to raise a question Writing tends to be about ideas vs. specific things making more… Continue reading James Altucher Podcast – Stephen Dubner – 05/2015
Tim Ferris Podcast – Tony Robbins – 10/15/2014
Tim Ferris Podcast – Tony Robbins PART I Tim has gone through most of Tony Robbin’s Books The quality of your life is based on the quality of your questions Tony preps intensely before meetings. 18 hours for Carl Icahn. who they are? what they are made of? what they are after? what prevents… Continue reading Tim Ferris Podcast – Tony Robbins – 10/15/2014
The World is Flat
The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century The flattening of the world refers to the increasing ability to collaborate and compete on a global scale. . 10 Forces that Flattened the World The Fall of the Berlin Wall Economies around the world started opening up and started leaning towards capitalism… Continue reading The World is Flat
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