Flow: Living at the Peak of Your Abilities
This is an audio title that teaches about Flow and what it is. It is very conversational. I learned from this book that to lose track of time, you have to have something to work on that is just beyond…
Tyler Lemke
Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World
Oh, deep to my core I love this book. Now, as the authors mention, not all things can be handled by simple rules, but I think that practicing simple rules across a lot of applications of daily and work life…
The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life
This book taught me to focus on the process rather than the outcome. That is still a lesson I am trying to learn. It comes from this quote in the book: “When, instead, your goal is to focus on the…
Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
I had two big takeaways that I can still recall from this book. You need to focus on something outside of yourself in order to achieve great feats of endurance (be it physical, mental, or long term goals) Mentoring can…
Brain Rules: 12 Principles For Surviving And Thriving At Work, Home, And School
Honestly, it has been awhile since I read this book. Now I’m not 100% sure I completed this one, but I think I did. My biggest takeaway from this book was that you have to switch topics every 10 minutes…
Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition
TL;DR This book isn’t about using the Cornell notes method and how you can use mnemonics to remember anything (although it is covered a bit but not even encouraged), it goes so much deeper. Scott, the Author, lays out a…
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
There are lots of dreams in this book. A lot of them are no longer possible do to changes in the modern economy. Also, as another reviewer of this book pointed out, to obtain the 4 hour work week, you…
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
To be honest, its been awhile since I have read this book, but I know that I loved it. One of the biggest takeaways that I had with this is that you only have so much willpower in the day…
The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
This book taught me a lot about business. It covers Minimum Viable Products, pivoting, and being frugal. If you want to learn how to start a business, especially a SaaS business, without wasting tons of cash, this book is the…
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
This book will change what you understand about habits and how they work. My main takeaway from the book is that you cannot merely stop a bad habit, but you must replace a bad one with a good habit…. or…