• Never Split the Difference

    Never Split the Difference

    A treatise on negotiating – by Chris Voss March 3, 2026 Reflections and Random Thoughts Insights Key Take-Aways Listen. The truth is I talk too much. I always have. I hear myself talking over prospects – it doesn’t get any worse than that. Elicit the…

  • Flow

    Flow

    A book about how to experience happiness in spite of circumstances by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Date Purchased: Mar 7, 2024 Date Started: Aug 13, 2025 Date Finished: Nov 15, 2025 Reflections and Random Thoughts When I finished reading this book I created a calculator to tell…

  • One Small Step Can Change Your Life

    One Small Step Can Change Your Life

    A Book about The Kaizen Way by Robert Mauer, Ph.D. May 22, 2025 Housekeeping Copyright 2004 My first read was 2010, I read it again in 2022. And I’m going to read it again now – but I’m also going to buy the physical book.…

  • Show Your Work

    A Book about helping people find your work by Austin Kleon May 8, 2025 When I’m struggling with posting my work, I always remind myself that no one is reading it anyway – so I can write anything I want. Spend any amount of time…

  • Da Vinci and the 40 Answers

    Da Vinci and the 40 Answers

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  • How to Read a Book

    How to Read a Book

    How to Read a Book – Mortimer Adler’s classic guide to intelligent reading April 20, 2025 Housekeeping I bought How to Read a Book back in 2018, and this is my third attempt to get through it. The first two tries didn’t get far—honestly, it…

  • Systemology

    Systemology

    April 14, 2025 A Book About Systemizing Your Business by David Jenyns and Michael E Gerber Quotes from the Book “that the primary purpose of SYSTEMology is to create space for the business owner – to systemise the business to the point where you can…

  • Range

    Range

    A book about the benefits of generalizing over specialization by David Epstein April 3, 2025 Reflections and Random Thoughts June 1, 2025 Two Books, Two Approaches: A Quick Take on Range and 59 Seconds I read two books this morning—Range by David Epstein and 59…

  • The Laws of Human Nature

    The Laws of Human Nature

    By Robert Green This link is the book summarized in 8 minutes by Robert Greene. Reflections and Random Thoughts Housekeeping Mar 25, 2025 It looks like I purchased and started reading this book in July of 2021. It’s a 586-page book, and I read up…

  • The Choice

    The Choice

    A memoir by Holocaust Survivor Dr. Edith Eva Eger March 23, 2025 Housekeeping This book was on Ryan Holiday’s 2025 Recommended Reading List – and I purchased it from his bookstore, The Painted Porch. Reflections and Random Thoughts Insights Key Take-Aways Something Actionable Review Title…

  • High Performance Habits

    High Performance Habits

    Aug 3rd 2024 (This is when I bought it) A book about improving performance by Brendon Burchard Reflections and Random Thoughts Insights Key Take-Aways Something Actionable What Everyone Else Thinks

  • Thinking In Systems

    Thinking In Systems

    March 3, 2025 A Book about systems thinking by Donella Meadows Reflections and Random Thoughts I’m afraid I didn’t take much of value from this read. Her political agenda was woven throughout, and I found it more distracting than enlightening. Quotes from the Book “In…