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The 12 Week Year – Brian P Moran & Michael Lennington
March 25, 2023 I started my re-read of this book this morning. I read the 1st and last chapters. The last chapter, Final Thoughts and the 13th week because this is week 13 of 2024. I have to credit Alex from Alex and Books with…
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Measure What Matters
Author John Doerr “When dealing with numerical data, approximately right is better than precisely wrong.”– Carl G. Thor Natural resources management gateway March 24, 2024 Published in April 2018, I purchased Measure What Matters in December 2018, but didn’t read it – geez. I bought…
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Superforecasting – Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner
The Art and Science of prediction Copyright 2015 This is one of three books in my themed read about measuring and forecasting. Again I’m only 60 pages into the book today March 23, 2024, so I can’t say much about it, other than, good forecasting…
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How to Measure Anything
A book about finding the value of intangibles in business by Douglas W. Hubbard “When dealing with numerical data, approximately right is better than precisely wrong.” Carl G Thor My rating of this book is not based on the quality of its writing or content…
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Wild
A Book about Hiking the Pacific Trail by Cheryl Strayed Reflections and Random Thoughts Started Sept 29th and finished Oct 5, 2023 I started this book in December 2022; my brother Connor gave it to me. I can’t imagine how I put it down without…
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The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
If, after reading this book, you do not feel compelled to begin whatever it is you are avoiding beginning – READ IT AGAIN. Then read The Practice by Seth Godin. From my Zettlekasten “The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the…
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The Myth of the Garage
Selected articles from Chip & Dan Heath I started reading this book in December of 2022 and it didn’t grab me. When I finished reading Change I picked it up again. I read the note to readers and realized why it hadn’t grabbed me. I…
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Change
A book about adult behavioral change – and how hard it is by Jeffrey A. Kottler Reflections and Random Thoughts I started this book in May 2022 and finished it last night, September 16th, 2023. It took so long not only because the beginning bored…
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Shadows of the Neanderthal – David Hutchins
First Read November 2021 This is a book about Mental Models and how they shape our experience of the world. I try to read it at least every year. From the book – “Here’s the moral: The way we see the world affects our experience…
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Digital Zettlekasten
author David Kadavy March 28, 2023 Now this book, I love. It clearly explains some basic concepts about Zettlekasten that I’ve had trouble with. Like the definitions of fleeting notes relative to literature notes relative to permanent notes. I’ve been trying to understand this for…
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Decisive
A book about? by Chip and Dan Heath I finished reading Decisive in June of 2022 – I highlighted a lot while reading this book. On a scale of 1 to 5 I’d call this book a 4 – but I’d need to think about…
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Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
Reflections and Random Thoughts Jan 18, 2025 Continuing my read of Thinking, Fast and Slow via the Shortform summary, I came across a discussion that essentially debunks the concept of priming. The summary notes that even the author, Daniel Kahneman, admitted to having relied too…