The journal

Notes on reading, discipline & money.

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Rookie Smarts: Summary & Key Lessons

Liz Wiseman on why learning beats knowing, and how a beginner's mindset can outperform expertise.

May 4, 2017
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Work Smarts: Summary & Key Lessons

Betty Liu distills the habits and mindsets that top CEOs use to get ahead.

May 4, 2017
Mindset & Productivity

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Summary

Stephen Covey's timeless framework for personal and professional effectiveness.

May 1, 2017
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Growth Hacker Marketing: Summary & Key Lessons

Ryan Holiday's short primer on the mindset that replaced traditional PR - build, measure, iterate.

May 1, 2017
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Social Media Strategies: Summary & Key Lessons

A practical guide to building and mastering a brand across the major social platforms.

May 1, 2017
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Money & Investing

The Compound Effect: Summary & Key Lessons

Darren Hardy on how small, unglamorous choices quietly compound over time into outsized results - for better or worse.

May 1, 2017
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Mindset & Productivity

Emotional Intelligence: Summary & Key Lessons

Practical skills for reading emotions, managing yourself, and handling relationships better.

May 1, 2017
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Do Millionaires Read Books? Why the Wealthy Read Daily

Do millionaires read books? What Corley's Rich Habits data, Buffett, and Gates actually say about the reading habit — and…

April 28, 2017
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Contagious: Summary & Key Lessons

Jonah Berger reverse-engineers why some products and ideas spread while others quietly disappear.

April 27, 2017
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Money & Investing

The Intelligent Investor: Summary & Key Lessons

Warren Buffett's favorite book and the bedrock of value investing - how to weigh price against value and keep emotion…

April 27, 2017