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Notes on reading, discipline & money.

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Mindset & Productivity

Outliers Summary: Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule, Key Ideas & Lessons

An Outliers summary that goes past the 10,000-hour rule: Malcolm Gladwell's real argument about opportunity, timing, and cultural legacy —…

May 22, 2017
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Start a Business

Tribes: Summary & Key Lessons

Seth Godin on leading a movement - marketing as building something people genuinely want to belong to.

May 22, 2017
Start a Business

Zero to One: Summary & Key Lessons

Peter Thiel on why real progress comes from building something genuinely new, not copying what already works.

May 22, 2017
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Mindset & Productivity

The 5 Second Rule: Summary & Key Lessons

Mel Robbins' simple trick - count 5-4-3-2-1 and move - for beating hesitation and building momentum.

May 22, 2017
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Mindset & Productivity

Solve for Happy: Summary & Key Lessons

A former Google exec's engineering-minded framework for a more durable kind of happiness.

May 22, 2017
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Mindset & Productivity

Deep Work Summary: Cal Newport’s 4 Rules, Key Ideas & Criticisms

A Deep Work summary: Cal Newport's definition of deep vs shallow work, the four rules, how to schedule it, how…

May 22, 2017
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Money & Investing

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Summary & Key Lessons

Buffett's own shareholder letters, organized into a plain-English course on business, investing, and management.

May 17, 2017
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Start a Business

4 books to start with your business education!

What business books should I start reading to start my business education?

May 9, 2017
Start a Business

The Innovator’s Dilemma: Summary & Key Lessons

Clayton Christensen's classic on why great companies fail - and how disruption actually works.

May 9, 2017
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Start a Business

The Effective Executive: Summary & Key Lessons

Peter Drucker's five practices for doing the right things — plus what the book gets wrong, who should read it,…

May 9, 2017