Notes from the books that I read
Book notes
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson
Read in December 2022
"Don't take yourself so seriously, you're just a monkey with a plan."
Offline Matters by Jess Henderson
Read in July 2021
"We are all bored and everything is boring. Occupied 24/7, doing nothing at all."
You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
Read in January 2021
"In science, we move closer to the truth by seeking evidence to the contrary. Perhaps the same method should inform our opinions as well."
The Little Book of Stoicism by Jonas Salzgeber
Read in December 2020
"It's impossible to learn which you believe you already know."
Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow
Read in December 2020
"If your mind's natural view of the world is skewed, it's skewed for a reason."
Keep Going by Austin Kleon
Read in December 2020
"Walking is a way to find possibility in your life when there doesn't seem to be any left."
The New Corporation by Joel Bakan
Read in December 2020
"Corporation's freedom detracts from our freedom, and it's a zero-sum game."
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Read in December 2020
"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life."
The Practice by Seth Godin
Read in December 2020
"The practice requires you to seek out experience of uncertainty to place yourself in a room where you will create discomfort."
Everything Is F*cked by Mark Manson
Read in November 2020
"Living well does not mean avoiding suffering; it means suffering for the right reasons."
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Read in November 2020
"Beasts of England beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tidings, Of the golden future time."
The Conscious Creative by Kelly Small
Read in November 2020
"I am committed to acting as ethically as I can while accepting my compulsory participation in a problematic capitalist paradigm."
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Read in November 2020
"An occasional short sentence can carry a tremendous punch."
This Is Marketing by Seth Godin
Read in November 2020
"What people say about you is more important than what you say."
The Best Interface Is No Interface by Golden Krishna
Read in October 2020
"Our love for the digital interface is out of control, and our obsession is ruining the future of innovation"
Your Music and People by Derek Sivers
Read in October 2020
"Assume nobody is going to help you. If someone does, then it gets even better."
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
Read in October 2020
"As long as we continue to be obsessed with work, work, and more work, the number of superfluous jobs will only continue to grow."
Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
Read in October 2020
"If you want to be useful, you can start now. Just put one percent of your vision, and you are in the game."
Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon
Read in October 2020
"Unless you are a real ninja, rockstar, or guru, stay away from those words."
Make Time by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky
Read in September 2020
"Change comes from resetting defaults, installing barriers and designing how you spend your time."
Programming Elm by Jeremy Fairbank
Read in September 2020
"Elm functions are curried, which is the fancy way of saying they take one argument at a time."
Start Small, Stay Small by Rob Walling
Read in September 2020
"Market comes first, marketing second, aesthetic third, and functionality a distant fourth."
Laws of UX by Jon Yablonski
Read in August 2020
"Use more meaningful metrics like "helping people to achieve their goals" rather than "daily active users" or "time spent on site"."
The Dip by Seth Godin
Read in August 2020
""Quitters never win and winners never quit" is a bad advice. Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time."
The Pragmatic Programmer by David Hurst Thomas, Andrew Hunt
Read in August 2020
"A dead program normally does a lot less damage than a crippled one."
Arcade Game Typography by Toshi Omigari
Read in August 2020
"A typeface is an abstract idea, a design that does not take any physical form, while a font is the physical manifestation of a typeface."
Ultralearning by Scott H. Young
Read in August 2019
"In chemical reactions, there are rate-determining steps which affects the time required to complete the reaction. Your weakest point is the rate-determining step."
Reinvent Yourself by James Altucher
Read in July 2019
"Supposedly it takes 10.000 hours to master something. Unfortunately, most people spend 10.000 hours trying to be jerks to others."
The Divided Self by R. Laing
Read in January 2019
"An ontological secure person has his sense of the world, his identity and other beings in the world as an autonomous individual."
Company of One by Paul Jarvis
Read in January 2019
"All you need is to be a decent human being with a valued skill set and a willingness to share what you know with people who’ll listen."
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Read in January 2019
"If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you'll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you're done."
Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Read in January 2019
"You will never fully convince someone that he is wrong; only reality can."
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel
Read in January 2019
"The physical reality does not exist until a measurement is made, which poses its own philosophical problems: Scrodinger's Cat and Wigner's Friend."
Hooked by Nir Eyal
Read in December 2018
"Seventy-nine percent of smartphone owners check their device within fifteen minutes of waking up every morning."
Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
Read in December 2018
"Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method."
Choose Yourself! by James Altucher
Read in November 2018
"You and I have the same twenty-four hours each day. Is that how you will spend yours?"