Another Week In the Books

Another Week In the Books

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  • WEEK 7: 05/27/2019 - 06/02/2019

    ๐—ช๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ž๐… 0๐Ÿ“/27 - 06/02

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * โ€œThe Road to Unfreedomโ€ while reading โ€œThe Assault on Intelligenceโ€

    * โ€œUncle Tomโ€™s Cabinโ€ while reading โ€œNarrative of the life of Frederick Douglassโ€

    * โ€œThe One Thingโ€ while reading โ€œA Curious Mindโ€

    * โ€œCompound Effectโ€ while reading โ€œA Curious Mindโ€

    * โ€œWhen I stop Talking, Youโ€™ll Know Iโ€™m Deadโ€ ย while reading โ€œA Curious Mindโ€

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ

    * โ€œCrushingโ€ by T.D. Jakes

    * โ€œInfinityโ€ by Jonathan Hickman

    * โ€œHappierโ€ by Tal Ben-Shahar

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ

    * โ€œNarrative of the life of Frederick Douglassโ€ by Frederick Douglass

    * โ€œThe Assault on Intelligenceโ€ Michael Hayden

    * โ€œShow Your Work!โ€ By Austin Kleon

    * โ€œUnlearnโ€ by Humble the Poet

    * โ€œA Curious Mindโ€ by Brian Grazer

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * The Age of Surveillance by Shoshana Zuboff (James Altucher)

    * Frederick Douglass by David Blight (BooksandBeers)

    * The Game of Nations by Miles Copeland (Books of Titans)

    * The siege of Mecca by Yaroslav Trofimov(Books of Titans)

    * Saudi, Inc. by Ellen Wald (Books of Titans)

    * Barracoon by Zora Hurston (B&N)

    * The American Spirit by David McCullough (B&N)

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * EconTalk with David Epstein

    * James Altucher Show with Robert McNamee

    * Making Sense with Adam Grant

    -๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * Books for month: 2

    * Pages for month: 544

    * Books for year: 99

    * Pages for year: 24,815


    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    17 min
  • WEEK 6: 05/20/2019 - 05/26/2019

    ๐—ช๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ž๐… ๐Ÿ“/20-๐Ÿ“/26

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * โ€œThe Filter Bubbleโ€ while reading โ€œZuckedโ€ย 

    * โ€œThe Road to Unfreedomโ€ while reading โ€œZuckedโ€

    * โ€œThinking, fast and slowโ€ while reading โ€œZuckedโ€

    * โ€œPrinciplesโ€ while reading โ€œTrillion Dollar Coachโ€

    * โ€œRadical Candorโ€ while reading โ€œTrillion Dollar Coachโ€

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ

    * โ€œThe Assault on Intelligenceโ€ Michael Hayden

    * Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

    * Crushing by T.D. Jakes

    * Infinity by Jonathan Hickman

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ

    * Black Panther Vol.1 by Christopher Priest

    * Zucked by Roger McNamee

    * The Four Horsemen by Christopher Hitchens

    * The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino

    * Uncle Tomโ€™s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stoweโฃ

    * Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * The New Right by Michael Malice (JRE)

    * Move fat and Break Things by Jonathan Taplin (Zucked)

    * World Without Mind (Zucked)

    * The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick (Zucked)

    * Brotopia by Emily Chang (Zucked)

    * The Circle by Dave Eggers (Zucked)

    * After On by Rob Reid (Zucked)

    * Irresistible by Adam Alter (Zucked)

    * Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras (Zucked)

    * Itโ€™s Complicated by Danah Boyd (Zucked)

    * Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep Tufekci (Zucked)

    * Messing with the Enemy by Clint West (Zucked)

    * Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier (Zucked)

    * Mindhunter by John Douglas (JRE)

    * The Upstarts by Brad Stone (The Everything Store)

    * Automate This by Christopher Steiner (Customer bought)

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * JRE with Michael Malice

    * James Altucher with Rich Karlgaard

    -๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * Books for month: 20

    * Pages for month: 5,028

    * Books for year: 94

    * Pages for year: 23,505


    ย -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    15 min
  • WEEK 5: 05/13/2019 - 05/19/2019

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * โ€œCan't Hurt Meโ€ while reading โ€œCrushingโ€

    * โ€œAntifragileโ€ while reading โ€œCrushingโ€

    * โ€œCan't Hurt Meโ€ while reading โ€œExistentialism is a Humanismโ€

    * โ€œMindsetโ€ while reading โ€œExistentialism is a Humanismโ€

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ

    * Uncle Tomโ€™s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stoweโฃ

    * Black Panther by Christopher Priest

    * Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

    * Zucked by Roger McNamee

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ

    * Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen

    * Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleonโฃ

    * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conranโฃ

    * Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartreโฃ

    * Crushing by T.D. Jakes

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * God in the ICU by Dave Walker

    * Conscious by Annakaย 

    * No Sweat by Michelle Segarย 

    * The Tools by Phil Stutz

    * Awareness by Anthony de Mello

    * The Zookeeperโ€™s Wife by Diane Ackerman

    * Jaws by Sandra Kahn

    * The assault on Intelligence by Michael Hayden

    * The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * Aubrey Marcus with Mark Manson

    * Impact Theory with Mark Manson

    * JRE with Annie Jacobsen

    -๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * Books for month: 14

    * Pages for month: 3,294โฃ

    * Books for year: 88

    * Pages for year: 21,771


    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    18 min
  • WEEK 4: 05/06/2019 - 05/12/2019

    WEEK OF 5/6-5/12

    -Book Thoughts

    * โ€œOpenโ€ by Andre Agassi while reading โ€œThe Great Aloneโ€

    * โ€œThe Great Gatsbyโ€ while reading โ€œThe Great Aloneโ€

    * โ€œSh*t My Dad Saysโ€ while reading โ€œDad Is Fatโ€

    * โ€œTrust me, Iโ€™m Lyingโ€ while reading โ€œThe Filter Bubbleโ€

    -Books Iโ€™m reading

    * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conran

    * Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon

    * Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre

    * Uncle Tomโ€™s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stoweย 

    -Books I finished

    * The Everything Store by Brad Stone

    * Thanos: Redemption by Jim Starlin

    * The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

    * Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffiganย 

    * The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus

    * The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser

    * Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie

    -Books added to Reading List

    * The Remains of the Day

    * Memos from the Chairman by Alan Greenberg

    * The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks Jr.

    * Lean Thinking by James Womack

    * The Elephant in the Room by Tommy Tomlinson

    * The Handmaidโ€™s Tale by Margaret Atwood

    * The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

    * The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

    * Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve Ewing

    * Eating Animals by Jonathan Foer

    * Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt

    -Books on Podcast

    * School of Greatness with Mark Manson

    * The James Altucher Show with Eric Schmidt

    * Tim Ferriss with Derek Sivers

    -Stats

    * Books for month: 8

    * Pages for month: 2,160

    * Books for year: 82

    * Pages for year: 20,637


    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    23 min
  • WEEK 3: 04/29/2019-05/05/2019

    ๐—ช๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ž๐… ๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ“/๐Ÿ“โฃ

    โฃ

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * โ€œFight Clubโ€ while reading โ€œThanos: Infinity Abyssโ€โฃ

    * โ€œThe Last Lectureโ€ by Randy Pausch while reading โ€œThe Unwinding of the Miracleโ€โฃ

    * โ€œEducated,โ€ โ€œA Child Called It,โ€ & โ€œGlass Houseโ€ while reading โ€œThe Great Aloneโ€ & โ€œThe Boy in the Striped Pajamasโ€โฃ

    โฃ

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ

    * Thanos: Redemption by Jim Starlinโฃ

    * The Everything Store by Brad Stoneโฃ

    * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad โฃ

    * The Great Alone by Kristin Hannahโฃ

    โฃ

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ

    * The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williamsโฃ

    * Thanos: Infinity Abyss by Jim Starlinโฃ

    * The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyneโฃ

    โฃ

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * Comedy Sex God by Pete Holmesโฃ

    * A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilberโฃ

    โฃ

    -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * 3 Books Podcast with Mark Mansonโฃ

    โฃ

    -๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * Books for month: 2โฃ

    * Pages for month: 400โฃ

    * Books for year: 76โฃ

    * Pages for year: 18,877


    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    17 min
  • WEEK 2: 04/22/2019-04/28/2019

    WEEK OF 4/22-4/28

    -Book Thoughts

    * While Reading โ€œThe Everything Storeโ€ by Brad Stone I taught about โ€œElon Muskโ€ by Ashlee Vance, โ€œSteve Jobsโ€ by Walter Isaacson, and โ€œBad Bloodโ€ by John Carreyrou

    -Books Iโ€™m reading

    * The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams

    * The Everything Store by Brad Stone

    * Thanos: Infinity Abyss by Jim Starlin

    -Books I finished

    * How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky

    * Shit my dad says by Justin Halpern

    * Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

    -Books added to Reading List

    * The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer

    * Small Giants by Bo Burlington

    * Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

    * What If? by Randall Munroe

    * Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

    * The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

    * Dropping Ashes on the Buddha by Stephen Mitchell

    * Hard time by Shaun Attwood

    * Grandma Gatewoodโ€™s Walk by Ben Montgomery

    * The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

    * Everyday by David Levithan

    * A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines

    * The Four Horsemen by Christopher Hitchens

    -Books on Podcast

    * Joe Rogan with Graham Hancock

    * Tim Ferris with Amanda Palmer

    * Tim Ferris with Kevin Systromย 

    * Valuetainment with Shaun Attwood

    -Stats

    * Books for month: 18

    * Pages for month: 4,431

    * Books for year: 73

    * Pages for year: 18,112

    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    16 min
  • WEEK 1: 04/15/2019-04/21/2019

    ๐—ช๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ž๐… ๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿโฃ

    โฃ

    ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * David and Goliath for Running for my lifeโฃ

    โฃ

    ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ

    * Shit my dad says by Justin Halpernโฃ

    * Fight Club by Chuck Palahniukโฃ

    โฃ

    ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ

    * The compass of pleasure by David Lindenโฃ

    * The Pearl by John Steinbeck โฃ

    * Running for my life by Lopez Lomongโฃ

    * Persepolis by Marjane Satrapiโฃ

    * The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyderโฃ

    โฃ

    ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * The 5AM Club by Robin Sharmaโฃ

    * The Good Neighbor by Maxwell Kingโฃ

    * Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersenโฃ

    * Where the winds leads by Dr Vinh Chungโฃ

    * News of the World by Paulette Jilesโฃ

    * The Big Burn by Timothy Eganโฃ

    * Manic by Terri Cheney โฃ

    * Zealot by Reza Aslanโฃ

    * Maid by Stephanie Landโฃ

    * Nickel and Dime by Barbara Ehrenreichโฃ

    โฃ

    ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ

    * Impact Theory podcast with Robin Sharma โฃ

    * Aubrey Marcus Podcast with Joe Roganโฃ

    * School of Greatness Podcast with Jason Silvaโฃ

    * Jordan Peterson Podcast Lecture June 27, 2018โฃ

    โฃ

    ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ

    * Books for month: 15โฃ

    * Pages for month: 3,728โฃ

    * Books for the year: 70โฃ

    * Pages for the year: 17,409โฃ


    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    23 min
  • #8: My 3 Thoughts on "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins

    In this episode, I give My 3 Thoughts on the book "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins, which are:ย 

    1. The gift of suffering

    2. 40% Rule

    3. Own the truthย 



    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    10 min
  • #7: My 3 Thoughts on "This Is Marketing" by Seth Godin

    In this episode, I give My 3 Thoughts on the book "This Is Marketing" by Seth Godin, which are:

    1. Direct and Branding

    2. Status and Affiliation

    3. Fulfilling a desireย 



    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH


    9 min
  • #6: My 3 Thoughts on "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

    In this episode, I give "My 3 Thoughts" on the book "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson, which are:

    1. Injustice

    2. Mental illness

    3. Documenting the journeyย 



    -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b

    -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h

    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD

    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9

    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC

    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH

    8 min

About Another Week In the Books

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My weekly book thoughts, books I'm currently reading, books I have finished, books I added to my reading list, books mentioned on podcasts I listened to, and my book stats.