Another Week In the Books

Another Week In the Books

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Another Week In the Books episodes

  • The Code of the Extraordinary Reading Mind | Mindvalley, Vishen Lakhiani
    In the episode, I talk about 5 out of the 10 unconventional laws to redefine your life and succeed on your own terms, which are:
    1. Reprogram your beliefs and practices that interfere with your goals
    2. Consciously choose empowered and uplifting models of reality
    3. Reform the basic routines in your life to achieve an overall feeling of self-mastery
    4. Have life objectives that are entirely within your control
    5. Listen to your intuition and follow your life's calling
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    16 min
  • "The Third Door": Best Book of 2018 | Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Tim Ferris
    In the episode, I talk about the best book I read in 2018 "The Third Door" by Alex Banayan, which has lessons of:
    1. Taking massive risk
    2. You will experience failure
    3. You will experience disappointment
    4. You will make difficult life changing decisions
    5. You must be fearless
    6. You must persevere and persist
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    19 min
  • Contagious: Why Books Catch On | Wharton School, Jonah Berger, Viral
    In the episode, I talk about a concept in the book "Contagious" by Jonah Berger called STEPPS, which is an acronym for:
    1. Social Currency
    2. Triggers
    3. Emotion
    4. Public
    5. Practical
    6. Stories
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    17 min
  • Two Ways To Read | Medium.com
    In the episode, I talk about the article by Zata Rana titled "There are two ways to read- one is useless," which talks about:
    1. Reading to understand
    2. When filtering by right or wrong, you limit what you understand
    3. Absorbing and filtering with an open mind
    4. It's okay not to agree, your mind will automatically filter for what is relevant and what is not
    5. Reading teaches you how to see
    6. Filter for relevancy and understanding
    -Article:http://bit.ly/2mPDefY
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    18 min
  • 12 Rules For Reading: An Antidote To Chaos | Jordan Peterson "12 Rules For Life"
    In the episode, I talk about my 12 Rules for reading, which are:
    1. Have a daily routine
    2. Create a reading habit
    3. Have a growth mindset
    4. Have grit
    5. Surround Yourself with More Books Than You'll Ever Have Time to Read
    6. 10x your reading challenge
    7. Read books from front to back
    8. Just look for one takeaway
    9. Read at Least 60 books a year
    10. Read old books
    11. Read books with long future expectancy
    12. Audiobooks is reading too
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    14 min
  • Trust Me, Your Life Is Not That Bad | Victor Frankl "Man's Search For Meaning," David Pelzer "A Child Called It," Ishmael Beah
    In the episode, I talk about the three books that prove how your life is not that bad as you think it is, even though you might have had:
    1. Bad parents
    2. A bad childhood
    3. Unfair circumstances happen to you
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    15 min
  • Context Is Important | Michael Lewis "Moneyball", Jocko Willink "Extreme Ownership", Gary Vaynerchuk "Crushing It"
    In the episode, I talk about the importance of context or what others call as fluff, which provides:
    1. The author's not the reader's context
    2. Social Context
    3. Historical context
    4. Cultural Context
    5. Ideological context when reading a book
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    17 min
  • Podcasts: A Way To Find Great Books | Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss, Tom Bilyeu, Lewis Howes, Mixed Mental Arts
    In the episode, I talk about how listening to podcasts is the best way to find great books because:
    1. Lots of podcasts feature interviews with authors
    2. You get to know a little about the author before reading a book
    3. You discover amazing people you never knew were authors
    4. Books read after listening to author interviewed on a podcast never fail to be great
    5. Bonus: Authors usually recommend lots of books they like on podcasts
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    14 min
  • Book Readers Are Good Listeners | Harvard Business Review
    In the episode, I talk about how reading books turn you into a great listener by:
    1. Improving you attention
    2. Helps you interrupt less
    3. Helps you not to judge or evaluate the speaker
    4. Helps you not impose your solutions on the speaker
    5. Helps you ask more good questions to the speaker
    6. Helps you reflect on what the speaker said
    -HBR Article: http://bit.ly/2KdjvUZ
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    13 min
  • The Power of Reading Habits | Charles Duhigg
    In the episode, I talk about the four steps to create good or remove bad reading habits, which are:
    1. Identify the ROUTINE
    2. Experiment with REWARDS
    3. Isolate the CUE
    4. Have a plan
    -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp
    -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ
    -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD
    -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9
    -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC
    -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
    15 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.