In this episode, I continue with Part 4 of the series "The life-changing books that helped me read 105 books in 2017." I talk about Ryan Holiday's book "The Obstacle Is The Way" which helps you understand that Controlling our perception of a situation is key to overcoming obstacles in life. Second, the response to obstacles is adversarial growth, and lastly, through thoughtful and decisive action, people can overcome the obstacles in their lives.

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In this episode, I talk about the "10x Rule" by Grant Cardone, and the three takeaways got. First take away is, to achieve success, people must multiply all their goals and actions by To achieve success, people must multiply all their goals and actions by 10. Second is, To achieve a 10x goal, a person must not underestimate how difficult it will be or how much hard work is required. Lastly, Anyone can achieve success using the 10x rule, regardless of education level, economic status, or personality.

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In this episode, we continue with Part 2 of the "The Life Changing Books That Helped Me Read 105 Books in 2017" series. I discuss my three takeaways from Angela Duckworth's book "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance." Take away one is that talent is less critical than grit for achieving success. Take away two is to cultivate grit, it is essential to identify one's passions. Lastly, gritty people feel they have control over their fate, and that hard work can change outcomes.

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In this episode, I begin Part 1 of a 3 Part series on books that changed my life. Part 1 is about Carol Dweck's "Mindset: The Psychology of Success" and the three takeaways I got. Takeaway 1 is "Human qualities and traits can be changed and developed over time." Takeaway 2 is "Favoring earned ability vs. favoring natural ability." Lastly, take away 3 is "Labels, both positive and negative, and stereotypes can have a profound impact on your mentality."

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In this episode, I talk about how I built my "reading muscles" to read 105 books in 2017. I suggest two methods which are having a daily "pages" or "time" reading goal. For example, read 1 page in the morning and one page in the evening. The same with a time goal where you read 5 minutes in the morning then 5 minutes in the afternoon. Once you feel comfortable with your goal keep adding more pages or time so you keep building those "reading muscles." In the beginning, I suggest reading 200 pages or less entertaining books or books on subjects that you are very interested in. Then start reading more books with over 200 pages on subjects you or interested in but not really familiar with.

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In this episode, I have the first interview of the podcast with Nick Hutchison, the co-founder of BookThinkers, a social platform, and environment for readers that are united by a passion of unbounded learning and self-improvement. We talk about BookThinkers mission, philosophy, features like badges, group challenges, book reviews, and more.

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In this episode, I talk about my daily routine of reading an hour and a half by having two separate books to read and a back up book download on your phone. One book is to be read 30 minutes every day, the best time is in the morning. The second book is to be read for an hour and the best way to do this is in two separate 30-minute reading session or one full hour session. Remeber to download a book on your phone for those down times you can take advantage to either get head or make up some of your reading time.

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I read 105 books in 2017 and "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie was my favorite out of all of them. I speak about the three chapters that I like the most which are "Smile," "Remember that a person's name is, to that person, the sweetest sound in any language," and "Talk in terms of the other person's interest." I give some real world examples on how I have use these 3 strategies that Carnegie recommends.

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In this episode, I talk about my "Why" of reading at least 60 books a year. First is the access to experts like Ray Dalio and Carol Dwek. Next is Darren Hardy's idea of the compund effect of reading 60 books a year. Lastly, the new connections my brain creates by reading over 60 books a year.

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This episode I talk about one of my favorite apps Goodreads, which helped me read 105 books in 2017. I talk about the yearly reading challenge feature, the "want to read" list you can build, and the awesome reading stats you get at the end of the year.

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