One Minute Book Review

Why do we think the way we do? Is our thinking determined by cultural and societal factors or are we true independent thinkers? 🤔  This is what Nobel Prize winning Daniel Kahneman explores in this book. 🤓  The essence of the book is focussed on analysing the differences between the two systems of the mind. System 1 requires little cognitive energy and is automatic. Whereas System 2 requires more cognitive energy. When we look at analysing our thoughts and behaviours we can derive the origins to one of these two systems. 🧠  The book goes on to talk about behavioural heuristics and biases and how and why we make choices. The book is research heavy and can be quite technical to understand when reading it. I would say for beginner readers this wouldn’t be a great book to read because I found myself confused on multiple occasions whilst reading the book. Also, there were not practical frameworks that we could derive from the book. It read more like an elongated peer reviewed journal than a good storytelling narrative. It was nonetheless interesting and a lot to learn from. 📚📚  💬 Let is know in the comments if you have read this and what you thought.  https://www.ombrclub.com/

Sometimes you read a book and it changes your perspective this is one of those books. 📚  Too often we become entrenched in ways of thinking that have little or no substantial data to back them up. Whether you’re a subject matter expert or not, sometimes we can become so bogged down in the weeds we forget to look up every once in a while. 🤷‍♂️  This books addresses why this is the case. It doesn’t place blames an individuals and systems, but explains that there are instincts within all of us regardless of our relative intelligence that makes us blind to seeing the big picture of what is actually going on. 📚  I couldn’t recommend this book more highly to anyone who is looking for an interesting assessment of human psychology as well as learning a lot about how our world is progressing! 📚🙏

When we think about defining our career it is easy to get confined by an existing structure. What if we could breakaway and start to design our own career? This is what this book is about.   ‘The Squiggly Career’ by {insert names} describes that by taking advantage of 5 key career skills, you can put yourself in a position to start designing your own career. These 5 are:  1️⃣ Super Strengths  2️⃣ Values  3️⃣ Confidence   4️⃣ Networks  5️⃣ Future Possibilities  The book is interactive. When you read through the book there are exercises that provide supplementation to the ideas in the book and make you more involved in the reading process. 📚  Honestly, I don’t think this book is aimed at me. As I have only been in the working world for 4 years and looking to start my own business, I have a clear goal on my future as I have used the principles laid out in this book before such as vision boards etc.   That is not to say the book doesn’t have value! For anyone that is looking to create a new career for themselves, regardless of their experience, this book is definitely for you. The interactive nature of the book makes it easy to digest and makes you engrain the ideas into practise which is the most important thing. If you fall into this category then I would definitely recommend this book for you. 👍

💬 What does it mean to be a ‘Rare Breed’?

We often are told to conform in most avenues of our life. Whether at school or work, there are norms which often stop us from becoming our unique selves. However, there are some norms that can be broken and this is what this book shows us. 📚

In order to innovate and be truly unique we have to find our voice. This means stepping off the bandwagon of what others are doing and becoming a unique voice. 🗣

The book is split into 7 virtues of a ‘Rare Breed’:

1️⃣ Rebellious

2️⃣ Audacious

3️⃣ Obsessed

4️⃣ Hot-blooded

5️⃣ Weird

6️⃣ Hypnotic

7️⃣ Emotional

All of these virtues when combined present a challenge to anyone who wants to confront you. 📚

This book is for someone who is looking for a reason to find their own voice. The book is full of examples of individuals who used ingenuity, passion and persistence to create a life that they wanted. That possibility is available to most if you’re able to use your own virtues to their potential! 📚

How can we overcome Friction? Friction at work, in business and life general. It is to look at how to be efficient. Finding ways to optimise systems to increase sales and conversions.

One of the most unique books I have read. Makes you think about more unique ways we can go about challenging ourselves in daily life. We become too complacent sometimes with the path that we choose and it is sometimes necessary to break this and do something different. This book will help you do that.

'Reframe the Day' by Adam Lowenstein.  An interesting book with a new and fresh perspective on living a more fulfilling life.

An interesting book that debunks the idea of the '10,000' hour rule. A research heavy book but one that will fascinate you if you are feeling behind the curve.

Mark Manson's second book that explores the idea around struggle and hope. I think this book is a bit repetitive with his first book, but good for individuals who are beginners.

I have mixed feelings about this book. A book that is interesting as a mix of books. But there are books that are singular that are better in their respective fields.