The ancient Stoic philosophers had many ideas for how to live the good life that might sound counter-intuitive to modern minds. One of these concepts is the idea of Voluntary Discomfort; to voluntarily put yourself in situations in where you are likely to experience discomfort, both physical or mentally Ancient Origins of seeking discomfort Already […]
Netocracy – A Book Review about the post-capitalist society
I tried to explain this book, The Netocrats (or Netocracy depending on edition) to a colleague before Christmas break; how it utterly fascinated me, even though I feel I only understood it partly, and how it had provided me with a new lens with which to see the world.It must have caught his interest, because […]
Stillness Is The Key – Book Review
Ryan Holidays keys to stillness has been inspired by the wisest people and the best of literature, and gives prime examples of people who embodies them—and those who fail to do so. There is not anything new here, Rather the opposite is true–the sources he draws from are old, even ancient. But the book doesn’t […]
Quick Review: The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
Robert Greene puts a lifetime of studies of human nature into one huge and important volume. The Laws of Human Nature covers: character, toxic personality types, narcissism, cognitive biases, archetypes, childhood trauma, desirability, shortsightedness, the Shadow, attitude, group dynamics, leadership, persistence, fearlessness, purpose.The list goes on… Notes & Hightlights 📝 You are more like than […]
Courage is Calling – Ryan Holiday on the Stoic Vitues
The book gives me nothing to hook on to. No big ideas. At times if feels like a string of quotes patched together by an AI. A fairly sophisticated AI, I admit. It almost gets it right, but a absence of human touch in text.I think it’s partly the author and partly the subjects fault: […]
On The Suffering Of The World – A Book Review
Arthur Schopenhauer was the German philosopher (1788-1860) most famous for his The World as Will and Representation. This short book is a collection of text on several topics: aesthetics, suicide, thinking and the intellect etc. and he’s is not holding back as he shares his dire views on the human condition! Arthur Schopenhauer and Pain vs. […]
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | Book Review
About the book – Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi spent most of his life studying what makes people enjoy what they are doing and concluded that the overall fulfillment people experience in life correlates with how much time they spend in activities that produce what he called “flow”. Flow is a state […]
7 Lessons from Mutants: On Genetic Variety & the Human Body
Mutants – Book Review “In 1982, a thirty-five-year-old Chinese man vas reported with a parasitic head embedded in the right side of his own head. The extra head had a small brain, two weak eyes, two eyebrows, a nose, twelve teeth, a tongue and lots of hair. When the main head pursed it’s lips, stuck […]
What you need to know about Atomic Habits by James Clear
Goals vs. System Let’s face it, successful people and unsuccessful people have the same goals. It’s the systems and strategies you put in pace that makes the difference between the two. “You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the levels of your systems.” James Clears book Atomic Habits is the […]
Book Review of Boundaries by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
Book Review – Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend You know this by now: I don’t do much research before jumping into books, which leads me down paths I would not travel otherwise.I mentioned this book to a colleague before I read it myself, and he was so excited about the topic of boundaries […]