An ad in the newspaper reads: “A mentor seeks a student with an earnest desire to save the world”. At first our protagonist becomes annoyed of the pretentious wording — desire to change the world?! He has be disillusioned by the world, and the text reminds him of his youth’s idealism growing up in the […]
Quick Review – Oversubscribed by Daniel Priestley
In Oversubscribed, entrepreneur and author Daniel Priestley explains why you want a product that where demand outstrips supply, and how to make it happen in your business. Oversubscribed Being oversubscribed is about having more customers than you could possibly serve. Why would you want to be in that position? Don’t you want to be able to […]
Quick Review: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Klein’s theory is that fundamentalist capitalists pray on disaster stricken countries to take advantage of the chaos to sell out the public sector. 📝 Disaster capitalism: “Orchestrated raids on the public sphere in the wake of catastrophic events”. 📝 Laissez-faire: A economic system with a minimum or no interference by government. 📝 When the government […]
Quick Review: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
‘Shoe dog’ is industry slang for someone who has dedicated his or her life to the footwear industry. Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, is definitely is one of them. —————————————— He wanted to be an athlete but didn’t have the skills. Is there a way to experience what athletes did without being one? He […]
The Birth of Tragedy – Nietzsche’s 1st book summarized in 7 sentences
Nietzsche’s first book, The Birth of Tragedy is a good starting point for reader’s who wants to read the philosopher’s original work. It’s short, it’s inspired, and it gives the reader a sense of what ideas preoccupied the young professor’s mind. In this article and book review you will get a very short summary of […]
Quick Review: George Orwell’s The Road To Wigan Pier
In The Road to Wigan pier George Orwell shares his experiences of working-class life industrial towns of of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930’s. Its a bleak and unforgettable description of social injustice, unemployment and horrible working conditions of the mine workers in England. The two sides of The Road to Wigan Pier The Road […]
Make Your Bed | Book Review and Summary
Make Your Bed is based of a commencement speech by William H. McRaven, a former Navy Seal, where he shares 10 lessons from SEAL training that are universal enough to apply to every person’s life. Make your Bed – A Commencement speech that went viral The speech that the book is based on struck a […]
Quick Review: The Alchemist and Why You Should Read It
The Alchemist could be summarized as a fable about spiritual awakening and following your dreams. But it’s also a book about avoiding regret and bitterness. What is the Alchemist about? The fictional story revolves around a young shepherd boy that gives up everything and sets out on a journey through the desert to the Pyramids, […]
Quick Review: Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse
“There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” This is how James Carse defines finite and infinite games in his philosophical book by the same name. After […]
Quick Review: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Is attention failure only a roadkill on the highway of economic growth? In an attempt to regain his own ability to focus, Johann Hari (author of Lost Connections) sets out on a quest to understand the current attention crisis and its causes. By interviewing researchers around the globe he concludes is that there is more […]