My first introduction to Peter Drucker was The Effective Executive, a shorter book but one that transformed my idea of 'getting things done' and managing to a goal. It was a fairly easy, high-impact read and it's on my short-list of books I like to...
“I didn’t have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one.” -Mark Twain On a regular basis I receive emails in the form of 2000+ word essays, most of which could have been reduced to a few defining statements, bullets,...
Somehow I was able to fit a lot of reading time into a very busy time of year. Perhaps it was due to the multiple snow days we had? Who knows! The Way of the Superior Man, was certainly the most profound, impactful, and important book...
Thank God for Bitcoin offers a unique contribution to the ongoing development of "cryptocurrency theory." Written by a (rather large) team of authors, clergy, business people, and general Bitcoin enthusiasts, the book applies a Christian perspective to the topic. The book regularly quotes Bible passages...
November was a fun reading month for me with a nice variety of philosophy, history, and politics. Definitely the most fun book I read this month was Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son. This is a fictional work written in the form of periodic...
This book was fantastic--I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I purchased this, and honestly I'm not even sure where I first heard about the book. Written in 1903, the author (George Horace Lorimer) takes the voice of a 'self-made merchant'--owner...
Apparently October was a busy month for me! I got through 9 books as well as a few audiobooks. Probably the most inspiring, exciting book that I read was Genome by Matt Ridley. Not only does Ridley have an incredible mastery of the English language, but...
The Rational Optimist, by Matt Ridley The was a transformative book for me. I first heard of the author by Naval Ravikant, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist-turned philosopher whom I admire. If you haven't read any of Matt Ridley's writings, I suggest starting here. This is...
My Notes on The Republic and The Laws by Cicero [My favorite quotes are emboldened and indented.] You can have a skill simply by knowing how to prairie it, even if you never do; whereas moral excellence is entirely a matter of practice. Republic Book 1 We are...