Notes, quotes, and lessons from books
These are not—nor do they intend to be—summaries. These are my highlights and notes, the things that I enjoyed the most from the book.
Don't supplement reading these notes for reading the actual book. If it's posted, I highly recommend reading it. I don't have a rating system because if the book wasn't at least a 7/10, I wouldn't take notes on it.
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Book notes and ideas from Feynman's Rainbow by Leonard Mlodinow....
A few short lessons and ideas about living well, finding success, getting rich, and not being a fool....
I have a strange affection for Harry Truman. Maybe it's because we were both born in Missouri—and both proud to be so—or maybe it's because David McCullough's biography of him is one of the first full-scale biographies I read of a President. Whatever it may be, I love him. He never let the office of the President of the United States—or the perks of the office—get to him or his head. And unlike so many others after they leave the White House, he moved back to where he was from, Independence, Mis...
"Remember what I say: if you would cling to earthly pleasures--these are the things which murder souls," JC Ryle wrote. "There is no surer way to get ......
Three founding fathers and the country they created....
What I learned reading Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough...
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. believed in hard work and knowledge. He remarked, “most things in this world, half their terrors vanish when you walk up and......
Every good story-at-sea has at least two of three elements: a shipwreck, murder, or mutiny. While this tale definitely had the second, the third is qu......
An intense saga of Washington and War....
Book notes and insights on Winston Churchill's The Gathering Storm, volume one of his Memoirs of the Second World War....
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The events, stories, and quotes that made Mickey Spillane the king of pulp fiction....
Some instructions on writing and life....
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A sordid read full of science and sarcasm, dialogue and drama, love and war....
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How a world-renowned novelist writes....
A intense look at Churchill and London during the Blitz....
Advice on writing, researching, and political power....
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Books notes and what I learned from reading “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson....
Book notes takeaways from reading Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday...
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An intense saga of politics and space....
A captivating book about the African American women who helped send a man to the moon....
Though The Washington Post touted this book as 'The most fully faceted portrait of Hemingway now available', I was unimpressed....
Killers of the Flower Moon opened my narrow mind to a new (for me) genre of writing: narrative non-fiction. I highly recommend....
A book for the soul, not the mind....
I could not have been happier with the few hours I spent reading this book. How da Vinci's life ebbs and flows through his curiosity is a whirlwind of unbelievable stories....
A collection of his speeches from the founding president of Stanford University....
The author's enthusiasm for dinosaurs and the mysteries of Earth 66 million years ago is contagious....
I have a deep admiration for Feynman's beliefs on life, knowledge, and science, but that admiration went deeper still as I followed the stories of his life told by the man himself....
The overexposure to a powerful concept has watered down a powerful idea, the idea that you, and only you, control your life. This book brings the idea back into reality....
A brief history on the institution of the library and a fascinating look at the history of books....
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This book explores the life of a time-traveler. Someone who theorized, pondered, and invented tools that would create the lives of some and destroy the lives of many....
The foreword to this book, written by Ben Reinhardt, puts it well by saying, 'I went into this book with little more than a name and came out with the closest thing to a mentor someone you've never met can be.'...
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Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World....
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A dense book packed with tangents that (mostly) lead to some interesting insights....
At all costs, you must be willing to innovate the way you do business and what your company delivers; Innovate or Die mentality....
Tipping Points can be caused by the right people, with the right information, in the right context; all we have to do is find those variables....
This is an exceptional book on thinking outside the box, innovating when others think to go with the safe route, and the necessity to think from first principles. Plus, there are some interesting behind the scenes stories of successful and failed NASA missions....
Written by a creative director, this book takes you through the ups and downs of, as the title suggests, what you see when you read. It's an interesting book with some neat ideas, but I felt it never came together. Maybe that's the point of the book, but I felt Mendelsund was trying to communicate how important it is we be aware of where the pictures in our minds come from when we read, but he never said that so directly....
Winners never quit is an incorrect statement; they do quit, they just know what to quit and when....
A short read, but interesting nonetheless. This book doesn't have a ton of practical insights, but gives some motivation to show what you're doing in public. An interesting argument and helpful for someone like me who is so young and feel like I haven't accomplished anything yet....
This book is very helpful for anyone who wants to get into freelance or agency marketing. It gives some practical writing advice, but it's mainly tips and strategies on how to create good campaigns inside of an agency....
he Essentialist mindset is all about doing less, but better....
Key insights, learnings, and things that surprised me while reading Einstein's biography....
A brilliant overview of the key innovations that paved the way for others to build upon. Truly explains 'how we got to now.'...
This is a book about money....
Being able to think and solve problems in a general sense allows for innovative breakthroughs and discoveries in a niche field....