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What was the best book you read in 2022 and the main lesson you took from it?

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  • Dec 17, 2022
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Recommended by Sandeep Nagpal Humberto Enríquez and Rayan Singh
Book Oct 16, 2018
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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    James Clear
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to rem
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Sandeep Nagpal 1 month ago

Atomic Habits...how small habits compounds to great results

Humberto Enríquez 1 month ago

Atomic Habits, James Clear. Each behavior, no matter how small (atomic), counts, and it blows up (atomic) as who you become.

Rayan Singh 1 month ago

ATOMIC HABITS is the book I'll mention by @JamesClear. Btw Here are the top lessons from the book.

Recommended by Juan Hernández 🍬 andy 🍭 and Lakeem A. Allen
Book Jan 5, 2016
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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    Cal Newport
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information
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Juan Hernández 1 month ago

Deep work – What you choose to focus on influence on your attitude & emotions going fwd: “Who you are, what you think, feel, do, love .. is the sum of what you focus on".

🍬 andy 🍭 1 month ago

also vouching for deep work

Lakeem A. Allen 1 month ago

Deep Work. Main lesson? Set aside time each day for uninterrupted, productive work.

Recommended by Anil Mondi and Ελευθέριος Πρινιωτάκης
Book Jan 1, 2011
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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    Yuval Noah Harari
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human r
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Recommended by Marxotiz and Gui Latrova
Book 1988
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The Alchemist
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    Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago, who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure burie
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Marxotiz 1 month ago

The alchemist : everyone want to see(show) themselves through you

Gui Latrova 1 month ago

The Alchemist. Find your treasure.

Recommended by shashank Dhekle and Advait Ninawe
Book May 17, 2016
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Never Split the Difference
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    Tahl Raz , Chris Voss
<b>A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home.</b><br /><br />After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage neg
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Recommended by Rational Flaneur and Arjun Khemani
Book Mar 1, 2011
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
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    David Deutsch
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
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Rational Flaneur 1 month ago

The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch Lessons on: Science & Explanation Reality Creativity University AI Optimism Good Political System

Arjun Khemani 1 month ago

The Beginning of Infinity, optimism.

Recommended by Sikemi | Productivity and About That Life
Book Apr 1, 2013
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The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
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    Gary Keller , Jay Papasan
The One Thing explains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the seven thieves that steal time, and leverage the laws of purpose, priority, and productivity. (From Goodreads)
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Sikemi | Productivity 1 month ago

The One Thing by Gary Keller. My top lesson was the power of focus in a world that often demands you do many things at once. ✌️

About That Life 1 month ago

The One Thing by Gary Keller. The main lesson is that if you want to improve in any area of your life you should narrow your focus to the action that will yield the most return.

Recommended by Zeeshan Haibat and Claudia Garrido, Ph.D.
Book Feb 2, 2021
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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    Adam M. Grant
We need to spend as much time rethinking as we do thinking. Why do we refresh our wardrobes every year, renovate our kitchens every decade, but never update our beliefs and our views? Why do we laugh at people using computers that are ten years old, but yet still cling to opinions we formed ten yea
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Zeeshan Haibat 1 month ago

Think again by @AdamMGrant. This is an excellent book for decision-making and how to think .

Claudia Garrido, Ph.D. 1 month ago

Think again, by Adam Grant. Main lesson? Think again!

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Book Apr 20, 2021
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Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
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    William P. Green
From a renowned financial journalist who has written for Time, Fortune, Forbes, and The New Yorker, a fresh and unexpectedly profound book that draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with many of the world’s super-investors to demonstrate that the keys for building wealth hold other life
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Robert Deveau 1 month ago

Richer, Wiser, Happier by William Green was wonderful. Lessons from Munger on risk, controlling emotions, and using mental tools to create a latticework for sound decision-making.

Recommended by Aryan Gupta and Vidya
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Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance
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    Osho
Underlying all meditation techniques, including martial arts-and in fact underlying all great athletic performances-is a quality of being awake and present to the moment, a quality that Osho calls awareness. Once we can identify and understand what this quality of awareness is, we have the key to se
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Aryan Gupta 1 month ago

Great suggestion

Vidya 1 month ago

Balance the inner with the outer. For if you really want to laugh ,you will have to learn to weep. If you really want to know light,you will have to go through darkness. Both can't exist without the other. And out of this togetherness of polarities is born a balanced being.

Recommended by Joaquín Gómez Moya
Book Sep 8, 2020
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The Psychology of Money
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    Morgan Housel
Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money―investing, personal finance, and business decisions―is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do.
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Joaquín Gómez Moya 1 month ago

The book: "The Psychology of Money", @morganhousel . The lesson(s): Start saving and investing today. And then, just—wait!

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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
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    Phil Knight
In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business schoo
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Sky Blue 1 month ago

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight (Nike founder). Main takeaway: Don’t pursue a life of safety and security. Take risks, make bold decisions, don’t let life’s many challenges distract you from reaching your ultimate goal.

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