Tag: book review

  • Book Review: Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

    Sleeping is an interesting evolutionary trait — why would Mother Nature design a mechanism where we are completely immobile and sometimes paralyzed for 1/3 of the day? While this book doesn’t give a concrete answer to that, it does stress the importance of sleeping 8 hours every day.

  • Book Review: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

    The #1 lesson in this book is that it’s so important for white people to stop dodging discussions about race. It’s critical that white people have more conversations about race no matter how uncomfortable it will be. As a white male, I didn’t realize how not talking about race perpetuated the status quo. Robin DiAngelo’s…

  • Book Review: The Four Hour Work Week

    This book was entertaining, provided actionable advice, and was at times bizarre.  The author, Tim Ferriss has been described as a “Lifestyle Designer” and his goal is to help you streamline your life and maximize your ability to live out your dreams before retirement. The way he accomplishes this is by having the reader identify…

  • Book Review – The Dip

    This book is a very short read and Seth makes the most of it. The topic is extremely relevant if you are in the self-improvement world. The Dip is something that every expert and leading company has survived and is the reason why most people quit soon after learning something new or starting a new…

  • Book Review -Indistractable

    This book kept popping up for me in my recommendations and I kept seeing it in Audible so I decided to give it a shot. The author, Nir Eyal, is a well-known author of the book “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products” which is about how to make your product addictive. So, it’s a bit…