Category Archives: Great Books

Direct Alternatives vs Indirect Alternatives

Posted on April 20, 2019 by admin

In How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World, Harry Browne talks about direct and indirect alternatives. Essentially, a direct alternative is something that is within your control, and an indirect alternative requires someone else’s involvement. Browne encourages readers of … Continue reading →

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Review of Outliers

Posted on April 16, 2019 by admin

Outliers is a fantastic book by Malcolm Gladwell. In the book, Gladwell looks at those who have risen to a place of prominence and offers an explanation for how they did it. He covers a number of people from different … Continue reading →

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The Daily Private Victory

Posted on April 14, 2019 by admin

One of the most helpful things Stephen Covey talks about in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is the Daily Private Victory. This involves spending time each day sharpening the saw in the physical, spiritual, and mental areas of … Continue reading →

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Negotiation

Posted on April 13, 2019 by admin

In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about how kids who are taught how to negotiate and gently push back against those around them tend to be more successful than kids who are taught to follow orders and submit to those in … Continue reading →

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Stephen Covey on Principles and Change

Posted on April 12, 2019 by admin

This is an excerpt from one of Stephen Covey’s final interviews as recorded in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I love that he talks about the importance of sticking to principles in the midst of massive changes that … Continue reading →

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Review of The Alchemist

Posted on April 6, 2019 by admin

Last night, I finished reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. This was the first fictional book I’ve read in a long time and, once I started getting into the story, I remembered how much I enjoy quality fiction. Here is … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Having Good Friends

Posted on April 4, 2019 by admin

I think a great deal of credit for the progress I’ve made in the past few years is due to the people I’m most often around. As I’ve mentioned before, one of my high school principals said this at my … Continue reading →

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“The Secret to Happiness”

Posted on April 2, 2019 by admin

This is a short story from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I love how Coelho uses it to encourage us to keep the important things in mind while still enjoying life. Without further ado, here’s the short story. “A certain … Continue reading →

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Review of Boundaries

Posted on March 30, 2019 by admin

I just finished reading Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. The book is all about setting and maintaining limits in interactions with other people. The authors explore many different scenarios in which a lack of appropriate boundaries causes a … Continue reading →

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Review of How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World

Posted on March 25, 2019 by admin

How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World is a fantastic book written by the late Harry Browne. I had previously watched one or two videos in which Browne discusses some of his ideas about living life, but I had … Continue reading →

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