Category Archives: Great Books

My Daytime Routine

Recently, I noticed I’ve developed a new routine during the day. This routine allows me to get a lot of stuff I need to do and want to do completed in my waking hours, makes my days feel longer, and … Continue reading

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“Father Forgets”

“Father Forgets” is a short story by W. Livingston Larned. I found out about it because Dale Carnegie included in How to Win Friends and Influence People. It illustrates the importance of compassion, perspective, empathy, understanding, and forgiveness. I love … Continue reading

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Always Do Your Best

The final agreement Don Miguel Ruiz covers in The Four Agreements is “Always Do Your Best”. Like the other agreements, this is one I try to follow even though I don’t always succeed, but an occasional reminder helps get me … Continue reading

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5 Books That Will Help You Succeed This Year

Happy New Year! I hope you all had fun and safe celebrations last night. Since we’ve officially enter 2019 now, I thought I would dedicate my first post of the year to a subject I’ve talked about quite a bit … Continue reading

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Reflections: My Favorite Things from 2018

It’s safe to say that 2018 was the best year of my life. So many amazing and wonderful things happened from beginning to end. Like every year, there were also challenges, but I was able to handle them much better … Continue reading

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And Action!

I’ve had a lot of personal growth this year, probably more than any other year of my life. This isn’t the first year that I wanted to make progress or tried to do it, but it has been by far … Continue reading

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Becoming Free, One Book at a Time

I’ve read a lot this year. As I write this, I’ve read twenty six books (twenty seven if you count my annual reread of How to Win Friends and Influence People) and, by the time the year ends, I’ll have … Continue reading

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Mental Toughness

I’ve always been interested in people who choose to do things in a more difficult, uncomfortable, or even painful way. The people who work all day in blazing heat or freezing cold, push through immense pain to get where they … Continue reading

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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s is coming up soon and with it come New Year’s resolutions. Many people make them but most fail to follow them for more than a month or two at most. I think I have some ideas as to … Continue reading

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The Power of Loving-Kindness

Tim Ferriss has a big book called Tools of Titans in which he interviews over 100 extremely successful people to learn the things that work for them. This excerpt was written by Chade-Meng Tan, an expert in mindfulness, among many … Continue reading

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