Last year I read or listened to a lot of books. Some fantastic, some mediocre. By the end of the year I had a fair list of books that I had found interesting or powerful. This year while continuing to consume new content I plan to revisit some of the best books I have read in the past hopefully to pick up even more on a second pass.
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When reading and reviewing books I am always mindful that, depending on genre and content, most books have a target audience of who will enjoy it and who will most benefit from it. That knowledge of genre and content influences how I consider the book. It is rare that I find a "universal" book, i.e. one that I think has the potential to benefit and interest almost any member of the human race. Paul Kalanithi's book When breath becomes air however is such a book.
Ray Dalio is a very successful hedge fund manager and business owner having built his business Bridgewater into a multibillion dollar fund over the last 40 years. Now that he is getting close to retirement he is publishing a couple of books explaining his life and work principles, hence the name of this book.
I thought I would spend some time this year seeing if I can actively improve the way I learn and the way my brain works. Because I have seen quite a few adverts for the superlearner book and online course I thought I would give that a try.
This a very short audiobook (4.5 hours) but that is because most of the information actually isn't in the book but rather on the syllabus which can be downloaded online. That has links to further reading, homework to do, tests and games. I like this concept because it allows the authors to continually make sure the information is up to date, however it doesn't work in the way it has been presented here in my opinion. There is just so little in the book itself that a 45 minute car journey results in listening to 10 chapters, each of which has associated reading and homework to be done. |
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