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Brave New World

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2020 November 25BOOK

Where 1984 pictures an ultimately depressing world, Brave New World seems to go the other way. Everybody is always happy and nobody has to worry. For ...

Atlas Shrugged

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2020 November 25BOOK

I always refrained from reading this book as it is often pictured as the ultimate capitalistic (read evil) book. In the book the heroes are indeed the...

1984

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2020 November 25BOOK

Simply a must read. It's chilling and horrifying, especially as it is still so relevant today. Not only because we use the words and concepts to descr...

12 Rules for Life

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2020 January 30BOOK

Finally, somebody who doesn't only tells me how I should think and what my mindset should be. Jordan also gives the practical day to day rules to foll...

Can't Hurt Me

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2020 January 30BOOK

If David can do it, anyone can. Or if you are unsure what to do, ask yourself: "What would Goggins do?" I love that thought. He devised some brilliant...

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited

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2019 June 7BOOK

This book gave us the words to describe what we already knew and tried at jodiBooks. Software, website, interfaces should be intuitive and easy to use...

Drive

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2019 June 7BOOK

Drive shows us what motivates us at work and at home. Although the message of the book is very interesting and I fully agree, what I like most about t...

Own the Day, Own Your Life

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2019 June 7BOOK

Aubrey showed me, that you shouldn't take everything for granted. Not all conventional wisdom is true. Basically, this book made me think about my day...

Life and How To Survive It

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2019 June 7BOOK

Robin and John wrote a magnificent book. Being written by Cleese, you would expect something funny. And although sometimes it is humorous, it is far m...

Quiet

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2019 June 7BOOK

I always thought I was shy and awkward. I don't do small talk and I never know what to talk about. Unless I'm with the right people. Susan showed me t...

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

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2019 June 7BOOK

This book marked the second awakening, after the first with 'Drive'. It was on a vacation in Sicily, that I was bored and was mindlessly watching vide...

The Diet Myth

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2019 June 7BOOK

The best 2 euro ever spend. Granted this book is worth way more than that, but still, thanks :) I bought it after I saw a talk by Tim in which he expl...

The Dictator's Handbook

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2019 June 7BOOK

This book made me rethink politics. In the end it's all about money, also in democracies. Not that it made me a cynic, but more a realist in that you ...

The Millionaire Fastlane

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2019 June 7BOOK

I used to think I wasn't made to be an entrepreneur or business owner. That I was somehow genetically incapable of doing that, or that I didn't have t...

Why We Sleep

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2019 June 7BOOK

This read was inspired by a talk Matthew gave at Google. I always knew sleep was somehow important. Why would I feel so bad after a shitty night other...