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The how-to guide for your mental game I approached this game as a former athlete and as a current amateur wannabe triathlete. I was looking for something that helped me face the long months ahead of me and the book didn’t disappoint, or, at least, not at all. This is a typical self-help book that could have been condensed into a way shorter ve...

Accelerate is not a book about IT; Accelerate is a book about culture and the best work methodologies to effectively deliver business value while also fostering innovation in an ever-changing world. This work is a scientific approach to optimizing software development and ultimately how to leverage technology to deliver business value. The ba...

Doughnut Economics is probably the most interesting and clear book that I’ve come across in economic sciences. The author, often considered to be the “Keynes of the XXI century”, challenges the current traditional economic thinking and shows how a model focused solely on growth led to inequalities, market inefficiencies, environmental degradatio...

Think Again Adam Grant Global Evaluation: 5 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 3 out of 5 Insight: 5 out of 5 It doesn’t happen often that I get as positively surprised as while reading the book by Adam Grant “Think Again”. After reading and taking several notes for my zettelkasten system, I can genuinely say that I’m sitting...

Talk like TED The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s top minds Carmine Gallo Global Evaluation: 4 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 2 out of 5 Insight: 5 out of 5 I approached this book intending to grasp and detect some of the most important secrets while speaking in front of people and “Talk like TED” has definitely ...

Eichmann in Jerusalem A Report on the Banality of Evil Hannah Arendt Global Evaluation: 4.5 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 4 out of 5 Insight: 5 out of 5 Eichmann in Jerusalem was, and to some extent still is, a quite controversial book written by the German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt. Already by the time of its p...

Zero The Biography of a dangerous idea Charles Seife Global Evaluation: 4.5 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 2 out of 5 Insight: 4 out of 5 One Sentence Summary This is the story of zero, from its birth in ancient times to its growth and nourishment in the East, its struggle for acceptance in Europe, its ascendance in the W...

Stories of Your Life and Others ##### Ted Chiang Global Evaluation: 4.5 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5 Insight: 5 out of 5 One Sentence Summary “Stories of Your Life and Others” is a collection of science fiction short stories by Ted Chiang that explores deep philosophical and scientific questions through ima...