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55 reviews

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business by Josh Kaufman

informative slow-paced

5.0

Very dense book that inlcudes several concepts and ideas that are hugely beneficial to entrepreneurs and business owners. It includes everything that you can learn in business school simplified to the bare essentials and cuts our any unneeded information. 

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is great as it teaches the importance of habits and how to implement them into your life efficiently and as fast as possible. It has been clearly formatted so that knowledge can be easily digested and learned. Personally, I have learned the important of habits and now I have consciously starting improving my systems in order to always be improving even when I don’t feel like it 

Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life) by Thomas Erikson

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

The book contains a simple system that is very efficent to deal with different types of human behavior and is very easy to understand. The author is great at teaching us how to interact with different types of colours and although it has a focus on business settings, it can be easily applied to other settings as well.

How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less by Cal Newport

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Extremely practical book that covers almost everything a student or someone who is on the learning journey would benefit from. Cal Newport talks about how to manage time to how to revise with clear actions and steps to follow. He also includes examples of a student using his technique which clears up any confusion.

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Great book and has several great insights. My favourite one is that being bored is actually good for you and I found that very eye-opening. This book is amazing to perfect your productivity and deep work and talks about the difference between deep and shallow work. However, I found it a bit difficult to read at times because the stories were not that engaging.

The Male Advantage: Why women can't resist the Outlier Male by Kris Sturmey

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Great book but quite short. It perfectly organises all of the information from the 1stMan Youtube Channel and has lots of actionable steps. However, there are some parts that I do not agree with but for the majority, they are eye-opening.

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Francesc Miralles, Héctor García

informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Great book and although it is short, is worth reading. However, the lessons from this book could have been expanded upon and it is probably worth more if you read a summary or youtube video. This book explores how to live a long life and be fulfilled.

The Appearance of Power: How Masculinity is Expressed Through Aesthetics by Tanner Guzy

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

It's a good book with a lot of information on men's fashion and the different aspects needed to develop your style. However, I felt that the content was dragged on for a while and could have been taught quicker and more efficiently. If you are interested in men's fashion and masculinity then this book is probably for you.

The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime! by M.J. DeMarco

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is honestly amazing. It has everything you need to get started in business and is a great read. It has several lessons and the author is not afraid to go against society’s conditioning and he teaches lessons that he himself follows. He uses the sidewalk, slowlane and fastlane to explain the common ways people try to approach wealth and convinces the reader why and how to enter the fastlane

How to Be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do by Graham Allcott

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book really refreshed my mind on productivity and that the ‘secrets’ are not worth the time but the tips given in this book is all you need to become a ‘productivity ninja’. The author coves a large spectrum of ideas, tips and even gives you app reccomendations to become more productive. Great Read.