You know, I have never really thought about my goals. And I know now that to be successful you should have clearly defined goals. But it certainly wasn’t something obvious to me for a very long time. I’ve just read “The Strangest Secret” by Earl Nightingale. It’s very short, you can get it for $1…
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Annihilation and foreshadowing
A friend lent me a book, “Annihilation” by Jeff VanderMeer, and I’ve read it today. While I was reading, I kept thinking, “This is a book that makes you want to be a writer”. The book is strange — which is the best kind of book. And the ending doesn’t explain anything at all —…
[Continue Reading]Chapter from Overstory
One of the books that I have planned to read this year is “Overstory” by Richard Powers. This book is 600 pages long! I am scared of starting something that big when I have so much on my plate already, so I have been putting it off. I’ve found out that Tim Ferriss shared one…
[Continue Reading]“Show Your Work” – Book Notes
Today, I’ve read “Show Your Work” by Austin Kleon. I wish I had read it years ago. If I did, maybe I would have started my blog earlier than I did. The core message in the book is to not work in secrecy, to instead share ideas, bits and pieces of work, what you are…
[Continue Reading]“irrelevant type design”
I was reading Seth Godin’s blog archive at random and came upon a post titled “Judging a book by its cover”. Here’s a quote: You can always tell the jacket designer is in trouble when the cover uses irrelevant type design to get the project over with. As an example he used George Orwell’s “1984”…
[Continue Reading]The most incredible book you have never heard of
My favorite book of all time is “Little, Big” by John Crowley. I bet you haven’t heard of it. I have never met anyone who read it or even heard about it. And that’s crazy! The book is so weird and unique and amazing that it should be as popular as, say, “Game of Thrones”….
[Continue Reading]Extreme Ownership – Book Highlights
I’ve finished reading “Extreme Ownership” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Here’s what I highlighted: “Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.” “When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable—if there are no consequences—that…
[Continue Reading]Books to read in 2021
I finally got my Kindle two weeks ago. I didn’t keep track of how many books I read in 2020, but I would guess around 10. I want to read many more this year. Here’s a list of 7 books to start. I will keep adding to this list when I hear about another one…
[Continue Reading]Don’t let the dead fish fool you
My favorite book from childhood is “Summer Lake” though I have it in Polish. There’s a dead fish on the cover but other than that the book really is lovely. Or at least I think this was my favorite when I was a child. Maybe I had another book that I loved more, but I…
[Continue Reading]“On Writing Well” – Book Notes
I’ve read “On Writing Well” by William Zinsser a few times already, but I’ve reread it these past few days. Now that I am writing a blog, I want to write it well. And the book is full of useful advice. Here are a few highlights so that I can always keep them on hand:…
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