I thought the bible is way overrated. I never thought I could get myself to read it. It’s an old book. I had a feeling that it belongs to church reading. No longer. I am slowly being attached to it. It’s starting to catch my attention. How? Why? Recently it got referred to quite heavily in Love Life for Every Couple, a book I just finished reading. That book was in turn recommended in The Takeaway, where the author also recommended the Bible. I have a New Testament Bible at home. It’s written in Polish, but I could not find…
Books & Reviews
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This is a very good book about a remarkable man: Theodore Roosevelt. I am disappointed though. I did not get enough. I was ready to listen on, and whoops, the book ended. It ended when Teddy was around 40 years old, before he became the president. But I guess the book is called the Rise of Theodore R. for a reason. 🙂 This book was narrated in an excellent manner. I almost cried when he was explaining the black day in Teddy’s life. There were many sections where I was hooked on listening. I wanted to listen even more. It…
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This book started out great. It is spoken with a great call-to-action voice. I really liked the first hour or hour and a half. But after that, the material covered did not really interest me. I did not finish the book — as the author suggests. I do not have a plan to hire offshore assistant. I do not want to setup an auto reply to my email, etc. These issues might be applicable to an executive but not for a normal guy like me. I highly recommend listening to the first hour: it’s a 5-star material. After that, I…
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American history is interesting. It has had many great leaders. Reading about Washington, Hamilton, Franklin, Lincoln, Wilson, just to name a few, is fascinating. This is really interesting to me, and I’m not a history buff at all. My knowledge how America was founded is increasing. I learned a lot from this book. I have to admit that I did not learn a lot about US history in High School nor in College. (I don’t remember anything from those studies, in any case.) But by reading books like this, I am putting things into context and things are starting to…
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I learned a lot by listening to these two books. They both contain similar information, but I think they compliment each other. What did I learn? I used to think that punishment is a good way to discipline kids. I don’t mean hitting, but punishing for the wrong things. I see now that my thinking was wrong. Punishing does not work! The result of punishment is that kids are just more careful and try not to get caught. There are better ways of making sure that the message gets across. The most important thing is (I knew this was the…
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Here are the books that I finished reading so far in 2006. This is to be updated throughout the year. My goal is to read/listen to at least ten. This book is filled with good advice. The best part of the book is on how to manage well: mainly to play to each individual’s uniqueness and strengths. However, this book was monotone at times. This would be an excellent book if the most important parts were abridged into a 3-4 hour book, vs the 8 hours this book is. A useful book. I might re-read if when I become a…
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One of the best ways to constantly learn is… to read books. OK, you might agree. But read what? Good question. That’s not so easy to answer. You have to read what you like. You have to pick the books that interest you. If you pick a book that does not interest you, put it aside, read another one. If you force yourself into reading a book, then reading will not be fun for you. If you make reading fun, then you will read a lot more. And thus learn a lot more. 🙂 I love to read. I read…
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I commute to work everyday (around 40mins each way now; used to be around an hour). I love to read. Put these two together and you get? Books on tape. That’s right, I’ve been an Audible subscriber for over a year now. No longer. I found something better. For free. ??? NetLibrary, available for Bergen County, NJ residents (it might be available in other counties, I think). What is NetLibrary? Free books. Over thousand of them. And they have some excellent books. I downloaded my first one yesterday, Authentic Leadership, opened it in Windows Media Player and transferred it to…