Nick The Sick

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Books

Reviews

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisionsby Brian Christian(3.5 ⭐)

This is a good book!

Thinking, Fast and Slowby Daniel Kahneman(5 ⭐)

This is probably one of the most influential books I've ever read on Psychology, and it serves as the basis of modern Psychology.

The Formula: The Universal Laws of Successby Albert-László Barabási(4.5 ⭐)

A fantastic perspective into what actually makes people successful, what it means, and why we should care. - Performance is bounded, success is unbounded - Law of Persistence

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Worldby David Epstein(4 ⭐)

Specialization is for the ants

How to Win Friends & Influence Peopleby Dale Carnegie(4.5 ⭐)

Fantastic, pragmatic and true. People want to be asked questions about themselves, not hear your stories.

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Productsby Nir Eyal(4 ⭐)

Practical tips on how to get people to love your product. Engaged, but hopefully not addicted, though much of the same advice probably applies. But, basically serves as a very accessible summary of how to game "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Backby Elisabeth Rosenthal(4 ⭐)

Eye-opening book about the American Healthcare system

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Lifeby Nir Eyal(3.5 ⭐)

Written pretty much as a counter to Hooked

I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Worksby Ramit Sethi(4 ⭐)

Practical tips on how to organize yourself financially

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Futureby Peter Thiel(5 ⭐)

An amazing mental model that will stick with you forever

The Design of Everyday Thingsby Donald A. Norman(5 ⭐)

You will start to notice everything around you differently. Be able to question why someone made these choices or blame them for not putting enough thought into it!

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happinessby Richard H. Thaler(5 ⭐)

An absolute must-read for psychology backed policy. We do not have to restrict freedom, but we can help people make good choices. The power of defaults is real!

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Dayby Jake Knapp(4.5 ⭐)

Real, practical tips on setting yourself up for success. Make time for the things which matter in your life. And aggressively spend less time on the things that don't!

The 4-Hour Workweekby Timothy Ferriss(4 ⭐)

A wonderful ideal, but woefully unpragmatic. But, it makes you question your assumptions of what worklife should really be

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Daysby Jake Knapp(4.5 ⭐)

Great model, hard to get people to put into practice though

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Nowby Meg Jay(4.5 ⭐)

Urgency to those in their 20s to read this now! Think about who you want to be, because who you are now is who you will become!

Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happenby Dan Heath(5 ⭐)

Fantastic mental model

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Masterby Dave Thomas(4 ⭐)

Good mental models. Has not aged a minute

Man’s Search for Meaningby Viktor E. Frankl(4 ⭐)

A troubling tale, not for the faint of heart

BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Companyby Jim Collins(4 ⭐)

Beautiful mental models. A philosophy of business

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questionsby Randall Munroe(4 ⭐)

A fun read, and you can learn a bunch of things along the journey

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groupsby Daniel Coyle(4 ⭐)

You spend more time with your team than your family. You ought to know how to make them work well together

User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Playby Cliff Kuang(4 ⭐)

Design influences how we behave, act and even think

The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Cultureby Fritjof Capra(3.5 ⭐)

Feels outdated, possibly reaching for too much

The Creative Act: A Way of Beingby Rick Rubin(4.5 ⭐)

A beautiful insight into creativity

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quitby Seth Godin(4.5 ⭐)

Really makes you think

Refactoring UIby Adam Wathan(4.5 ⭐)

A must read for modern UI design

Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joyby Mo Gawdat(4.5 ⭐)

You have control of how you react to things, choose to be happy