8 Powerful Lessons from the book "Antifragile"

8 Insightful Lessons From the Book "10% Happier"

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1. "When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present."

2. "There’s no point in being unhappy about things you can’t change, and no point being unhappy about things you can."

3. "There’s no point in being unhappy about things you can’t change, and no point being unhappy about things you can."

4. "Pursuit of happiness becomes the source of our unhappiness."

7 Powerful Lessons from the Book "Skin in the Game"

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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1. "You will never fully convince someone that they are wrong; only reality can.

To be precise, reality doesn’t care about winning arguments; survival is what matters."

2. "Focusing on just words put us at a dangerous path since we are much better at doing than understanding. Doers win by doing and not by convincing."

3. "Don’t take advice from people who don’t have skin in the game, i.e., be aware of the person who gives advice, telling you that a particular action is good for you and while it’s also good for him or her. While the harm directly affects you and not him."

4. "You don’t want to win an argument; you want to win whatever you’re after money, goals, convertible car."

7 Powerful Lessons from the Book "Skin in the Game"

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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1. "You will never fully convince someone that they are wrong; only reality can.

To be precise, reality doesn’t care about winning arguments; survival is what matters."

2. "Focusing on just words put us at a dangerous path since we are much better at doing than understanding. Doers win by doing and not by convincing."

3. "Don’t take advice from people who don’t have skin in the game, i.e., be aware of the person who gives advice, telling you that a particular action is good for you and while it’s also good for him or her. While the harm directly affects you and not him."

4. "You don’t want to win an argument; you want to win whatever you’re after money, goals, convertible car."

15 Must Read Books That Will Change Your Life :

1. Atomic Habits

2. Deep Work

3. The Power Of Habit

4. The Psychology Of Money

5. Mindset

8 Powerful Quotes From The Book "Letters from a Stoic" by Seneca

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1. "If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich."

2. "Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones."

3. "It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more."

4. "Associate with those who will make a better man of you."

My daughter has just finished reading 'Atomic Habits' and I have started to observe a few changes in her behavior, most notably, she is now better prepared for Sat 7AM swim session. Her swim bag and costume are right by her bedside the night before. I was impressed by this tiny

change so asked her to summarise the book for me. I found it very impactful for behavior change and building new habits so sharing here
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1. A large portion of our daily actions are influenced by our automatic habits, habits that have been formed through repetition over the course of our entire life. There are healthy and productive habits that serve us and negative ones that work against us.

2. We are what we repeatedly do and the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits.


Lesson 1: Tiny changes lead to big improvements


“Atomic habits” is all about showing how small and seemingly unimportant changes and adjustments can lead to a massive

3. transformation. If you make a tiny 1% improvement to something on a daily basis in the course of just one year, you end up being 37 times better...37 times better health, 37 times better finances or relationships, even a fraction of that will significantly transform your life

10 MUST-READ Quotes From the Book: "Think and Grow Rich"

By Napoleon Hill

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1. “More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth it self”

2. “A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.”

3. “The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”

4. “Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”

Best books for #Elliottwaves. A thread:

1. Frost & Prechter's "The EW principle" - it's the Bible
2. The complete EW writings of Hamilton Bolton
3. Visual guide to EW trading by Wayne Gorman & Jeffrey Kennedy
4. EW principle applied to the FX markets by Robert Balan

5. EW trading by Jeffrey Kennedy
6. RN Elliott's masterworks
7. Mastering the EW principle by Constance Brown

From a practical perspective, the ones by Gorman/Kennedy & Balan are the gold standard. I have read each book many times n yet there is alws smth new each time.

I have a $100,000 business degree.

But I've learned 10x more by reading books.

10 business books that will change your life:

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher

Lessons:
• You can negotiate anything you want.
• The best negotiation tactic is to first offer the other side something they want.

Drive by Daniel Pink

Lessons:
• Money alone isn't enough to motivate us.
• We are most motivated when we can also achieve control and freedom.

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson

Lessons:
• The most effective way to get rich is to learn how to build and sell a product.
• The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Lessons:
• Habits compound to produce huge results.
• The best way to build habits is to make them easy, attractive and rewarding.

An entrepreneur who changed my life:

Naval Ravikant

He’s one of the deepest thinkers alive and attributes all of his success to reading.

Here are 10 books Naval recommends to make you healthy, wealthy and wise in 2023:

1. Poor Charlie's Almanac

Charlie Munger — Investor

Warren Buffett calls him the smartest man he knows.

The Almanac is a collection of Munger's thoughts, speeches and writings.

Impactful quote:

2. Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl — Psychiatrist and Holocaust Survivor

A reflection from Frankl’s time as an Auschwitz inmate.

Impactful quote:

3. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Richard Feynman — Physicist

The hilarious autobiography of one of the 20th century's most intelligent and interesting men.

Impactful quote:

4. Influence

Robert Cialdini — Psychology Professor

The Bible of persuasion.

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