February 3, 2025
Category: Future Planning, Ideas for Reflection, Jake's Reading List, Joe's Reading List
“Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Harris” is an amazing book that changed the way I think about how I can control my reaction to external events. These days we have lots of “external events” whether it is a change to the Capital Gains Inclusion Rate or a 3 year old clogging a toilet with […]
January 2, 2025
Category: Ideas for Reflection, Jake's Reading List, Joe's Reading List
I heard Gloria Mark speak at a Rotman Lifelong Learning Conference. She is the definitive expert on distraction and multi-tasking in an increasingly digital world. In her book, you will discover why multitasking hurts rather than helps productivity, how social media and modern entertainment amplifyour short attention spans, what drains our mental resources and how […]
December 2, 2024
Category: Jake's Reading List, Joe's Reading List
This is a very practical and useful book. James Clear distills the most fundamental information about habit formation so you can accomplish more by focusing on less. In my Life Design work with our clients, the following quote has become an essential starting point for designing a meaningful and focused life: “You do not rise […]
Shane is the brilliant thinker who created “The Farnam Street” newsletter and the “ The Knowledge Project” podcast, both of which I have found to be extremely valuable over the last 10 years. In “ Clear Thinking”, Shane provides an actionable guide to using your own mind more effectively and a lucid manual for overcoming […]
August 12, 2022
Category: Future Planning, Ideas for Reflection, Joe's Reading List, Uncategorized
A great read on the fundamentals of money management: spend less than you make start saving early look for set and forget investments (and then actually set and forget them) I’ll reach out to Morgan to see if wants help with the follow up book, The Psychology of Insurance