Archive for the ‘Joe’s Reading List’ Category

Attention Span – Find Focus, Fight Distraction by Gloria Mark

January 2, 2025

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 […]

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READING LIST: ATOMIC HABITS BY JAMES CLEAR

December 2, 2024

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 […]

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Reading List: Clear Thinking, by Shane Parrish

September 19, 2024

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 […]

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Reading List: The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel

August 12, 2022

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

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Healthy at 100

April 1, 2016

In this audiobook, John Robbins provides ideas on how to increase not only your lifespan but also your healthspan and how to age with more vitality and happiness.

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