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The Guy in the Glass - Chapter #30
It’s Vegas, baby!
Miguel recites the poem on being true to yourself, by Dale Wimbrow.
Special thanks to wonderful Lori Painter for helping shoot the video.
Books mentioned:
Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
Full StoryTurning Waiting Time into Valuable Time - Chapter #29
How many thousands of hours of your life will be wasted waiting?
Waiting in line, waiting for someone, waiting for something.
Turn it to your advantage.
Stop Hoping for a Completion of Anything in Life - Chapter #28
We often think we will be happy once our life situation is a certain way - when we’ll get a certain amount of money, a position, a dream or goal.
But fundamentally, life never changes.
Are you also committing the error of thinking that one day “it will be done”?
Books mentioned:
The Way of the Superior Man by [...]
Full StoryTravelling Makes eReaders Success Inevitable - Chapter #27
Miguel just crossed the ocean and changed his view on eReaders in the process.
Do you think eReaders will take over soon? At all?
Pick Your Battles Carefully: The Perfect Economy Strategy - Chapter #26
When playing for the longterm, you have to analyse carefully what resources you have available.
Miguel is great at overlooking this fundamental rule of strategy.
Time to go back to the drawing board and adapt.
What to do when you are not liking a book - Chapter #25
Some books just don’t click. It may be a good book, you may even understand it is a good book, but if it doesn’t grab you… dump it!!.
There’s too many books out there to waste your time.
Books mentioned:
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
Full StoryA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (review) - Chapter #24
A monumental work of complex knowledge simplified for the layman with the most interesting delivery possible.
From the Origin of the Universe to the creation of our planet. From our quest to measure, age and weight the Earth to the dawn of the atomic age. Bill Bryson dedicated 3 years of his life to understand the [...]
Full StoryA Book About Innocent - Our Story and Some Things We’ve Learned (review) - Chapter #23
Untitled from Miguel Mayher on Vimeo.
Some companies create products and services that turn customers into fans. Innocent drinks, the British smoothies and healthy veg pots company, has written a book outlining the secret ingredients on how they do it.
“A work about running a business and getting started, about nature and fruit, about company life and [...]
21 Reasons to Start Reading Daily
I often meet people who seem to have the intention of getting started with the reading habit - but never get to it.
Here are 21 reasons to consider the next time you tell yourself “I don’t have time to read books”.
Makes you smarter. Yes, what you put in does influence what comes out. If [...]
Full StoryThe Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by the Dalai Lama (review) - Chapter #22
Eastern spirituality meets Western psychology.
Miguel shares what most struck him from this interview-style book on the Dalai Lama’s approach to happiness. From suffering, to kindness, to what living a spiritual life really means - he has some strong points worth considering.
Quote:
That is what I call basic spirituality - basic human qualities of goodness, kindness, compassion, [...]
