How many places did it take you? I’d like to do that I love that book
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This is the greatest so far. I hope only a handful reads this. 
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I’m reading a book titled as “Total Recall”. It sounds like a memory training book 
It’s in fact written by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I watched the movie Total Recall a few years back. And was searching for the DVD version of it on amazon, and noticed the book version, but only to find that it was all about his life. Bought it. It’s 624 pages! And I can’t seem to put it down, so interesting.
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Two more books that I want to add:
- I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong — I’m not quite done yet, but if anyone likes the wheat/evolution idea from Sapiens, I Contain Multitudes addresses similar ideas with microbes. Highly recommended for anyone who has an interest in biology and evolution.
- Ultralearning by Scott Young
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Deep work by Cal Newport.
I’m a distracted person and I have no moderation, if I open facebook there is a big chance I willl be in there 10 minutes even if I’m at work. Deep work was a HUGE milestone for me, it completely changed the way a approach any kind of work, conversation, meeting…
I stumbled with this book 2 years ago. Back in highschool I had periods of time where I could be laser focused but time passed after I graduated and I just couldn’t get focused on anything and I felt that hability faded away. I was incredibly distracted at work, with friends, family, etc. I wasn’t able to understand a thing because I would be too busy thinking about any kind of stuff. So on one video Thomas Frank talked about this book briefly and I decided to give it a try.
One of the best desitions I have ever made, and one that I’m just too grateful for.
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That’s good to hear, since I was thinking about reading it.
There’s also a thread here about one of Cal Newport’s other books: Digital Minimalism: “Why We’ll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes”
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Definetly read it, Digital minimalism and Deep work are tied to each other.
Digital minimalism is for life in general (friends, family, enjoying the present moment), Deep work is for… well… work.
Both are quite beautiful to read, you get a sense of what was before the smartphone era, pure focus at the activity at hand and the joy of being just in the moment.
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It will transform how you think and live your life if you only apply a little bit of the wisdom in it.
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Yes, Deep Work is a very good and important book. It will help you become more productive and smarter.
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You guys need to check these out!
https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Beyond-Thought-Practical-Awakening/dp/0595418562
Harry Lorayne fans in the house?
https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Loraynes-Page-Minute-Memory/dp/0345410149/
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A book I just finished a month ago, which might just prove to be the most impactful book that I have ever read is Atomic Habits by James Clear. I am mid forties now and I think that it is likely to have a huge impact on my life. I can only imagine how consequential it would have been for me had I read it when I was 20.
One other quick one I would add that complements Atomic Habits nicely is a short read called The Motivation Hacker by Nick Winter.
Finally, I thought The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday was really good. It was my first introduction to Stoic Philosophy and delivered it in a very accessible and practical way. It really opened my mind to a new way of thinking.
I also really liked Deep Work and am excited to check out Digital Minimalism (both mentioned above). Thanks for the recommendations.
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It’s been mentioned a few times now. I’ve never heard it until a few days ago.
Looks like I will need a bigger library, I will be getting Deep Work soon.
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That’s good to hear. I just ordered it a couple of weeks ago.
I was feeling a lot of motivation from reading Ultralearning by Scott Young, so I got a few books on productivity, thinking that feeding my brain a steady stream of motivational language might help me accomplish more during quarantine.
I haven’t read them yet, but these are the ones I picked up:
- Getting Things Done by David Allen
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management by Kevin Kruse.
I’m going to try Deep Work after that.
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There are many books(hundreds!!) that have influenced the way I think!! Here are some of them:
101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens … WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn’t Always the Smart One
Moral Minds: The Nature of Right and Wrong
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Outliers: The Story of Success
Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes
Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
The Psychology of Good and Evil: Why Children, Adults, and Groups Help and Harm Others
Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don’t Have To
I am Not a Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology is Catching Up to Buddhism
Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
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This is great!
I was looking for some recommended book list.
I started a thread for Ultralearning by Scott Young.
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Oddbjørn Bys bok
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18 posts were merged into an existing topic: Free Will
Triology by Yuval novel harari which includes Sapiens,Homodeus and 21 lessons for 21st century.
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Love that book. Helped me tremendously to see myself as, maybe, a little more normal than I thought. I learned that my introversion can actually be my strength. Before ‘Quiet’ it was my weakness, especially since I come from a family of extroverts.
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