Think and Grow Rich Highlights

Think and Grow Rich Highlights

Books & Highlights
My latest highlights post. From Napolean Hill’s Think and Grow Rich.   Page 9 I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really DESIRES a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.   Page 10 Psychologists have correctly said that "when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance."   Page 10 What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all- consuming obsession!   Page 11 That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly…
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When Breath Becomes Air Highlights

When Breath Becomes Air Highlights

Books & Highlights
Here is another highlights post from me. This time highlights are from When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi and Abraham Verghese.   Page 31 Literature not only illuminated another’s experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection.   Page 39 A word meant something only between people, and life’s meaning, its virtue, had something to do with the depth of the relationships we form.   Page 39 It was the relational aspect of humans—i.e., “human relationality”—that undergirded meaning.   Page 101 He paused. “Paul,” he said, “do you think my life has meaning? Did I make the right choices?” It was stunning: even someone I considered a moral exemplar had these questions in the face of mortality.   Page 114 Our patients’ lives and identities may…
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Zero To One Highlights

Zero To One Highlights

Books & Highlights
For a while, I had this idea about creating a “my highlights from a book” post. I thought it would be nice to just share highlights instead of writing a review in my own words to tell you what I got from a book. I was reading Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters, and halfway through I thought this book is a good candidate for a highlights post. I was planning to type highlights one by one, but looks like there is a better way if you have a Kindle. Apparently, Kindle can email you your highlights and notes from a specific book. You get a nice PDF to print, and an Excel file to play around with. Anyways, since this PDF is probably better than what…
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