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Book Notes: It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work
Quick thoughts about the book. First book sketchnotes I’ve ever done.
Continue readingBook Notes: The Laws of Simplicity
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful. — John Maeda
Book Notes: Steal Like An Artist
Hmm, yet another book on becoming more creative?
Continue readingBook Notes: In Progress
I can’t wait to read it. Finished it up on Christmas Eve.
I haven’t worked on lettering enough to be able to tell whether I’m into it or not. But, I really enjoy her pieces of wisdom on work ethics, processes and tactics throughout the book. I read it with a pencil and lined words, phrases and sentences I loved. Needless to say, I made lots of lines.
Continue readingBook Notes: On Writing Well
It is a how-to writing book, teaching principles and techniques to whoever likes to take her or his writing to the next level. It’s exactly what I need.
Continue readingBook Notes: The Art of Thinking Clearly
“The Art of Thinking Clearly”, written by Rolf Dobelli, is a really interesting book. It gives some how-tos on critical thinking.
Continue readingBook Notes: Deep Work
For those subjects that are truly important to our lives and careers, that require a deep focus and hard work to make great progress, we need to be able to drill down into the subjects, and really work our way up.
Continue readingBook Notes: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Knowing the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo (KonMari) for months, I finally took action to clean up my closet, starting from clothes.
Continue readingBook Notes: Becoming Steve Jobs — A Growth Story
“Becoming Steve Jobs” is a great book. As the authors Rick Tetzeli and Brent Schlender say, this is a growth story about Steve Jobs — how he grew from a two-person team to managing a company that has thousands of employees. There are a lot of books and articles depicting him as a complete genius and at the same time, a complete jerk. From this book, I saw his soft side, his care about his employees, friends, as well as his and others’ families.
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