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Lessons about life and philosophy of life from a story of 3 lion trackers doing their thing.
The levers of Influence by Robert Cialdini. A classic that I've had to read way before and which I want to re-read often.
Back pain was troubling me, so anticipating the deceiving medical system I decided to learn from the best, from one of his main books: Back Mechanics
Vision is taken for granted, until it's not. I wanted to learn from the best and wrote about it.
Rethinking super-optimization, body adaptations and the body as a complex system. Inspired by Manu Arjona.
Book summary of "Six Easy Pieces" by Richard Feynman, which by the way I failed to learn to enjoy.
Book summary of "The Simple Path to Wealth" by Jim Collins. A road map to Financial Independence or as the author also calls it: F-You Money.
"My superfoods". The list of foods that are always fixed on my shopping list.
Knowing more and more about vitamin D. You can read the full article here, at the Health&Longevity section.
Summary of "VO2 Max Essentials: The comprehensive guide to aerobic fitness, how to improve it, and what it means for health, performance, and longevity" by Brady Holmer. You can read the summary in Medium or here.
Finished reading and summarised "Thinking in Systems" by Donella H. Meadows which I found too theoric.
Put into words my current investment style and its evolution through the years at "Navigating the Investing Spectrum"
Summary of The Richest Man in Babylon, a classic from 1926 about money and wealth which I bought for my 14 year old son to learn about the fundamentals of money and wealth which I ended reading it myself as he was not finishing it. It's one of those books that would fit a blog post more than a book. Most of it is unnecessary as it repeats the 3 fundamentals of wealth. Don't take me wrong: nothing bad reading it in full, because it's short and fast to read. But unnecessary.
Summary of NFTs are a scam. NFTs are the future. Fascinating book where Bobby Hundreds, one of the leading characters on the NFT scene analyzes the (yet early) years of NFTs. What I loved the most about the book is the deep knowledge Bobby has about branding, collaborations and street culture which are driven my the same game mechanics, allure of exclusivity and forming part of a community as NFTs are. Great book to understand not only NFTs but brading in the year we live in.
The Power of Branding and the sad truth on why some brands go from cultural relevance to soul less cash machines.
Reimagining Investing: Learning from Nature's Timeless Wisdom. My summary of "What I learned About Investing from Darwin"
Is this the very right moment (year) to cash is my 20 year old Porsche?. Investing megacycles and lack of time to enjoy the car seem to head me to it. What would you do?.
From Enduro to Gravel cycling. Does it makes sense? Wrote for the AMS Blog.
About the "simplicity" of Investing and Health&Longevity. Reaching financial independence and a long and healthy life do not only seem difficult achievements. They are. But the fundamentals are very simple in both disciplines.
How Apple BrandsEverything and why you maybe need to do it too.
The Power of Exercise while Fasting: Unlocking Autophagy and Metabolic Health Benefits
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin and HRV training.
Summed up the book "Altered Traits" by David Goleman and Richard Davidson about the study of the effects of meditation on mind and body and their enduring effects if you practice it correctly and consistently.
Summed up the book "Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk" by Peter L. Bernstein.
One of my business Meta accounts was hacked and recovering it was nightmare. Not to mention than even after recovering it, the Ads are still not functioning properly 2 months after. I wrote about the process and lessons on my Medium.
Unlock the Secrets of Wealth Creation: A Deep Dive into "The Joys of Compounding", a book by Gautam Baid. My (and chatGPT) summary of the book
The Paradox of Hormesis: How Over-Optimization can Hinder Your Growth. This is something I've bee. n thinking a lot about lately.
About the joy of owning and driving and mostly analog classic sports car in a World of envy and digital life.
My book summary, with 7 key lessons, from "The Education of a Value Investor" by Guy Spier.
About the power of showing gratitude. On being thankful: The power of gratitude. How expressing thankfulness can lead to positive relantionships
My book summary of the UGG brand story explained by its founder Brian Smith with 15 takeawys and a couple of bonus points.
My book summary of Alex Horomozi's $100M Offers. A book on value, price, offers, scarcity, guarantees, bonuses and more based on the simple philosophy of “We are not trying to get the most customers . We are trying to make the most money”
My book summary of Build by Tony Fadell. A book where Tony shares his knowledge and advice on everything from product, marketing, management and business in general in parallel to his career evolution.
My book summary of The Network State by Balaji. As always with Balaji … be prepared to be blown away. Lots of though provoking and futuristic stuff.
The stock markets often anticipates what the real economy will do, but they don't talk to each other that match. This is a tale through the conversations between Mr. Investor and Mr. Average Joe.
Brand building through storytelling. My book summary of "Building a StoryBrand" by Donald Miller.
What I learned by doing 100 push-ups a day for 100 consecutive days. A short article about challenges, determination, the lizard brain and ... exercise.
On pessimism, optimism and money. A short article extracted from the wisdom of "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel
After enjoying the volume 2 and their weekly newsletter, I had to give a read to The Great Mental Models Vol. 3 by Farnam Street.
Short term pain. Long term gain. A personal story and practical lesson about sacrificing something you want now for a better, bigger future. Did I chose the right thing? Let's revisit it in a year.
Why I write (just updated).
Is the Porsche 911 Carrera expensive to maintain?. I check the numbers after one year owning (and driving) my dream car. My first classic sports car.
In October 2021 I did a full DNA and blood test to know more about me. This is what you can learn.
"Richer, Wiser, Happier" by William Green was the best book I read in 2020. I summed up the wisdom from the greatest investors of all time in just 7 key concepts.
A mental model is a representation of how something works and is key to understand the great mental models.
I read several and listen several times everything Naval says or writes. The Almanack of Naval written by Eric Jorgenson is a great book distilling all online Naval wisdom all over the internet until the end of 2020.
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