Tag: book review

TL;DR Own your wins, own your failures, stay calm and make decisions. Read it. 5/5 “Extreme ownership” is a book about leadership in business written by two ex-SEAL fighters. This...

TL;DR War stories and pieces of advice from the high tech industry veteran. I read this book following recomendations by Reem Sherman, the host of the excellent (!!!) podcast Geekonomy...

TL;DR Nice’n’easy reading for novice managers I read this book after hearing the author, Gal Zellermayer, in a podcast. Gal is an Israeli guy who has been working as a...

TL;DR If you are an Israeli and don’t feel like learning the behind the scenes stories, skip it. Otherwise, I do recommend reading this book. I enjoyed it a lot...

TL;DR Good motivation to improve communication. Inadequate source of information on how to achieve that The central premise of Five Stars Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great by...

TL;DR Interesting “history of work” book (definitely not “future of work”) with insights on transition-state organizations. Read it if history of work is your thing, or if you work in...

TL;DR: Dull on the surface but has a lot of good points I read Never Split the Difference following a friend’s recommendation. While reading the book, I kept feeling a...

TL;DR shallow and disappointing The Great Mental Models by Shane Parrish was highly praised by Automattic’s CEO Matt Mullenweg. Since I appreciate Matt’s opinion a lot, I decided to buy...

TL;DR: excellent fiction reading, makes you think about your life choices. 5/5 “Replay” by Ken Grimwood is the first fiction book that I read in ages. The book is about...

TL;DR: a nice popular science book that covers many aspects of the modern science A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson is a popular science book. I didn’t...

One month ago, I stumbled upon a book called “[Personal Kanban: Mapping Work Navigating Life](https://amzn.to/33DM4l4)” by Jim Benson (all the book links use my affiliate code). Never before, I saw...

TL;DR: This is a long motivational book that is “too spiritual” for the cynic materialist that I am. The War of Art is a strange book. I read it because...

Nir Eyal is known for his book “Hooked” in which he teaches how to create addictive products. In his new book “Indistractable”, Nir teaches how to live in the world...

The bottom line: read it but use your best judgement 4/5 I recently completed reading “The Formula. The Universal Laws of Success” by Albert-László Barabási. Barabási is a network science...

Several people suggested that I read “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”. That is why, when I got my new Kindle, “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” was the first book I...