One Minute Book Review

What’s your relationship with failure like? Do you accept it as part of the process of progression or does it debilitate you? This a question many of us ask ourselves when we inevitably encounter failure. We either use it as a learning opportunity or we become entrenched in our ways of thinking blaming everyone else for the failure. 🤷‍♂️ This book examines many different concepts, such as cognitive dissonance, defining failure and achieving small steps over giant leaps. It’s one of the...

I had heard so much about this book that I almost felt obliged to read it. As you can tell from the amount of highlights in this post, the book wasn’t my cup of tea. (British slang) ☕️ The book focuses on how we can become more open with how we engage with our colleagues at work. It defines the differences between armoured and daring leadership for us to put into practise. The main issue I had with the book is it wasn’t saying anything original. This is partly due to the subject matter not...

Grit is one of those books that make you self-aware of your own resilience as well as give practical tips for how you can increase your own grit using practical tools. Thank you for listening. Join #OMBRClub for exclusive content such as our Weekly Newsletter and Free PDF Summaries. Sign Up here - https://www.ombrclub.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oneminutebookreview/message

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This is our One Minute Book Review of 'Lives Of The Stoics' by Ryan Holiday. Thank you for watching this video. If you would like to join the #OMBRClub for exclusive content such as our Weekly Newsletter. Sign Up here - https://www.oneminutebookreview.com/o... Website - https://www.oneminutebookreview.com I Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oneminutebo... Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/oneminuteboo... iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify -...

💬 What is an ‘essentialist’? An essentialist is someone who can decipher the difference between what is truly important and what is not. Often in life we focus on the things that are not important, substituting them for the things that are. 🤔 This is usually not because we choose to. But rather than we have not been trained to think as essentialists. Becoming an essentialists, whether at home, school or work, is an active choice we make daily. It is making the decision to only do the...

💬 How do we become better learners? It’s a question that we all want the answer to. Becoming better learners means we can acquire skills quicker and put them into practise to gain a competitive advantage. 💯 But what are the key steps in becoming a better learner? 🤔 This is what @velznick explains in this book. 📚 What is evident is that there is a systemised way to improve learning. Rogue memorisation can be effective but most of the time it is ineffective in its ability to get the most...

💬 Are you a @jayshetty fan? Confession, I never really knew who Jay was prior to reading his book. I had seen some clips but didn’t know much about his philosophy. So as soon as his book came out I was intrigued to read his thoughts on life and specifically on being a monk. 🤔 In short, the book didn’t provide that much value for me. However, it is full of wonderful insights. 👍 I particularly enjoyed the section on detachment as I believe we could all be a lot more fulfilled if we detached...

Is there a place for love in business? We have been conditioned to believe that love does not have a place in business. Love is reserved solely for our personal relationships. But why can this not be extended into the business world? This is what ‘Love Is Just Damn Good Business’ by @steve.farber examines. Using Steve’s LEAP framework (Love, Energy, Audacity and Proof) we are better able to understand why love rules above the rest. The book is full of practical examples about how we can...

💬How do you control distractions? Are they inherently bad, or are good distractions necessary? When I think about answering these questions I am left wondering whether there is a concrete answer that is applicable to everyone. Like much of the literature surrounding habits and productivity, it is inherently linked to the type of individual you want to become. Those that read and choose to make adjustments are those that are wanting to make changes in order to achieve their work and...

Why do we think the way we do? Is our thinking determined by cultural and societal factors or are we true independent thinkers? 🤔 This is what Nobel Prize winning Daniel Kahneman explores in this book. 🤓 The essence of the book is focussed on analysing the differences between the two systems of the mind. System 1 requires little cognitive energy and is automatic. Whereas System 2 requires more cognitive energy. When we look at analysing our thoughts and behaviours we can derive the origins...

Sometimes you read a book and it changes your perspective this is one of those books. 📚 Too often we become entrenched in ways of thinking that have little or no substantial data to back them up. Whether you’re a subject matter expert or not, sometimes we can become so bogged down in the weeds we forget to look up every once in a while. 🤷‍♂️ This books addresses why this is the case. It doesn’t place blames an individuals and systems, but explains that there are instincts within all of us...

When we think about defining our career it is easy to get confined by an existing structure. What if we could breakaway and start to design our own career? This is what this book is about. ‘The Squiggly Career’ by {insert names} describes that by taking advantage of 5 key career skills, you can put yourself in a position to start designing your own career. These 5 are: 1️⃣ Super Strengths 2️⃣ Values 3️⃣ Confidence 4️⃣ Networks 5️⃣ Future Possibilities The book is interactive. When you read...

💬 What does it mean to be a ‘Rare Breed’? We often are told to conform in most avenues of our life. Whether at school or work, there are norms which often stop us from becoming our unique selves. However, there are some norms that can be broken and this is what this book shows us. 📚 In order to innovate and be truly unique we have to find our voice. This means stepping off the bandwagon of what others are doing and becoming a unique voice. 🗣 The book is split into 7 virtues of a ‘Rare...

How can we overcome Friction? Friction at work, in business and life general. It is to look at how to be efficient. Finding ways to optimise systems to increase sales and conversions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oneminutebookreview/message

One of the most unique books I have read. Makes you think about more unique ways we can go about challenging ourselves in daily life. We become too complacent sometimes with the path that we choose and it is sometimes necessary to break this and do something different. This book will help you do that. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oneminutebookreview/message

'Reframe the Day' by Adam Lowenstein. An interesting book with a new and fresh perspective on living a more fulfilling life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oneminutebookreview/message

An interesting book that debunks the idea of the '10,000' hour rule. A research heavy book but one that will fascinate you if you are feeling behind the curve. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oneminutebookreview/message

Mark Manson's second book that explores the idea around struggle and hope. I think this book is a bit repetitive with his first book, but good for individuals who are beginners. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oneminutebookreview/message

I have mixed feelings about this book. A book that is interesting as a mix of books. But there are books that are singular that are better in their respective fields. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oneminutebookreview/message