2021

What I read in 2021

17 books, 4,598 pages across 6 months. Most recent read first.

November 2021

1 book · 768 pages
A Promised Land by Barack Obama A Promised Land Barack Obama · 2020 · read Nov 2021Starting from a childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, Barack Obama carries you to May 2011 and the raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan,…

June 2021

1 book · 308 pages
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss The 4-Hour Workweek Timothy Ferriss · 2007 · read Jun 2021While running his sports-nutrition company on exhausting hours, Timothy Ferriss wrote a case against the plan you were probably…

May 2021

1 book · 117 pages
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever Michael Bungay Stanier · 2016 · read May 2021When you jump in with advice, you take away someone's chance to find the answer.

March 2021

4 books · 778 pages
The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy by Peter Temin The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy Peter Temin · 2017 · read Mar 2021Peter Temin's argument is that the United States now runs as two economies, using a model W. Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray Liminal Thinking Dave Gray · 2016 · read Mar 2021Liminal comes from the Latin for threshold, the boundary between one state and another. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win Jocko Willink · 2018 · read Mar 2021Every leadership principle has an opposite pull, and you fail by pushing either one to the extreme. How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation by Chris Bailey How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation Chris Bailey · 2021 · read Mar 2021According to Chris Bailey, every minute you spend meditating earns back about nine minutes.

February 2021

3 books · 604 pages
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015 · read Feb 2021Written to his 15-year-old son, Samori, Ta-Nehisi Coates's letter argues that American racism is first a physical threat to Black… White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America by Joan C. Williams White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America Joan C. Williams · 2017 · read Feb 2021Economics matters to working-class voters. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person Frederick Joseph · 2020 · read Feb 2021If you're white, Frederick Joseph's framing is that much of the change on race starts with you, because white people hold the…

January 2021

7 books · 2,023 pages
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 by Eric Foner Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 Eric Foner · 1988 · read Jan 2021In Eric Foner's history, Reconstruction starts in 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation rather than at the war's end, and freed… The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits by Judson Brewer The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits Judson Brewer · 2017 · read Jan 2021Smoking, checking your phone, binge eating and romantic obsession look like separate problems. Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day Jay Shetty · 2020 · read Jan 2021Your mind is either a focused monk mind or a distracted monkey mind, in Jay Shetty's telling. Leveraged Learning: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners, and Experts with Something to Teach by Danny Iny Leveraged Learning: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners, and Experts with Something to Teach Danny Iny · 2018 · read Jan 2021If you front-load your education into a degree, in Danny Iny's argument, it won't keep up with what work asks of you. Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness by Gretchen Rubin Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness Gretchen Rubin · 2019 · read Jan 2021Need it, love it or use it. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi · 2019 · read Jan 2021There's no neutral ground called not racist, in Ibram X. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo · 2018 · read Jan 2021Anger, silence, withdrawal.

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