February 2018

The Rabbit Hole by Blas Moros        Jump In.    My monthly newsletter covers the books I have read over the course of the month, the challenges I undertook as well as some other interesting articles, blog posts, interviews, tools, hacks, etc.    Books Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner The Schlumberger Adventure by Anne Gruner Schlumberger Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov Full list of books read in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Any book, which is at all important, should be immediately re-read   Teacher's Reference Guides  How to Start a Startup - I'm about halfway through the 20 lectures and loving it. So far, Kevin Hale's lecture was one of my favorites Monthly Challenges Run a 6-minute mile - it had been a while since I was able to do this and it took some time to get it back but I'm happy I did. Probably won't keep it up though... Read Sam Altman's blog - not quite Paul Graham-level but had some worthwhile insights Other The 15 Commitments by the Conscious Leadership Group is worth posting up somewhere you'll see it often  I'll be keeping an eye out for Intel's Vaunt smart glasses  Beware the Lessons of Growing up Galapagos - great article about the media landscape Universal Mind of Bill Evans: The Creative Process and Self-Teaching - principles of learning which can be applied to any field The Case Against Google Why Decentralization Matters by Chris Dixon How to Live Like a Hydra - setting your life up to be anti-fragile Chaos Monkey - Netflix's system architecture attacks itself to become more anti-fragile over time Growth Without Goals - great article by Patrick O'Shaughnessy describing why systems are better than goals, why exploration without expectation is the right mindset and how to best cultiave these things in yourself  Derek Paravicini - autistic savant who can remember and play tens of thousands of songs in different keys, styles, etc. The Tyranny of Convenience - excellent article on how powerful but underestimated a force convenience is and how it can (does) enslave us    Amor Fati Blas   "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." - Carl Jung     To unsubscribe click here, to edit your profile click here.