Derek Sivers: Books I've Read

Post by dfxm12 » Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 12:07 AM UTC

andrew_wc_brown wrote: post #22

sivers wrote: post #2

Surprised to find this here. For what it's worth, for anyone interested, a few things: #1 : That list is sorted with my top recommendations up top. You can also click to re-sort it by newest or by name, but by default, I highly recommend the ones at the top of the list. #2 : These aren't summaries of the book! These are just the little points that I personally found surprising or inspiring. If a book wasn't surprisin…

My Sivers, I've been reading about you for years. I love your story about how you scaled CD Baby with People instead of Algorithms. I think its of greater advice now in a startup world where every thought of every startup is that everything has to operate with a robot brain. I lost my value in most books in 2010, We have lots of reads in common 2010 and my feeling about books is that lots fall under motivational porn…

Post by sivers » Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 6:30 AM UTC

sizzle wrote: post #39

sivers wrote: post #2

Surprised to find this here. For what it's worth, for anyone interested, a few things: #1 : That list is sorted with my top recommendations up top. You can also click to re-sort it by newest or by name, but by default, I highly recommend the ones at the top of the list. #2 : These aren't summaries of the book! These are just the little points that I personally found surprising or inspiring. If a book wasn't surprisin…

I'm a pitifully slow reader, I like to stop often and think about new concepts or insights so I can internalize them better. This way of reading is my biggest obstacle in finishing books. I've tried speeding reading and while I can finish chapters faster, I retain much less information like ~40% of concepts. Any tips for readers like me? Thank you for the wonderful list, I'd like to get through it in this decade if p…

Post by sivers » Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 6:32 AM UTC

godelmachine wrote: post #5

sivers wrote: post #2

Surprised to find this here. For what it's worth, for anyone interested, a few things: #1 : That list is sorted with my top recommendations up top. You can also click to re-sort it by newest or by name, but by default, I highly recommend the ones at the top of the list. #2 : These aren't summaries of the book! These are just the little points that I personally found surprising or inspiring. If a book wasn't surprisin…

A small basic question. How do you implement all the different ideas for a good life that you find in all different books that you read? It's very tough for me to do so. More often than not, I get lost and drift aimlessly. Thanks for the excellent list :)

Post by sivers » Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 6:34 AM UTC

slavoingilizov wrote: post #35

sivers wrote: post #2

Surprised to find this here. For what it's worth, for anyone interested, a few things: #1 : That list is sorted with my top recommendations up top. You can also click to re-sort it by newest or by name, but by default, I highly recommend the ones at the top of the list. #2 : These aren't summaries of the book! These are just the little points that I personally found surprising or inspiring. If a book wasn't surprisin…

Given how extensive your notes are on most of those books, it would be interesting to know what process you have to take them while reading. I've always been a very lean note-taker and find this is the reasons I quickly forget many valuable insights from the books I read. Any tips?

Post by sivers » Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 6:38 AM UTC

daryllxd wrote: post #13

Nice. I've read a bunch of books and I'm also looking to make something like this. Just a question: I'm not an American, how does copyright work for things like this? Can I write something like a "10 things I learned from " with a few (like < 20) lines copied (or should I paraphrase it?) from the book?