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Hey there!

It's Sunday, which means that it's time for an email packed with some great content, just for you.

What I've Made for You

Here are my book notes:

Discourses and Selected Writings by Epictetus. 

The Handbook (Enchiridion) alone is worth 10 stars. Epictetus influenced Marcus Aurelius profoundly. I think that fact alone speaks volumes.

The Third Door

I quite liked the book. Learned a lot from those Alex talked to - and it was entertaining to read at the same time.

The Slight Edge

Basically; small (positive) actions that add up over time. Your habits compound. While I did enjoy the book at the time, after revisiting it later it seems repetitive and full of platitudes. There definitely is good knowledge in there - the main idea, in my opinion, is solid.

I've been spending lots of time rewriting old notes so I can publish them online.

Excited to share!

A New Way To Take Book Notes

I've recently adopted a new method of taking detailed book notes.

This is the general structure:

• The Book in 3 Sentences

• Impressions

• How the Book Change Me

  • I am contemplating changing this to "Actions Taken because of the book" or something.

• Top 3 Quotes

• Summary + Notes

All of these will 1. allow me to better process the books, and therefore retaining more of it, and 2. make better book notes (which is great for you guys!).

Shorts

It's okay to miss a day once in a while.

But don't miss two days.

If you miss two days, that's the beginning of a bad habit.

Don't ever stop learning.

Thinking that, once you've finished school, you're finished learning is a bad mistake

Your current skills and knowledge will sustain the results you're getting now.

Level up your skills & knowledge to level up your outputs.

Be careful what you tell yourself.

"I can do this or that".

You just might make it true.

If you want to be happy, don't start by trying to change the world around you.

Start by changing yourself.

If you succeed in that, you can start attempting the other.

"Always ask yourself if the opposite of your theory could be true. Doing so keeps you humble and less susceptible to bias until you get to the truth of the situation." — Scott Adams

To your success. Regards, 

Christian Bager Bach Houmann