Welcome to my Book Notes.
I’ve read over 200 books in the last 2 years. Here is a collection of my insights from over 50 of my favourites.
Solve For Happy
Happiness is our default state, we need to get back to it. Engineering a path to happiness based on an equation.
The Righteous Mind
Understanding a new approach to moral psychology and why good people are divided by politics and reasoning.
To Sell is Human
How we are all now selling, how this is innately human and how we can get better at it.
How To Avoid A Climate Disaster
An overview of the climate change situation detailing the key ideas, problems and solutions.
Think Again
Understanding the power of rethinking and unlearning in a rapidly evolving world where often strong beliefs and conviction is wrongly admired.
Doughnut Economics
A revolutionary new toolkit and way of thinking about 21st century economics, taking into account social and environmental factors.
Happy Sexy Millionaire
This book dismantles popular, unaddressed lies about happiness and replaces them with a practical set of scientifically proven and unconventional ideas that will help you to live a truly fulfilled life.
That Will Never Work
The story of how Netflix started and evolved. The landmark creative ideas they founded and what makes Netflix special.
Atomic Habits
Why habits are a transformative part of our lives. And how small habits, multiplied, and stacked on top of each other, are an immense source of result in our lives.
Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
Understanding the ‘flow state’ - where true happiness lies and how our best experiences are in flow.
Black Box Thinking
By redefining failure we can see the potential it has in our lives - to harness the growth and create progress.
Everything is F*cked
Hope disguises the uncomfortable truth - that nothing in our lives really matter. This book takes on hope and the meaning of life in a whole new way.
Lost Connections
Ground-breaking science and studies in depression and how social prescription will rebuild meaningful connections in our lives.
How to Change Your Mind
This book explores new evidence on psychedelics, confirming their power to cure mental illness, ease depression and addiction.
A Life on Our Planet
David Attenborough’s call to action for a sustainable future in order to save the planet.
Why Nations Fail
A model and deconstruction of why some nations become prosperous and some fail.