Book Notes

A dark, satirical afterlife mystery set in 1989 Colombo, following a murdered war photographer given seven moons to solve his own death and expose the horrors of civil war.

"The world is not divided into good and evil. It is divided into those who get away with it and those who don't."

An actionable book on building good habits and breaking bad ones.

"Every action you take is a vote for the person you want to become."

A more intuitive guide to understanding statistics.

"It's easy to lie with statistics, but it's hard to tell the truth without them."

Phil Knight's memoir about building Nike, starting from the early days of Blue Ribbon Sports, selling shoes out of the trunk of his car to the Nike empire we see today

"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."

Kiyosaki contrasts his (fictional) father figures, his 'Poor Dad' (educated but financially struggles) with his best friend's dad (entrepreneurial and financially successful).

"The rich don't work for money; they make money work for them."

Walter Isaacson does not shy away from presenting the darker sides of Steve Jobs, but also lets his genius shine through.

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

Richard Dawkins' masterclass on evolution, showing how the cumulative selection of random mutations can generate extraordinary complexity without a concious designer.

"Evolution has no long-term goal"