Book Summary: Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
This summary of Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg describes how behaviour change works and how to implement the Tiny Habits method in […]
Author: To Summarise
Book Summary: Why We Fight by Chris Blattman
What motivates people to go to war? In this summary of Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to […]
Living in the future vs the present
In Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman discusses our finitude and the idea that we have to make trade-offs in life. What I […]
Is the quest for “productivity” misguided?
In Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman calls into question whether the quest for better “time management” or “productivity” is misguided: He admits […]
2022 Roundup
Since 2010, I’ve done yearly personal updates, which I have always found to be both enjoyable and illuminating. So I thought I’d […]
Book Summary: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Four thousand weeks is roughly the number of weeks you’ll have if you live to about 80. Although the book’s subtitle is “Time management for mortals”, it’s not really about time management (in the conventional sense). Rather, it’s about values and priorities and making the most of our limited time on this earth.
Four Thousand Weeks – 10 Practical Tools to Help Embrace Your Finitude
In the Appendix to Four Thousand Weeks, Burkeman sets out 10 practical tools that will help you embrace your finitude
Four Thousand Weeks – Five Questions to Ask Yourself
In Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman suggests asking yourself these five questions to make his ideas more concrete. The five questions are […]
Book Summary: How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren
Think you already know how to read? Think again. In this summary of How to Read a Book, I take you through […]
Mortimer Adler’s Reading List from “How to Read a Book”
In How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren put forward a recommended reading list, of truly great books […]