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September 4, 2023July 7, 2024Book post

Why you have so many unnecessary or ineffective meetings

Patrick Lencioni’s Death by Meeting got me thinking about many other problems that lead to unnecessary or ineffective meetings. Initially, I just […]

September 4, 2023July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni

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In Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable…About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business, Patrick Lencioni tackles the common issue of ineffective […]

August 20, 2023July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen

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This summary of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen explains how to […]

August 3, 2023April 14, 2025Book Summary

Book Summary: Power by Jeffrey Pfeffer

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In Power: Why Some People Have It — and Others Don’t, Jeffrey Pfeffer outlines a variety of practical suggestions on how to […]

July 18, 2023July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Deep Work by Cal Newport

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This summary of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World is split into two parts. The first half sets […]

July 13, 2023July 7, 2024Book post

My experience with time-blocking

Time-blocking is a method of managing one’s time by scheduling in advance what tasks or activities you will do throughout the day. […]

July 4, 2023July 7, 2024Book post

Criticisms of Ha-Joon Chang’s “Economics: The User’s Guide”

In this post, I set out and explain some of my criticisms of Ha-Joon Chang’s book, Economics: The User’s Guide. First off, […]

July 3, 2023July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Economics: The User’s Guide by Ha-Joon Chang

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I’m prefacing this summary of Economics: The User’s Guide with a disclaimer: There’s a lot that I haven’t summarised, because the book […]

June 19, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

Summaries are not substitutes for books

In university, I had very good notes. My study process consisted of summarising my notes, and then producing an even shorter, 1-page […]

June 5, 2023July 8, 2024Book post

Criticisms of So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport

This post sets out five major criticisms I have for Cal Newport’s book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You (click to read […]

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