For generations, Lonely Planet defined the difference between travel and tourism. What is that difference? Robert D. Kaplan once said, “The difference between travel and tourism is reading.” Books teach you that it’s possible to journey inward—and that this need not be an empty platitude. (via Cătălin Tolontan)
I recently read: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling.
It’s an eye-opening book, I really enjoyed discovering how to look at the world, in general.
Very insightful.
I won’t give any spoilers, just to mention that a lot of things in the book were new to me, and I enjoyed it. Recommended to others, also.
I liked the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win: 9781250067050: Willink, Jocko, Babin, Leif: Books. The main idea I took out of it? You are responsible …
5 out of the top 10 titles overall focus on health, emotional balance, and well-being BookTok is setting the bestsellers again: Animal Farm and 1984 rank high in Fiction, alongside …
I like the books written by Carmen Tiderle – they are joyful and funny. They amuse me. I read the books trying to see – “Hmm, what’s the hidden agenda?”. …
There are no shortcuts — reading takes time. “I spend an inordinate amount of time reading,” Warren Buffett told students at the University of Nebraska in 1994. “I probably read at least six hours a day. Maybe more.” That’s a staggering commitment from anyone — let alone the leader of a global business empire.
Buffett keeps his schedule deliberately lean with no meetings to clutter his day. This places reading and reflection at the heart of Buffett’s professional life.
I’m not a parent, but I am a son. I attended a conference in Constanța with Lavinia Stan. Furthermore, I cried a few times at the conference. At the end …
Very good book, enjoyed it! Well written, with lots of personal vulnerabilities. Easy to read, not too complex. Highly motivational.
It’s common knowledge that when you exercise, you become stronger. You increase your power. There’s a book by Maria Duduman, “Exercises of love”. The title might let you think that …
There are authors who write – “Hmm, I didn’t like this book/movie/TV Series. Still, I will comment on it, so that you could consider avoiding it”.
Currently, I’m not a big fan of the methdod.
I prefer to focus on gems.
The main reason? I don’t necessarily get vocabulary, a certain state, or some emotions from a book. I most often look to gain some good insight from a book, and this generally doesn’t require the book to be good.
Same thing for a movie.
Thus, some books I like and some movies I like are not necessarily the same as others.
It might be a good movie that I don’t like, or it might be a poorly written book that I love.
I apply the same logic to others – if I didn’t like a book/movie, I think there could still be plenty of people who might like it.
On the other hand, I don’t like all the movies I see/books I read, so it’s actually easier to focus only on the ones I enjoy.