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Reflecting on Model Citizen: The Book I Didn't Publish I wrote a book I never published and probably never will. At the time, I considered it a failure. But that book wasn't meant to make me famous. It wasn't meant to launch me into the stratosphere with Mark Twain...
These are my notes from Pipe Dreams by Kelly Slater. I enjoyed reading this book and learning about Kelly's story. He is honest about his fear of big waves as a kid, which is something I can relate to as someone who is learning how to surf. I would recommend this...
I enjoyed reading Liferider by Laird Hamilton. One thing that I liked about it is you get his wife, Gabby Reese's observations about Laird. Sometimes you learn more from what the people closest to a person say about them than you do from anything they could say...
I enjoyed reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, and I think it was a good time to read it. Reading anthropology gave me some perspective on otherwise crazy recent world events. Below are some of my favorite pieces of information from the book. I have not...
This book was originally published in 1946, but it's more relevant today than ever. In my opinion, timelessness is the measure of quality in writing. By that measure, this book is a gem. The author, Viktor E. Frankl, was a successful psychotherapist in Vienna during...
Into The Wild: The Difference Between Heroes And Phonies Many people regard Chris McCandless as a hero, including me. However, some question what separates Chris McCandless' story from every other hobo, drifter, and bum who's ever picked up a Jack Kerouac novel. To...