Have you ever felt “behind”? Like other people are somehow “ahead” of you and if only you could start again you’d know how to REALLY do things? I thought for sure that I was ahead of the game. I was barrelling forward, certain that I was ticking all the possible boxes. Scholarships? Check. Advanced degrees? […]
Author: cvanvlack
My wife and I had our daughter when I was in the final year of my PhD. Before then, I remember going out lots with friends, gaming, watching TV and reading to all hours on top of trying to push my degree forward inch by inch. There was always more I wanted to fit into […]
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Books in 2019
After seeing Matt Mullenweg’s post about 29 Books in 2019, I thought I would start highlighting the books I’ve covered. This list covers 2019, here’s the list for 2018, 2017, 2016 and here’s the list of all the books before 2016: The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino and Ann Goldstein Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and […]
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Books in 2018
After seeing Matt Mullenweg’s post about 29 Books in 2019, I thought I would start highlighting the books I’ve covered. This list covers 2018, here’s the list for 2017, 2016 and here’s the list of all the books before 2016: A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander The Third Door by Alex Banayan Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss […]
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Books in 2017
After seeing Matt Mullenweg’s post about 29 Books in 2019, I thought I would start highlighting the books I’ve covered. This list covers 2017, here’s the list for 2016 and here’s the list of all the books before 2016: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss The Last Safe Investment by Bryan Franklin […]
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Books in 2016
After seeing Matt Mullenweg’s post about 29 Books in 2019, I thought I would start highlighting the books I’ve covered. This list covers 2016, and here’s the list of all the books before 2016: Very Good Lives by JK Rowling The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber I Got This: The Art of Getting Grit by Aniela and Jerzy […]
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Books Before 2016
After seeing Matt Mullenweg’s post about 29 Books in 2019, I thought I would start highlighting the books I’ve covered. First, here’s just a giant list of the books I have read at SOME POINT before 2016. I think I have a pretty good sense of the books I read each year after 2016, but […]