Bowling Book Review

  I found myself enjoying this book more after I finished than while I was reading it. It mainly just had me reflecting and thinking about self esteem and especially looking out for it more. It's like when you notice everyone all of a sudden wearing blue but that's probably everyday in a different form. I'd say this book is broken into two parts. The first part are the six pillars and the second half is applying the pillars to aspects of life. As for the first half I did enjoy the concepts, how they were broken down and applied to life. I agree with the pillars and have experience them in my own life. The only put down I have is at some points it can read very academically and I start to gloss over or my mind would wander and I'd have to re-read. Some people might like this due to the detail but I didn't care for.  I honestly didn't know there was a 'second part of the book', I thought it was just the pillars. There were some interesting pieces but gener...

  Ok so I definitely thought going in this book was going to be so so. However, the classics are starting to grow on me. One flew over the cuckoo’s nest encapsulates my personality perfectly (fight the power). And Last of the Mohicans is one of my favorite stories ever (I think that one is considered a classic but I could be wrong).  The author of this book was a genius. Mary Shelley wrote this at age 19 in the year 1818. How the hell did she come up with this story??? I will have to read about her.  I just spent the last 2.5 hours straight reading so I could finish and write this review. If I am reading the book a lot, that means it is good. This one is worth reading.  The story touches on a lot of themes that are still relevant. The protagonist is very intelligent but this knowledge eventually destroys him: is too much knowledge bad?? Victor creates a life but his creation goes awry: should humans be able to create things as a God would??? Frankenstein is huge and ...

  I have read many of Erik Larson’s books. I think I have a few remaining. He is one of my favorite authors. He lives in Seattle.  So yeah I would say read this one. It shows in depth how Hitler rose to power and how the U.S. did not really care or even supported his actions. At least for me, I have read a lot more about once the war began but I knew very little about how we arrived at the war. This book fills in a lot of the gaps.  The protagonist of the story is mostly disliked by his colleagues even though his perspective turns out to be exactly correct. That is a shame. In life you have to do your best regardless of what other people think and say. That is a hard thing to do. Ambassador Dodd was a smart and good man whose views were ahead of his time.  I am sick today and not very happy about it. I am not sure what I am reading next. But yes, read this one. Have a great day friends!

  Recommended by: Not specifically but Scott read this (see his review on the blog) Length: 8 hours audio (short) Thesis: The team leader is responsible for everything. If your team is underperforming, it is your fault. If your commander is unhappy with your team, it is your fault. What I liked: Really good true stories from the Iraq war. The audio is funny because Jocko and Leif are so intense and sometimes they used real sound effects such as explosions. What I did not like: The ending was weak. It ended with a business example and then went into an excerpt from their other book. Should you read it: Maybe - def some good advice here but not the best book ever. Other: A big thank you to all who served and now serve in the U.S. armed forces. What I am reading next: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson  

Let me try a new format. Recommendation: Yes by Coach Cathy (thanks) Length: 8 hours audio (short) Thesis: As your business makes more money calculate your buy back rate and hire staff to do more of the tasks you don’t want to do so you can focus on the tasks that really light you up and repeat this endlessly.  Should you take time to read it: maybe (more relevant if you own a business or are thinking of starting one) What stood out to me from the book:   The buy back calculation as discussed in the book is as follows: if you make 200k a year divide that by 2000 then divide that by 4. This is your buy back rate. So in this case you can afford to pay someone $25 an hour to complete a task you dont like to do. For example maybe you don’t like reading your email or organizing your calendar. You could hire an administrative assistant. With the extra time you free up you can focus on something that you do like to do and that will make your business more money. As you make ...

  A book I think most people should read. Not because they wrote this book in such a cool way that it stuck with me, its more so just the concept of boundaries. I thought about it before but never to the extent that this book portrays. It essentially is just a way to protect yourself and they give you permission to put yourself first which can be hard when your mom or grandmother are guilt tripping you. There are some interesting lines. So your parents raise you and as you are deciding what to do in life you decide you want to live in California while they are in Maryland. Your parents then say 'we provided for you all these years and have taken care of you and you are going to move to California and not let us see our grandchildren?'. My irl response is dang they are right, they have done a lot for me maybe I shouldn't go. The book argues that if they did these actions with 'love' then they were done not to be paid back. So you aren't in debt to them because it...