High School Dropout Reads 105 Books In 2017

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WEEK OF 5/6-5/12 -Book Thoughts * “Open” by Andre Agassi while reading “The Great Alone” * “The Great Gatsby” while reading “The Great Alone” * “Sh*t My Dad Says” while reading “Dad Is Fat” * “Trust me, I’m Lying” while reading “The Filter Bubble” -Books I’m reading * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conran * Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon * Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre * Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe  -Books I finished * The Everything Store by Brad Stone * Thanos: Redemption by Jim Starlin * The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah * Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan  * The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus * The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser * Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie -Books added to Reading List * The Remains of the Day * Memos from the Chairman by Alan Greenberg * The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks Jr. * Lean Thinking by James Womack * The Elephant in the Room by Tommy Tomlinson * The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood * The Art of Gathering by Priy

WEEK OF 4/22-4/28 -Book Thoughts * While Reading “The Everything Store” by Brad Stone I taught about “Elon Musk” by Ashlee Vance, “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson, and “Bad Blood” by John Carreyrou -Books I’m reading * The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams * The Everything Store by Brad Stone * Thanos: Infinity Abyss by Jim Starlin -Books I finished * How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky * Shit my dad says by Justin Halpern * Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk -Books added to Reading List * The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer * Small Giants by Bo Burlington * Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan * What If? by Randall Munroe * Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides * The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer * Dropping Ashes on the Buddha by Stephen Mitchell * Hard time by Shaun Attwood * Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery * The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion * Everyday by David Levithan * A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines * The Four Horsemen by Christopher Hitchens -Books on Podcast * Joe Rogan w

In this episode, I give My 3 Thoughts on the book "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins, which are:  1. The gift of suffering 2. 40% Rule 3. Own the truth  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I give My 3 Thoughts on the book "This Is Marketing" by Seth Godin, which are: 1. Direct and Branding 2. Status and Affiliation 3. Fulfilling a desire  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I give "My 3 Thoughts" on the book "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson, which are: 1. Injustice 2. Mental illness 3. Documenting the journey  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I give "My 3 Thoughts" on the book "The Laws of Human Nature" by Robert Greene, which are: 1. Not much has changed 2. This is for the reader 3. The complexity of human nature  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I talk about the "top 5 books of the 215 books I read in 2018" which are: 1. "Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou 2. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson 3. "Educated" by Tara Westover 4. "Elon Musk" by Ashlee Vance 5. "The Third Door" by Alex Banayan -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I give "My 3 Thoughts" on the book "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson, which are: 1. 1893 World Fair 2. Creativity of Writing 3. Deception of Evil  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I talk about how I, a high school dropout, read 216 books in 2018 by: 1. Reading a physical book for 1 hour a day 2. Listening to audiobooks daily while doing other things 3. Audiobooks are for high page count books and physical books for short page count books 4. Increasing narration speed 5. Re-reading books 6. Reading widely -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I give "My 3 Thoughts" of the book "Black Edge" by Sheelah Kolhatkar, which are: 1. A brief history of Hedge Funds 2. Everyone was doing it 3. Having good lawyers  -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I give "My 3 Thoughts" of the book "The Fifth Risk" by Stephen King, which are: 1. Grammar 2. Read and write a lot 3. Enjoy the process -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I talk about a quote by Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba, that reveals the power of empathy, which books are a great source to create and build empathy within yourself. Books Referenced: - "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson - The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs - "A River in Darkness" by Masaji Ishikawa - "Hiroshima" by John Hersey - "Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I give "My 3 Thoughts" of the book "The Fifth Risk" by Michael Lewis, which are: 1. Trump sort of delivers on some of his promises 2. The unknown risk 3. Project Management  -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp  -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ  -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD  -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC  -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I talk about a quote by Warren Buffett that reveals the power of: 1. A daily reading habit 2. Building up your knowledge 3. Being the few that uses the compound effect -Warren Buffett Quote: “Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will..." -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

In this episode, I talk about the 4 reasons why you should use books as "Life Coaches" to reach your full potential because they will help you: 1. Find your life purpose 2. Unlock the answers within yourself 3. Develop steps to improve yourself 4. Start doing instead of dreaming Books referenced: - "The Promise of a Pencil" by Adam Braun - "Thirst" by Scott Harrison - "A Second Chance" by Catherine Hoke - "Crushing It" by Gary Vaynerchuk - "Finding Ultra" by Rich Roll - "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell - "Atomic Habits" by James Clear - "Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod - "The War on Art" by Steven Pressfield - "Do the Work" by Steven Pressfield -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support