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Yesterday at lunch, our teams interns and me started talking books, and the hour flew by. At the end a task was opened up to share some favorites. Here it goes 😊 Books that have influenced my thinking the most Antifragile by Nassim Taleb — goes over the idea that in certain domains, the extremes are what matter, I base a lot of my life on the philosphy that stems from that Principles by Ray Dalio — Dalio’s rules for operating at life and business. I loved his idea of “the machine” of achieving your goals, and how many interactions can be generalized as “another one of those”. Aside from his concepts, I stole his idea of a Principles list, which I keep, and a Situations List. The Red Queen by Matt Ridley — fascinating book, about the constant race that occurs within species through sexual selection. Stoic authors: Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, A Guide to the Good Life — From these authors I gained the idea of focusing on what we can control. I also love how these philosophers were doers, th

My favorite books My favorite books July 2018 Yesterday at lunch, our teams interns and me started talking books, and the hour flew by. At the end a task was opened up to share some favorites. Here it goes 😊 Books that have influenced my thinking the most Antifragile by Nassim Taleb — goes over the idea that in certain domains, the extremes are what matter, I base a lot of my life on the philosphy that stems from that Principles by Ray Dalio — Dalio’s rules for operating at life and business. I loved his idea of “the machine” of achieving your goals, and how many interactions can be generaliz

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