How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World Rating 4/5 Date Started 5/31/2023 Date Completed 6/6/2023 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “This book was written as both a manifesto and a manual for today’s exponential entrepreneur, anyone interested in going big, creating wealth, and impacting the world. It is a…
Author: Mitch Peterson
How to Be a High School Superstar
A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out) Rating 3/5 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “The Interestingness Hypothesis, Part 1: When admissions officers say they’re looking for students who show “passion,” what they really mean is that they’re looking for the type of student who would appeal…
How Rich People Think
Rating 3/5 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “The rich use their brainpower in addition to the brainpower of others to hone in on ultra specific solutions their competitors have given up on. While the middle class makes simple problems seem complex, the world class makes complex problems seem simple. Their ability to…
Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance Rating 4/5 Date Started 4/17/2023 Date Completed 4/28/2023 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “After more than a decade of thinking about it, sometimes alone, and sometimes in partnership with close colleagues, I finally published an article in which I lay down two simple equations that explain…
Good to Great
Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t Rating 4/5 Date Started 2/21/2023 Date Completed 3/4/2023 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “The emphasis on luck turns out to be part of a pattern that we came to call the window and the mirror. Level 5 leaders look out the window to…
Counterclockwise
Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility Rating 3/5 Date Started 5/9/2023 Date Completed 5/26/2023 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “Mindful health is not about how we should eat right, exercise, or follow medical recommendations, nor is it about abandoning these things. It is not about New Age medicine nor traditional understandings…
Real Artists Don’t Starve
Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age Rating 4/5 Date Started 3/25/2023 Date Completed 4/6/2023 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “Here they are, the principles every Thriving Artist lives by — the Rules of the New Renaissance: 1. The Starving Artist believes you must be born an artist. The Thriving…
The Art of Learning
An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance Rating 4/5 Date Started 9/1/2022 Date Completed 9/25/2022 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “In my experience, successful people shoot for the stars, put their hears on the line in every battle, and ultimately discover that the lessons learned from the pursuit of excellence mean much more…
Start with Why
How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Rating 5/5 Date Started 11/24/2022 Date Completed 11/29/2022 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “Great leaders, in contrast, are able to inspire people to act. Those who are able to inspire give people a sense of purpose or belonging that has little to do with…
Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience Rating 3/5 Date Started 12-6-2022 Date Completed 4-12-2023 Five Powerful Quotes from the Book Quote 1 “The intent of this book is to use some of the tools of modern psychology to explore this very ancient question: When do people feel most happy? If we can begin to find an…