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Welcome to LeoBooks – a book community on InLeo…

To kick things off, here’s a summary of some of the articles I’ve written on Hive of various literary classics. These are in the non-fiction realm and cover personal growth, business, marketing, psychology, philosophy and related texts.

I started writing these on the 'old blockchain' near the start of 2018 and did 25 by the end of that year. I left it for a while and decided to write some more at the back end of 2022, and had completed the second 25 a few months into 2023.

So there are 50 of these ‘Book Babbles’ and I may write some more and head for 100. They’re mainly for my benefit as it helps to review them and give my thoughts. It’s great if others get some benefit from them too, and if that’s the case then let me know! It helps to know what content is worth producing and if time is better served elsewhere.

Anyway, these are the articles so far and there’s a good ol’ mixed bag in there with some common themes running through them…

Source

• Original BookBabble post

The inception of the idea.

• Think Like Da Vinci; End of Jobs; The One Thing; Eat, Move, Sleep

4 interesting books - a fascinating one of Da Vinci and techniques for getting into that mindset; The future of work; One on focus and productivity; and how to live optimally through eating properly, exercising well, and resting adequately.

1. SHOE DOG - Phil Knight | Thread
   The founder of Nike talking about his journey.

2. CRUSHING IT - Gary Vaynerchuk | Thread
   The Vee Man discussing social media trends in a follow up to his earlier work, Crush It.

3. FINDING ULTRA - Rich Roll | Thread
   Ultra runner and podcaster discussing his journey from a complete turnaround of his life and his multiple Iron Man quest in Hawaii.

4. WOODEN - John Wooden | Thread
   The successful basketball coach with some timeless wisdom.

5. RELENTLESS - Tim Grover | Thread
   Top performance coach and author on what it takes to be a top-level sportsperson or any other endeavour.

6. ON WRITING - Stephen King | Thread
   This guy knows a thing ot 2 about writing and he instills his top takes here.

7. START WITH WHY - Simon Sinek | Thread
   A great book on your central motivation expanding on his famous TED talk on the same topic.

1. THE CHIMP PARADOX - Steve Peters | Thread
   How the brain works with this professor, using various primate analogy.

2. ELON MUSK - Ashlee Vance | Thread
   Biography of Mr X-man.

3. WAY OF THE WOLF - Jordan Belfort | Thread
   The wolf of wall street with some sales talk and tips.

4. THE SUBTLE ART… - Mark Manson | Thread
   Mark M doesn't give a f'ck and nor should you. More to it in the book of course.

5. GORILLA MINDSET - Mike Cernovich | Thread
   A personal development book and back with the primate theme.

6. THE 10X RULE - Grant Cardone | Thread
   Massive thinking and massive action from Mr GC.

7. FLOW - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | Thread
   All about getting in the zone with MC.

1. THE GO-GIVER - Bob Burg & John D. Mann | Thread
   Forget the 'go-getter', and get giving.

2. BE OBSESSED OR BE AVERAGE - Grant Cardone | Thread
   Grant's back, this time about getting obsessed, a 'missing piece' from his earlier work.

3. NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE - Chris Voss | Thread
   Negotiation at its finest.

4. IKIGAI - Héctor García & Francesc Miralles | Thread
   The meaning of life and longevity.

5. THE 5 SECOND RULE - Mel Robbins | Thread
   Take action, and take it quickly. Intercept that voice before it can stop you.

6. YOU ARE THE PLACEBO - Dr. Joe Dispenza | Thread
   Actively using the power of your mind.

7. DEEP WORK - Cal Newport | Thread
   Becoming focused and distraction free.

1. CREATIVE MISCHIEF - Dave Trott | Thread
   Musings on creativity, art and advertising.

2. THE E-MYTH REVISITED - Michael E. Gerber | Thread
   Diving in to the entrepreneurial journey.

3. THE PERFECT DAY FORMULA - Craig Ballantyne | Thread
   Constructing that perfect day for a successful life.

4. SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU - Cal Newport | Thread
   Having a craftsman's mindset and not 'following your passion'.

5. ATOMIC HABITS - James Clear | Thread
   Focusing on the small actions that add up to big results over time.

6. OUTWITTING THE DEVIL - Napoleon Hill | Thread
   Controlling our mind and the devil within.

7. CAN'T HURT ME - David Goggins | Thread
   Auto-bio of former Navy SEAL, ultra-runner and speaker.

1. 50 MARATHONS IN 50 DAYS - Dean Karnazes | Thread
   Completing the challenge of 50 straight marathons in each State of the US.

2. GREENLIGHTS - Matthew McConaughey | Thread
   Raucous stories and outlaw wisdom from the Academy Award-winning actor.

3. THE GLADIATOR MINDSET - Adam Peaty | Thread
   The British swimmer helping us to push our limits, overcome challenges and achieve our goals.

4. OPEN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Andre Agassi | Thread
   The great tennis player with a fascinating auto-bio.

5. THE 1% RULE - Tommy Baker | Thread
   Incremental improvements.

6. THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES - Gary Chapman | Thread
   Knowing what makes each other tick.

7. THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF - Norman Doidge | Thread
   Neuroscience, neuroplasticity and taking control of your mind.

1. THE WAR OF ART - Steven Pressfield | Thread
   Overcoming the resistance.

2. PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL - Dan Ariely | Thread
   Various studies on the decision making process.

3. BORN TO RUN - Christopher McDougall | Thread
   The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen.

4. THE ALMANACK OF NAVAL RAVIKANT - Eric Jorgenson | Thread
   Various wisdom from Naval, guiding us to wealth and happiness.

5. ESSENTIALISM - Greg McKeown | Thread
   Keeping it simple, focused and cutting out non-essentials.

6. EAT & RUN - Scott Jurek | Thread
   The ultra-runner takes us on a journey of running exploits, along with diet tips.

7. THAT WILL NEVER WORK - Marc Randolph | Thread
   The birth of Netflix by the first CEO and co-founder.

1. THE SECRET RACE - Tyler Hamilton | Thread
   Inside the hidden world of the Tour de France: Doping, cover-ups, and winning at all costs.

2. 12 RULES FOR LIFE - Jordan Peterson | Thread
   Antidotes for chaos.

3. THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD - Og Mandino | Thread
   Ancient scrolls with wisdom to be the best at our endeavours.

4. THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG - David Schwartz | Thread
   Big thinking, big acting, big doing.

5. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW - Daniel Kahneman | Thread
   Psychology, decision making, and why we do what we do.

6. LETTING GO - David Hawkins | Thread
   The pathway of surrender.

7. MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING - Viktor Frankl | Thread
   Holocaust survival and Logotherapy.

8. NEVER FINISHED - David Goggins | Thread
   Back with a follow up, bringing us up to date since Can't Hurt Me plus more hard-core growth tips.

What about you? Any good book recommendations or posts written on them? And any hints as to what you’d like to see covered in a new season of BookBabbles?

And of course, get involved in the LeoBooks community. Let’s make this a focal point for the written word. Fiction welcome too…

And remember, you can use the hashtag #leobooks in related Threads, and post long-form articles to the community.

Happy reading! 📚

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