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Personal reading list of non-fiction books

Books I am currently reading Mindset by Carol Dweck (Link to book) Books I have read Atomic Habits by James Clear (Link to book) A Promised Land by Barack Obama (Link to book) The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager (Link to book) Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom (Link to book) Beethoven, A Life by Jan Caeyers (Link to book) Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (Link to book)

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Read
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Deep Work

I recently finished reading the book Deep Work by Cal Newport. For years, I have been interested in the question of how we can improve our learning and work habits. There is a ton of research on this topic and many great resources (like, for example, the podcast The Learning Scientists). I don’t want to use this blog post to talk about all the different things I have learned and tried in the past years.

Friday, December 18, 2020 Read
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Mindset - changing the way you think to fulfil your potential 1. The mindsets Some people love challenges and thrive on them Experiments with kids that had to solve hard puzzles. Some quickly gave up, other got excited: “I love a challenge!” What do these kids have what some of us lack? Fixed mindset: Belief that qualities like intelligence, creativity, etc. are carved in stone Abilities are innate and unchangeable These people are often urgent to prove themselves to show over and over again, that they are intelligent/creative/… enough Growth mindset:

Monday, January 1, 1 Read
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