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Dear Biz Readers- “… an average worker today needs to work a mere 11 hours per week to produce as much as one working 40 hours per week in 1950.” This is an older book so I did a little sleuthing to find that that number is now at 9 hours per week. Wow.

Philosopher's Notes

Non-Fiction Readers: "Philosopher's Notes" have been a tremendous way for me to keep up on topics I love to read (leadership/personal development/mental toughness/Stoicism/habits/relationships,etc.). Newly available as a stand-alone subscription - yay! Take a look! go.philosophersnotes.com/pn-share

Trying to keep up the good fight in Minneapolis and losing my steam to post my books.. later. I’ll catch up here later. RIP Alex Pretti.

Dear Memoir Reader - Phenomenal. Listen to this one! It’s like a dream that follows you throughout the day…

Dear Fiction Reader - now that I finish this one I can go back to my actual life. This is the kind of book that reminds me how quickly and fully I can fall into a writers’s world and forget my own. Great book - and by a first time fiction writer - wow!

Dear Personal Dev Reader - I like to listen to these books with Hardy and Sullivan. They’re basically an article with a lot a lot of stories but they’re fun to hear and I get a lot out of them and so I continue to listen and read them. This one paired nicely with _Average Sucks_ shared below.

Dear Business Reader - Back to Brian Tracy. I have a love-hate relationship with him. Hate that he constantly drops percentages and averages and numbers with absolute no citations, just pulling that stuff out of his butt. Love his no- nonsense advice.

Dear Personal Dev Reader - “Your current average is dictating your life.” Ouch. Get over that damn wall! (again and again and again…)

Dear Personal Development Reader - second time through with this one. A keeper. “Self discipline is the ability to do what you should do when you should do it whether you feel like it or not.” BOOM.

Dear Reader- this was kind of like sitting and looking over the shoulder of a very smart person using ChatGPT. I recommend you listen to it as I did because the way he runs his prompts with ChatGPT responding as its own personality and voice - love that.

Dear Business Reader - I highly recommend this book! I got the chance to see Casey give a keynote - she was phenomenal. The book is jam-packed:
"Pricing is a matter of confidence."

Dear Business Reader- I’ve been on a Dr Jason Selk book tear since his fantastic new one just came out. I’ve reread _Executive Toughness_, _Ten Minute Toughness_, and _Organizing Tomorrow Today_ but this latest one knocks em all outa the water and it’s made my Top 20 list!

Dear Business Reader - I got on an Alex Hormozi kick when he recently released this one and tore through his other 2 on offers and leads. Super practical, clear - and brilliant. You’re gonna wonder why the heck you hadn’t thought these great suggestions yourself!

Dear Fiction Reader- Sweet, easy summer read. I read a similar book some years ago also about the Appalachian horseback librarians but this one I fell for harder.

Dear Business Reader- I’ve been following this guys work since the beginning and just adore him and all he’s done for the solopreneur. He narrates this one himself.

Dear Fiction Readers - I relish books like this in which you get to spend long stretches with a character over their life, passing through history and places with them. So enjoyed this one.

Dear Mindful Readers- this one is by my meditation teacher (of the last 10 or so years) out of a center in Chaska, MN. I’m on my second go of it. Lots of reflection questions so great for a slow before-bed type of a read.

Dear Business Reader - I cycle through Grant Cardone’s books frequently over the last 10 or more years moving been his audio (so good!) and his print books. He gets me off my ass and moving like no other! Here’s one.

Dear Fiction Reader - I forgot to take a picture of this before I returned it to the library, but here ya go with a screenshot. Takes place in contemporary India. It’s been a few weeks since I put this one down, but it’s really stayed with me.

Dear Business Reader- right after that last one by Jeb Blount I rolled into this one. I recommend reading them in the opposite order but either way they pair really well together

Dear Business Reader - Great book. Fill that pipeline!

Dear Reader- Such a gooder- chockfull of great tools and processes. My 2nd time through it.

Dear Reader - how can it be true that 91% of businesses fail within 10 years?! And did you know that 75-80% of businesses will never be acquired? Wtf?!

Dear Reader - Get a look under the hood of Jacob’s process of hunting for opportunities and building his companies.

Dear Fiction Readers here’s a really good one I missed - published in the 60’s but still feels fresh. Good summer read.

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Dear Readers, every once in a while, I do pick up fiction – especially science fiction. This one takes place in a future where humans are basically superfluous and robots have taken most of our jobs. A glimpse into our not-to-distant future.

Dear Readers - I haven’t read anything like this since Kiyosaki’s _Rich Dad Poor Dad_ back -I don’t know - 20ish years ago. This is in the same vein. I actually bought a copy of both books for my kids to read. But so far? No luck with either those louts. :-(

Dear Readers- catching up on past books. This is one I read a a few months ago that is a MUST read! His first Singularity book shook my world a few decades ago and now THIS gem? We are here. This is the moment. Read it!

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