The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the underlying message that our kids can and should do a lot more than we afford them is commendable.… Read More: The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to… »
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Unnecessary spoiler alert: Almost every other sentence in the first few chapters contains the four-letter word. That much is obvious from the title of the book. Which is a real… Read More: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive… »
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice by Bill Browder My rating: 4 of 5 stars A classic David vs Goliath case, played out on the global stage. I wonder how Malcolm Gladwell would retell the story if he had to. The book reads like a fast-paced… Read More: Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and… »
It’s Your Kid, Not a Gerbil: Creating a Happier & Less-Stressed Home by Kevin Leman My rating: 3 of 5 stars If you need parenting advice, get it from someone who has been there, done that. Repeatedly. Like Dr. Kevin Leman, who has five kids. However, parents who subscribe to the notion of kiasuism, helicopter… Read More: It’s Your Kid, Not a Gerbil: Creating a Happier &… »
Lying by Sam Harris My rating: 3 of 5 stars A complex book (or should I say, essay, to be honest) on the philosophy of practical ethics, based on an undergraduate college course that the author took at Stanford. Ironically, it takes a book about lying to lay out the merits of telling the truth… Read More: Lying »
Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra My rating: 2 of 5 stars A book designed for visual learners. Ironically, the slow and often repetitive build-up of topics on how to help users become badass resulted in the very cognitive leaks that the author devoted significant pages to advocate against. So at the end of… Read More: Badass: Making Users Awesome »