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- A Book Review and Summary of The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness by Jonas Salzgeber. Review written by Robert Davis
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Review: I’d give this a 4 out of 5. It reads well. It’s a bit repetitive, but overall it’s almost like a daily meditation that can calm you down and help reset your day. Summary: This book basically says about 100 times that you shouldn’t try to control things that are out of your control,…
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This book is a collection of short essays and reflections by Stanley McChrystal that largely revolve around the idea of character. Each chapter is about two to five pages long and covers topics such as marriage, grandchildren, death, Afghanistan, and leadership lessons drawn from his life. Nearly all of the stories encourage the reader to…
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Author of this Review: Robert Davis Bottom Line:The author goes on a research journey about Ozempic and has been taking it for several years. He struggles with the pros and cons of the drug and ultimately suggests that people should really just diet and exercise. However, he places a lot of the blame on the…
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I thought this book was amazing. I listened to it on Audible, twice. I don’t do that ever. The book is about a Jewish (doesn’t believe in God), gay, vegetarian author (he mentions it a couple of times) who is a historian, and he takes some pretty mind-blowing things about the history of humankind to…