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Vivlio_Gnosi

Vivlio_Gnosi

Joined July 2016

Non-Fiction Addict; Shameless Quality Tea & Coffee Snob
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Measure What Matters | John E. Doerr
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This #business book about measuring success can be applied to so many areas of life. It helps cut out the fog and helps you get to the heart of what matters. #BestSeller #nonfiction

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If you find philosophy boring I encourage you to read about Peter Abelard's steamy love affair and the tragic conclusion. It's pretty wild. #nonfiction #history #philosophy

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Colonel Roosevelt | Edmund Morris
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First review in a long time. I finally finished this trilogy! It was a really insightful look into the life of an incredibly interesting man who died too soon. Highly recommend if you're interested in Teddy. I will admit it did drag a bit at the end.

#nonfiction #history

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I picked this book up at the library on a whim. It turned out to be so good I bought a copy. It's now required reading for our family. The author does such a good job of presenting truth in a practical way to help equip parents to do their job.

#nonfiction #family #parenting

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'I'll sleep when I'm dead' is the mantra of a soul living in denial of God and outside the flow of eternity.

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This is a great book for helping you slow down in life, eliminating what's not important, and focusing on finding peaceful quality in your life regardless of where you're at. It helped me remind myself of not getting caught in the vortex of current culture.

#nonfiction #spiritual #minimalism

Desha I really enjoyed this book as well…it did help me slow down some! 😄 9mo
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Grabbed this book while on a shopping spree at Chamblin Bookmine in Jacksonville, FL.

#nonfiction #education #bookhaul

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Measure What Matters | John E. Doerr
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Grabbed this book while on a shopping spree at Chamblin Bookmine in Jacksonville, FL.

#nonfiction #business #bookhaul

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Grabbed this book while on a shopping spree at Chamblin Bookmine in Jacksonville, FL.

#nonfiction #philosophy #bookhaul

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Grabbed this book while on a shopping spree at Chamblin Bookmine in Jacksonville, FL.

#nonfiction #finance #history #bookhaul

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This is a fun little history book that looks at the account of modern man from a different perspective. It's heavy enough to have satisfying substance yet light enough to not bore you with details.

#nonfiction #history #bestseller

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The benefits of industrial competition.

#nonfiction #history

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A POWERFUL reminder of how important being a dad is.

#nonfiction #family

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Colonel Roosevelt | Edmund Morris
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Word of the Day: honeyfugler 🍯

#nonfiction #history

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A well written memoir on the fight for success.

#nonfiction #business

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When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi
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A must read. But a warning that this book is an emotional roller coaster!! I could not put it down. I'm convinced it'll give you a deep and serious perspective of life.

#nonfiction #medical #bestseller

TiredLibrarian Agree; excellent book. 10mo
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When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi
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When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi
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Starting the morning off with the deep and heavy stuff. This book really forces you to ponder life. And what better way to ponder life than with coffee? ☕️ 🤔

#nonfiction #coffee #Starbucks #medical

TiredLibrarian Great book! 10mo
Vivlio_Gnosi Agreed! Such an emotional roller coaster 10mo
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When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi

"The fact of death is unsettling. Yet there is no other way to live."

#nonfiction #medical

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When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi

"There is a moment, a cusp, when the sum of gathered experience is worn down by the details of living. We are never so wise as when we live in this moment."

#nonfiction #philosophy #medicine

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When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi
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A sobering reminder to have perspective about this life.

#nonfiction #medical

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What a book! This is such a helpful collection of fallacies we face on a daily basis. The author does a great job of providing brief descriptions and examples of each fallacy making learning them a cinch. Highly recommend if you want to understand improved thinking.

#nonfiction #bestseller #thinking

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Colonel Roosevelt | Edmund Morris
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Finding a moment of peace reading in my favorite coffee shop, Barista Alley.

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Highly recommend this book about words. The author provides an enlightening perspective on how to view the world and never be afraid to expand your horizons.
#bestseller #nytimes

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"It's up to you. A word is only real if you want it to be."

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Enjoying an afternoon at my local coffee shop ☕️

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Etterath

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A solid #nonfiction #realestate book that walks you through how to grow your #wealth through properties even if you don't have much money.

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"The freedom to spend one's time in whatever manner one wishes is sacred ground. Don't let someone deprive you of it."

#nonfiction #realestate

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Colonel Roosevelt | Edmund Morris
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"A civilization could not advance unless its elite was made to comprehend technological revolutions. "

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Colonel Roosevelt | Edmund Morris
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Roosevelt's famous Man in the Arena excerpt.

#nonfiction #history #speeches

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"The principles of a free constitution are irrevocably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive."

#politics #government #nonfiction

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Behavioral economics is one of my favorite subjects to study. Ariely does a great job condensing hefty intellectual observations into an enjoyable reading experience that leaves you feeling smarter. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to better understand humanity.

#nonfiction #economics

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"The potential downside to never having anything to do with trouble in your family is the possibility that your family never suspects that trouble ever has anything to do with you."

#nonfiction #mentalhealth

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Placebos run on the power of suggestion. They're effective because people believe in them. Often it's the thought of being helped that brings relief.

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"To relationally confront our shame requires that we risk feeling it on the way to its healing."

#nonfiction #relationship

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"The power of the first decision can have such a long-lasting effect that it will percolate into our future decisions for years to come."

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"The act of judging others has its origin in our self-judgement.... Shamed people shame people."

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Started reading this #nonfiction book about human economics.

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This book addresses our divisions in a very calm and calculated manner.
Anyone who's willing to consider the opinions and beliefs of others will benefit from this book. If you're not willing then it's not for you.
I did find the amount of time spent on Evolution a bit excessive and unnecessary.
I did find the explanation of how we can better understand each other refreshing.

#nonfiction #religion #politics

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"We circle around sacred values and then share post hoc arguments about why we are so right and they are so wrong. We think the other side is blind to truth, reason, science, and common sense, but in fact everyone goes blind when talking about their sacred objects."

#nonfiction #religion #politics

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Haidt, a self-proclaimed Liberal, makes a valid counterpoint to religions being exclusive.

"Our graduate program at UVA is more exclusive than the church - we reject almost all applicants."

#nonfiction #religion

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"Often our beliefs are post hoc constructions designed to justify what we've done, or to support the groups we belong to."

#nonfiction #religion

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Ways to improve your team.
1. Increase similarity, not diversity.
2. Exploit synchrony.
3. Create healthy competition among teams, not individuals.

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"The 1st step's to stop thinking so much about leadership....leadership can only be understood as the complement of followership. Focusing on leadership alone is like trying to understand clapping by studying only the left hand....it's no puzzle to understand why people want to lead. The real puzzle is why people are willing to follow."

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"Morality is the key to understanding humanity."

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Add this #nonfiction book about #economics to my #TBR stack

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"The president must invoke the name of God (though not Jesus), glorify America's heroes and history, quote its sacred texts (the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution), and perform the transubstantiation of pluribus into unum."

#nonfiction #politics

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"These foundations (care, fairness, loyalty, authority, and sanctity) are used differently, and to different degrees, to support moral matrices on the political left and right."

#nonfiction #politics

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"Progress happens when theories are tested, supported, and corrected by empirical evidence"

#nonfiction #religion #politics