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Things I’ve read, thoughts I’ve had.

Book Notes

My writing, as well as many of the other creative things I do, are inspired by the many books I read, both fiction and non-fiction. I take extensive handwritten notes on all the non-fiction books, and later transcribe them to Evernote. Here I want to share these notes with you.

They are a combination of quotes, summaries, and my own thoughts. As such, they are highly biased, and probably depend a lot on what I was focusing on, or what projects I was working on, while reading a book. I also don’t guarantee that all the quotes are correct and free of typos. I recommend you refer to the original book. These notes are meant as a reference, short summary, and source of quotes. They are not reviews.

I use a few shorthands at the beginning of lines which you can use to do quick searches for specific content:

  • [bq] stands for “book quote”. This is a section that is directly from the book.

  • [q] stands for “quote”. This is a quote that the author also used in the book. It is followed by the original attribution.

  • [NFW] stands for “note for writing”. These are random thoughts that came to me in relation to something in the book that I might want to use later in an article

While I tend to read about one book every two weeks or so, my transcription of the notes is often far slower and infrequent. I post notes here whenever I feel like transcribing a particular book, not when I actually read it.

The Creative Curve – Allen Gannett
The Creative Curve – Allen Gannett
Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Marketing, ProductivityMax FrenzelOctober 31, 2023Creativity, Entrepreneurship, LearningComment
The Courage to Be Disliked - Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
The Courage to Be Disliked - Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
BooksMax FrenzelOctober 2, 2023Philosophy, Adler, Psychology, RelationshipsComment
Build – Tony Fadell
Build – Tony Fadell
Max FrenzelSeptember 17, 2023Comment
The Little Book of Ikigai - Ken Mogi
The Little Book of Ikigai - Ken Mogi
Books, Philosophy, Time Off, HappinessMax FrenzelJuly 2, 2023Ikigai, Ken Mogi, Philosophy, Happiness, JapanComment
Hooked - Nir Eyal
Hooked - Nir Eyal
Entrepreneurship, TechnologyMax FrenzelNovember 13, 2022Psychology, Product Design, Behavior, Nir Eyal, Fogg, HabitsComment
Company of One - Paul Jarvis
Company of One - Paul Jarvis
Books, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, ProductivityMax FrenzelMarch 13, 2022Entrepreneurship, Business, Work, Startups, GrowthComment
The Art of Impossible - Steven Kotler
The Art of Impossible - Steven Kotler
Books, Performance, Productivity, Psychology, Science, Self-Help, Time OffMax FrenzelDecember 7, 2021Performance, Psychology, Flow, Learning, Steven Kotler, Self-Improvement, Creativity Comments
Lifespan - David Sinclair
Lifespan - David Sinclair
Books, Health, ScienceMax FrenzelJune 30, 2021Health, Longevity, Performance, Aging, Medical, Biology, ScienceComment
The Art of Learning - Josh Waitzkin
The Art of Learning - Josh Waitzkin
Performance, BooksMax FrenzelApril 5, 2021Learning, Performance, Philosophy, Josh Waitzkin, Chess, Martial ArtsComment
Breath - James Nestor
Breath - James Nestor
Health, Performance, ScienceMax FrenzelJanuary 15, 2021Health, Science, Performance, Biology, Longevity, Breath Comment
Heart, Breath, Mind - Leah Lagos
Heart, Breath, Mind - Leah Lagos
Psychology, Relationships, HealthMax FrenzelDecember 26, 2020Psychology, Self-Improvement, Self-Help, Anxiety, Depression, Performance, Happiness, Productivity Comments
Awareness - Anthony de Mello
Awareness - Anthony de Mello
Philosophy, Relationships, BooksMax FrenzelDecember 20, 2020Philosophy, Spirituality, Stoicism, Love, RelationshipsComment
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing - Al Ries and Jack Trout
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing - Al Ries and Jack Trout
MarketingMax FrenzelSeptember 2, 2020Al Ries, Jack Trout, Marketing, Business, EntrepreneurshipComment
Building a StoryBrand - Donald Miller
Building a StoryBrand - Donald Miller
Marketing, BooksMax FrenzelAugust 30, 2020Marketing, Donald Miller, StoryBrand, Storytelling, BusinessComment
This is Marketing - Seth Godin
This is Marketing - Seth Godin
Books, MarketingMax FrenzelAugust 29, 2020Seth Godin, Marketing, Business, EmpathyComment
Perennial Seller - Ryan Holiday
Perennial Seller - Ryan Holiday
Creativity, Self-Help, WorkMax FrenzelMay 10, 2020Ryan Holiday, Marketing, Art, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, BusinessComment
Peak - Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
Peak - Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
Performance, Science, PsychologyMax FrenzelJanuary 12, 2020Peak, Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool, Performance, Training, Self-Improvement, Psychology, Science, Neuroscience, QuotesComment
Linchpin - Seth Godin
Linchpin - Seth Godin
Creativity, Self-Help, WorkMax FrenzelJanuary 5, 2020Linchpin, Art, Seth Godin, Creativity, Productivity, Self-Improvement, Self-Help, Motivation, LeadershipComment
Atomic Habits - James Clear
Atomic Habits - James Clear
Self-Help, Productivity, PerformanceMax FrenzelDecember 30, 2019Habits, James Clear, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, Performance, Productivity, Creativity, Attention, QuotesComment
Degrowth - Giorgos Kallis
Degrowth - Giorgos Kallis
Work, EconomyMax FrenzelOctober 26, 2019Degrowth, Giorgos Kallis, Economy, History, Leisure, Productivity, Time OffComment
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