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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is an author and technology expert. Creating a million new years of free time at @4dayweek_global. Author of WORK LESS, DO MORE; SHORTER; REST; and other books. Rep @zoepagnamenta and @bsgspeakers

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Book Cover for: Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Alex Soojung-Kim PangAlex Soojung-Kim Pang

That book looked at the lives of really creative people and found that... [they] actually labored far fewer hours than we would think necessary...[They] layer periods of work and rest so that they are able to do really fantastic work, but also have...more meaningful lives.

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World, David Sax

The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World

David Sax
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In his new book THE FUTURE IS ANALOG, David Sax and I talk about the enduring need for physical offices: “When well designed, a good office should allow you to concentrate while you’re there and leave the work behind when you’re not.” https://t.co/DW69E9URxS

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, Catherine Price

The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again

Catherine Price
Alex Soojung-Kim PangAlex Soojung-Kim Pang

After talking with @Catherine_Price about her great new book THE POWER OF FUN and the value of doing that we enjoy even if we’re rubbish at them, I can tell myself that being terrible at yoga is a protest against the overweening culture of perfectionism.

Paperback, 2024

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Art of Thought, Graham Wallas

The Art of Thought

Graham Wallas
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In the latest episode of @PivotPod, @profgalloway name-checks Graham Wallas, author of “The Art of Thought” and one of the most enduring, yet little-known, figures in the psychology of creativity. Still not as cool as @karaswisher but getting closer! https://t.co/HJxl5wuoWe

Paperback, 2014

$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Connections, James Burke

Connections

James Burke
Alex Soojung-Kim PangAlex Soojung-Kim Pang

I know that sounds like the worlds worst episode of James Burke’s “Connections” but life comes at you fast.

Paperback, 2007

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Rebuilt: My Journey Back to the Hearing World, Michael Chorost

Rebuilt: My Journey Back to the Hearing World

Michael Chorost
Alex Soojung-Kim PangAlex Soojung-Kim Pang

@RoseStokes Michael Chorost’s “Rebuilt” is a terrific exploration of technology, philosophy of mind, and perception, built on the author’s experience with cochlear ear implants.

Paperback, 2006

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman
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@nils_gilman @owasow @jameswallman writes about the value of experiences over things in Stuffocation: Living More With Less, and Time and How to Spend It. @oliverburkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals is also pretty wise.

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less--Here's How, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less--Here's How

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Alex Soojung-Kim PangAlex Soojung-Kim Pang

My book about the #4dayweek, SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMARTER AND LESS—HERE’S HOW is now on sale for $3.99 on @AppleBooks. Get it now! https://t.co/tjXhRjFQu0

Hardcover, 2020

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Subconscious, Joseph Jastrow

The Subconscious

Joseph Jastrow
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“The idler moments of contemplative revelry are as essential to fruitful production as the intent periods of executive effort; the trough of the wave is as intrinsically part of its progressive character as the crest.” Joseph Jastrow, The Subconscious, 1906 https://t.co/YrqpzFQtUK

Paperback, 2014

$47.95$23.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street, Michael Lewis

Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street

Michael Lewis
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But Michael Lewis was dismayed to find that “Liar’s Poker” was read as a how-to manual by ambitious students, and Castiglione’s “The Courtier” was mined for tips about courtly success, so today’s metaverse talk is part of a long, storied tradition of Misinterpreting The Point.

Hardcover, 2014

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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