Ben Casnocha Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ben Casnocha

Someone once asked the Dalai Lama if Buddhism had helped him over the past year. He replied: Probably not, but it’s definitely helped me over the past five years. Measure progress but do so at the right intervals.

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This Salman Rushdie news is horrible. He's a literary gift to the world. A dozen years ago I was engrossed in his perhaps lesser known novel "Shalimar the Clown" -- a tour de force that alternates between Los Angeles and Kashmir, about love and betrayal. https://t.co/jCZTj15IlF

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"A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze." — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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I really enjoyed Ron Chernow's authoritative and extraordinary biography on Ulysses S. Grant. https://t.co/ZzqiY0rrOy It’s hard not to agree with Chernow claims that Grant is the most underrated president in U.S. history. Here are six takeaways and quotes:

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“My entire life, I honestly have had no idea who the hell I am. It’s still that way. I look at myself as just another idiot wandering Planet Earth with no real idea what makes the world go ‘round, no particular identity, just another lost soul.” — James Patterson https://t.co/zkj6pTpu4a

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David Foster Wallace said: "Many cliches, so lame and unexciting on the surface, actually express great truths." Which reminds me that: Experts understand simple things deeply. True experts continually deepen their mastery of the basics. (for more: https://t.co/Ny5yElIH9t )

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“Month by month things are losing their hardness. Even my body now lets the light through. My spine is soft like wax near the flame of a candle. I dream, I dream.” Virginia Woolf, The Waves

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Some recent reading: - Stephen King's addictive "The Institute" - Ian Urbina's super interesting "The Outlaw Ocean" about fishing industry and the high seas - "Working Backwards" about Amazon culture and strategy - "The Mom Test" on customer development https://casnocha.com/2021/10/what-ive-been-reading-september-2021.html

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Today is pub day for the 10-year anniversary edition of "The Startup of You: Adapt, Take Risks, Grow Your Network, and Transform Your Career" @reidhoffman and I completely revised and updated the book to reflect modern career challenges + opportunities. https://t.co/87FyiancO6

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My old friend @jimmyasoni came on the @villageglobal podcast to talk about his terrific book "The Founders," which tells the full story of @PayPal, one of Silicon Valley's most important companies. YouTube: https://youtu.be/06xmIpZm_Ic Audio: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paypal-story-what-can-we-learn-from-the-journey/id1316769266?i=1000560276317

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