Kevin Dahlstrom Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
Yvon Chouinard
I got results and gained confidence. In his excellent book “Let My People Go Surfing”, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said: “A serious surfer doesn't plan to go surfing next Tuesday at 2 o’clock. You go surfing when there are waves and wind and the tide is right.”
Paperback, 2016
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Early To Bed And Early To Rise Makes A Man Healthy: Picture Books for Early Readers and Beginning Readers: Proverbs for Preschoolers
Melissa Javellana
5️⃣“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” Humans evolved over 300,000 years to live in harmony with the sun—day & night. Only in the last 100 years did we begin to defy nature, staying up till all hours and sleeping well past sunrise.
Paperback, 2016
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Real Estate Investing 101: How To Make Money With Real Estate: Real Estate Investing For Dummies
Will Thammavong
This is the best “real estate investing 101” thread I’ve ever seen. It will give you an understanding of how deals work. Combine that with the “holy trinity” of deal selection… (1/2) https://t.co/eJPnA6L4x6
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Both Flesh and Not: Essays
David Foster Wallace
@girdley That David Foster Wallace speech is legendary and one of the few essays I’ve read over and over.
Paperback, 2013
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There's More Than One Type Of Beautiful: Notebook
Wild Pages Press
@girdley I know you don’t like the Enneagram but what’s your number? You and I are proof that there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
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Comedy Sex God
Pete Holmes
Feeling a little woo-woo this morning. That last line hit home—too often I try to consume rather than allowing myself to be consumed. (📚from Comedy Sex God by @peteholmes. If you grew up in a Christian household and struggle to reconcile your beliefs it’s a great read.) https://t.co/BQZgEJ8uzR
Hardcover, 2019
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