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Nate Berkopec Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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🚀 I make Rails apps fast and scalable. 📖 Wrote a few books about that. 👷 Maintain Puma, the most popular Ruby webserver. (he/him) 日本語: @nateberkopec_ja

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Book Cover for: Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice, Alan Weiss

Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice

Alan Weiss
Nate BerkopecNate Berkopec

"Million Dollar Consulting" by @BentleyGTCSpeed might have been the highest-return business book I've ever read. The tone is pretty old-school, but keep reading: the tactics and strategies are solid. https://t.co/OGc4020jko

Hardcover, 2021

$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life, Bill Perkins

Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Bill Perkins
Nate BerkopecNate Berkopec

Book review: Die with Zero by Bill Perkins. A well-argued and very interesting idea: dying with $0 in your bank account is moral and optimal for happiness. I'm pretty convinced. Sometimes maybe a little _too_ nerdy, but I'm a nerd, so it's OK. 4/5.

Paperback, 2021

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, Kay Redfield Jamison

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

Kay Redfield Jamison
Nate BerkopecNate Berkopec

Book review: Night Falls Fast (Understanding Suicide) by Kay Redfield Johnson. A well-written overview of the personal and societal causes and consequences of suicide. The story about Merriwether Lewis was particularly affecting. 4/5.

Paperback, 2000

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization, Scott Barry Kaufman

Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization

Scott Barry Kaufman
Nate BerkopecNate Berkopec

Book review: Choose Growth by @sbkaufman. Perhaps I’m not a fan of the workbook format, but this didn’t hit nearly as hard as Transcend did. Best understood as a missing (and shippable) appendix to Transcend, for those who want guided prompts.

Paperback, 2021

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir
Nate BerkopecNate Berkopec

If you enjoyed The Martian, I’m halfway through Andy Weir’s followup “Project Hail Mary” and it’s just as good. Highly recommend.

Paperback, 2022

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Christopher Hitchens
Nate BerkopecNate Berkopec

Book review: God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens. A classic I hasn’t yet gotten round to. Hitchens’ diction and style are lush and inimitable. Hardly a word set wrong. Audiobook as read by author was a delight. 5/5.

Paperback, 2009

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book