May 1, 2019
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Monthly Summary: April 2019
Personal Highlights
- Got an invitation to try Stripe beta in Poland
- Joined the Medium Partner Program
- Got two propositions to write books
- Tried air yoga for the first time
- Started a Mastermind Group
- Pitched a few conferences with presentation ideas
- Started teaching a Python course
- Organized a few listening sessions
- Updated my Coach.me profile
- Fought my fear of heights by walking on high bars
- Learned a bit about the book publishing business
- Added checkout for Meraki Chai
- Visited a part of Bydgoszcz I never knew about before
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Books
- H.G. Wells “The War of the Worlds”
- Robert Martin “Clean Code”
- Chip Heath, Dan Heath “Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die”
Books in Blinks
via Blinkist
- “A Short History of Brexit”
- “Enchantment”
- “Smart People Should Build Things”
- “Radical Collaboration”
- “The Wild Diet”
- “The Power of a Positive Team”
- “Cure”
- “Meetings Suck”
- “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World”
- “The Long View”
- “Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars”
- “12”
Articles
- “Why seeing the Northern Lights was the most disappointing travel experience of my life” by Julia Buckley
- “Don’t learn a programming language, solve a problem instead” by Nathan Slaughter
- “This Is the Secret Ingredient That Turns Entrepreneurial Dreams Into Reality, According to an MIT Study of 400,000 People” by Jessica Stillman
- “The Beginner’s Guide to Deliberate Practice” by James Clear
- “The Ultimate Guide To Memorable Tech Talks” by Nina Zakharenko
- “The Power of Mastermind Groups and how You can benefit from them” by Sinem Günel
- “Why vinyl records survive in the digital age” by Steven Brykman
- “An Open Letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates)” by Jason Hickel
- “The Growth Hackers’ Guide to Google Dorks” by Dimitry Apollonsky
- “Tech’s Long Hours Are Discriminatory and Counterproductive” by Rachel Thomas
- “9 Surprising Things You Can Do On Social Media Platforms” by For The Interested
- “Why Your Brain Needs Idle Time” by Markham Heid
- “Why the Best Leaders Don’t Always Have a Plan” by Adam Grant and Stanley McChrystal
- “Why Startups Fall Apart at 50 Employees” by Joe Procopio
- “Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control)” by Charlotte Liberman
- “Ideas for Helping Remote Colleagues Bond” by Kuty Shalev
- “How to Build a Strong Morning Routine: The Essential Guide” by Danny Forest
- “How to hold walking meetings (and why)” by Aytekin Tank
- “Music is good for you: in what way and for what purpose?” by Emmanuelle ROBIN
I’ve mostly listened to my home stereo from which I do not scrobble tracks. The results are, therefore, way off from the actual.
Best Music Albums
- Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space — All these fiendish Things
- Anna Maria Jopek — Bosa
- Bonobo — Black Sands
Best Music Tracks
For more see Last.fm
The theme for the upcoming month
Bike for fun.
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