Mar 1, 2019
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Monthly Summary: February 2019
Personal Highlights
- Upgraded a stereo
- Went to a concert of SBB and Art of Illusion
- Listened to lots of music
- Helped a friend record his own cassette
- Tried the speed-writing approach to Medium articles
- Went to Norway
- Visited Tromsø
- Saw reindeer races
- Went on a Hurtigruten cruise
- Visited a friend living in Svolvær
- Traveled the Lofoten Islands
- Saw moose several times
- Saw the Northern Lights (aka Aurora Borealis) for the first time in my life
Favorite Works
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Books
- Robert Cialdini “Influence”
- Peter Thiel “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future”
Books in Blinks
via Blinkist
Articles
- “How to Increase Your Self-Belief So That Others Will Admire & Respect You” by Anthony Moore
- “I Use Everything in My Resilience Toolkit to Keep My Mental and Physical Health Intact” by Gretchen Rubin
- “How I Built A Personal Brand That Turned Me Into A Full-Time Writer” by Nicolas Cole
- “Motivation Is Not Really Required to Succeed” by Aytekin Tank
- “Practical Tips for Working in Distributed Product Teams” by Tim Herbig
- “Inside Facebook’s Secret Rulebook for Global Political Speech” by Max Fisher
- “3 reasons why I quit my 30 day writing challenge on day 17” by Erwin Lima
- “Growth Hacker Marketing: How To Build Something People Want In 2017” by Niklas Göke
- “How to Brand Yourself as a Freelance Developer in 2019 (and Beyond)” by Kyle Prinsloo — Study Web Development
- “How to Use Military Strategy to Build Better Habits” by James Clear
- “Becoming a Better Public Speaker Means Doing This 1 Little Thing Every Day” by Maria Matarelli
- “10 Actions That Will Kill Startup Employee Motivation” by Samuel Athlan
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
- Queen — A Night At The Opera (2011 Remaster)
- Queen — Sheer Heart Attack (2011 Remaster)
- Queen — Queen II (2011 Remaster)
Best Music Tracks
For more see Last.fm
The theme for the upcoming month
Listen more, listen better.
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