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January Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in January 2024
January started with a bang in terms of my January reading list. I read Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor, and Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way. All of these books in my January reading list…
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2023 Reading List: My 31 Best Books of 2023
One of my favorite parts of articles like this one is that I have the opportunity to reflect on the reading year. In this case, I get to look back at my best books of 2023. I felt like I improved on starting and then putting down books that did not resonate with me right…
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December Reading List: 2 Best Books I Read in December 2023
My 2023 reading year closed out with one philosophy book – Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave and one semi-energy book The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son: Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom. Ryan Holiday, author of Courage is Calling, is one of my favorite authors. It would be easy to say Courage…
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November Reading List: 2 Best Books I Read in November 2023
November was an interesting reading month, and I read very few books. However, the books I read in this November reading list were impactful. I read The Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids and Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle. The Daily Dad…
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October Reading List: 3 Best Books I Read in December 2023
Three books made up my October reading list spanning the categories including the American Revolution, Finance and Investing, and Energy. Franklin and Washington: A Founding Partnership, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, and The Carbon Almanac: It’s Not Too Late all cut this month. All three books helped to build upon…
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