Category: Books

The Mausoleum of All Hope and Desire

As you get lost in each successive chapter, you might even find a subtle change in your own thought processes outside of the book. For me, the beauty of The Sound and the Fury was its creative literary style; it offers an opportunity for the reader to assume the role of each character narrator. It also had me raising the question – if Faulkner, or a similarly gifted pen, were to write a chapter in which I was the first-person narrator, what would my stream of consciousness reveal?

Unrelenting Voice

"There is no more time to waste. Hours and days evaporate like creeks in the desert. That's why it's okay to be cruel to yourself as long as your realize you're doing it to become better. We all need thicker skin to improve in life."

Hero with a Thousand Faces

"The book focuses on the concept of the monomyth, a common story in mythology that transcends cultures and religions separated by both time and location. Campbell endorses the theory popularized by Carl Jung that the origin of the monomyth arises from the collective unconscious of humanity."

Apricot Cocktails

"Once a human becomes aware of his existence, he must then define his essence through a series of choices that he makes throughout his life of which he is personally responsible. These choices are neither right nor wrong, they simply are, and a man is free to choose whatsoever he wishes. Any meaning or purpose that comes along the way is that which the individual assigns to his choices, and he is free to assign or not assign meaning to the limitless options available to him daily. The only thing that cannot be shirked is responsibility for the choices made, as it is the choice itself that is the essence of existing."

COVID-19 Thoughts/Book Suggestions

Cal and I discuss the rise of the Coronavirus, how it is has made us more reflective and books that we are turning to during this interesting time. We wanted to give the quarantined folks some content to listen to as well. Hope everyone is staying safe.

Power Playbook

I finally finished Robert Greene's masterpiece The 48 Laws of Power. It is not only the best business books I have read, it could easily be classified as a psychology book, history book or a political theory book. Like the book itself, Robert Greene is a diverse man.

Oracle of the Gulag

Our collective memory certainly understands the atrocities committed by the Nazis in concentration camps but the Soviet prison system became a well fed death machine for decades after WWII. Solzhenitsyn emerges from the prison system as an oracle to proclaim and preach the dangers of socialism performed by the Soviets.

Homo Deus: A Conversation

Hope everyone enjoys the discussion Cal and I have about Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari in his follow up book to Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. We decided a book of this magnitude needed an audio format.

Special Post: Podcast Recommendations II

I was recently indulging in some really good podcasts and wanted to follow up my previous podcast post from about a year ago with a new one. Podcasts are a great resource for self-education while I am on the road or working out which is more time than I can devote to quietly reading a book in my favorite chair. I hope these will be considered options to add to your subscription list.

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