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TL;DR: Great cultures are built on Safety, shared Vulnerability, and an established Purpose In the self-help space, these things come up again and again: Safety, Purpose, Meaning. Whether in looking at leadership, or to an individual's path to success, happiness, well-being, the literature seems pretty set on what it sees upon as the standards. And this book falls in line with those standards. This book was great. Daniel Coyle is a great storyteller. When you can blend abstract ideas with concrete examples, and get a good balance, it gets digested much easier. This book reads pretty easily too. It seemed to be built to be simple and structured.

TL;DR: Real leaders make people feel safe. I n times of danger, they put themselves in harm's way to protect another, and would no sooner give up what they have for their people to live on. The book opens that people have a fundamental need for security. Safety. Simon Sinek describes this Circe of Safety, where feelings of belonging, of shared values and a deep sense of empathy fosters trust and cooperation.

TL;DR:  There are certain hours of the day when we are most effective. There is a science to starting and ending things, and in synchronizing a group. For a moment, I thought I was reading Clive Cussler. Daniel Pink opened with the sinking of the Lusitania; a grand hypothesis that maybe the Lusitania sank because its captain made a crucial decision in the afternoon. It seems odd if an argument about time would hold water in a court of law. Can a person be absolved simply because the event happened in a person's less optimal hours? I honestly don't know. 

TL;DR: Success comes from knowing yourself,  treating others well; being assertive when taken advantage of; knowing when to quit what's not important, to be gritty on the ones that are; making friends that support you and that you support,  setting boundaries with work  and by making time for your relationships. Barking Up the Wrong Tree as a blog, is a gold mine. One of the few blogs I still frequent on a regular basis. Now as a book, it is well written and very informative. With studies coming from towers of Academia with long deep technical words, this book makes learning pleasant and engaging.  At one podcast, If my memory serves me right, the author likens this to a Mythbusters for Success.

TL;DR: Kiyosaki had two dads. One was good with money; the other not. Learn more and buy more of his books, join his seminars and buy his game. Something about this book feels icky; like a sweet dessert with distasteful parts. One could enjoy such dessert but that aftertaste has something bitter. As the kids say today, it feels like if a click-bait were turned into a book about Financial Literacy. As a product, it is easily digestible and marketed well. Following every advice on this however, I'm not quite sure about that. Best to learn from Bruce Lee on this: " Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless"

TL;DR: The 5 Languages:  Words of Affirmation,  Quality Time,  Acts of Service,  Tangible Gifts and  Physical Touch According to Gary Chapman, there are 5 Love Languages. These are the ways we communicate in a relationship; and how we act and respond the most upon giving and receiving love. As Love is to Relationships; Appreciation is to the Workplace.

TL;DR: The 7 Habits: Be Proactive, Begin with the End in Mind, Put First Things First, Think Win/Win, Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood, Synergize, and Sharpen the Saw.

TL;DR: Having a WHY (purpose/belief) is important. Your business's long term success depends on it. The takeaway from a leadership perspective: Have a Purpose, A Belief, or a Cause to champion.

TL;DR: Bob Ong writes in his unique style about stages of a typical Filipino man; One part How-to book; one part book of Advice, two parts Culture and Maturity.  To put it this way; If the Filipiniana section of a bookstore had a space for Self-Help, and this book were in that shelf, it would not be out-of-place. 

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way" This train of thought, written to himself by Marcus Aurelius a philosopher king from 2 nd century Rome; 100-200 AD, advises what stands in our way; the hardships; the failures; these are part of the path. This is the path.  The Obstacle is the Way is heavy with stoic principles. Ryan Holidays splits the book into 3 parts: Perception, Action and Will. Managing perception; Directing action; and Enduring and accept the world as it is. Perception. It’s how we look and understand our environment. External events do not mean any specific thing. We give them meaning. How we see an event depends on whether we perceive it as strengthening or exhausting. To be objective, see things as they are, keep an even keel, stay present and focused on what can be controlled.  Action equates to doing the right things, Actions are not created equal. Working on the things that matter, and being per...

The title being the main message; Ryan Holiday tells stories of successes and failures by prominent individuals of history and from the recent period; and how everyone is susceptible to the pangs of Ego. When not careful, the same drives that sets us out to attain our successes can easily be the same mechanism that causes us to crash. The book is divided into three parts; Aspire, Success and Failure. As it is with any human endeavour, we have always strived for better. Still, It takes a conscious mind to be able to catch one’s self when the sails are steering away from what truly matters. In times when we aspire for better, it is of great character to be humble and learn. Once we’ve had our successes, the way to stumble is to be disrespectful and to believe our own hype. Instead, we should strive to be gracious and have an open mind, and that what we do is ultimately something beyond ourselves. Alas, when we faced with failures and setbacks; instilling values of res...