How Artists Work
by Mason Currey
Recommended by 5 notable people, including Tim Ferriss and Lena Dunham
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss, Most Recommended Books, and Writing.
Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, ?time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers.? Kafka is one of 161 inspired?and inspiri...
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss, Most Recommended Books, and Writing.
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Consider Principles by Ray Dalio. Recommended by 61 sources.
“This is Dalio’s operating manual for life and work—part memoir, part handbook. He distills his hedge fund’s culture into repeatable 'principles' for radical transparency and systematic thinking. The useful part is the concrete algorithms for error-logging and group decision-making; the annoying part is the cultish fervor around his own brilliance and the implication that his way scales universally. It reads like a boss’s extended memo, sometimes riveting, sometimes eye-rolling.”
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