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The art of focused concentration

The book is about really not giving a f**k about some issues because there is way too much stuff, so many opportunities, and so much to do, with so little time to do it all.  If you decided to pay attention to all the rubbish flying around out there, you find out that you are spread out too thin, and you will achieve nothing in life. You will be so stressed out and have nothing to show for it at the end of the day. The author says that you should let somethings just slide and pay little or no attention to them. And focus on a few other things that you ought to, be selective to what you give your time and energy to. The things that are important to life and your future. And the things you decide to do must be the things you enjoy doing in the first place, as if you hate them, you will become bitter and end up hating yourself for doing them. You will be ineffective at it—the book is about knowing things you ought to pay attention to and others you should not. This book was recommende...

The Accidental President

  This is a film on Amazon Prime that repeats what is well known in certain circles and what Micheal Wolff alluded to in his book " The Fire and Fury ". That the 45th President of the United States, Donald John Trump, did not want the job. He saw it as a business move to increase his profile. It is believed that he played the system being a skilled marketer and self-promoter. However, Trump also said that he wanted to run for President in 1988, 2000, 2004 and 2012. People had been mocking him, and while before he had been seen as a business mogul, TV star and professional, by 2015, he was seen as a "has-been" with a failed business empire and lots of debts that were maturing soon. Before, people were mocking him, and even President Obama got in the act at the White House Correspondent dinner. From Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live to Jerry Springer, who said that "Trump did not belong in the WH but on my show". Trump is not a master manipulator or an evil...

The unfairness of the world?

  The book states that the West was quite disingenuous when dealing with Developing countries, especially regarding free trade, workers rights, industrialisation, and I might add corruption. That most of them had protectionism in one form or another too late in the last century and still do certain industries. "Only when the US achieved this position of dominance did it open its borders to free trade". They were more corrupt and less organised than most developing countries that they now look down upon with disdain. If they were put in the same period of development, they would fall far below average, and the only thing that is to their advantage is that they were the first, and after that, the book seems to indicate they closed the door behind them kicked the ladder. I have had this book in my library for some time now, and I have tried to read it. Still, I just had not got the time. I have had the audible app for more than a year now, which has helped me read a lot more of ...