Imperial life in the emerald city

I have listened this audio book during several trips. Finally this week I finished it. The way they, build teams, elevate priorities, focus on key milestones and economical driven decisions sounds very familiar to me. The big corporations I know works basically in the same way.

The happiness advantage

Seven principles of positive psycology that fuels success and performance at work, by Shawn Anchor. The Happiness Advantage says that people who are happy have a psychological advantage over people who are unhappy. One way to test this is through studies over time. Meditate. Find something to look forward to. Anticipate future rewards lights up … Read more

Bolsa para Dummies

Un amigo me recomendó leerme este libro, en concreto la parte 3, que recorre un día de trading cualquiera, repasando hábitos y actividades en las cuales nos deberíamos centrar; y la parte 4, que repasa varias estrategias básicas: gap, bandas de bollinger, y cruce de medias. Me sirvió para confirmar algunas cosas que ya había … Read more

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Ravikant, Kamal has written this short book where there is not a extra adjective or word so you can concentrate in the goal of the book. For my memories some of the topics described in the book: Darkness is the absence of light, any negative though is darkness. How do you remove it?, do you … Read more

Quantitative trading, Ernie Chang

This book contains basic concepts and approach (step by step) for does that want to initiate themselves on Quantitative trading. The focus is on statistical arbitrage trading, that deals with the simplest financial instruments: stocks, futures, and sometimes currencies. The chapters cover the steps a trader should take: The Whats, Whos, and Whys of Quantitative … Read more

PMP Certification

I passed my PMP exam this month. I read the PMBoK, I did the virtual led training courses offered by the company I work and I did a lot of exams, reviewing concepts and learning the details of the exam reviewing answers and explanations. There is a good bunch of exams on the internet, and … Read more

The Small Book of the Few Big Rules

This book is doctrine, in the good sense, in the context of Wardley Maps this is something very important in the organizations. Simon Wardley always says: start with doctrine. It’s the way the organizations behaves the powerhouse which will enable a organization to progress in one direction or other. To ignore the current doctrine you … Read more

Thinking, Fast and Slow

After have read The Undoing Project I was investigating about some of the books published by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. Finally I found this essay named “Thinking, Fast and Slow”. This psychology essay goes chapter by chapter decomposing the different ways the mind works, doing it in plain English. Chapters are short and concentrated … Read more

Shoe dog, Phil Knight

Easy book to read about the early story of Nike and the core team behind the logo. It’s a nice story about this entrepreneur with thousand of anecdotes.