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I recently finished Sabri Suby's "Sell Like Crazy" An unconventionally written book on sales/selling, there was def a lot of value in what he teaches and his insights. I was looking at this from the perspective of selling tickets to events, and I found it quite useful. B26-08

I finished "Creativity Inc," by Ed Catmull. This was slow at times and informative at others. This tells the story of Pixar but also tells the lessons the author and his team learned while going through the evolution of Pixar. B26-07

I just finished Mai Corland's "Five Broken Blades." This fantasy adventure novel set in fictitious ancient land that is meant to be Korea(?) was a pleasant surprise! Who is betraying who in the attempt to assassinate the king? And the twist reveal? Did not see that coming! B26-06

@WastelandHQ Havent been since 2019! This might be my comeback year!

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I just started "The Italian Kid Did It!" by multi billionaire Tom Golisano, about how he turned $3K into $44 billion and achieved the American dream.

I just started Shannon Chakraborty's "The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi," and it's praised as her storytelling is fantasy at its best, in a "story of motherhood, faith, dangerous magic, and hikinks on the high sea."

I'm starting Will Durant's "The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time," as edited by John Little. "This is a book containing the absokute best of our heritage, passed on for the benefit of future generations."

I just started "Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind," by Yuval Noah Harari. This book "delves deep into our history as a species to help us understand who we are and what made us this way."

I just finished "The London Seance Society" by Sarah Penner. The scandal was expected, and the reveal was interesting. I need to pick up the pace...already mid March and this is only the 5th book I've finished! B26-05

I just started Tananarive Due's "The Reformatory," a novel about a boy who gets sent to a juvenile type school for kicking the son of a prominent white man during the Jim Crow era...and he can see ghosts.

I just finished Robert Cialdini's "Influence The Psychology of Persuasion." It is informative in a number of practical ways, and scientific in explaning why certain tactics work...it is just as useful in illustrating how to avoid being influenced or manipulated. B26-04

I finished (a couple of weeks ago) Ryan Blair's "Rock Bortom to Rock Star," and gotta say, it's one of the more unconventional type of business or professional development books I've read. It's an encouraging read and there's ultimately a positive message there. B26-03

I'm back in Colombia, and while sometimes I'm okay at Spanish, other times, not so much. So it was pretty embarrassing when i ordered this steak, and couldn't remember how to say "medium rare," so i had to look it up, to see it's "medio raro." Geez. I coulda guessed that! Haha.

Me at the Edwardian Ball in San Francisco last weekend in mah fuzzy Georgian hat.

I just started Ania Ahlborn's "Within These Walls." I saw it in a bookstore in San Francisco last week. I told the employees @authoralhbone is mah favorite horror author, and they said theyd check her out. I said, if you like happy endings and kids and puppies, she's not for you.

Coffee and croisant at the Venice Airport. Mah final meal in Venice.

A cafe latte at Cafe Florian in Venice, Italy. This is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation in Italy and one of the oldest in the world, dating back to 1720.

Current stop on the way to Venice, Italy. Coffee and croissant in London Heathrow, as I await the flight to Bologna.

Coffee and croissant at the Grand Del Mar. Practicing for Italy later this week.

I just started Ryan Blair's "Rock Bottom to Rock Star: Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks." I follow his online presence and thought I'd learn a little more on his business philosophy by reading one of his books.