Book Recommendations September 2020

From Philosophy to Productivity, Influence to Insomnia — check out these reads

Image via me (the author). Here are some of my books, that I spent an embarrassing amount of time organising by colour.

Reading is one of the most important parts of my daily routine — non-fiction books are practical, thought-provoking and educational. And fiction books, typically part of my before-bed routine, throw you into a story, prompt emotional responses and get the creative juices flowing.

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Philosophical

On Stoicism

There are many books on Stoicism, which has regained popularity (yay) in recent years. If you’re new to the philosophy or keen to get back into it, here are some good Stoic books if you want to get started. They’re all pretty easy reads so you can slowly step your way into the Stoic world.

Meditations — Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor, and meditations is a compilation of his journal entries to himself. I’m pretty sure he never actually intended to make them public: He wrote them to guide himself and remind himself of principles to live by. The meditations are short so you…