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January monthly round-up
Hope your first month of 2023 has gone well. In January, I posted two book summaries and two blog posts:
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Book summaries:
- Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace by Chris Blattman. Blattman actually re-tweeted this summary, saying "This is pretty good", which was very exciting!
- Tiny Habits: Why Starting Small Makes Lasting Change Easy by BJ Fogg
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Blogs:
- Is the quest for "productivity" misguided? A response to some of Oliver Burkeman's points in Four Thousand Weeks.
- Living in the future vs the present Also inspired by Four Thousand Weeks.
Early next month, you can expect to see a summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear, as well a post comparing Atomic Habits and Tiny Habits.
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