Atlas Shrugged Part I, Chapter 1: The Theme - When the World Starts Breaking

• Jan 02, 2020
• Built to Sell

Built to Sell Chapter 1: When Your Business Is a Total Mess

Chapter 1 opens and you immediately feel the stress. Alex Stapleton is running late to a meeting at MNY Bank. He’s sprinting through the lobby, checking his watch, catching his breath in the elevator. It’s 9:06 a.m. on a Friday and he’s already behind.

• Jan 02, 2020
• Crack-Up Capitalism

Crack-Up Capitalism Introduction: Shatter the Map - What Are Zones?

How many countries are there in the world? You probably know it’s about two hundred. But what if someone told you the real number of separate legal territories is way higher than that?

• Jan 02, 2020
• 50 Years of Singapore and the United Nations

The Foreword, the Message, and the Speeches That Started It All

Before we get into the 45 essays that make up the core of this book, there are some opening pieces that set the stage. And honestly, they’re worth reading on their own.

• Jan 01, 2020
• Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: A Chapter-by-Chapter Retelling

So I finally did it. I sat down and read all 1,168 pages of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. And now I’m going to retell the whole thing, chapter by chapter.

• Jan 01, 2020
• Built to Sell

Built to Sell by John Warrillow: My Complete Book Retelling

I just finished reading “Built to Sell” by John Warrillow and I have to share it with you. This book hit different.

• Jan 01, 2020
• Crack-Up Capitalism

Crack-Up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodian: A Book Retelling Series

I just finished reading Crack-Up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodian and honestly, this book messed with how I see the world map.

• Jan 01, 2020
• 50 Years of Singapore and the United Nations

Starting a New Book Retelling: 50 Years of Singapore and the United Nations

I just picked up a book that blew my mind a little.

It’s called “50 Years of Singapore and the United Nations”, edited by Tommy Koh, Li Lin Chang, and Joanna Koh (ISBN: 978-9814713030, World Scientific Publishing, 2015). And honestly, it tells one of the most underrated stories in modern international relations.

• Jul 17, 2019
• Gateway

Gateway by Frederik Pohl - Final Thoughts on the Book

So that was Gateway.

31 chapters. One man sitting on a couch talking to a machine about why he can not be happy. And somehow it is one of the best science fiction novels ever written.

• Jul 16, 2019
• Gateway

Gateway Chapter 31: Living With What You Did

This is it. Thirty-one chapters. Hundreds of pages. Years of therapy. And now we are here, at the end.

Rob Broadhead is still in the chair. Sigfrid is still across from him. The same room. The same machine. The same conversation they have been having since page one. Except this time, there is nowhere left to hide.