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Soaring with Eagles by Bill Newman: Book Notes

Roman Kalugin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:51:29 +0000

Bill Newman's warm, evidence-free motivational classic gets a source-first verdict: two instincts hold up, two overclaim, and you can use the tools without the book.

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Making the Brain Body Connection (Promislow): Book Notes

Roman Kalugin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:50:24 +0000

Sharon Promislow's stress manual bundles real habits with a debunked theory. We keep the movement and breathing, and explain why the kinesiology fails.

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Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson: Book Notes

Roman Kalugin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:49:22 +0000

Richard Branson's full autobiography is a superb adventure story and a weak business manual. We separate the one durable idea from the survivor's tale.

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Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina — Book Notes

Roman Kalugin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:48:17 +0000

Steve Pavlina's Truth-Love-Power triad is a useful compass, but the «principles of the universe» framing has no evidence and his blog drifts into law of attraction and polyphasic sleep. We keep the working parts.

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Matsushita’s Principles of Success: Book Notes

Roman Kalugin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:39:48 +0000

Panasonic's founder built a creed around business as service to society. We test his principles against modern research: what holds up, what is survivorship bias, and whether the book is worth your time.

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The Power of Focus — Book Notes

Roman Kalugin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:38:44 +0000

«The Power of Focus» is right that habits decide your life and wrong that any method delivers certainty. We grade its ten strategies against the research.

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Making Time by Steve Taylor: Book Notes and Verdict

Roman Kalugin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:37:43 +0000

Taylor got the direction right — felt time bends with age, novelty, and attention — but oversells control and drifts into transpersonal metaphysics. Here is the part that survives.

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Screw It, Let’s Do It by Richard Branson: Book Notes

Roman Kalugin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:36:43 +0000

Richard Branson's memoir turns one lucky life into universal advice. We keep the one durable rule — protect the downside — and check the rest against the survival data.

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