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Interesting and motivational book. Covers some basics of elimination to stop wasting time and basics of entrepreneurship. Unfortunately beside caching title there is not much you can use or could not find elsewhere. First I enjoyed the book and it was really good to refresh some rules of elimination. For example, I have closed my gmail tab in Chrome and moved to the desktop mail app with the checks set to every hour. It may not be the best solution, but it's a lot better. Pareto rule (80/20) is one of those I feel inspired by and don't know how to really use.  It is great in theory, but it's much harder to put into practice. Chapters about automation are basically about hiring Virtual Assistant from India and how that person is going to help you. Maybe VA helps him but I don't see how can I use that... Management. It was good to read about selling the product instead of services. Nothing new, but a good reminder and something that might be a good idea. Remo...

I was reading this book in polish, but I think that most of my review is language agnostic as I did not have any problems with the translation. The book has many authors and you can feel it while reading. Some of the chapters could be more interesting, especially the ones that are really abstract and I am still not sure if I have any idea how buffers work. I am really glad that I participated in  3D Rendering with Three.js  course. It really helped at the beginning of the book where I felt that many nonobvious concepts were not explained thoroughly. I have to admit that I have watched a really nice video about WebGL while reading this book, and what struck me was how much similarities are between those (I mean while one is in JavaScript other in C++). All you will learn about OpenGL will be useful in WebGL, at least at some point so I am happy that I took the time to read it. Because of the OpenGL SuperBible I managed to understand most of the talk and it ...

If you want to know how some ordinary companies transformed themselves to great (and big) then this is the book for you. There are seven main ideas in the book, but not all of them were of interest to me. The four that were: Level 5 Leadership First Who, Then What The Stockdale Paradox Hedgehog Concept Level 5 Leadership CEO has to be humble but care deeply about the company. He has to find great people and trust them to do a great job. Charismatic CEO can't help the company, at least, in the long run. He may even leave it more fragile because he will take all the spotlight, fire managers that are too ambitious and is likely to rule with the iron fist. This will work for a short time but when he leaves there is no one to give orders and the company collapses. On the other hand, humble CEO uses best managers he can find, and tries to be as much dispensable as possible. First Who, Then What While hiring you can't make compromises. Every person you hire ha...

This book was recommended to me but after reading the table of contents I was convinced it was useless as it was contradicting itself even in the names of the chapters. Unfortunately from time to time my way of thinking and interacting with people gets me into trouble. I am not alone it this, read: Well, Actually . Of course review of " How to Win Friends and Influence People " helped but I wanted to read more about the interactions with people around me to keep thinking about it. I got back to The 48 Laws of Power not to learn those laws - I don't really believe in them but to gain more knowledge about people. What I appreciate about the book are the stories that the author uses to convince you of his ideas. They are picked and sorted to match the laws so something that worked for one person dooms someone else later, but they are really good stories nonetheless. Unfortunately, I am not sure if there is anything I can use in real life. The advices and laws are rea...

This is one of the best books I have read in a while. It is stuffed with business, psychology and advices how to deal with people. Short and easy to comprehend chapters help with reading it when you only have a couple of minutes. I certainly want to read it agin at some time in the future. Of course, it is not perfect - some chapters are a little too shallow and sometimes it was hard for me to get the bigger idea from those short chapters, but in my opinion those are minor concerns that may just be the result of my reading schedule more than the book. I don't like the 'must read' term, but the book is really close to it. Certainly I have learned a lot. Rating: 10/10

Sometimes what your team need is the clear vision of the project that is the same for everyone in the team. One of the best examples of using vision to drive the time was by Mateusz Kwaśniewski. He used the template from Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore: For [target customer] Who [statement of the need] The [product name] is a [product category] that [key benefit, compelling reason to buy]. Unlike [primary competitive alternative], our product [statement of primary differentiation] If is fairly simple and restrictive at the same time. The template forces you to think about users and project in different way, and in many situations it proved useful when talking about features, UI and even technology. You can read more about vision statements at the blog of Cory Foy http://blog.coryfoy.com/2014/01/product-vision-statements-aka-your-elevator-pitch/

Great video about procrastination, decision avoidance and how to deal with them yourself.