Hey Ken, read "Thinking, Fast and Slow" if you haven't yet. It's about how we constantly make bad/wrong decisions without noticing it, and what psychological mechanisms are behind it. These mechanisms are so fundamental to our thinking that even if you are aware of them, you still are prone to making those thinking errors. It's basically more than half a century of Kahnemann's own research distilled into one concise and very densely written book and probably the best book of the 21st century to date.
Love me some "Atomic Habits", I think it looks like a favorite here in the comment section as well! Also was looking at your books on your bookshelf (#creeping) and saw you had "Storyworthy". I just started this book!
It's good to see you uploaded this video! I'm always looking for great book recommendations on the topic. I'm going to add Digital Minimalism, Breathing, and Why We Sleep to my next reads list! I've read Atomic habits and it's indeed a great book. I've read a few personal development books, as I'm fascinated with the topic and always looking to increase my productivity and personal character. The first book I've read on the topic that got me started with everything else is "7 habits of highly effective people." That book did the same for me as Atomic habits did for you. I recommend it, it's a very interesting read. Btw, I'm halfway of reading Getting Things Done. It's a great book, and it has added immediate value to my life already. I recommend it, too.
Awesome! Glad I could contribute to the reading list :). 7 habits is a really great book! It is the reason I started writing down my goals and keeping a journal. I probably should have put it on this list, but I read it like 15 years ago haha. I will check out getting things done, have not read that one!
Bro I can definitely recommend Leo and Longevity to you, he has a lot of videos about topics that surround health such as genetics, sleep, food, and especially longevity. Could be extra interesting to you as he studied statistics at the LSE
I have also read the combo Cal Newport + James Clear + Matt Walker. The have radically reahaped me, and following their advices during the past year has generated some serious improvements in my life
I am ashamed of not being able to recommend any book in this regard :3 I will definitely be reading more starting with this list ! ( I share Ecstacy's disappointment btw Haha ) I think I'll start with Atomic Habits ! Thank you Ken :)
Thanks for the amazing book recommendations...I'm sure to read Why We Sleep after this...the way you described it will ensure that! Also would like to remain the same age watching your videos for 100 years more...the one on aging too... I am not a fan of reading too...but I do prefer these type of books over any novels. Thanks for these suggestions! 😊
Hey Ken... Great recommendations... These are covering almost every part of our life... I would like to recommend Rich dad Poor dad, I'm currently reading it now... It will help us to understand importance of financial literacy...
Yoo Ken what a flex in the thumbnail!! 🤠🤠🐢🐢 Loved your recommendations and have read Atomic Habits myself and am considering to read Digital Minimalism. Well here are some of my recommendations which are about life and I guess psychology: 1: *Man's search for meaning*- A must read definitely 2: *What Every body speaks* - How to read Body language 3: *Beyond Freedom and Dignity*- BF Skinner classic (an interesting read) 4: Works by *Dostoyevsky* and *Tolstoy* - you know the classics 🐢 5: *So you have been publicly shamed*- Definitely something for the social media world. 6: *Influence: the psychology of persuasion* 7: *As a man thinketh* Well the list does go on but I hope this will be of some value to you 🐢🐢🐢
Awesome! Thank you sebi! I've read 1,2,6,7! I will be checking out 3,4,5. I really love the book captivate on body language and communication skills as well. Highly recommend if you liked What every body is saying!
Hey Ken, thanks for the video! One of the nonfiction books that has impacted me the most is "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling. It shows inherent biases in how we perceive that data is generated and get a misrepresentation of the world. Really worth it!
Atomic Habits has been wonderful read for me. i improved my habits and also started making new habits and track there progress and who doesnt like the Reward part of it haha. I have been more into data books now a days and trying to understand how data affects business. Currectly reading "Data Means Business" and "Stock market". What all books are you guys reading currently?
Almost forgot: I do have a suggestion of a book in english: It's "the bullet journal method" by Ryder Caroll. Most sites who talk about bullet journaling have actually no idea what the method is truly about which is about focusing on important matters in your life and WHY they matter. Not having something beautiful or gating people out because "your stuff is no bullet journal". Ie: I do mine using small binders and not a notebook and it works for me but people have told me "this is not a bullet journal" and yet it's still a pretty functional bullet journal. Also, in the same vein of atomic habits, I can recommend Elasitc habits by stephen guise, he's my go to guy when it comes to habit. And this book is about having habits that adapt to the circumstances of your life. How to maintain one when things are very hard and how to maximize the benefits of a good day.
Hi Ken, are there any books on the topic that you found useless despite being often recommended? Here's my small list: 1. How will you measure your life? By Clayton Christiansen 2. Never split the difference by Chris Voss who is the former FBI negotiator 3. You are a badass by Jen Sincero - a very powerful self-help book 4. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel - so far my favourite book about financial literacy
@@KenJee_ds Hey Ken, I saw a recent opening for a Data Science Intern, blueprints focus for next summer @Nvidia. I have previous exp as a DS intern, what type of candidates are you looking for? Do you do mentorship and would you like to take a look at my Resume? Can tip!
While in general on par with most, I always wonder why people are so sure about what a "good" habit is. So in general I think everyone should be make sure about that before jumping to conclusion on how to achieve these "good" habits as efficient and fast as possible. Just an example: is efficiency something that is always better than inefficiency. That's why I highly recommend something like: Henry Miller - Colossus of Maroussi Nietzsche - On the Genealogy of Morality Beauvoir - The Mandarins etc. Made me wonder whether optimization is the holy grail :)
Really good point! I try to tie all my habits to my value system. Things that help me further my values (self actualization /personal growth, relationships, family, and happiness) are what I base my habits on. People definitely need to be introspective about this. I have personally fallen into the optimization trap where I was trying to maximize efficiency but completely sucked the joy out of a lot of the things I was doing (would not recommend haha). I will check out those books!
7:35 to 8:09 this is such a good point everyone ignores the sleep like no 6 hours of sleep is enough for me no it's not same for everyone you don't need pills to be healthy you just need good and long sleep.
You might also be interested in the practice of self hypnosis. It helps clear the mind, relax the body and increase mental focus for, say, doing machine learning ;) The problem is my main source of information on the subject is from a french guy named Benjamin Lubszynski. He has a youtube channel unfortunately in french and two books, also in french. That being said I'll look for english sources for this as I believe it is a lovely habit from which everyone can benefit and its benefits are many :) (greater than meditation as it takes its source from the subconscious which makes it both more accessible than meditation but also much more effective).
as an added note, there the books you read but, also, the thing you write. Taking the habit of writing down something you learned every single day and, soon enough, you'll have a ton of personalized wisdom to use at your leisure. Hint: if you do this, use a pencil and don't type them down on your electronic devices. The act of writing on paper also has many benefits including but not limited to better memory retention and a well needed break from blue light screen. Tip: don't forget to read a good story once in a while :)
I have been reading a lot about investments and budgeting for the past couple years. A book that really made an impact on me is "The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas Stanley. One of the most important concepts that stuck with me is understanding and balancing your offense and defense with money. "Offense" means controlling how much money you make - which you often have less control over. And "defense", which is how you spend money which is more controllable. It is pretty data heavy...which you might like as a data scientist.
Hello sir, thank you for your recommendation. I just bought a book named Getting Things Done -- The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David Allen, hopefully it is good. It was recommended by someone else. Also, recently read The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley, it really helps to establish a healthy idea on wealth and wealth management. Best Regards.
Have you read How Not to Die? That's the book that has had the most profound impact on my life. You talked about how our gut microbiomes affects the way that we respond to individual foods, but you didn't mention the way that what we eat impacts our gut microbiome. Eating meat adversely affects our gut microbiome, and even our gene expression. While there is plenty of room for individualizing dietary patterns to get people to eat food that they are more compatible with, the broad dietary patterns are clear. Eat minimally processed vegetables, fruit, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, and minimize or eliminate your consumption of animal products, refined sugar, refined fat (oil), and processed foods. While the answer of a plant based diet is incomplete, it is at least moving in the right direction, as compared to keto and carnivore diets, which are both associated with increased all cause mortality and environmental destruction. It wouldn't surprise me that meat is worse for some people than others, but I'm extremely skeptical that it's actively good for anyone. I'll be interested to read what they say in Personalized Diet, but I doubt they can convince me that ice cream is healthy for anyone.
