by johnireland | Articles
Cal Newport’s Deep Work, published in 2016, makes a simple but provocative argument: in a world increasingly dominated by shallow tasks — emails, meetings, notifications, and reactive busywork — the ability to focus deeply on cognitively demanding work is...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
Simon Sinek’s Start with Why makes one powerful argument: the most inspiring leaders and organisations communicate from the inside out. They start with purpose — the why — before the how and the what. The Golden Circle framework has three layers. At the centre...
by johnireland | Articles
The Book Simon Sinek’s Start with Why was published in 2009 and has sold over a million copies worldwide. It began as a TED Talk — now the third most-viewed TED Talk in history with over 60 million views — and makes a deceptively simple argument: the most...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
Ancient Wealth Principles That Still Protect Families Today Published in 1926 — exactly a century ago — The Richest Man in Babylon uses ancient parables to teach principles of wealth building and preservation that have not dated at all. It remains one of the...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
The Book Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio is a guide to systematic decision-making, drawn from four decades of running one of the world’s largest hedge funds. It has sold over four million copies and remains one of the most influential business books of...
