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20200812 - Preface Gordon W. Allport Nietzsche: "He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how." 20200813 - Preface to the 1992 Edition I think, the purpose of this book is to tell us how to use rationality against destiny. External resources like money and property are not as important as we thought. We cannot take them with us when we die. So, what is really important? 20200818 - Part 1 Experiences in a Concentration Camp Homo Sapiens can adapt to any environment. Maybe. This reminds me of the famous ants cave: ants eat each other to avoid extinctness. But we all know that many biological species extincted. In any cases, only the strongest individuals survive. No matter to human or animals or plants. But, the much more important thing we should do is, don't let ourselves fall into that situation. Make good plan, action quickly. To do that, we need to set up correct perception of this world. How did Viktor Frankl survive? 1. Luck Nothing can beat this factor. 2. ...

20200724 - Introduction: Why start with why? Martin Luther King. How many angles are there that we can observe his speech? "Power of Habit", "The Crowd", "Start With Why", etc. Inspiration. Common imagination. "Sapiens" says that everything human own and do, is based on common imagination. Inspiration is about how to create long last common imagination. Then people are motivated to achieve incredible result. "Why" is the beginning to create this common imagination. Part 1: A world that doesn't start with why 20200725 - 1. Assume you know Asking why from the very beginning to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future. It's definitely "first principle". I think this book is great, which will be another 10 point book! 20200726 - 2. Carrots and sticks Manipulation works. But it's the easy fix, not the correct fix. Easy fix brings us short term benefit, but cause long term trouble. Correct fix is hard. It takes more time...