BATB Score: 8.5/10 👏 *reader discretion advise* this is not a book; this is a white-paper research document proposing one single premise that mobile phone x the internet x social media, all from 2010 onwards is creating an anxious generation with weakening mental health and detrimental life consequences Best for: read this book if this is you - “The phone-based life makes it difficult for people to be fully present with others when they are with others, and to sit silently w

BATB score: 7/10 ⚠️ Chris Voss, former FBI hostage negotiator, has all the legitimate street cred to write this book about How to Negotiate with Anyone Best as: however, this book was difficult to follow and hard to grasp any actionable insights; ie. from negotiating for hostage release to negotiating your salary within the same page, numerous anecdotes that at the end all sounds the same, difficult one-liner concepts too fast to hold onto Best to: is this a first draft? if y

BATB score: 8/10 👨‍🏫 hey hey not bad professor! short, concise, to the point, research-driven, fun, with key chapter takeaways, and super actionable 💯 Best as: listening to one of Professor Michael L. Platt, Director of Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, lectures Best for: as if you are an MBA student at Wharton Business School Best to: easy morning class and off you go, on to the rest of your day BATB linger thought: there is a clear gap between a researcher/professor and r

BATB score: 6/10 🫥 Best as: 65% Sam Carr’s memoir on loneliness; 35% other people’s telltale on loneliness Best to: in need of roughly 15% more scientific data, experimental reference, tangible substance or else it’s just storytelling Best for: this book is not worth your PhD 😬 Best quotes: “We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?” “There is cruel irony in the fact that the relationships that play such a critical role in def

BATB score: 10/10 👏 *Daniel H Pink is my favorite non-fiction author* Best as: nerdy, scientific, experimental, behavioral economics, entertaining, fun read Best for: you need to digest and think of further optimizing implementation from these insights or else it’s just useless fun read Best to: knowing that it is the last piece of chocolate, that last piece is the most yummy nom nom Best quotes: “If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your st

BATB score: 6/10 😑 Best as: this book could have been an email - Morgan Housel were you in a rush to publish? Best to: wealth is “the family you’ve built, the friends you’ve found, the memories you have, and the wisdom you’ve accumulated” Best for: anyone who has yet figured out how much is enough Best quotes: “the goal was not to make a living; it was to make a life, and only a fool would sacrifice his actual life for the endless pursuit of an imaginarily better one.” “One

BATB score 9/10 🥹 Best as: honesty, if I have had her psychiatrist and had to endure these psychiatrist’s advices / conversations, I would have commit suicide too #RIP Best to: Korean psychiatrists is biased to the importance of keeping up with work you hate, guilt tripping quitting work, and ideal women’s appearances ie. Korean fat camp Best for: tough to be Korean Best quotes: “Do you think this depression, this helplessness, decreases interest or curiosity or fun in life?

BATB score: 6/10 🤔 a BATB re-read in memory of Baek Sehee #RIP Best to: we don’t know why Baek Sehee passed away at 35 years old though I do hope she passed away peacefully or at the very least at peace finally BATB lingering thought: from re-reading her book on her mental struggles - persistent depressive disorder - and her POV on free death, you have your suspicions but it doesn’t matter Best as: if that’s really the case, according to the details of the book, I don’t thin

BATB score: 8/10 reader discretion advised this is not a book, this is a white-paper research BATB summary: key point of the book > you weren’t allowed to explore and be your true self as a child, you model the ‘good boys good girls’ that your parents wanted you to be, all in exchange for parental ‘unconditional’ love; you were smart / gifted enough to comply, and thus, you grew up depressed and broken from living somebody else’s ‘good boys good girls’ life for no one but yo

BATB score: 10/10 🥹 Best as: finally a book that explains mothers, mother-daughter issues, and how daughter can work through them 👏 Best to: extremely practical with checklist to verify whether you do have a narcissistic mother and whether you have been an affected daughter ie. Do you feel valued by your mother for what you do, rather than for who you are? Best for: daughters who never felt that they were ever good enough for their mothers 🥹 Best quotes: “Because good girl