BATB score: 2.7/10 #flop Recommended by the COO of an orange e-commerce platform as a worthy read during covid lockdown masked in a self-PR Linkedin wall post #catchmygoodside Unfortunately, only chapters 1 and 7 were interesting reads; the rest were meh. Best to: know that the CUE, the ROUTINE, and the REWARD is all that a habit is made of and all that this book is based of. Best for: definitely a number of good anecdotes and subject matter - but reading the book's summary w

BATB score: 6/10 🥱💤 How to operate your memory brain - Rhetorica Ad Herennium with memory palaces and Person-Action-Object (PAO) technique eg. #89 - snowfall ❄️ Best as: how to train to be mental athletes for the USA Memory Championship - very relatable, definitely every childhood dream 💭 #sarcasm Best to: watch the Netflix documentary "Memory Games" which perfectly summarises the gist of this book in 1.5 hours at 6.7/10 imdb score instead Best for: the book cover and book

BATB score: 5.5/10 🐸 “If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.” Best to: it's an okay but not wow book with 21 repetitive and non-MECE techniques on how to kick start your lazy bum butt and have a more productive life Best for: procrastinators of everything - just eat that frog already! stuff it! stuff it in! chew and swallow! chew and swallow! 🐸🤮 Best as: a 'poop book' aka a book you take with you to complete your daily poop missions - finish a chapter in

BATB score: 8.5/10 🙏💫 Legit rationale analysis on why things become a fad, a trend, or a flop. #surfskate #IGReels #bananabread The success of a social epidemic is dependent on three types of people: the connectors (people who know a lot of other people), the mavens (people who can't shut up and wants to share all new known facts), and the salesmen (charismatic KOLs) Best to: know that the above is basically the summary of the book; yet, 💯 legit Best for: Malcolm Gladwell'

BATB score: 10/10! ⭐️🌟⭐️ Amazing. Bravo. Worth every chapter. Clear actionable. Reflective. Concise. #MarshallGoldsmith you genius! Best as: a wake-up call for all senior managers and/or C-level-to-be that “It’s not about you. It’s about what other people think of you” - you are now a public figure and showing such self-improvement desires is positively accepted Best for: 'bad boss attitude' may have gotten you here; but 'good boss leadership' will get you there Best as: dar

BATB score: 9.5/10 🙌 James Clear, this book of yours is 💯 very clear! Best to: understand why just saying that you want to lose weight or you want to be healthy does not usually stick; this clear and concise book gives you the 1-2-3 step on how to build habits and be a better person 101 for dummies Best for: anyone who gets this: 1% worse every day for one year: 0.99^365 = 00.03 1% better every day for one year: 1.01^365 = 37.78 Best as: “Professionals stick to the schedule

BATB score: 7.8/10 ⭕️ A very simple concept to grasp on constant re-thinking / re-learning on one's strapped ideas. Easy read with comical illustrations. Yet, merely okay but not wow due to long wordy anecdotal explanations blah blah blah. Best to: to have joy in being wrong as such we are one step closer to being right Best for: anyone who can see him/herself saying "I go into so many meetings where there are things I don't know." likeas Melinda Gates appreciating learning n

BATB score: 10/10 🤍 for heaven and everyone up there Best to: beautifully written, very easy to grasp on the concepts of death, love, life, sacrifices, memories, and meaning Best for: maybe the best self-help book out there! powerfully narrated via a short novel; more moving than any 1-2-3 step self-growth book Now, I am reminiscing about all the faces and friendships; and now this extrovert-turned-introvert me who is living in midlife solitude just want to cry an ugly cry B

BATB score: 8/10 🥰 I feel unlocked, uncaged, and untamed! I am a CHEETAH! 🐯🐲🐾 Best as: all the societal judgement and ladylike expectations limits us to be true to ourselves; in no other life (because we only have one life), let you be you. Best for: who run the world? cheetahs! 🙋‍♀️ Best to: a powerful self improvement book via Glennon's stories; there must be something that you can relate to: christianity, LGBTQI+, divorced, bulimia, alcoholism, adam&eve, children, eve

BATB score: 8.8/10 🤍 Psychiatrist on childhood trauma "Dr. Bruce D. Perry" meets billionaire most influential person "Oprah Winfrey" in a critical book discussing the messed up things adults do to children, the childhood trauma faced, how it affects a child, and how to heal a broken one. Best to: stop being so judgmental and asking "what's wrong with you?" but rather compassionately ask "what happened to you?" as something must have had happened that wasn't right Best for: s

BATB score: 5/10 🎯 This book is about taking a step back and understanding your true meaning of life, whether you have committed to such ambitions or have delayed such gratification. Claiming that friends and family are important to you yet will cancel on them for ad hoc work 💯%. Best to: the first half of the book was legit strong 💪 while the second half was a tad bit watery and wonky; yet definitely good stuff in its entirety, easily digestible and an easy read Best for:

BATB score: 7/10 ⚡️ Did I do my best to be happy? Did I do my best to find meaning? A book about owning your life as a protagonist for being a better version of yourself everyday. Best to: read Marshall Goldsmith's "What Got You Here Won't Get You There" 🌟 first and foremost; then if you are still keen, have a take on this book Best for: guilt-ridden victim of "satisficing" - our tendency to commodify everyday choices because chasing that last bit of improvement is not worth

BATB score: 9/10 💙 Best to: a twist to you only live once #yolo, live today like it's your last, the art of not giving a f*ck, and other time is finite mantras Best for: over-achievers, move fast rushers, high productivity zombies to take a chill pill 💊 Best as: we only have four thousand weeks; i am on my 1616/4000 week; with that said, am I living my current week the way I utmost want to? Best quote: “even the winners in our achievement-obsessed culture - the ones who mak

BATB score: 8/10 🌺 Best to: it's about the horrendous atrocities of the holocaust from a young prisoner of war's point of view; how this young lady had hope through the death marches and how once liberated now grandma continues to be her jailor and haven't truly been free from what happened #PTSD Best for: memoirs of the holocaust survivors; consider this book only if you have read "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl and/or "The Diary of Anne Frank" Best as: "Only I

BATB score: 7.7/10 💛 Jeffrey Pfeffer is a one of a kind author who writes about unpopular truths of office politics and leadership blah blah. Best to: you know how other leadership books discuss about godlike outlier kings and queens of perfect leadership? well, that feels good, uplifting narrative is depressing; this book is taking on a stance on the distrustful, disengaged, dissatisfied, despairing flip side Best for: actors in leadership positions as acting is essential t

BATB score: 6/10 💩 okay but not wow Best to: if you haven't read Matt Haig's "Reasons to Stay Alive" and "The Midnight Library", please do that first and foremost; it's kind of obvious that this book wasn't made with as much thought process and care Best for: wouldn't you think my Matt Haig's collection complete? this book could also be a modern day bible on the teachings of how to be happier with what you got Best as: a poop 💩 book, a comfort book you take to the loo, read

BATB score: 6/10 🙏 an intensive spiritual book on the art of being in the now - preach Eckhart Tolle preach! amen good night 🌝 Best to: realize deeply that the present moment is all you have; but how? okay. close your eyes and say to yourself "I wonder what my next thought is going to be" .... and in that wait you are free of thought and in the now ta da! Best for: your ego is stuck in the past of who you were and in the future of you might be - key is, you will be happier

BATB score: 8.5/10 💙 a brilliant biography about the making of someone and the meaning of life Best to: the fact that James R. Doty, MD is a bad academic student with an unaccommodating family upbringing, an exceptionally neurosurgeon, a 75M USD business investor, a CCARE philanthropist, and an author of his own enlightenment makes him relatable 360 Best for: anyone who is asking 'what's the meaning of life'? 🙋‍♀️🙋 Best as: this book is "The Secret" Rhonda Byrne mixed with

BATB score: 10/10 🏆 the most important money book in mankind about having 'enough' and so anything more is mere incremental but I am already comfortable Best to: clarity in 'JOMO' joy of missing out when your friends post on social media about their high gains on crypto and/or stock investment as it's probably because of pure luck that can not be repeated Best for: all of us; questioner of 'meaning of life' and one's relationship with money Best as: the best investment strat

BATB score: 5/10 💤 Best to: you know that one annoying old uncle that all of us have? this book is like that old uncle trying to share some life lessons with you, he started out strong with good intentions definitely, yet he went on and on repeating himself so at the end it was wishy washy and you just want him to stop Best for: wisdom and road-to-happiness 101 Best as: don't bother - allow me to summarise this book for you in four points below *The Four Agreements* 1. Be Im