Into The Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty. MD

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 "The Moment of Lift" Melinda Gates mixed with "Man's Search for Meaning" Viktor Frankl and a little sprinkle of "This is Going to Hurt" Adam Kay; a beautiful arranged ratatouille 🍅🥕🥒🍆

*random thought* Netflix should consider making a movie adaptation of this book

Best quotes: "Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you anything. Because that means you're important."

"oftentimes those who hurt people are those who hurt the most"

"Every single person, at one time in life or another, needs a chance to do something no one else believes is possible."

“what you think you want isn’t always what is best for you.”

"the ultimate insight that the only way to truly change and transform your life for the better is by transforming and changing the lives of others" #bookstagram #intothemagicshop