I’ve read books in English, French, and Arabic. Both fiction and non-fiction.
Mostly, I’ll post here non-fiction English books. At least, the ones that I can recommend and might be relevant to most of you.
Also, I’ll skip the books that I read but don’t remember much of them. I spent a decade reading without taking notes. Please don’t do like me. It’s such a waste.
This section is only meant to spark your interest in books. So I’ll only write my impressions and three notes from the books. For more details, summaries and reviews, you can find them on Amazon or any other source.
For a faster research, you can click on any tag below to find the books of your interests.
Indistractable
How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Nir Eyal
This book goes into the psychology of distractions and gives practical solutions to overcome them. Nowadays, being indistractable is a superpower. If you want to achieve your goals and get the most out of your time, this book can help have back your focus.
Three notes from the book:
1- Being indistractable means striving to do what you say you will do.
2- All motivation is a desire to escape discomfort. If a behavior was previously effective at providing relief, we're likely to continue using it as a tool to escape discomfort.
3- You can't call something a distraction unless you know what it's distracting you from.
The War of Art
Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Steven Pressfield
I love short books that go straight to the point. This book is one of them. It’s all about this invisible force that stands between us and our work. He calls it Resistance.
Three notes from the book:
1- Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands resistance.
2- The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome.
3- Procrastination is the most common manifestation of Resistance because it’s the easiest to rationalize.
The Productive Muslim
Where Faith Meets Productivity
Mohammed Faris
I’ve never heard of Muslims reconciling faith and productivity before this book. I was so excited that I sent a message to the author. Now you have in one book the science of productivity combined with the spiritual dimension of Islam.
Three notes from the book:
1- Productivity= Focus x Energy x Time (towards maximizing reward in the Hereafter)
2- Barakah is the foundation of your spiritual productivity. It may be hard to measure, but it is real.
3- You CANNOT manage time! Why? Because one cannot manage what they can’t control.
