Yukie Koda

Random books from my shelf

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  Soundview Executive Book Summaries says

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  Posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

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  Eduardo G says

  Anything I can do to help you, please let me know. Best of luck and lets keep in touch.

  Posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

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  Tass Skoudros says

  Hi Yukie, thought I may add that apart from Audible I also own a Kindle so books are never far from me. Though my bookshelf is not growing as much.
  
  Plus I get ideas for books on Ted. Like you.

  Posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

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  Tass Skoudros says

  Hi Yukie, I am only just discovering Shelfari but I absolutely love it, not because I use it everyday but because I know if I ever wanted to engage on a topic this is where I do it. To answer your question I find books based on what looks interesting and what I am in a mood to read. However each choice is very personal, I think about it for sometime before i make my mind. Most of the time I rationalize the process by keeping within topic or theme.
  
  In the past this process was based on time spent on Amazon and from inside the books I am reading. Drive by Dan Pink and a whole new mind has a big reading list. I follow on like this. With Shelfari if I find something that I might be in the mood to read later i tag it as planning to read (I have 7 so far but don't feel like reading any of those yet).
  
  I am founding a cloud computing company so business and economics are big topics for me. However I prefer high level reading material where the author tells the story not the facts. I am also going to be reading autobiographies next. So will look at your list to see which ones you read. I am very interested in some of the great leaders in history but also in humanity and being a better person. I never thought I would enjoy philosophy so much until I picked up breakfast with Socrates. I am finding philosophy is cropping up as a topic I should read more on and at each point I also ask how easy the book is to read. I am not into books which give headaches. It has to be pleasant. Audible doesn't always have the biggest catalog so sometimes I get it from there or Amazon.
  
  Thats it, no other secrets. I want to be a better writer so my next few books coming up focus on this.
  
  Tell me about how you pick books, whats your secret?
  
  Cheers

  Posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

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  James Mowery says

  It was put on pause temporarily as I read Seth Godin's Tribes last night while I was at Barnes & Noble. Going to read some more of it tonight though.
  
  I have soooooo many books left to read. Argh. :P

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  James Mowery says

  I definitely have to recommend "Freakonomics." I haven't even gotten to the first chapter (only read the introduction and such) and I am already heavily intrigued with the information. Might be worth checking out.
  
  Oh, and Yukie, I must say that I admire your dedication to read a book a day. I wish I could do it!
  
  I'm curious, are you still listening to most of these books you read on Audible? It seems like it would take all day long to finish most books. I typically only listened to about an hour a day.

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  Rianna C says

  Hi Yukie - Rianna from TIC - thanks for introducing this to us.

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  Arvin D says

  Thanks for adding me! Looking forward to any and all book recommenations!

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  Jackie C says

  Thanks, Yukie : )

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  Jackie C says

  Hi Yukie,
  
  Thanks for the friend invite! Which Godin book to you recommend I read next?
  
  ~Jackie

  Posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

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  Viet H says

  Hiya
  
  I've only invested time in reading for pleasure just recently (most of my reading the past five years have been college textbooks, research papers, and journal articles). So I'm excited to see your shelf having a lot of interesting books. Looks like I have my reading made out for me :)
  
  Thanks for the friend's request.

  Posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

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  Scott Spiewak says

  Yukie, nice to connect. I will have to check out some of the books you have read. Look forward to discussing some books. I love business books.

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  James Mowery says

  Hey there,
  
  Feel free to borrow my books. =)
  
  You have some books on your shelf that I think I'll be interested in as well. So, it is all good!

  Posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

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  Ricardo Cordeiro says

  Ditto for Kees. Thanks for the add. Your shelf has some interesting books that I got to pick up. I saw the online video for the Last Lecture and just loved it.

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  Kees Romkes says

  great to meet equal minded people :) like your shelf, thoroughly filled with interesting books and might pick some up myself !

  Posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )