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AMERICAN KINGPIN Book summary

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AMERICAN KINGPIN  The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road   By Nick Bilton  When Ross Ulbricht created the Silk Road, a clandestine online drug bazaar hidden on the deep web, he was a 26-year-old libertarian idealist living in Austin, Tex., talking his girlfriend’s ear off about Austrian economics and seasteading experiments — the idea of creating communities in the middle of the sea, free from government regulations. For all his lofty ambitions, he felt like a failure. He had flunked his Ph.D. exam and was unable to find a buyer for his seasteading gaming simulation. But with the Silk Road he was able to marry his business ambitions and anti-authoritarian philosophy; he envisioned it as a powerful way to defy what he perceived to be the state’s irrational drug policies. Using an anonymizing browser like Tor and the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, people could discreetly buy and sell drugs. Ulbricht taught himself to code and he began by selling mushrooms t...
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Start with why summary

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Eat that frog

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“Eat That Frog” Brian Tracy Summary Eat That Frog  by Brian Tracy is easily one of the most famous books on productivity and out there. It’s a super short read outlining  21 great ways to stop procrastinating and get more done in less time . If you’re not familiar with Brian Tracy, you’re in for a treat. He’s one of the world’s best-known personal development teachers. He has written over 70 books and, according to his website, has   consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 70 other countries worldwide. This is a great little old-school productivity book that is easy to read and provides some highly actionable strategies and a nice kick in the pants for anyone who needs it. Who Is  Eat That Frog  For? Anyone interested in becoming more productive Anyone struggling with procrastination Anyone who needs some motivation and a kick in the pants 1. Eat That Frog! ― ...
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