{"id":359,"date":"2015-09-21T15:19:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlapshin.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"2015-09-21T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T15:40:58","slug":"a-book-that-influenced-me-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlapshin.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/21\/a-book-that-influenced-me-most\/","title":{"rendered":"A book that influenced me most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys!<\/p>\n<p>I have always loved reading, but did not read as much as I want. Fortunately, when I bought an e-ink reader and started getting to work by the metro, I got at least one hour of reading every day! It looks not so much, but\u00a0for the last three years I read more books than for the previous decade.<\/p>\n<p>I like books of different genres.\u00a0For example, my previous passion was for\u00a0dystopian novels\u00a0like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fahrenheit_451\" target=\"_blank\">Fahrenheit 451<\/a>\u00a0by Ray Bradbury or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nineteen_Eighty-Four\" target=\"_blank\">Nineteen Eighty-Four<\/a>\u00a0by George Orwell. Before it I was interested in books about our universe like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fabric_of_the_Cosmos\" target=\"_blank\">The Fabric of the Cosmos<\/a>\u00a0 by Brian Greene,\u00a0some psychology books\u00a0like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Willpower-Instinct-Self-Control-Matters\/dp\/1583335080\" target=\"_blank\">The Willpower Instinct<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Kelly McGonigal, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Today I would like to share with you\u00a0a book that influenced me most and I think changed my life in some way. This is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Soft-Skills-software-developers-manual\/dp\/1617292397\" target=\"_blank\">Soft Skills: The software developer&#8217;s life manual<\/a>\u00a0by John Sonmez. It is a bit strange book for software developers that tells nothing about software. However, it\u00a0gives a lot of\u00a0priceless advice how to become\u00a0a great developer, successful investor, and even a body-builder. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The author describes his way from a nerd to a rockstar-like developer, a successful real estate investor and a\u00a0body-builder. It is not an one-moment change, but a constant work on improving yourself in different areas. John shares his knowledge in a form of simple advice and to-do actions. The\u00a0author\u00a0style is clean and\u00a0easy to read and understand.<\/p>\n<p>There are the following topics in the book:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Career, marketing yourself<\/li>\n<li>Learning<\/li>\n<li>Productivity<\/li>\n<li>Finances<\/li>\n<li>Fitness<\/li>\n<li>Spirit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For me I found the most useful topics related to career that includes marketing yourself and productivity as the\u00a0essential parts. If you are like me, then you probably experienced troubles in your career when it is not clear what to do to get a promotion. John gives a clear answer. Probably the answer is familiar to you (as it was for me), but he also gives concrete steps how to reach all the goals and why it is important.<\/p>\n<p>To be successful you need to have goals in your life and be able to\u00a0prioritize them. Then you should learn how to learn effectively. To reach the goals you should be\u00a0productive and do not waste your time. A crucial part of success is\u00a0marketing yourself. Without marketing, most likely, you won&#8217;t reach much. Without deliberate financial approach you won&#8217;t be able to become financially independent. You will be much happier if you are healthy, so you should stay in fit. And, of course, your\u00a0spirit is the crucial part.\u00a0Where one sees flaws, the other sees possibilities. Look for a way to give your friends, colleagues, other people as much value as possible and it will return to you multiplied.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to apply in life some advice from the book and it works greatly! I hope it will also work for you.<\/p>\n<p>Bye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys! I have always loved reading, but did not read as much as I want. 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