The best books of 2023

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My favorite read in 2023…

Book cover of Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Andreas Schneider Why did I love this book?

This is a great book to get your priorities in life clear and proactively plan your life to get the most out of it. Considering that our activities in life are highly dependent on resources such as time, money, and health, this book is a great tool to live your life without regrets. The earlier in life you read it, the better!

By Bill Perkins,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Die With Zero as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Imagine if by the time you died, you did everything you were told to. You worked hard, saved your money, and looked forward to financial freedom when you retired.

The only thing you wasted along the way was... your life.

Die with Zero presents a startling new and provocative philosophy as well as practical guide on how to get the most out of your money - and out of your life. It's intended for those who place lifelong memorable experiences far ahead of simply making and accumulating money for one's so-called Golden Years.

In short, Bill Perkins wants to rescue…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2023…

Book cover of Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

Andreas Schneider Why did I love this book?

This is an amazing guide of how to build and grow your personal and professional network.

By giving hands-on tools to approach establishing relationships, Keith Ferrazzi eliminates the mystery of networking and gives actionable advice on how to become a world-class networker. Especially for people building their own business, this is invaluable information.

By Keith Ferrazzi,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Never Eat Alone as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The bestselling business classic on the power of relationships, updated with in-depth  advice for making connections in the digital world.
 
Do you want to get ahead in life? Climb the ladder to personal success?
 
The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered in early life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships—so that everyone wins.

In Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps—and inner mindset—he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates…


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My 3rd favorite read in 2023…

Book cover of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Andreas Schneider Why did I love this book?

Similar to the stoic Seneca, this book reminds us of the shortness of life. On average, we only live for 4000 weeks or 28000 days. Burkeman makes us aware that any decision we make closes off the possibility of countless other choices.

It is not about getting more things done in less time but about choosing the right things to do. At the very end of the book, he provides a list of 10 tools to deal with limited time that I found extremely helpful.

By Oliver Burkeman,

Why should I read it?

12 authors picked Four Thousand Weeks as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." ―Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal

The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.

Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of…


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Enlightened Mobility: How we can surpass symbolic climate action & make transport carbon-free

By Andreas Schneider,

Book cover of Enlightened Mobility: How we can surpass symbolic climate action & make transport carbon-free

What is my book about?

The man-made greenhouse effect has been validated by science. Transportation with its high carbon intensity is a major driver of the greenhouse effect. It makes up for one quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions. These emissions come burning fossil fuel for cars, trucks, ships, trains, and planes and they significantly contribute to global warming. This climate change will not only result in rising sea levels that will put coastal cities at risk but will also have severe ecological, physical, and health impacts.

The public discussion on how to fight climate change mostly evolves around symbolic actions whose effect is rather doubtful. Will prohibiting domestic flights in France significantly reduce carbon emissions? How about introducing restrictive speed limits on roads? Should we keep flying at all?