Day: 7 December 2025

This is a tiny book, with the main focus to fight procrastination = Resistance.

If you have a big project in your hands, having this book and reading it often, can help you.

Don’t think. Act. Be Stubborn

Don’t prepare. Begin. Do a research diet, just 3 book about the subject.

Three Act Structure: beginning, middle, end. Work backwards, start with the end.

What is this about? Answer in a tweet style.

Get the full working drafts ASAP.

Work, Work, Work. Then Act/reflect = refine your “What is this about?”

You will hit a wall. You will crash. Then you have to grow, we need to solve the problems.

And when you are getting to the end, you need killer instinct, you need to ship! Resistance is strongest at the finish. When we ship, we are exposed.

Fear of success is the essence of Resistance.

And start again, before you are ready. Celebrate, put start again.

I read this book, for the idea to improve my public speaking, something I have done just a few times but I thought it is a good reminder and even better trying to add humor to one presentation

The first point is to start with a story. By nature we are attracted to stories, and you need to tell it in present, like you are living it in the moment. And get the public feeling that they could be there.

Adding humor is hard bit for me, as well, depends on the time of humor you want to add, at the end of the day, I want to make good presentations, but it is clear if you add something funny, the audience will be more engaged with it and remember it!

For the jokes perspective, it is important to trim them to the max, remove the unnecessary. Three phases: Preparation, anticipation and punch line! And you need to write the jokes. This is very critical step. The most funny comedians work a lot in their set and jokes, it is all preparation, rehearsal and improvement of your lines

You need to be sure, you memorize your set, like using the memory palace method. And be familiar with the audience.

I should have taken more notes from the book, it is small and easy to read. So I should give it another go (when I have a presentation or job interview)