Archive - Rohan's Commonplace Newsletter

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Sep 26, 2024 •

March 2021

Issue #19: Getting Things Done, The Litany Against Fear, and A Cook's Tour

The Getting Things Done System, The Litany Against Fear, Jay-Z's start, Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour, and St. Augustine

Mar 19, 2021 •

February 2021

Issue #18: On Journalling, Man's Search for Meaning, and Anthony Bourdain

Journalling, Man's Search for Meaning, The Fisherman and the Investment Banker, Anthony Bourdain, and Tim Ferriss

Feb 26, 2021 •

Issue #17: On Marginalia, Bitcoin Going Mainstream, and Limitless

Marginalia, Bitcoin Going Mainstream, The 7-11-4 Strategy, Limitless, and Wendell Phillips

Feb 19, 2021 •

Issue #16: A 5/7 is Good Enough, Why Americans Eat Dessert for Breakfast, and The Newsroom

A 5/7 is Good Enough, 10,000-Hour Rule, Dessert for Breakfast, The Newsroom, and T.S. Eliot

Feb 12, 2021 •

Issue #15: On Shooting Your Shot, Sports and Money, and The Apotheosis of Washington

On Shooting Your Shot, The Strength of Weak Ties, Joe Pompliano on the Business and Money behind Sports, The Apotheosis of Washington, and James Baldwin

Feb 6, 2021 •

January 2021

Issue #14: On Self-Sabotaging Perfectionism, GameStop Market Manipulation, and A Gentleman in Moscow

Perfectionism, GameStop Market Manipulation, A Gentleman in Moscow, Yosuto, and Ryan Holiday

Jan 29, 2021 •

Issue #13: Parallels Between Biden and JFK, Useful Laws and Razors, and a HistoMap

Revisiting Waking Up Early, A HistoMap, Some Useful Razors and Laws, Parallels Between Biden and JFK, and Amanda Gorman

Jan 22, 2021 •

Issue #12: Turning Dead Time into Alive Time, Waking Up Early, and the Genius of Dan Brown

Dead Time vs Alive Time, Waking Up Early, The Circle of Competence, The Genius of Dan Brown, and Mark Twain

Jan 15, 2021 •

Issue #11: 12 Habits for Life, The Soaring Twenties, and Good Movies

Announcing my 12 Habits for Life Experiment, The Soaring Twenties by Thomas J Bevan, How to Improve Your Content Diet, A Good Movie Aggregator, and…

Jan 8, 2021 •

Issue #10: Stoicism and Amor Fati, The Best Books of the Year, and The Biggest Lessons From History

Stoicism and Amor Fati, Book Recommendations from Me and Ryan Holiday, The Biggest Lessons from History, and Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jan 1, 2021 •

December 2020

Issue #9: New Year's Systems, The Beatles: Get Back, and Shonda Rhimes

New Year's Systems, The Annual Review, Visualize Value Chrome Extension, The Beatles: Get Back, and Shonda Rhimes

Dec 25, 2020 •

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