Why deleting my facebook was one of the best things I’ve ever done
I never realized how much time I spent staring into the deep abyss that we call Facebook. I literally always had it open in one tab of Chrome, I had the app on my iPhone, and I got notifications, texts, and emails all day long. It controlled my life, and there’s no moderating it! Sure, you can tone down the number of emails you get, but as soon as someone posts to your wall, messages you, etc. you have to log in to see. Then you spend an hour stalking old flings, looking at childhood photos, playing games, and writing rather inane and cryptic messages on your friend’s walls. Following my brother in law, I went cold turkey and deleted that bad boy. I never looked back since.
With all of my new found free time, I’ve accomplished a lot of cool things. I’m opening a new business on the West Coast, I had time to work on ChuckFish.com, and I got to spend a lot of my spare time learning new things. I read through a few books. Here was my last reading list:
Social Engineering
A brilliant read on the inner-workings of the human mind and how people behave within society. It dives deep into the black arts of manipulation and related concepts. It’s tough to describe, but I recommend it if you’re interested in people/psychology.
Alpha Dogs
A great book on how small business owners stayed small, yet grew to become market leaders. Features a bicycle shop that does several million to an ice cream shop that lets managers essentially do whatever they want! It’s a neat read following neat businesses.
I read a few other books that weren’t as noteworthy, but at the time of this writing I’m about to open DNA, The secret of life by the one and only James D. Watson.