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  Manuel wrote on May 18, 2021 @ 20:22 Permalink
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  Completed reading Drive. Good book, in my opinion. The book provide some ideas in how I may change my life and find the path that I seek.

   
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  Manuel wrote on April 27, 2021 @ 21:53 Permalink
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  Drive 

  

  Driven
  Chapter	Description	Page Number	Start Date	Date Completed
  Part I – Drive
  1	this is my story	3	04/27/2021	04/27/2021
  2	success at last	19	04/28/2021	04/28/2021
  3	detours along the journey: from devastated to elated	31	05/01/2021	05/01/2021
  Part II – Fine Tune
  4	what keeps me going	45	05/02/2021	05/02/2021
  5	dream big	59	05/02/2021	05/02/2021
  6	power up: learning and knowledge	69	05/02/2021	05/02/2021
  7	balancing your life	85	05/12/2021	05/12/2021
  Part III – Under the Hood
  8	inventing and reinventing yourself	99	05/12/2021	05/12/2021
  9	preserving wealth	111	05/12/2021	05/12/2021
  10	building your brand and building your team	125	05/16/2021	05/16/2021
  11	giving back	137	05/18/2021	05/18/2021
  epilogue	final thoughts for the journey	141	05/18/2021	05/18/2021
  appendix	bonus read: a look at manny’s playbook	143	05/18/2021	05/18/2021
  about the author		147	05/18/2021	05/18/2021
  index		149	05/18/2021	05/18/2021

  Goal:
  Start Date: April 27, 2021
  Date to Complete: May 08, 2021
  Date Completed : MAY 18, 2021
   
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  Manuel wrote on March 8, 2021 @ 15:50 Permalink
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  Computer Science Distilled Learn the Art of Solving Computational Problems
  Chapter	Description	Page Number	Start Date	Date Completed
  Preface			03/08/2021	03/08/2021
  1	Basics	1
  2	Complexity	25
  3	Strategy	35
  4	Data	65
  5	Algorithms	85
  6	Databases	85
  7	Computers	123
  8	Programming	147
  Conclusion		163
  Appendix		165

  Goal:
  Start Date: March 08, 2021
  Date to Complete: March 16, 2021
  Date Completed:

   
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  Manuel wrote on February 20, 2021 @ 21:55 Permalink
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  Distracted 

  

  Part One – Theories of distraction – Theories of Distraction
  Chapter	Page Number	Date Completed
  Introduction – From Distraction to Attention	1	12/22/2020 @ 1:20
  1. A brief history of distraction	25	12/23/2020 @ 19:20
  2. Distracted in the classroom	41	12/23/2020 @ 21:26
  3. The tech ban debate	60	12/27/2020 @ 12:35
  Part Two – Practices of Attention
  4. Communities of attention	95	12/28/2020 @ 10:25
  5. Curious attention	124
  6. Structured attention activities	145
  7. Signature attention activities	174
  8. Assessed attention	196
  9. Mindful attention	218
  Conclusion – The Classroom as Attention Retreat	239

  Goal:
  Date to Start: December 21, 2020
  Date to Complete: December 30, 2020
  Chapter a day.

   
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  Manuel wrote on February 20, 2021 @ 18:28 Permalink
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  What are the odds? 

  

  What are the Odds?
  BOOK 1 COCAINE Minnesota, USA 1990 – 1999
  Chapter	Description	Page Number	Start Date	Date Completed
  FOREWORD	By DR. BEN CARSON		02/20/2021
  PROLOGUE		1	02/20/2021
  1	Schitty’s	11	02/20/2021
  2	Crazy Things	14
  3	Lots and Lots of Cocaine	18
  4	Peppermint Schanpps	22
  5	Cigarette Smoke and Aqua Net	28
  6	Dream Girls	38
  7	Turning Myself to Face Me	44
  8	There’s Still a Chance	48
  9	The Kids are Alright	54
  10	Toad’s Road	61
  11	Coke Times Ten	64
  BOOK 2 CRACK Minnesota… and Casinos Everywhere 2002 – 2007
  12	83 Warning	759
  13	Casino Bound	92
  14	Tunica	99
  15	It’s a Small World	105
  16	Those Were the Days	112
  17	Good and Evil	118
  18	Leaving Las Vegas	125
  19	The Dream	133
  20	Learning Curve	138
  21	The New Drug	145
  22	Saving Uncle Butch	150
  23	“You Can’t Stop Me”	158
  24	Millionaires and Billionaires	164
  25	The Feds	1027
  26	Psyching Out the Suits	176
  27	Countdown	181
  28	Lights Out	183
  BOOK 3 Jesus
  29	Breakdown	203
  30	Walking Coma	209
  31	I’ll Wait You Out	216
  32	Death Spiral	219
  33	Hope Match	229
  34	Comeback	234
  35	Lilving Free	241
  36	Turnaround	247
  37	The Next Level	258
  38	The Last Wager	268
  39	Never Look Back	274
  40	Awakening	278
  41	Branching Out	281
  42	Confirmations	288
  43	Standing Up	293
  44	Full Surrender	299
  Epilogue		321

  Goal:
  Start Date: February 20, 2021
  Date to Complete: March 20, 2021
  Date Completed:

   
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  Manuel wrote on February 17, 2021 @ 13:56 Permalink
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  Web Design Start Here
  Chapter	Description	Page Number	Start Date	Date Completed
  Part 1
  1	Getting Started with Web Design	1	02/17/2021
  2	Building a Website	32
  3	A Quick Introduction to CSS	46
  4	CSS in Action	60
  5	Digging Deeper into Web Design	84
  6	An Introduction to JavaScript	104
  7	Essential Background Knowledge	118
  8	CSS Layout	138
  Part 2
  9	Build and Styling HTML Tables	156
  10	Forms, CSS and Images	168
  11	HTML and CSS3	184
  12	Introduction to jQuery and Bootstrap	210

  Goal:
  Start Date: February 17, 2021
  Date to Complete: February 24, 2021
  Date Completed: