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+kindle-sync:
+  bookId: '51917'
+  title: A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis
+  author: Sigmund Freud and G. Stanley Hall
+  asin: B006IZ8VJI
+  lastAnnotatedDate: '2020-08-06'
+  bookImageUrl: 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Rilz9Fz0L._SY160.jpg'
+  highlightsCount: 2
+---
+# A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis
+
+## Metadata
+
+| Syntax | Description |
+| ---------- | ---------- |
+| **Title** | [A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006IZ8VJI) |
+| **Author** | [Sigmund Freud and G. Stanley Hall](https://www.amazon.comundefined) |
+| **Book on Kindle** | <a href="kindle://book?action=open&asin=B006IZ8VJI" target="_blank">Open in Kindle</a> |
+| **Tags** | #Kindle #books |
+
+---
+
+## Highlight
+
+Consciousness actually means for us the distinguishing characteristic of the psychic life, and psychology is the science of the content of consciousness. ^ref-61168
+- Location: [224](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B006IZ8VJI&location=224)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+SECOND ^ref-52350
+- Location: [260](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B006IZ8VJI&location=260)
+
+---

docs/Ego Is the Enemy.md

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+kindle-sync:
+  bookId: '25307'
+  title: Ego Is the Enemy
+  author: Ryan Holiday
+  asin: B015NTIXWE
+  lastAnnotatedDate: '2021-08-31'
+  bookImageUrl: 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81QC6QYAtML._SY160.jpg'
+  highlightsCount: 23
+---
+# Ego Is the Enemy
+
+## Metadata
+
+| Syntax | Description |
+| ---------- | ---------- |
+| **Title** | [Ego Is the Enemy](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015NTIXWE) |
+| **Author** | [Ryan Holiday](https://www.amazon.comundefined) |
+| **Book on Kindle** | <a href="kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE" target="_blank">Open in Kindle</a> |
+| **Tags** | #Kindle #books |
+
+---
+
+## Highlight
+
+Perhaps you’ve always thought of yourself as a pretty balanced person. But for people with ambitions, talents, drives, and potential to fulfill, ego comes with the territory. ^ref-39020
+- Location: [204](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=204)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+The ego we see most commonly goes by a more casual definition: an unhealthy belief in our own importance. Arrogance. Self-centered ambition. ^ref-36733
+- Location: [210](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=210)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Humble in our aspirations Gracious in our success Resilient in our failures ^ref-18605
+- Location: [266](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=266)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+What is rare is not raw talent, skill, or even confidence, but humility, diligence, and self-awareness. ^ref-27963
+- Location: [401](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=401)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+And then Boyd concluded with words that would guide that young man and many of his peers for the rest of their lives. “To be or to do? Which way will you go?” ^ref-20260
+- Location: [522](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=522)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+What is your purpose? What are you here to do? Because purpose helps you answer the question “To be or to do?“ quite easily. ^ref-16031
+- Location: [545](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=545)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice, because it prevents us from getting any better. Studious self-assessment is the antidote. ^ref-43927
+- Location: [610](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=610)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+A true student is like a sponge. Absorbing what goes on around him, filtering it, latching on to what he can hold. A student is self-critical and self-motivated, always trying to improve his understanding so that he can move on to the next topic, the next challenge. A real student is also his own teacher and his own critic. There is no room for ego there. ^ref-33247
+- Location: [632](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=632)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Passion typically masks a weakness. Its breathlessness and impetuousness and franticness are poor substitutes for discipline, for mastery, for strength and purpose and perseverance. You need to be able to spot this in others and in yourself, because while the origins of passion may be earnest and good, its effects are comical and then monstrous. ^ref-30269
+- Location: [715](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=715)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+What humans require in our ascent is purpose and realism. Purpose, you could say, is like passion with boundaries. Realism is detachment and perspective. ^ref-36580
+- Location: [728](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=728)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Passion is form over function. Purpose is function, function, function. ^ref-4281
+- Location: [744](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=744)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Those who have subdued their ego understand that it doesn’t degrade you when others treat you poorly; it degrades them. ^ref-16632
+- Location: [899](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=899)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Pride blunts the very instrument we need to own in order to succeed: our mind. Our ability to learn, to adapt, to be flexible, to build relationships, all of this is dulled by pride. ^ref-1712
+- Location: [1022](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=1022)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+As a young basketball player, Bill Bradley would remind himself, “When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.” ^ref-3736
+- Location: [1123](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=1123)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. —BERTRAND RUSSELL ^ref-24532
+- Location: [1501](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=1501)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+A sense of belonging to something larger, of realizing that “human things are an infinitesimal point in the immensity.” It is in these moments that we’re not only free but drawn toward important questions: Who am I? What am I doing? What is my role in this world? ^ref-19760
+- Location: [1731](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=1731)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+There’s an old line about how if you want to live happy, live hidden. ^ref-42352
+- Location: [1851](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=1851)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Make use of what’s around you. Don’t let stubbornness make a bad situation worse. ^ref-15160
+- Location: [2099](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=2099)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Sometimes because we can’t face what’s been said or what’s been done, we do the unthinkable in response to the unbearable: we escalate. This is ego in its purest and most toxic form. ^ref-8170
+- Location: [2233](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=2233)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Ego says we’re the immovable object, the unstoppable force. This delusion causes the problems. It meets failure and adversity with rule breaking—betting everything on some crazy scheme; doubling down on behind-the-scenes machinations or unlikely Hail Marys—even though that’s what got you to this pain point in the first place. ^ref-18610
+- Location: [2324](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=2324)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Yet we find that what defines great leaders like Douglass is that instead of hating their enemies, they feel a sort of pity and empathy for them. ^ref-24283
+- Location: [2449](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=2449)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+It is no easy task to go head-to-head with one’s ego. To accept first that ego may be there. Then to subject it to scrutiny and criticism. Most of us can’t handle uncomfortable self-examination. It’s easier to do just about anything else—in fact, some of the world’s most unbelievable accomplishments are undoubtedly a result of a desire to avoid facing the darkness of ego. ^ref-46281
+- Location: [2521](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=2521)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+My friend the philosopher and martial artist Daniele Bolelli once gave me a helpful metaphor. He explained that training was like sweeping the floor. Just because we’ve done it once, doesn’t mean the floor is clean forever. Every day the dust comes back. Every day we must sweep. ^ref-23108
+- Location: [2525](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=2525)
+
+---

docs/Enlightenment Now.md

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+---
+kindle-sync:
+  bookId: '13902'
+  title: 'Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress'
+  author: Steven Pinker
+  asin: B073TJBYTB
+  lastAnnotatedDate: '2022-05-22'
+  bookImageUrl: 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81R6-a9GStL._SY160.jpg'
+  highlightsCount: 3
+---
+# Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
+
+## Metadata
+
+| Syntax | Description |
+| ---------- | ---------- |
+| **Title** | [Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073TJBYTB) |
+| **Author** | [Steven Pinker](https://www.amazon.comundefined) |
+| **Book on Kindle** | <a href="kindle://book?action=open&asin=B073TJBYTB" target="_blank">Open in Kindle</a> |
+| **Tags** | #Kindle #books |
+
+---
+
+## Highlight
+
+Cruel punishments, whether or not they are in some sense “deserved,” are no more effective at deterring harm than moderate but surer punishments, and they desensitize spectators and brutalize the society that implements them. ^ref-18628
+- Location: [457](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B073TJBYTB&location=457)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that in an isolated system (one that is not interacting with its environment), entropy never decreases. (The First Law is that energy is conserved; the Third, that a temperature of absolute zero is unreachable.) Closed systems inexorably become less structured, less organized, less able to accomplish interesting and useful outcomes, until they slide into an equilibrium of gray, tepid, homogeneous monotony and stay there. ^ref-36514
+- Location: [496](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B073TJBYTB&location=496)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+PROGRESS ^ref-39544
+- Location: [916](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B073TJBYTB&location=916)
+
+### Note
+Note to self: Left off here if I decide to pick up this book in the future. The writing style and words used make this book difficult to follow.
+
+---

docs/Face to Face.md

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+---
+kindle-sync:
+  bookId: '40655'
+  title: 'Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection'
+  author: Brian Grazer
+  asin: B074ZYTYP4
+  lastAnnotatedDate: '2020-08-04'
+  bookImageUrl: 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71zmugwZyJL._SY160.jpg'
+  highlightsCount: 7
+---
+# Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection
+
+## Metadata
+
+| Syntax | Description |
+| ---------- | ---------- |
+| **Title** | [Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZYTYP4) |
+| **Author** | [Brian Grazer](https://www.amazon.comundefined) |
+| **Book on Kindle** | <a href="kindle://book?action=open&asin=B074ZYTYP4" target="_blank">Open in Kindle</a> |
+| **Tags** | #Kindle #books |
+
+---
+
+## Highlight
+
+Meeting another person’s gaze can feel awkward, frightening, even embarrassing at times. Being “real” with another person isn’t always comfortable either—many times it’s not. But I have learned that if we want to form connections in our lives that actually mean something, we have to make ourselves vulnerable. ^ref-62462
+- Location: [378](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B074ZYTYP4&location=378)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Research suggests that the ideal length of time to hold a person’s gaze if you want to form an authentic connection is seven to ten seconds (three to five if you are in a group).10 Any longer than that can turn people off and start to feel creepy. ^ref-12459
+- Location: [388](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B074ZYTYP4&location=388)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+virtual interactions can only get you so far. Swiping left or right is transactional. You can’t find trust, authenticity, or intimacy using Google. And exchanging texts and emails doesn’t give you a chance to really connect spirit to spirit with someone. If what you want is a meaningful relationship that goes beyond the surface, at some point you have to get to know a person face to face. Only then can you read their eyes, body language, and vibe to get clues about their character, what they’re really thinking, and whether there is something special between you. ^ref-16516
+- Location: [469](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B074ZYTYP4&location=469)
+
+### Note
+Perfectly stated
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” —Carl Jung ^ref-64742
+- Location: [610](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B074ZYTYP4&location=610)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+Looking into someone’s eyes, I can get a better feel for their emotional state. I can tell when their eyes light up that they are excited about what I am asking or interested in what I am saying. I can tell when they start to shift their eyes away from mine that they are uncomfortable with where things are going or are losing interest. All of these cues help me navigate the conversation and connect. ^ref-33568
+- Location: [1250](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B074ZYTYP4&location=1250)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+“Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than to your comfort zone.” —Billy Cox ^ref-41895
+- Location: [1573](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B074ZYTYP4&location=1573)
+
+---
+## Highlight
+
+“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” —Marcus Aurelius ^ref-64725
+- Location: [1719](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B074ZYTYP4&location=1719)
+
+---

docs/Overrun.md

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+---
+kindle-sync:
+  bookId: '4801'
+  title: 'Overrun: Jungle Warfare in Vietnam (No Safe Spaces)'
+  author: Anthony H Johnson
+  asin: B07J48HDK9
+  lastAnnotatedDate: '2021-07-19'
+  bookImageUrl: 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81LNf27jDcL._SY160.jpg'
+  highlightsCount: 1
+---
+# Overrun: Jungle Warfare in Vietnam (No Safe Spaces)
+
+## Metadata
+
+| Syntax | Description |
+| ---------- | ---------- |
+| **Title** | [Overrun: Jungle Warfare in Vietnam (No Safe Spaces)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J48HDK9) |
+| **Author** | [Anthony H Johnson](https://www.amazon.comundefined) |
+| **Book on Kindle** | <a href="kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07J48HDK9" target="_blank">Open in Kindle</a> |
+| **Tags** | #Kindle #books |
+
+---
+
+## Highlight
+
+The reason for the seemingly super strength and ability to shrug off bullet impacts would become apparent later when we examined the bodies of the dead North Vietnamese soldiers. They were “sappers.” Our senior NCOs explained that sappers are basically suicide troops. They have tourniquets tied around their arms and legs to stop the bleeding before they suffer the inevitable wounds that will cause it. They are high on opium to kill the pain from the injuries they know they will receive. They are armed with a rifle and typically one 30-round magazine, in addition to grenades or satchel charges of explosives. Their mission is to breach their enemy's position and kill as many as possible, then make it back to their side to hand off their rifle and die. Apparently, they get some heavenly reward for that action. Jungle warfare at night is not precise. It is hectic, confusing and scary. It is challenging to take out a sapper before he completes his mission. It is necessary to do neurological damage to disable him physically, because he will not bleed to death and is not immobilized by pain. You have to shoot the sapper enough times to get a hit in his brain or spinal cord. If you break the spinal cord, everything below that break stops working….. immediately. ^ref-61645
+- Location: [105](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07J48HDK9&location=105)
+
+---