https://chrisurf.com/blog Personal blog of Chris Oguntolu — GenAI practitioner and Cloud Platform Engineer. Notes, book reviews and a novel on AI, cloud platforms, software engineering and consulting, plus free network tools like the visual IP subnet & CIDR calculator. en-us chris@chrisurf.com (Chris Oguntolu) chris@chrisurf.com (Chris Oguntolu) Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chrisurf.com/blog/books/limitless https://chrisurf.com/blog/books/limitless Brain coach Jim Kwik makes a practical case that learning, memory and focus are themselves trainable skills — not fixed traits — and lays out a methodology built around mindset, motivation and method for upgrading the way you take in and use information. Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT chris@chrisurf.com (Chris Oguntolu) booklearningmemoryproductivityneuroscienceself-improvementmindset https://chrisurf.com/blog/books/atomic-habits https://chrisurf.com/blog/books/atomic-habits James Clear lays out a deceptively simple system for building good habits and dismantling bad ones — built around identity, environment design and 1% daily improvements — and turns what could have been a soft self-help book into something that reads more like engineering for human behaviour. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT chris@chrisurf.com (Chris Oguntolu) bookhabitsself-improvementpsychologyproductivitybehavior-changesystems-thinking https://chrisurf.com/blog/books/unleash-the-power-within https://chrisurf.com/blog/books/unleash-the-power-within Tony Robbins distils his Unleash the Power Within methodology into a practical guide on belief change, emotional mastery and the small daily actions that compound into transformation — a book about taking decisive control of focus, language and physiology when everything in modern life is engineered to pull you out of them. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT chris@chrisurf.com (Chris Oguntolu) bookself-improvementmindsetpsychologypeak-performancetony-robbinsmotivation https://chrisurf.com/blog/books/talk-to-me https://chrisurf.com/blog/books/talk-to-me Veteran journalist Dean Nelson distills decades of experience into a practical guide on the art of asking better questions, listening deeply, and turning ordinary conversations into meaningful exchanges that reveal what really matters. Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT chris@chrisurf.com (Chris Oguntolu) bookcommunicationinterviewingjournalismpsychologyleadershipself-improvement