{"id":1456,"date":"2014-12-07T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T23:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2014-12-07T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T23:14:10","slug":"book-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/12\/07\/book-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Book update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished Start with Why<\/em> by Simon Sinek. <\/p>\n

The book is 100 pages too long. The TED talk does it better. If you could combine the TED talks with the stories, that would be a great book<\/p>\n

I gave it 3 stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just finished Start with Why by Simon Sinek. The book is 100 pages too long. The TED talk does it better. If you could combine the TED talks with the stories, that would be a great book I gave it 3 stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-nu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":608,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2013\/01\/16\/introducing-amelias-piano\/","url_meta":{"origin":1456,"position":0},"title":"Introducing Amelia's Piano","date":"January 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"For her 2nd birthday, I'm going to build Amelia a digital piano. 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