Sharing my learnings from the book, The Broken Ladder by Keith Payne The Broken Ladder by Keith Payne The levels of inequality in the world today are on a scale that have not been seen in our lifetimes, yet the disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. In The Broken…
Stop Reading the News
Sharing my learnings from the book, Stop Reading the News by Rolf Dobelli Stop Reading the News by Rolf Dobelli Stop Reading the News is Dobelli’s manifesto about the dangers of the most toxic form of information – news. He shows the damage it does to our concentration and well-being, and how a misplaced sense of duty…
The Psychology of Money
Sharing my learnings from the book, The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics….
Man and His Symbols
Sharing my learnings from the book, Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung’s own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed that his work was understood by a wide public, rather than just by psychiatrists, and therefore he agreed to write…
Hidden Figures
Sharing my learnings from the book, Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly HIDDEN FIGURES: THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BLACK WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS WHO HELPED WIN THE SPACE RACE recovers the history of these pioneering women and situates it in the intersection of the defining movements of the…
The Art of Gathering
Sharing my learnings from the book, The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive–which they don’t have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should…
The Wise Company
Sharing my learnings from the book, The Wise Company by Ikujiro Nonaka & Hirotaka Takeuchi The Wise Company by Ikujiro Nonaka & Hirotaka Takeuchi High-velocity change is the fundamental challenge facing companies today. Few companies, however, are prepared to continuously innovate—because they focus on the short-term and do not emphasize the wisdom needed to make sure…
Doing Good Better
Sharing my learnings from the book, Doing Good Better by William MacAskill Doing Good Better by William MacAskill While a researcher at Oxford, William MacAskill decided to devote his study to a simple question: How can we do good better? MacAskill realized that, while most of us want to make a difference, we often decide how…
In Praise of Slowness
Sharing my learnings from the book, In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore The foundation text and handbook of the Slow Movement. Dissects our compulsion to hurry and chronicles a global trend toward putting on the brakes. Slow movement is a new movement transforming society, saying an empathetic NO…
Antimatter
Sharing my learnings from the book, Antimatter by Frank Close Antimatter by Frank Close Antimatter explores a strange mirror world, where particles have identical yet opposite properties to those that make up the familiar matter we encounter everyday; where left becomes right, positive becomes negative; and where, should matter and antimatter meet, the two annihilate in…
