Ganesh's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 04 Aug 2024 07:58:07 -0700 60 Ganesh's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[When We Cease to Understand the World]]> 53972214
Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger—these are some of luminaries into whose troubled lives Benjamín Labatut thrusts the reader, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, alienate friends and lovers, descend into isolation and insanity. Some of their discoveries reshape human life for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear.

At a breakneck pace and with a wealth of disturbing detail, Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of the scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.]]> 192 Benjamín Labatut 1782276122 Ganesh 4 4.11 2020 When We Cease to Understand the World
author: Benjamín Labatut
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/04
date added: 2024/08/04
shelves: science-and-technology, fiction, heavy-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Psychology of Money : Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel Deluxe Edition. Hard cover.]]> 58568782 256 Morgan Housel 9390166934 Ganesh 5 4.44 2020 The Psychology of Money : Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel Deluxe Edition. Hard cover.
author: Morgan Housel
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2023/10/26
date added: 2024/06/20
shelves: business, economics-and-finance, easy-to-read, psychology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth]]> 40275161 Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economy

The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent--but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of "fitting in" and "going along" spells doom in the knowledge economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule or intimidate. Not every idea is good, and yes there are stupid questions, and yes dissent can slow things down, but talking through these things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big deal, and where actual mistakes are owned and corrected, and where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing.

This book explores this culture of psychological safety, and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based explanations provide a clear path forward to constant learning and healthy innovation.

* Explore the link between psychological safety and high performance
* Create a culture where it's "safe" to express ideas, ask questions, and admit mistakes
* Nurture the level of engagement and candor required in today's knowledge economy
* Follow a step-by-step framework for establishing psychological safety in your team or organization

Shed the "yes-men" approach and step into real performance. Fertilize creativity, clarify goals, achieve accountability, redefine leadership, and much more. The Fearless Organization helps you bring about this most critical transformation.]]> 233 Amy C. Edmondson 1119477247 Ganesh 0 3.95 2018 The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
author: Amy C. Edmondson
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/11
shelves: currently-reading, business, leadership, psychology
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]]> How Do You Live? 54438984 Publishing in English for the very first time, Japan's beloved coming-of-age classic on what really matters in life.

The streets of Tokyo swarm below fifteen year-old Copper as he gazes out into the city of his childhood. Struck by the thought of the infinite people whose lives play out alongside his own, he begins to wonder, how do you live?

Considering life's biggest questions for the first time, Copper turns to his dear uncle for heart-warming wisdom. As the old man guides the boy on a journey of philosophical discovery, a timeless tale unfolds, offering a poignant reflection on what it means to be human.

The favourite childhood book of anime master Hayao Miyazaki, How Do You Live? is the basis a highly anticipated film from Studio Ghibli.]]> 280 Genzaburo Yoshino 1846046459 Ganesh 4 easy-to-read, fiction 3.95 1937 How Do You Live?
author: Genzaburo Yoshino
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1937
rating: 4
read at: 2024/06/11
date added: 2024/06/11
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)]]> 40591677
In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! , both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and showed them how to become known. Now he offers his most inspiring work yet, with ten simple rules for how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself—for life.

The creative life is not a linear journey to a finish line, it’s a loop—so find a daily routine, because today is the only day that matters. Disconnect from the world to connect with yourself—sometimes you just have to switch into airplane mode. Keep Going celebrates getting outdoors and taking a walk (as director Ingmar Bergman told his daughter, ”The demons hate fresh air�). Pay attention, and especially pay attention to what you pay attention to. Worry less about getting things done, and more about the worth of what you’re doing. Instead of focusing on making your mark, work to leave things better than you found them.

Keep Going and its timeless, practical, and ethical principles are for anyone trying to sustain a meaningful and productive life.
ձ> 224 Austin Kleon 1523506644 Ganesh 3 4.26 2019 Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
author: Austin Kleon
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/04/04
date added: 2024/04/07
shelves: career, creativity, culture-and-art
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]]> <![CDATA[Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative]]> 13099738 160 Austin Kleon 0761169253 Ganesh 3 3.95 2012 Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
author: Austin Kleon
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2024/04/06
date added: 2024/04/07
shelves: career, creativity, culture-and-art, easy-to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?]]> 11395597
Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most admired books of the past few decades, including her internationally bestselling first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents that is now often required reading in contemporary fiction.

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a memoir about a life's work to find happiness. It's a book full of stories: about a girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night; about a religious zealot disguised as a mother who has two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the dresser, waiting for Armageddon; about growing up in an north England industrial town now changed beyond recognition; about the Universe as Cosmic Dustbin.

It is the story of how a painful past that Jeanette thought she'd written over and repainted rose to haunt her, sending her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother.]]> 230 Jeanette Winterson 0307401243 Ganesh 5 3.99 2011 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
author: Jeanette Winterson
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2024/03/24
date added: 2024/04/07
shelves: culture-and-art, high-humour-quotient
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]]> When Breath Becomes Air 25614898 When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,� as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life� into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.

What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir.]]> 229 Paul Kalanithi 081298840X Ganesh 4 4.37 2016 When Breath Becomes Air
author: Paul Kalanithi
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/17
date added: 2024/04/07
shelves: career, brain, science-and-technology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company]]> 44525305 A grand vision defined: The CEO of The Walt Disney Company shares the ideas and values he has used to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world, and inspire the people who bring the magic to life.

In 2005, Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was more intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company's history. "I knew there was nothing to be gained from arguing over the past," Iger writes. "The only thing that mattered was the future, and I believed I had a clear idea of the direction Disney needed to go." It came down to three clear ideas: 1) Create the highest quality content Disney could produce. 2) Embrace and adopt technology instead of fighting it. And 3) Think bigger--think global--and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.

Twelve years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and Iger is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our time.

Now, he's sharing the lessons he's learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees--taking big risks in the face of historic disruption; learning to inspire the people who work for you; leading with fairness and communicating principles clearly. This book is about the relentless curiosity that has driven Iger for forty-five years, since the day he started as a studio supervisor at ABC. It's also about thoughtfulness and respect, and a decency-over-dollars approach that has become the bedrock of every project and partnership Iger pursues, from a deep friendship with Steve Jobs in his final years to an abiding love of the evolving Star Wars myth.

"Over the past fourteen years, I think I've learned so much about what real leadership is," Iger writes. "But I couldn't have articulated all of this until I lived it. You can't fake it--and that's one of the key lessons in this book."

Librarian Note: This is an Advance Reader Copy issued with ISBN 9780399592096. That ISBN has been moved to the final published copy, found here]]> 272 Robert Iger Ganesh 4 4.37 2019 The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
author: Robert Iger
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/04
date added: 2024/04/07
shelves: business, career, easy-to-read, leadership
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]]> <![CDATA[Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One]]> 26150785 "Looking to make a career change? Pivot is a book you will turn to again and again."

—Daniel Pink, author of To Sell is Human and Drive

Jenny Blake, author of Life After College and former career development program manager at Google, reveals how to methodically make your next career move by doubling down on what is already working.

This book is for anyone searching for an answer to the question, "What's next?" Whether you have hit a plateau in your perfect-on-paper job, are considering taking on a new role in your current job, are thinking about starting your own business, or you want to move into a new industry altogether, one thing remains clear: your career success depends on your ability to determine your next best move.

If change is the only constant, let’s get better at it.]]> 288 Jenny Blake 1591848202 Ganesh 0 3.74 2016 Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One
author: Jenny Blake
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/04/07
shelves: currently-reading, career, leadership, easy-to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Squiggly Career: The No.1 Sunday Times Business Bestseller - Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career]]> 44778173 Want to build a meaningful career that you love?

Careers are changing; they are no longer linear and there's no such thing as a 'job for life'. Squiggly careers, where people jump constantly between roles, industries and locations, are becoming the new normal.

Squiggly careers are filled with opportunity and excitement, but they can also be ambiguous and overwhelming if we don't know how to make the most of them.

In The Squiggly Career, personal development experts Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis reveal 5 skills you need to master and teach you how to:

· Identify your Values
· Play to your Super Strengths
· Address your Confidence gremlins
· Design your support solar systems (Networks)
· Explore your Future Possibilities

Packed with insights about the changing-face of work, exercises to aid your growth, and tips and inspiration from highly successful people, this book will help you be happier, and ultimately more successful in your career.]]> 240 Helen Tupper 0241385849 Ganesh 0 3.93 2020 The Squiggly Career: The No.1 Sunday Times Business Bestseller - Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career
author: Helen Tupper
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/04/07
shelves: currently-reading, career, leadership, easy-to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know]]> 35069558 The Guardian—brings together 206 of the world’s most innovative thinkers to discuss the scientific concepts that everyone should know.

As science informs public policy, decision making, and so many aspects of our everyday lives, a scientifically literate society is crucial. In that spirit, Edge.org publisher and author of Know This, John Brockman, asks 206 of the world’s most brilliant minds the 2017 Edge Question: What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known?

Contributors include: author of The God Delusion RICHARD DAWKINS on using animals� “Genetic Book of the Dead� to reconstruct ecological history; MacArthur Fellow REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN on “scientific realism,� the idea that scientific theories explain phenomena beyond what we can see and touch; author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics CARLO ROVELLI on “relative information,� which governs the physical world around us; theoretical physicist LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS on the hidden blessings of “uncertainty�; cognitive scientist and author of The Language Instinct STEVEN PINKER on “The Second Law of Thermodynamics�; biogerontologist AUBREY DE GREY on why “maladaptive traits� have been conserved evolutionarily; musician BRIAN ENO on “confirmation bias� in the internet age; Man Booker-winning author of Atonement IAN MCEWAN on the “Navier-Stokes Equations,� which govern everything from weather prediction to aircraft design and blood flow; plus pieces from RICHARD THALER, JARED DIAMOND, NICHOLAS CARR, JANNA LEVIN, LISA RANDALL, KEVIN KELLY, DANIEL COLEMAN, FRANK WILCZEK, RORY SUTHERLAND, NINA JABLONSKI, MARTIN REES, ALISON GOPNIK, and many, many others.]]> 515 John Brockman 0062698214 Ganesh 5 3.82 2018 This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
author: John Brockman
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/12
date added: 2024/01/02
shelves: mathematics, psychology, science-and-technology, heavy-read
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]]> Fahrenheit 451 16280156 The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden.

Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires. And he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs or the joy of watching pages consumed by flames, never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then Guy met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. And Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do...

--back cover]]> 190 Ray Bradbury 0345342968 Ganesh 5 easy-to-read, fiction 4.06 1953 Fahrenheit 451
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1953
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/28
date added: 2023/12/29
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)]]> 59917933
After years of dancing in Mumbai’s bars, Tara Mondal was desperate for a new start. So when a client offered her a life-changing payout to indulge a harmless, if odd, fantasy, she accepted. The setup was simple: wear a blue-sequined saree, enter a crowded railway station, and escape from view in less than three minutes. It was the last time anyone saw Tara.

Thirteen years later, Tara’s lover, Inspector Arnav Singh Rajput, is still grappling with her disappearance as he faces a horrifying new crisis: on the city’s outskirts, women’s dismembered bodies are being unearthed from shallow graves. Very little links the murders, except a scattering of blue sequins and a decade’s worth of missing persons reports that correspond with major festivals.

Past and present blur as Arnav realizes he’s on the trail of a serial killer and that someone wants his investigation buried at any cost. Could the key to finding Tara and solving these murders be hidden in one of his cold cases? Or will the next body they recover be hers?]]> 395 Damyanti Biswas 1662503911 Ganesh 2 fiction 3.65 2023 The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)
author: Damyanti Biswas
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2023/09/30
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership]]> 20706737 A #1 New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert answers questions from his readers about what it takes to be in charge and make a difference.
John Maxwell, America's #1 leadership authority, has mastered the art of asking questions, using them to learn and grow, connect with people, challenge himself, improve his team, and develop better ideas. Questions have literally changed Maxwell's life. In GOOD LEADERS ASK GREAT QUESTIONS, he shows how they can change yours, teaching why questions are so important, what questions you should ask yourself as a leader, and what questions you should be asking your team.

Maxwell also opened the floodgates and invited people from around the world to ask him any leadership question. He answers seventy of them--the best of the best--including . . .

What are the top skills required to lead people through difficult times?


How do I get started in leadership?
How do I motivate an unmotivated person?
How can I succeed working under poor leadership?
When is the right time for a successful leader to move on to a new position?
How do you move people into your inner circle?
No matter whether you are a seasoned leader at the top of your game or a newcomer wanting to take the first steps into leadership, this book will change the way you look at questions and improve your leadership life.



]]> 320 John C. Maxwell 1455548073 Ganesh 3 easy-to-read, leadership 4.06 Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership
author: John C. Maxwell
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.06
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/10/28
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: easy-to-read, leadership
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]]> <![CDATA[EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE : THEORY AND PRACTICE]]> 56477281 0 9353503191 Ganesh 3 psychology, heavy-read 3.00 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE : THEORY AND PRACTICE
author: Smita Singh VIKRAMADITYA EKKIRAL
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/10/07
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: psychology, heavy-read
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]]> Thinking In Systems: A Primer 3828902 Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute’s Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life.

Some of the biggest problems facing the world—war, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation—are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of too-narrow thinking.

While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner.

In a world growing ever more complicated, crowded, and interdependent, Thinking in Systems helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions.]]> 218 Donella H. Meadows 1603580557 Ganesh 5 4.17 2008 Thinking In Systems: A Primer
author: Donella H. Meadows
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/06
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: business, economics-and-finance, leadership, science-and-technology
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be: The 25 Principles of Success]]> 1622427 368 Jack Canfield 0007245750 Ganesh 2 career, easy-to-read 4.13 2004 How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be: The 25 Principles of Success
author: Jack Canfield
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 2021/12/19
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: career, easy-to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[How Fund Managers are Making You Rich: Discover Ways to Tame the Bear and Ride the Bull]]> 39287599 272 Pravin Palande 8129149249 Ganesh 3 economics-and-finance 3.42 How Fund Managers are Making You Rich: Discover Ways to Tame the Bear and Ride the Bull
author: Pravin Palande
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.42
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2022/08/25
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: economics-and-finance
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]]> <![CDATA[Written in History: Letters that Changed the World]]> 40599193 INCLUDES NEW MATERIALWRITTEN IN HISTORY celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first some are noble and inspiring, some despicable and unsettling; some are exquisite works of literature, others brutal, coarse and frankly outrageous; many are erotic, others heartbreaking. The writers vary from Elizabeth I, Rameses the Great and Leonard Cohen to Emmeline Pankhurst, Mandela, Stalin, Michelangelo, Suleiman the Magnificent and unknown people in extraordinary circumstances - from love letters to calls for liberation, declarations of war to reflections on death. In the colourful, accessible style of a master storyteller, Montefiore shows why these letters are essential how they enlighten our past, enrich the way we live now - and illuminate tomorrow.]]> 273 Simon Sebag Montefiore 1474609201 Ganesh 2 culture-and-art 3.63 2018 Written in History: Letters that Changed the World
author: Simon Sebag Montefiore
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2018
rating: 2
read at: 2023/05/02
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: culture-and-art
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]]> <![CDATA[Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life]]> 48578933 A previous edition of this title can be found here.

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:

“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’�

An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.]]> 222 Anne Lamott 0385480016 Ganesh 5 4.25 1994 Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
author: Anne Lamott
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1994
rating: 5
read at: 2021/04/25
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: creativity, culture-and-art, easy-to-read, high-humour-quotient
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]]> <![CDATA[Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything]]> 43305818 New York Times Bestseller | A habit expert from Stanford University shares his breakthrough method for building habits quickly and easily. With Tiny Habits you’ll increase productivity by tapping into positive emotions to create a happier and healthier life. Dr. Fogg’s new and extremely practical method picks up where Atomic Habits left off.

“There are many great books on the topic [of habits]: The Power of Habit, Atomic Habits, but this offers the most comprehensive, practical, simple, and compassionate method I've ever come across.� —John Stepper, ŷ user

BJ FOGG is here to change your life—and revolutionize how we think about human behavior. Based on twenty years of research and Fogg’s experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks the code of habit formation. With breakthrough discoveries in every chapter, you’ll learn the simplest proven ways to transform your life. Fogg shows you how to feel good about your successes instead of bad about your failures.

This proven, step-by-step guide will help you design habits and make them stick through positive emotion and celebrating small successes. Whether you want to lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or be more productive each day, Tiny Habits makes it easy to achieve—by starting small.]]> 322 B.J. Fogg 0358003997 Ganesh 0 4.20 2019 Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
author: B.J. Fogg
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: currently-reading, brain, psychology
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]]> One Minute Nonsense 1259948 Anthony de Mello 8187886285 Ganesh 5 easy-to-read, spirituality 4.41 1992 One Minute Nonsense
author: Anthony de Mello
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: easy-to-read, spirituality
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]]> <![CDATA[Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career]]> 125584853 224 Herminia Ibarra 1647825563 Ganesh 0 4.08 2002 Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career
author: Herminia Ibarra
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: currently-reading, business, career
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane]]> 49214225

A Dominant Character recounts Haldane’s boisterous life and examines the questions he raised about the intersections of genetics and politics—questions that resonate all the more strongly today.]]> 378 Samanth Subramanian 9386797526 Ganesh 4 4.14 2020 A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane
author: Samanth Subramanian
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/17
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: career, science-and-technology
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]]> <![CDATA[Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation]]> 40223341
Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. Gary Pisano's remarkable research conducted over three decades, and his extraordinary on-the ground experience with big companies and fast-growing ones that have moved beyond the start-up stage, provides new thinking about how the scale of bigger companies can be leveraged for advantage in innovation.

He begins with the simply reality that bigger companies are, well, different. Demanding that they "be like Uber" is no more realistic than commanding your dog to speak French. Bigger companies are complex. They need to sustain revenue streams from existing businesses, and deal with Wall Street's demands. These organizations require a different set of management practices and approaches -- a discipline focused on the strategies, systems and culture for taking their companies to the next level. Big can be beautiful, but it requires creative construction by leaders to avoid the creative destruction that is all-too-often the fate of too many.]]> 288 Gary P. Pisano 1610398777 Ganesh 0 4.01 Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation
author: Gary P. Pisano
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.01
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth]]> 43900419 You're trying to help--but is it working?

Helping others is a good thing. Often, as a leader, manager, doctor, teacher, or coach, it's central to your job. But even the most well-intentioned efforts to help others can be undermined by a simple We almost always focus on trying to "fix" people, correcting problems or filling the gaps between where they are and where we think they should be. Unfortunately, this doesn't work well, if at all, to inspire sustained learning or positive change.

There's a better way. In this powerful, practical book, emotional intelligence expert Richard Boyatzis and Weatherhead School of Management colleagues Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten present a clear and hopeful message. The way to help someone learn and change, they say, cannot be focused primarily on fixing problems, but instead must connect to that person's positive vision of themselves or an inspiring dream or goal they've long held. This is what great coaches do--they know that people draw energy from their visions and dreams, and that same energy sustains their efforts to change, even through difficult times. In contrast, problem-centered approaches trigger physiological responses that make a person defensive and less open to new ideas.

The authors use rich and moving real-life stories, as well as decades of original research, to show how this distinctively positive mode of coaching—what they call "coaching with compassion"--opens people up to thinking creatively and helps them to learn and grow in meaningful and sustainable ways.

Filled with probing questions and exercises that encourage self-reflection, Helping People Change will forever alter the way all of us think about and practice what we do when we try to help.]]> 217 Richard E. Boyatzis 163369657X Ganesh 0 3.89 2019 Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth
author: Richard E. Boyatzis
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs [Paperback] Ken Kocienda]]> 40965884 291 Ken Kocienda 1529004713 Ganesh 0 4.14 2018 Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs [Paperback] Ken Kocienda
author: Ken Kocienda
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: currently-reading, business, creativity, leadership
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]]> <![CDATA[Love + Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life]]> 59682855
We're getting something terribly wrong. We've designed the love out of our workplaces, and our schools too, so that they fail utterly to provide for or capitalize on one of our most basic human needs: our need for love.

As Marcus Buckingham shows in this eye-opening, uplifting book, love is an energy, and like all forms of energy, it must flow. It demands expression—and that expression is work. Whether in our professional accomplishments, our relationships, or our response to all the many slings and arrows of life, we know that none of this work will be our best unless it is made with love. There's no learning without love, no innovation, no service, no sustainable growth. Love and work are inextricable.

Buckingham first starkly highlights the contours of our loveless work lives and explains how we got here. Next, he relates how we all develop best in response to other human beings. What does a great work relationship look like when the other person is cued to your loves? What does a great team look like when each member is primed to be a mirror, an amplifier, of the loves of another? Finally, he shows how you can weave love back into the world of work as a force for good, how you can use your daily life routines to pinpoint your specific loves, and how you can make this a discipline for the rest of your life.

Today, too often, love comes last at work, and we are living the painful consequences of this. Love + Work powerfully shows why love must come first—and how we can make this happen.]]> 256 Marcus Buckingham 1647821231 Ganesh 0 3.71 2022 Love + Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life
author: Marcus Buckingham
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: currently-reading, business, career, leadership, psychology
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]]> The Lean Startup 10127019 Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business.



The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on "validated learning," rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute.

Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs - in companies of all sizes - a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it's too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.]]> 299 Eric Ries 0307887898 Ganesh 5 business, easy-to-read 4.11 2011 The Lean Startup
author: Eric Ries
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/03
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: business, easy-to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness]]> 55148500 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval’s wisdom and experience from the last ten years, shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews and poignant reflections. This isn’t a how-to book, or a step-by-step gimmick. Instead, through Naval’s own words, you will learn how to walk your own unique path toward a happier, wealthier life.]]> 242 Eric Jorgenson 1544514204 Ganesh 5 4.53 2020 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
author: Eric Jorgenson
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/23
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: business, career, easy-to-read, psychology
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]]> <![CDATA[Ancient Wisdom to Elevate Your Mind: 50 Stories From Indian Epics]]> 75386096
Ancient Wisdom to Elevate Your Mind is a collection of fascinating tales from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, the Upanishads, the Puranas and other scriptures with valuable messages at its core for you to imbibe.

In his characteristic style, bestselling author Shubha Vilas uses these stories to show you how to overcome weaknesses, prioritise self-care and have faith in human strength and generosity.

Funny, sharp and filled with unexpected twists, these tales make you reconsider your approach to life and its many challenges. Explore the realm of immortals, mortals and beasts to understand human nature and the ways of the world; face tomorrow with a fresh perspective.]]> 225 Shubha Vilas 9393559678 Ganesh 2 easy-to-read, fiction 4.47 Ancient Wisdom to Elevate Your Mind: 50 Stories From Indian Epics
author: Shubha Vilas
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.47
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2023/11/20
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series Book 1)]]> 40078926
…about your thoughts?

Do you have a bias toward the negative?

Understanding how negative feelings and emotions work is the first step. Then we must learn how to reprogram those emotions and turn them around. A happier life is possible if you follow the steps.

This program works.

Over 300,000 copies sold.

“It gives me a place to go to that makes me feel better about my present situation and gives me hope for the future.� - Kimberly

“My biggest take away so far (I'm not yet finished with the entire book) is that I am NOT my emotions. Emotions come and I - I still am who I am!� - Itzel

۴dz’l

31 simple coping strategies How to make your emotions work FOR you. A formula to reprogram your mind A free downloadable workbook, and much, much more!The author was an introvert whose shyness kept him from getting the results in life he wanted. When he decided to devote his life to betterment, everything changed. This is his story and how he found joy.

It will be the blueprint for your transformation, too.

۴dz’l love this practical, no frills program, because the results are easy to achieve once you’ve decided to Master Your Emotions.

Get it now.]]> 215 Thibaut Meurisse Ganesh 2 psychology 4.13 2018 Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series Book 1)
author: Thibaut Meurisse
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2018
rating: 2
read at: 2023/10/14
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: psychology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[I is for Influence by Rob Yeung (2011-09-02)]]> 162818960 0 Rob Yeung Ganesh 5 5.00 I is for Influence by Rob Yeung (2011-09-02)
author: Rob Yeung
name: Ganesh
average rating: 5.00
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2014/12/13
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: business, leadership, psychology
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]]> <![CDATA[Lifestorming: Creating Meaning and Achievement in Your Career and Life]]> 32150662 208 Alan Weiss 1119366127 Ganesh 5 career, leadership 3.53 Lifestorming: Creating Meaning and Achievement in Your Career and Life
author: Alan Weiss
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.53
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: career, leadership
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]]> <![CDATA[The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment]]> 58735020
ONE OF SUMMER’S BEST BUSINESS Inc., Society for Human Resource Management • “My life changed for the better when I started working with Marshall Goldsmith. The Earned Life is a wonderful book.”—Dr. Jim Yong Kim, served as president of the World Bank

“We are living an earned life when the choices, risks, and effort we make in each moment align with an overarching purpose in our lives, regardless of the eventual outcome.�

That’s the definition of an earned life. But for many of us, that pesky final phrase is a stumbling “regardless of the eventual outcome.� Not being attached to the outcome goes against everything we’re taught about achievement and fulfillment in modern society.

But now, in his most personal and powerful work to date, world-renowned leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith offers a dazzling but simple approach that accommodates both our persistent need for achievement and the inescapable “stuff happens� unfairness of life.

Taking inspiration from Buddhism, Goldsmith reveals that the key to living the earned life, unbound by regret, requires committing to a habit of earning and, crucially, connecting that habit to something greater than the isolated achievements of careerism. By grounding our achievements in a higher aspiration, he shows, we can avoid the easy temptation to wallow in regret.

Goldsmith implores readers to avoid the Great Western Disease of “I’ll be happy when. . . .� He offers practical advice and exercises aimed at helping us shed the obstacles, especially the failures of imagination, that prevent us from creating our own fulfilling lives. With this book as their guide, readers can close the gap between what they plan to achieve and what they actually get done—and avoid the trap of existential regret, the kind that reroutes destinies and persecutes our memories.

Packed with illuminating stories from Goldsmith’s legendary career as a coach to some of the world’s highest-achieving leaders as well as reflections on his own experiences, The Earned Life is a road map for ambitious people seeking a higher purpose.

“Marshall Goldsmith is a wonderful coach, educator, and author.”—Albert Bourla, CEO, Pfizer]]> 304 Marshall Goldsmith 0593237277 Ganesh 5 career, leadership 3.89 The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment
author: Marshall Goldsmith
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.89
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rating: 5
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shelves: career, leadership
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]]> Pyre 29861389
With spare, powerful prose, Murugan masterfully conjures a terrifying vision of intolerance in this devastating tale of innocent young love pitted against chilling savagery.]]> 200 Perumal Murugan 0670087750 Ganesh 3 fiction 3.89 2013 Pyre
author: Perumal Murugan
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2023/11/08
date added: 2023/12/19
shelves: fiction
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]]> Deviate 40807117 Beau Lotto, the world-renowned neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and two-time TED speaker, takes us on a tour of how we perceive the world, and how disrupting it leads us to create and innovate.

Perception is the foundation of human experience, but few of us understand why we see what we do, much less how. By revealing the startling truths about the brain and its perceptions, Beau Lotto shows that the next big innovation is not a new technology: it is a new way of seeing.

In his first major book, Lotto draws on over two decades of pioneering research to explain that our brain didn't evolve to see the world accurately. It can't! Visually stunning, with entertaining illustrations and optical illusions throughout, and with clear and comprehensive explanations of the science behind how our perceptions operate, Deviate will revolutionize the way you see yourself, others and the world.

With this new understanding of how the brain functions, Deviate is not just an illuminating account of the neuroscience of thought, behavior, and creativity: it is a call to action, enlisting readers in their own journey of self-discovery.]]> 352 Beau Lotto 1474601022 Ganesh 2 brain, psychology 3.88 2017 Deviate
author: Beau Lotto
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2022/02/10
date added: 2023/12/09
shelves: brain, psychology
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]]> <![CDATA[Introducing Jung: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)]]> 6296529 176 Maggie Hyde 1848310102 Ganesh 4 3.54 1992 Introducing Jung: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)
author: Maggie Hyde
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 2014/02/17
date added: 2023/07/31
shelves: psychology, science-and-technology, heavy-read
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]]> <![CDATA[I Am Not the Body: Discovering the Truth Beyond Bondage]]> 56225706 Key Spiritual Teachings From Unpublished Discourses “This well-structured book outlines the fundamental teachings of Sri Nisargadatta and will undoubtedly be a significant addition to the Nisargadatta canon. This work is based on tape recordings of discourses captured and translated by Sri Mohan Gaitonde, one of Sri Nisargadatta’s translators. Once the idea ‘I am not the body� settles in, which is in fact the reality, the ‘Unborn� is all that remains. Sri Nisargadatta has said, ‘You are Unborn, you were Unborn, and you shall remain Unborn�.� - Pradeep Apte, author of ‘The Nisargadatta Gita� and ‘The Unborn Nisargadatta� “Thank you for the great book. You have justified my giving you permission. All lovers of Maharaj will enjoy reading it.� - Mohan Gaitonde, Nisargadatta Maharaj's translator In this book of key spiritual teachings from unpublished discourses, the great Advaita Master, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, teaches us that we are not limited to the body. Because of our mistaken body identity, we feel separate from what we truly are. Our self-identification with the body and mind subjects us to endless cycles of pleasure and pain, desire and fear, which cause us to search beyond ourselves for that which we believe we lack. According to Sri Nisargadatta, all conditions, all names and appearances, emerge from ignorance and imagination, from the mind’s assumptions—assumptions due to not enquiring and therefore not appreciating the nature of reality. When we realise that we are not limited to the body, we find that we are already free, needing no liberation. We discover that we are not only free, but infinite and boundless. This ‘I am-ness� is the substance of our entire world. All that we know owes its birth to consciousness and it is the portal to the Absolute. When we are no longer a slave of body-consciousness, we realise ourselves as Universal Consciousness, Pure Awareness. Our preoccupation with the known ceases, and we find the natural state, Nisarga, was present all along. We are this stateless state, and the universe is our ecstatic outpouring. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj met his guru, Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj, at the age of 34 in 1933. Three years later, Sri Nisargadatta realised himself as the Supreme Reality, the transcendental Self. Through earnestly heeding the words of his Guru, he discovered he was That which is unmanifest and eternal—beyond the bondage of name, form, shape, and size. For many years, thousands of people came from all over India and the world to listen to Sri Nisargadatta’s teachings. His influence is still as powerful today as it was when he gave regular talks four decades ago. Undoubtedly one of the greatest spiritual teachers of all time, one can sense his depth of dedication to truth, rather than affluence, recognition, and agenda. His legendary plain-speaking way and heartfelt commitment to assisting those on the direct path will affect anyone serious about self-realisation and the transfiguration of consciousness.]]> 158 Nisargadatta Maharaj Ganesh 3 heavy-read, spirituality 4.43 I Am Not the Body: Discovering the Truth Beyond Bondage
author: Nisargadatta Maharaj
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.43
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2021/09/13
date added: 2023/07/02
shelves: heavy-read, spirituality
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future]]> 51079905 'WE ARE A MERITROCRATIC TECHNARCHY.
WE ARE THE FUTURE OF THE HUMAN RACE.'

The world’s nations have collapsed, and a handful of city states form the remains of civilization. Erstwhile Bangalore is now rebranded, ruled by the insidious Bell Corporation.

Welcome to Apex City. Here, technology is the key to survival, productivity is power, and the self must be engineered for the only noble goal in life: success.

With the right image, values and opinions, you can ascend to the ranks of the Virtual elite and have the new world at your feet. The price of failure is deportation: you are marked an Analog, with no access to electricity, running water or your humanity.

Lavanya Lakshminarayan’s extraordinary debut sinks its teeth into this dystopian future, offering a glimpse into a world we may be dangerously close to inheriting. Brilliant, searing and imaginative, the stories in Analog/Virtual will make us question our choices and rethink who we want to be.

'This is fiction playing for the highest stakes - and winning'
Chandrahas Choudhury, author of Clouds

'Masterful work...in the best tradition of dystopian fiction'
S.B. Divya, author of Nebula Award finalist Runtime]]> 310 Lavanya Lakshminarayan 938925308X Ganesh 4 4.04 2020 Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future
author: Lavanya Lakshminarayan
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/13
date added: 2023/03/10
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction, science-and-technology
review:
Happy to have read the debut sci-fi novel by a young Indian author. While it is a series of stories of multiple individuals living in a tech-corp controlled future "brave new Bengaluru" woven together to form a tale of conformists and outcast rebels, as the blurbs say, the joy of reading the book is the commentary on the social media and analytics obsessed lifestyles we are rapidly adopting. The light humour works well in the overall dystopian setting.
]]> <![CDATA[Disrupted: Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble]]> 33797357 Disrupted 272 Dan Lyons 1786491001 Ganesh 3 business, career
A 50-year-old tech journalist in a top print magazine gets laid off and bravely joins a tech startup in Boston. His cutting observations on the madness that Silicon Valley has normalized in the past two or even three decades is the humor element. But as pointed out by many reviewers on ŷ, his repetitive reactions in the form of "he literally said that" and "they literally did that" along with many mean comments he makes on everything his young colleagues do (and on their appearance) takes away the bit of sympathy one might have felt.

Occasionally he makes broad comments on tech startup culture and venture capital IPO exit process that show us how talented a writer and astute an observer he is. One also admires his detailed narration of suffering the workplace harassment from his bosses, while candidly admitting of his own mistakes and confusion.

The credentials of the author were another draw for me to read the book (he ran the popular Fake Steve Jobs handle and was a writer of the hit HBO series 'Silicon Valley'). Overall as a cautionary tale from an insider the book was a quick read.
is what the author definitely
Many reviews here on ŷ capture well the contradictions and ironies of the author's rants against the ]]> 4.07 2016 Disrupted: Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble
author: Dan Lyons
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2023/02/20
date added: 2023/02/21
shelves: business, career
review:
The blurbs on the cover lured me to read this book. "Simultaneously hilarious and terrifying" (LA Times), "Troubling but funny" (NY Times), and Elon Musk biographer Ashley Vance saying "Wildly entertaining". The humor is there to some extent but it is more than offset by some irritating aspects of the book.

A 50-year-old tech journalist in a top print magazine gets laid off and bravely joins a tech startup in Boston. His cutting observations on the madness that Silicon Valley has normalized in the past two or even three decades is the humor element. But as pointed out by many reviewers on ŷ, his repetitive reactions in the form of "he literally said that" and "they literally did that" along with many mean comments he makes on everything his young colleagues do (and on their appearance) takes away the bit of sympathy one might have felt.

Occasionally he makes broad comments on tech startup culture and venture capital IPO exit process that show us how talented a writer and astute an observer he is. One also admires his detailed narration of suffering the workplace harassment from his bosses, while candidly admitting of his own mistakes and confusion.

The credentials of the author were another draw for me to read the book (he ran the popular Fake Steve Jobs handle and was a writer of the hit HBO series 'Silicon Valley'). Overall as a cautionary tale from an insider the book was a quick read.
is what the author definitely
Many reviews here on ŷ capture well the contradictions and ironies of the author's rants against the
]]> The Gifts of Imperfection 52578859 In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what's now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, "This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, 'My story matters because I matter.' Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance."]]> 208 Brené Brown 0593133587 Ganesh 4
This year (2023) I decided to apply Ray Dalio's advice of "when it comes to reading books, prioritize the good over the new." I saw the 10th anniversary edition of a 2010 book and found interesting whatever I browsed in a few seconds. I remembered watching and enjoying the famous TED talk by Brene Brown.

The book explains through personal storytelling, the qualitative research that led to many new insights on shame and resilience and wholehearted living. It sharply distinguishes between the disease of perfectionism and aspiring for excellence (including perfection). The voices in our heads that have been programmed from childhood and always work to make us more closed in the name of caution or prudence, are brought to light by the author in great detail though the book itself is a short and easy read. In addition to the practical flavor of the entire book, the specific action suggestions at the end of each chapter would appeal to many and encourages the reader to adopt healthier perspectives and actions on improving our self-talk and letting our creative, compassionate selves express itself.

]]> 4.29 2010 The Gifts of Imperfection
author: Brené Brown
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/09
date added: 2023/02/12
shelves: creativity, easy-to-read, psychology
review:
Our family has been following a New Year ritual for decades. We call it our annual pilgrimage. It involves going to a physical bookstore and each person buys at least one book of their choice. Our nephew from Bangalore has happily joined in this for the past few years after we moved here from Mumbai. He even recommends the best bookshop among the many in Church Street that we should visit.

This year (2023) I decided to apply Ray Dalio's advice of "when it comes to reading books, prioritize the good over the new." I saw the 10th anniversary edition of a 2010 book and found interesting whatever I browsed in a few seconds. I remembered watching and enjoying the famous TED talk by Brene Brown.

The book explains through personal storytelling, the qualitative research that led to many new insights on shame and resilience and wholehearted living. It sharply distinguishes between the disease of perfectionism and aspiring for excellence (including perfection). The voices in our heads that have been programmed from childhood and always work to make us more closed in the name of caution or prudence, are brought to light by the author in great detail though the book itself is a short and easy read. In addition to the practical flavor of the entire book, the specific action suggestions at the end of each chapter would appeal to many and encourages the reader to adopt healthier perspectives and actions on improving our self-talk and letting our creative, compassionate selves express itself.


]]> <![CDATA[Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering (Beyond Suffering)]]> 61068539 127 Joseph Nguyen Ganesh 2 psychology, spirituality
Could be useful for those who have not encountered much of Buddhist teaching, flow state, mindfulness, and EI/EQ. Revolves around and builds on the basic concept of "thoughts happen" and can be good while "thinking is a bad thing that our ego mind does."

Standard self-help suggestive, promising tone. Tolerable due to the earnestness.]]> 3.65 2022 Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering (Beyond Suffering)
author: Joseph Nguyen
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2023/02/07
date added: 2023/02/12
shelves: psychology, spirituality
review:
Tiny little book that I somehow ended up buying and finished in 2-3 sittings.

Could be useful for those who have not encountered much of Buddhist teaching, flow state, mindfulness, and EI/EQ. Revolves around and builds on the basic concept of "thoughts happen" and can be good while "thinking is a bad thing that our ego mind does."

Standard self-help suggestive, promising tone. Tolerable due to the earnestness.
]]> <![CDATA[The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)]]> 52706058 One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translated into English for the first time.

In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions around the village.

Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiyanagi household are woken by a terrible scream, followed by the sound of eerie music. Death has come to Okamura, leaving no trace but a bloody samurai sword, thrust into the pristine snow outside the house. Soon, amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is on the scene to investigate what will become a legendary murder case, but can this scruffy sleuth solve a seemingly impossible crime?]]> 189 Seishi Yokomizo 1782275002 Ganesh 3 easy-to-read, fiction 3.63 1946 The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
author: Seishi Yokomizo
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1946
rating: 3
read at: 2023/01/24
date added: 2023/02/12
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
review:
Crisp investigative thriller. Considering that this was the debut in the mid-1930s of a detective series by Japanese author Seishi Yokomizo, it was rather good. It does have what has been a pet peeve with the few Hercules Poirot and Sherlock Holmes murder mysteries I have read, namely, that the narrative did not permit the reader to come close to solving the mystery because things that happened in the background or evidence or observations would be revealed in the end by the detective.
]]> <![CDATA[Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals]]> 58261060 What if you stopped trying to do everything, so that you could finally get round to what counts?

We're obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, the struggle against distraction, and the sense that our attention spans are shrivelling. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the question of how best to use our ridiculously brief time on the planet, which amounts on average to about four thousand weeks.

Four Thousand Weeks is an uplifting, engrossing and deeply realistic exploration of the challenge. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,' it introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing rather than denying their limitations. And it shows how the unhelpful ways we've come to think about time aren't inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we've made, as individuals and as a society. Its many revelations will transform the reader's worldview.

Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman sets out to realign our relationship with time - and in doing so, to liberate us from its tyranny.

Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count.]]> 288 Oliver Burkeman 1784704008 Ganesh 5
It is a philosophical book with plenty of practical takeaways. Or maybe it is a practical book underpinned by solid philosophical and psychological insights! The typical British humor, expected from a long-time columnist of The Guardian, is a bonus. There are paragraphs and sections in this book that felt like a dagger pierced into uncomfortable zones where subconscious and not so subconscious self-delusions and rationalizations are hidden, to be brought out when necessary for safety. But the self-depreciating tone and language with which such violence is inflicted by Burkeman made me laugh out loud more than a couple of times.

Almost all the important points made in the book have been encountered by me in various other books but the marshalling of perspectives and applying to the current context where everyone from teenage students to corporate honchos to artists and teachers is grappling with To Do lists and conflicting advice on finding one's passion and adopting extreme productivity hacks, is the unique value of this book. The principles of stoicism popularized by the recent crop of young self-help authors, Zen and other Buddhist teachings, yoga and meditative practices, the slow movement, the paradox of getting less things done in the quest for getting more (or, even worse, all) things done, focus and deep work, these are all covered in a non-preachy tone, pointing out the limitations and challenges many of us face in consistently applying them without denying the value of such approaches.

In multiple places the argument builds up to "And then what?" It is a question that can be intimidating or liberating for many to ask whenever they think they have a known personal target or precondition for feeling contented.

There has been a lot of attention recently to purpose and meaning in life and work. Very few books have tackled it with the breadth and depth I experienced in one of my all-time favorite speeches by John Gardner delivered in November 1990 (See ). This book does that.

All in all, most folk in the above-40 group would benefit from this book that is sure to make them reflect and reassess life's priorities. One of the surprising and hard-to-describe qualities of the book that appealed to me is the gentle nudge toward figuring out the balance between acceptance and aspiration/action, debunking many of the popular glib success mantras without slipping into the territory of cynicism that is unfortunately popular among intelligent folk.]]> 4.16 2021 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
author: Oliver Burkeman
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2023/01/23
date added: 2023/02/11
shelves: creativity, psychology, leadership, high-humour-quotient, career
review:
This book is highly recommended but only for those who have read a couple of books or been trained on time management methods and techniques, have successfully applied and struggled with too many obligations, priorities, and desires.

It is a philosophical book with plenty of practical takeaways. Or maybe it is a practical book underpinned by solid philosophical and psychological insights! The typical British humor, expected from a long-time columnist of The Guardian, is a bonus. There are paragraphs and sections in this book that felt like a dagger pierced into uncomfortable zones where subconscious and not so subconscious self-delusions and rationalizations are hidden, to be brought out when necessary for safety. But the self-depreciating tone and language with which such violence is inflicted by Burkeman made me laugh out loud more than a couple of times.

Almost all the important points made in the book have been encountered by me in various other books but the marshalling of perspectives and applying to the current context where everyone from teenage students to corporate honchos to artists and teachers is grappling with To Do lists and conflicting advice on finding one's passion and adopting extreme productivity hacks, is the unique value of this book. The principles of stoicism popularized by the recent crop of young self-help authors, Zen and other Buddhist teachings, yoga and meditative practices, the slow movement, the paradox of getting less things done in the quest for getting more (or, even worse, all) things done, focus and deep work, these are all covered in a non-preachy tone, pointing out the limitations and challenges many of us face in consistently applying them without denying the value of such approaches.

In multiple places the argument builds up to "And then what?" It is a question that can be intimidating or liberating for many to ask whenever they think they have a known personal target or precondition for feeling contented.

There has been a lot of attention recently to purpose and meaning in life and work. Very few books have tackled it with the breadth and depth I experienced in one of my all-time favorite speeches by John Gardner delivered in November 1990 (See ). This book does that.

All in all, most folk in the above-40 group would benefit from this book that is sure to make them reflect and reassess life's priorities. One of the surprising and hard-to-describe qualities of the book that appealed to me is the gentle nudge toward figuring out the balance between acceptance and aspiration/action, debunking many of the popular glib success mantras without slipping into the territory of cynicism that is unfortunately popular among intelligent folk.
]]> Bullet Train 57951393 Five killers. One train journey. But who will survive? The original and propulsive thriller from a massive Japanese bestseller.

Satoshi looks like an innocent schoolboy but he is really a viciously cunning psychopath. Kimura's young son is in a coma thanks to him, and Kimura has tracked him onto the bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka to exact his revenge. But Kimura soon discovers that they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard.

Nanao, the self-proclaimed 'unluckiest assassin in the world', and the deadly partnership of Tangerine and Lemon are also travelling to Morioka. A suitcase full of money leads others to show their hands. Why are they all on the same train, and who will get off alive at the last station?]]> 451 Kōtarō Isaka 1529113393 Ganesh 5 fiction
All in all, anyone who likes crime novels, will find this a satisfying read with a very different flavour.]]> 3.90 2010 Bullet Train
author: Kōtarō Isaka
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2023/01/11
date added: 2023/01/20
shelves: fiction
review:
This is a crime thriller that just has a variety of criminals as its characters, all in one Shinkansen train. The author introduces them one at a time in the initial chapters, but his cutting observations and tantalizing flashbacks hooks the reader immediately. The plot moves as fast as the bullet train on which all events transpire. Along with the misunderstandings, kidnapping, murder, and mayhem that is going on, there is humour. I can't explain how a crime-ridden action story can also elicit laugh out loud reaction but that is the genius of this book. One of the criminals on the train is introduced as the world's unluckiest assassin! And he is. He himself and some people around him talk about Murphy's Law, and all kinds of absurd setbacks occur to him. One of the criminals is a psychopath and pages devoted to his thoughts and actions are rather dark.

All in all, anyone who likes crime novels, will find this a satisfying read with a very different flavour.
]]> <![CDATA[Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership]]> 206328 156 Kenneth H. Blanchard 0060799129 Ganesh 3 3.98 2005 Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership
author: Kenneth H. Blanchard
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 2022/08/04
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: career, easy-to-read, leadership
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Magic Mindset: How to Find Your Happy Place]]> 59128170
While positivity is about looking at the bright side of things, the magic mindset embraces and accepts that it is not always possible to do so. Sometimes things get so bleak that our mind refuses to accept that there can be a silver lining.

In this book, Preeti Shenoy gives you a set of principles for every area of life, designed to help us shift our perspective from hopelessness to hope, from despondency to joy, from cynicism to belief - a belief that change is coming, and things are not as bad as they seem.

Perfect reading for the difficult times that we are living in, The Magic Mindset is full of tips, suggestions, fun exercises and practical advice on career, family, health, relationships, finances, social media, and more. It also includes inspiring stories and anecdotes from Preeti's own life. A cornerstone for all those who want to change their outlook, The Magic Mindset helps us build a purposeful and joyful life.]]> 221 Preeti Shenoy 9354227732 Ganesh 4 easy-to-read, psychology 4.27 The Magic Mindset: How to Find Your Happy Place
author: Preeti Shenoy
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.27
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/02
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: easy-to-read, psychology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Ambivert Mindset: Discover How to Unlock Your Best Self by Igniting Your Curiosity and Living Beyond the Introvert-Extrovert Divide]]> 34440447 Do you ever wish you could change your personality--even just a little--but you think that you're just stuck with the personality you have?

If you think you're stuck with the personality you have, I've got great news for you.

In the last few years, not only have researchers discovered that personality change can and does happen throughout adulthood, they have found that positive personality changes can be beneficial to our well-being.

Unfortunately, too often these days people believe their personality is fixed and unchangeable. They blame their genes and insist they were born that way. To that end, they put themselves in situations that match their personality and flee from those that don't. They strive for comfort, not curiosity. The end result? They rob themselves of some of the best opportunities for growth in their life.

You don't have to be one of those people.

In The Ambivert Mindset , Jonathan Alexander helps you ignite your curiosity, get out of your personality rut, and unlock your best self.

Drawing on the idea of the ambivert (the often forgotten personality type sandwiched solidly between the introvert and extrovert), The Ambivert Mindset teaches you nine principles to help you live beyond the introvert-extrovert divide and gain the courage and confidence to see your personality as your starting point, not your limit .

In The Ambivert Mindset , you'll









The final section of the book is loaded with actionable tips for both introverts and extroverts so that you can get started immediately. Plus, you'll have access to free worksheets that will help you plan and track your progress.

The Ambivert Mindset is not about "fixing" people or personalities. You are not a bad or broken person because of the personality that you have today. This book simply asks you to look at your personality as something to build upon--not from a position of weakness, but from a position of challenging yourself to further broaden your base of skills, behaviors, and ways of interacting with the world. The information you will learn in The Ambivert Mindset will inspire you to craft your own journey, fueled by curiosity, to unlock your best self.

To ignite your curiosity and unlock your best self, scroll up and click the BUY NOW button at the top of the page!]]> 103 Jonathan Alexander Ganesh 3 3.78 The Ambivert Mindset: Discover How to Unlock Your Best Self by Igniting Your Curiosity and Living Beyond the Introvert-Extrovert Divide
author: Jonathan Alexander
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.78
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2017/09/29
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: career, easy-to-read, psychology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Sceptical Patriot: Exploring the Truths Behind the Zero and Other Indian Glories]]> 21966725
Sidin Vadukut takes on a complete catalogue of ‘India's Greatest Hits� and ventures to separate the wheat of fact from the chaff of legend. Did India really invent the zero? Has it truly never invaded a foreign country in over 1,000 years? Did Indians actually invent plastic surgery before those insufferable Europeans? The truth is more interesting—and complicated—than you think.]]> 208 Sidin Vadukut 8129129035 Ganesh 4 3.66 2014 The Sceptical Patriot: Exploring the Truths Behind the Zero and Other Indian Glories
author: Sidin Vadukut
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2017/05/31
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: culture-and-art, easy-to-read, education, high-humour-quotient
review:
Sidin is an irrepressibly humorous and logical thinker-writer, a rarity in Indian writing. He takes us on a tour of many popular beliefs about Indian history or India's capabilities that are usually given too much prominence by self-proclaimed patriots and too little respect by self-appointed intellectuals. This book was written much before 2014 but I wish every Indian who forwards anything on Whatsapp must read it. Did Indians invent the concept of zero or the symbol for it? On our behalf Sidin has scoured the records, inscriptions, and views of mathematicians and historians. Is India the only country that has never initiated war in thousands of years? Are Indians 33% (or whatever) of the workforce at Microsoft, NASA etc.? And many more. The answers will surprise, thrill, disappoint... Short and easy read, one of the first I completed on Kindle.
]]> <![CDATA[ABSOLUTE POWER - Inside story of the National Stock Exchange’s amazing success, leading to hubris, regulatory capture and algo scam]]> 58265674
One of these was setting up the NSE as a cleaner alternative to the century-old, scam- and faction-ridden BSE. In a supreme irony, NSE itself got embroiled in the algo scam originating in the Exchange’s sanctum the co-location servers for high frequency trading.
Here is the whole story of NSE’s commercial success leading to arrogance and fall from grace, even as it continues to remain a highly profitable near-monopoly.]]> 294 Sucheta Dalal 8195190758 Ganesh 5 4.27 ABSOLUTE POWER - Inside story of the National Stock Exchange’s amazing success, leading to hubris, regulatory capture and algo scam
author: Sucheta Dalal
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.27
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2022/07/13
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: business, economics-and-finance, easy-to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Meditations With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj]]> 23701190
The uniqueness of these Nirupanas therefore lies in the fact that here they come to us from an enlightened master’s direct experience � expressed spontaneously.

Maharaj spoke in Marathi, and Dinkar Kshirsagar, being also Maharashtrian, wrote them down verbatim. After being translated into English, they have been diligently edited by Suresh Mehta.]]> 382 Nisargadatta Maharaj Ganesh 3 heavy-read, spirituality 4.64 2014 Meditations With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
author: Nisargadatta Maharaj
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.64
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2022/08/01
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: heavy-read, spirituality
review:

]]> FRIENDLY AMBITIOUS NERD 53408857
"sort of a Marcus Aurelius Meditations but for Twitter addicts" � @johnvmcdonnell

Inside are riffs about creativity, taste, marriage, relationships, Internet culture, community-building, masculinity, dealing with assholes, cultivating your aesthetics, book and movie recommendations and general nerd-ing out about how to have a good time as a human being on the Internet.]]> Visakan Veerasamy Ganesh 3 3.87 FRIENDLY AMBITIOUS NERD
author: Visakan Veerasamy
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.87
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2022/02/02
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: career, creativity, easy-to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Better off Dead (Jack Reacher, #26)]]> 56794412 376 Lee Child 1984818511 Ganesh 3 easy-to-read, fiction 4.08 2021 Better off Dead (Jack Reacher, #26)
author: Lee Child
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2022/06/12
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[More Things in Heaven and Earth]]> 57834506 312 Kiran Manral 9390924081 Ganesh 3 easy-to-read, fiction 4.00 More Things in Heaven and Earth
author: Kiran Manral
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2022/03/14
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
review:

]]> Be As You Are 352078 251 Ramana Maharshi 0140190627 Ganesh 5 heavy-read, spirituality 4.22 1985 Be As You Are
author: Ramana Maharshi
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1985
rating: 5
read at: 2022/02/24
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: heavy-read, spirituality
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Ultimate Coaching Guide: A comprehensive guide to effective coaching (Leadership, Executive, Life and Performance) for novice]]> 58955698
Coaching can be transformational or simply transactional. If you truly want to transform lives, then this book is a must-read. Coaching is far more than a job � it is a mission. Transformational coaches focus on their self-development as much as they do on the development of their clients.

All coaches need to be aware of the different coaching frameworks, paradigms, and tools used by master-coaches world over.

In five straightforward sections, this book guides you through the steps you need to achieve optimal success as a

·Section The ABCs of Coaching

·Section Coaching Frameworks, Models and Tools

·Section Case Studies

·Section The Business of Coaching

·Section Resources

It is an extensively researched overview of the latest developments in neuroscience, emotional intelligence and positive psychology, among many coaching frameworks.

If you are new to coaching, you will find out how to start your coaching business. If you are a seasoned professional, you will learn how to strengthen your practice. This book also offers coaching insights in the post-pandemic era.]]> 328 Vikram Dhar 1649839421 Ganesh 4 4.00 The Ultimate Coaching Guide: A comprehensive guide to effective coaching (Leadership, Executive, Life and Performance) for novice
author: Vikram Dhar
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/12
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: career, easy-to-read, leadership, psychology
review:

]]> Whole Numbers and Half Truths 59740806
Fuelled by a surge of migration to cities, the country's growth appears to be defined by urbanisation and by its growing, prosperous middle class. It is also defined by progressive and liberal young Indians, who vote beyond the constraints of identity, and paradoxically, by an unchecked population explosion and rising crimes against women. Is it, though?

In 2020, the annual population growth was down to under 1 per cent. Only thirty-one of hundred Indians live in a city today and just 5 per cent live outside the city of their birth.

As recently as 2016, only 4 per cent of young, married respondents in a survey said their spouse belonged to a different caste group. Over 45 per cent of voters said in a pre-2014 election survey that it was important to them that a candidate of their own caste wins elections in their constituency. A large share of reported sexual assaults across India are actually consensual relationships criminalised by parents. And staggeringly, spending more than Rs 8,500 a month puts you in the top 5 per cent of urban India.

In Whole Numbers and Half Truths, data-journalism pioneer Rukmini S. draws on nearly two decades of on-ground reporting experience to piece together a picture that looks nothing like the one you might expect. There is a mountain of data available on India, but it remains opaque, hard to access and harder yet to read, and it does not inform public conversation. Rukmini marshals this information—some of it never before reported—alongside probing interviews with experts and ordinary citizens, to see what the numbers can tell us about India. As she interrogates how data works, and how the push and pull of social and political forces affect it, she creates a blueprint to understand the changes of the last few years and the ones to come—a toolkit for India.

This is a timely and wholly original intervention in the conversation on data, and with it, India.]]> 324 Rukmini S. 9391234674 Ganesh 4 heavy-read 4.20 Whole Numbers and Half Truths
author: Rukmini S.
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.20
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/04
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: heavy-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Fluid: The Approach Applied by Geniuses Over Centuries]]> 41815475
Fluid shatters this myth by arguing that great minds who have changed the fate of humankind are actually the ones who failed, faltered or remained uncertain, yet never bothered to stay pasted to a rigid line.

They were more. They were fluid.

In captivating storytelling narrative, Ashish Jaiswal takes us through groundbreaking research unravelling what binds the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, CV Raman, Steve Jobs, Charles Darwin and other geniuses and why being fluid like them could be our biggest winning strategy in the age of artificial intelligence.
Read to learn the approach required for world-class innovations, groundbreaking solutions and game-changing ideas.]]> 256 Ashish Jaiswal 8183285279 Ganesh 4 4.32 2018 Fluid: The Approach Applied by Geniuses Over Centuries
author: Ashish Jaiswal
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2022/09/09
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: career, creativity, easy-to-read, education
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas]]> 60051983
Kanisetti takes us back in time to witness the birth of the Chalukyas, a dynasty that shaped southern India for centuries. Beginning at a time when Hinduism was still establishing itself through the Deccan, when the landscape was bereft of temples, he explores the extraordinary transformation of the peninsula over half a millennium. In vivid and colourful detail, Kanisetti describes how the mighty empires of medieval India were made: how temple-building and language manipulation were used as political tools; how royals involved themselves in religious struggles between Jains and Buddhists, Shaivas and Vaishnavas; and how awe-inspiring rituals were used to elevate kings over their rivals and subjects. In doing so, he transforms medieval Indian royals, merchants and commoners from obscure figures to complex, vibrant people. Kanisetti takes us into the minds of powerful rulers of the Chalukya, Pallava, Rashtrakuta and Chola dynasties, and animates them and their world with humanity and depth.

It is a world of bloody elephant warfare and brutal military stratagems; of alliances and betrayals; where a broken king commits ritual suicide, and a shrewd hunchbacked prince founds his own kingdom under his powerful brother’s nose. This is a world where a king writes a bawdy play that is a parable for religious contestation; where the might of India’s rulers and the wealth of its cities were talked of from Arabia to Southeast Asia; and where south Indian kingdoms serially invaded and defeated those of the north. This painstakingly researched forgotten history of India will keep you riveted and enthralled. You will never see the history of the subcontinent the same way again.]]> 480 Anirudh Kanisetti 9391165055 Ganesh 4 culture-and-art, easy-to-read 4.16 Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
author: Anirudh Kanisetti
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.16
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/16
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: culture-and-art, easy-to-read
review:

]]> Em and The Big Hoom 13601144 240 Jerry Pinto 8192328023 Ganesh 5 4.20 2012 Em and The Big Hoom
author: Jerry Pinto
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2023/01/05
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction, high-humour-quotient, psychology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential]]> 59660671 “One of my favorite books of the year. It completely reshaped how I think about information and how and why I take notes.� —Daniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive

A revolutionary approach to enhancing productivity, creating flow, and vastly increasing your ability to capture, remember, and benefit from the unprecedented amount of information all around us.

For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better time to learn, to contribute, and to improve ourselves. Yet, rather than feeling empowered, we are often left feeling overwhelmed by this constant influx of information. The very knowledge that was supposed to set us free has instead led to the paralyzing stress of believing we’ll never know or remember enough.

Now, this eye-opening and accessible guide shows how you can easily create your own personal system for knowledge management, otherwise known as a Second Brain. As a trusted and organized digital repository of your most valued ideas, notes, and creative work synced across all your devices and platforms, a Second Brain gives you the confidence to tackle your most important projects and ambitious goals.

Discover the full potential of your ideas and translate what you know into more powerful, more meaningful improvements in your work and life by Building a Second Brain.]]> 269 Tiago Forte 1982167408 Ganesh 4 4.30 2022 Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
author: Tiago Forte
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/07/17
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: career, creativity, easy-to-read
review:

]]> Humankind: A Hopeful History 57928536 From the bestselling author of Utopia for Realists.

It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. And its roots sink deep into Western thought: from Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the tacit assumption is that humans are bad.

Humankind makes the case for a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. When we think the worst of others, it brings out the worst in our politics and economics too.

In this major new history, internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman shows how believing in human kindness and altruism can be a new way to think � and act as the foundation for achieving true change in our society.

It is time for a new view of human nature.]]> 496 Rutger Bregman 9781408898 Ganesh 4 psychology 4.39 2019 Humankind: A Hopeful History
author: Rutger Bregman
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2022/09/30
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: psychology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Wisdom of Finance: How the Humanities Can Illuminate and Improve Finance]]> 40177488
Finance is shrouded in mystery for outsiders, while many insiders are uneasy with the disrepute of their profession. How can finance become more accessible and also recover its nobility?

Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai takes up the cause of restoring humanity to finance. With deft wit, he draws upon a rich knowledge of literature, film, history, and philosophy to explain finance's inner workings. Through this creative approach, he shows that outsiders can easily access the underlying ideas and insiders can reacquaint themselves with the core values of their profession.

This combination of finance and the humanities creates unusual and illuminating pairings: Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope are guides to risk management; Jeff Koons becomes an advocate of leverage; and Mel Brooks' The Producers teaches us about fiduciary responsibility. In Desai's vision, the principles of finance also provide answers to critical questions in our lives: bankruptcy teaches us how to react to failure, the lessons of mergers apply to marriages, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model demonstrates the true value of relationships.

The Wisdom of Finance is a wholly unique book, offering an enlivening new perspective on one of the world's most complex and misunderstood professions.]]> 240 Profile Books 1788160053 Ganesh 3 economics-and-finance 3.77 2017 The Wisdom of Finance: How the Humanities Can Illuminate and Improve Finance
author: Profile Books
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2022/05/13
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: economics-and-finance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward]]> 58446721 From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When and Drive, a new book about the transforming power of our most misunderstood yet potentially most valuable emotion: regret.

Everybody has regrets, Daniel H. Pink explains in The Power of Regret. They're a universal and healthy part of being human. And understanding how regret works can help us make smarter decisions, perform better at work and school, and bring greater meaning to our lives.

Drawing on research in social psychology, neuroscience, and biology, Pink debunks the myth of the "no regrets" philosophy of life. And using the largest sampling of American attitudes about regret ever conducted as well as his own World Regret Survey--which has collected regrets from more than 15,000 people in 105 countries--he lays out the four core regrets that each of us has. These deep regrets offer compelling insights into how we live and how we can find a better path forward.

As he did in his bestsellers Drive, When, and A Whole New Mind, Pink lays out a dynamic new way of thinking about regret and frames his ideas in ways that are clear, accessible, and pragmatic. Packed with true stories of people's regrets as well as practical takeaways for reimagining regret as a positive force, The Power of Regret shows how we can live richer, more engaged lives.]]> 239 Daniel H. Pink 0735210659 Ganesh 4 psychology, career 3.80 2022 The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
author: Daniel H. Pink
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/08/29
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: psychology, career
review:

]]> <![CDATA[What Are You Doing With Your Life?]]> 22145861 Who are you?
What do you want from life?

Life hurts us all, but rarely are we taught how to deal with these shocks. Jiddu Krishnamurti offers an introduction to many of life’s themes from relationships and love, to fear and loneliness. He asks questions such as ‘What is the significance of life?� and ‘What is the purpose of life?� He argues that we ask these questions when there is chaos and uncertainty within. And ultimately it is our responsibility to the choices we make and how we choose to live our lives.]]> J. Krishnamurti Ganesh 3 heavy-read 3.89 1899 What Are You Doing With Your Life?
author: J. Krishnamurti
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1899
rating: 3
read at: 2022/11/03
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: heavy-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Power Laws of Nature: The Science of Success]]> 18064011 338 Richard Koch 1857889185 Ganesh 3 3.59 2013 The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Power Laws of Nature: The Science of Success
author: Richard Koch
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2022/11/06
date added: 2023/01/05
shelves: business, creativity, career, heavy-read, psychology, science-and-technology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead]]> 37941659
When confronted with almost any demanding situation, the act of questioning can help guide us to smart decisions. By asking questions, we can analyze, learn, and move forward in the face of uncertainty. But "questionologist" Warren Berger says that the questions must be the right ones; the ones that cut to the heart of complexity or enable us to see an old problem in a fresh way.

In The Book of Beautiful Questions , Berger shares illuminating stories and compelling research on the power of inquiry. Drawn from the insights and expertise of psychologists, innovators, effective leaders, and some of the world's foremost creative thinkers, he presents the essential questions readers need to make the best choices when it truly counts, with a particular focus in four key decision-making , creativity , leadership , and relationships .

The powerful questions in this book can help
- Identify opportunities in your career or industry
- Generate fresh ideas in business or in your own creative pursuits
- Check your biases so you can make better judgments and decisions
- Do a better job of communicating and connecting with the people around you

Thoughtful, provocative, and actionable, these beautiful questions can be applied immediately to bring about change in your work or your everyday life.]]> 288 Warren Berger 163286956X Ganesh 4 4.08 2018 The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead
author: Warren Berger
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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date added: 2023/01/05
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]]> The Design of Everyday Things 17290807 The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time.

In this entertaining and insightful analysis, cognitive scientist Don Norman hails excellence of design as the most important key to regaining the competitive edge in influencing consumer behavior. Now fully expanded and updated, with a new introduction by the author, The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how—and why—some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.
]]> 368 Donald A. Norman 0465050654 Ganesh 4 4.19 1988 The Design of Everyday Things
author: Donald A. Norman
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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date added: 2023/01/05
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]]> <![CDATA[Finite and Infinite Games: James Carse]]> 19214007
Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules may change, the boundaries may change, even the participants may change—as long as the game is never allowed to come to an end.

What are infinite games? How do they affect the ways we play our finite games? What are we doing when we play—finitely or infinitely? And how can infinite games affect the ways in which we live our lives?

Carse explores these questions with stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation and insight, noting where and why and how we play, finitely and infinitely. He surveys our world—from the finite games of the playing field and playing board to the infinite games found in culture and religion—leaving all we think we know illuminated and transformed. Along the way, Carse finds new ways of understanding everything, from how an actress portrays a role to how we engage in sex, from the nature of evil to the nature of science. Finite games, he shows, may offer wealth and status, power and glory, but infinite games offer something far more subtle and far grander.

Carse has written a book rich in insight and aphorism. Already an international literary event, Finite and Infinite Games is certain to be argued about and celebrated for years to come. Reading it is the first step in learning to play the infinite game.]]> 162 James P. Carse Ganesh 3 3.57 1986 Finite and Infinite Games: James Carse
author: James P. Carse
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1986
rating: 3
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]]> The Wisdom of Crowds 68143 306 James Surowiecki 0385721706 Ganesh 3 3.82 2004 The Wisdom of Crowds
author: James Surowiecki
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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date added: 2023/01/05
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]]> <![CDATA[The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture]]> 58537332 In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.

In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal� when it comes to health?

Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal� as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society—and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Co-written with his son Daniel, The Myth of Normal is Maté’s most ambitious and urgent book yet.]]> 576 Gabor Maté 0593083881 Ganesh 0 to-read 4.30 2022 The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
author: Gabor Maté
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions]]> 60149558 A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkers

A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin—the “anthropologist on Mars,� as Oliver Sacks dubbed her—transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired. Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, the ability to assemble furniture without crying? You are likely a visual thinker.

With her genius for demystifying science, Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed, she reveals, and a more varied one, from the photo-realistic object visualizers like Grandin herself, with their intuitive knack for design and problem solving, to the abstract, mathematically inclined “visual spatial� thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking. She also makes us understand how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace. Rather than continuing to waste their singular gifts, driving a collective loss in productivity and innovation, Grandin proposes new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, and collaborating with visual thinkers. In a highly competitive world, this important book helps us see, we need every mind on board.]]> 340 Temple Grandin 0593418360 Ganesh 0 to-read 3.61 2022 Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
author: Temple Grandin
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Coffee Can Investing: The Low Risk Road to Stupendous Wealth]]> 38602142 288 Saurabh Mukherjea 067009045X Ganesh 3 economics-and-finance 3.97 Coffee Can Investing: The Low Risk Road to Stupendous Wealth
author: Saurabh Mukherjea
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.97
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement]]> 39151867 Conversation is a crucial part of everything we do. It influences our well being--a good conversation can leave us ready for anything, a bad one can ruin our whole day. But most of us are unaware of the nature of our conversations, let alone how to make them consistently affirming and empowering. This book shows us how to use Appreciative Inquiry, one of the most effective and widely used approaches for fostering positive change, to dramatically improve the outcomes of our conversations. By focusing on what we want to happen instead of what we want to avoid, and asking questions to deepen understanding and increase possibilities, we expand creativity, improve productivity, and unleash potential, at work and home.
"This book is for everyone, from managers striving to lead more effectively, to parents trying to cultivate better conversations with children."
Lindsey Godwin, Director, David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry

"Wow! What a great book! I'm going to use it in my courses and with every client. It is rare to read a book that is so compelling and practical with simple guidelines anyone can use."
Gervase R. Bushe, Professor, Simon Fraser University, and author of Clear Leadership

"A conversation is the smallest visible unit of change, our starting point for every important change effort. This book is a gift to the world, business, schools, and families!"
Jon Berghoff, President, Flourishing Leadership Institute

"A must read for all leaders. Practical wisdom and relatable stories!"
Robert Easton, Senior Managing Director, Accenture

"This short book is a rare gem--entertaining, relevant, educational, and immensely practical.!"
Maureen McKenna, Founder, Return on Energy

Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres have been internationally recognized for their work with Appreciative Inquiry. They've positively affected the lives of thousands of people and helped hundreds of organizations improve their capacity to thrive in uncertain times. They have been researching, writing, consulting, and speaking on Appreciative Inquiry since 1996.
]]> 162 Jackie Stavros 1523094036 Ganesh 5 3.89 Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement
author: Jackie Stavros
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[Jugaad Yatra: Exploring the Indian Art of Problem Solving]]> 41181540 200 Dean Nelson 9387561305 Ganesh 0 4.08 Jugaad Yatra: Exploring the Indian Art of Problem Solving
author: Dean Nelson
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Rising: 30 Women Who Changed India]]> 60565627 296 Kiran Manral 9355201915 Ganesh 3 4.06 Rising: 30 Women Who Changed India
author: Kiran Manral
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.06
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Scam: from Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh]]> 23509108
The Scam, a chronicle of two of the most famous scams in the Indian stock markets, is now back in a digital avatar. The story told by Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu, can't find a more credible and informed couple of storytellers for these events. First published in April 1993, the book was an immediate bestseller but had been out of print for a while.
This 8th edition of the scam includes the original Harshad Mehta Scam and the Ketan Parekh Scam, while also delving into the JPC Fiasco and the Global Trust Bank Scam. The basic question that the book deals with is, "what really happened in the two great Indian scams?" The answer to this question, detailed in the book, brings up another important one, "Have we learnt anything since, so that such things don't happen again?"]]> 378 Sucheta Dalal Ganesh 5 3.97 1993 The Scam: from Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh
author: Sucheta Dalal
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1993
rating: 5
read at: 2022/04/11
date added: 2022/04/13
shelves: business, easy-to-read, economics-and-finance
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]]> <![CDATA[Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products]]> 22668729 How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?

Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit? Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us?
Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Through consecutive “hook cycles,� these products reach their ultimate goal of bringing users back again and again without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging.


Hooked is based on Eyal’s years of research, consulting, and practical experience. He wrote the book he wished had been available to him as a start-up founder—not abstract theory, but a how-to guide for building better products. Hooked is written for product managers, designers, marketers, start-up founders, and anyone who seeks to understand how products influence our behavior.


Eyal provides readers with:


� Practical insights to create user habits that stick.
� Actionable steps for building products people love.

� Fascinating examples from the iPhone to Twitter, Pinterest to the Bible App, and many other habit-forming products.]]> 256 Nir Eyal 1591847788 Ganesh 4 4.12 2013 Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
author: Nir Eyal
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/01
date added: 2021/12/31
shelves: brain, business, easy-to-read, psychology
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]]> How Come No One Told Me That? 58874349 In How Come No One Told Me That?, bestselling author Prakash Iyer shares the stories and observations that have made an immense impact on his life. The book is divided into ten sections, exploring life lessons, ways of improving oneself, leadership and the importance of doing small things right, among other subjects. Through powerful anecdotes and charming essays, followed by practical, actionable advice, this book will help you make those minor adjustments to your professional and personal lives that can truly make you unstoppable.]]> 256 Prakash Iyer 0143421360 Ganesh 4 3.82 How Come No One Told Me That?
author: Prakash Iyer
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.82
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2021/12/31
date added: 2021/12/31
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]]> The Ultimate Medicine 660588 A steady stream of students, Indians and Westerners, fortunate enough to discover Maharaj during his lifetime, came to sit at his feet in the small loft where he received visitors. In the tradition of Ramana Maharshi, he shared the highest Truth of nonduality in his own unique way, from the depths of his own realization. The profound yet simple words of this extraordinary teacher jolt us into awareness. Like the Zen masters of old, Nisargadatta's style is abrupt, provocative, and immensely profound. His terse, potent sayings trigger shifts in consciousness, just by hearing, or even reading them.

Compiled during the last year of Nisargadatta 's life, The Ultimate Medicine provides advanced instruction for spiritual aspirants. Not for those who like their spirituality watered down, but for serious students seeking powerful antidotes to unawareness. Edited by Robert Powell, renowned spiritual author.

]]> 234 nisargadatta-maharaj 8120814185 Ganesh 3 heavy-read, spirituality 4.27 1996 The Ultimate Medicine
author: nisargadatta-maharaj
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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date added: 2021/12/31
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]]> <![CDATA[Design Your Thinking: The Mindsets, Toolsets and Skill Sets for Creative Problem-solving]]> 56318178
Pioneered by IDEO and Stanford d.school, design thinking is one such approach that draws inspiration from the realm of product design. However, it shouldn’t be narrowly associated with the world of start-ups and technology or thought of as something limited to product development. The method is increasingly being used in a wider context and can help us address a vast array of problems.

This book attempts to offer a practitioner’s perspective on how the tenets, methods and discipline of design thinking can be applied across a range of domains, including to everyday problems, and help us become expert problem-solvers through the use of the appropriate toolsets, skill sets and mindsets.]]> 384 Pavan Soni 0670094099 Ganesh 0 4.23 Design Your Thinking: The Mindsets, Toolsets and Skill Sets for Creative Problem-solving
author: Pavan Soni
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.23
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date added: 2021/12/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins]]> 31934455 Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game.

That moment was more than a century in the making, and in this breakthrough book, Kasparov reveals his astonishing side of the story for the first time. He describes how it felt to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent with the whole world watching, and recounts the history of machine intelligence through the microcosm of chess, considered by generations of scientific pioneers to be a key to unlocking the secrets of human and machine cognition. Kasparov uses his unrivaled experience to look into the future of intelligent machines and sees it bright with possibility. As many critics decry artificial intelligence as a menace, particularly to human jobs, Kasparov shows how humanity can rise to new heights with the help of our most extraordinary creations, rather than fear them. Deep Thinking is a tightly argued case for technological progress, from the man who stood at its precipice with his own career at stake.]]> 0 Garry Kasparov 1478920335 Ganesh 4 3.85 Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
author: Garry Kasparov
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2021/02/03
date added: 2021/12/03
shelves: brain, creativity, science-and-technology
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]]> <![CDATA[Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors]]> 39074550 An international bestseller

The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, "When am I ever going to use this in the real world?"

"Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations--that also gives you permission to feel a little better about some of your own mistakes." --Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything

Our whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works quietly behind the scenes . . . until it doesn't. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences.

Math is easy to ignore until a misplaced decimal point upends the stock market, a unit conversion error causes a plane to crash, or someone divides by zero and stalls a battleship in the middle of the ocean.

Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.]]> 314 Matt Parker 0241360196 Ganesh 4
I would like to give it a 4.4 star instead of 5 only because there are too many stories with some of them a wee bit longer than I liked.]]> 4.11 2019 Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
author: Matt Parker
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/29
date added: 2021/12/03
shelves: easy-to-read, high-humour-quotient, mathematics
review:
Standup comedy and math--what a combination of interests and talent! The word math might scare off some people but this book is mostly a superb collection of fascinating stories involving numbers and measurements (bridge collapse, air accidents, election results, Excel date and rounding off quirks). There is plenty of wisdom about testing, error prevention, problem root cause analysis, and human nature. And everything comes with witty puns and remarks. A unique package of delight.

I would like to give it a 4.4 star instead of 5 only because there are too many stories with some of them a wee bit longer than I liked.
]]> <![CDATA[Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship)]]> 759930 580 Paramahansa Yogananda 0876120796 Ganesh 1 spirituality 4.18 1946 Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship)
author: Paramahansa Yogananda
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1946
rating: 1
read at: 1984/01/01
date added: 2021/06/22
shelves: spirituality
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]]> <![CDATA[Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre]]> 42687295 Impro ought to be required reading not only for theatre people generally but also for teachers, educators, and students of all kinds and persuasions. Readers of this book are not going to agree with everything in it; but if they are not challenged by it, if they do not ultimately succumb to its wisdom and whimsicality, they are in a very sad state indeed . . . .Johnstone seeks to liberate the imagination, to cultivate in the adult the creative power of the child . . . .Deserves to be widely read and tested in the classroom and rehearsal hall . . .Full of excellent good sense, actual observations and inspired assertions -- CHOICE: Books for College Libraries.

]]> 201 Keith Johnstone 1350069035 Ganesh 5 4.08 1979 Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
author: Keith Johnstone
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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date added: 2021/06/22
shelves: creativity, culture-and-art, psychology
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]]> <![CDATA[The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles]]> 14653803 165 Steven Pressfield 1936891026 Ganesh 5 4.14 2002 The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
author: Steven Pressfield
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/26
date added: 2021/06/22
shelves: career, creativity, psychology
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]]> <![CDATA[The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)]]> 26166883
Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns.

This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists' deaths, the key to a conspiracy that spans light-years and the key to the extinction-level threat humanity now faces.]]> 434 Liu Cixin 178497157X Ganesh 4 3.98 2006 The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
author: Liu Cixin
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2021/04/01
date added: 2021/06/22
shelves: fiction, science-and-technology
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]]> <![CDATA[This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See]]> 40549476 #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER & INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA game-changing approach to marketing, sales, and advertising.For the first time Seth Godin offers the core of his marketing wisdom in one compact, accessible, timeless package. This is Marketing shows you how to do work you're proud of, whether you're a tech startup founder, a small business owner, or part of a large corporation.No matter what your product or service, this book will help you reframe how it's presented to the world, in order to meaningfully connect with people who want it. Seth employs his signature blend of insight, observation, and memorable examples to teach How to build trust and permission with your target market.* The art of positioning--deciding not only who it's for, but who it's not for.* Why the best way to achieve your goals is to help others become who they want to be.* Why the old approaches to advertising and branding no longer work.* The surprising role of tension in any decision to buy (or not).* How marketing is at its core about the stories we tell ourselves about our social status.You can do work that matters for people who care. This book shows you the way.'A very accessible way into Godin's thinking . . . Godin writes in pacy, jargon-free prose and this book is interesting and useful for anyone who wants an insight into how, and why, we buy things or change our habits in any way ' The Financial TimesIf you enjoyed reading this, check out Seth Godin's Purple Cow, a true business classic.]]> 271 Seth Godin Ganesh 4 business, easy-to-read 3.90 2018 This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See
author: Seth Godin
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2019/12/31
date added: 2021/06/22
shelves: business, easy-to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj]]> 299869 This collection of the timeless teachings of one of the greatest sages of India, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, is a testament to the uniqueness of the seer's life and work and is regarded by many as a "modern spiritual classic".

I Am That preserves Maharaj's dialogues with the followers who came from around the world seeking his guidance in destroying false identities. The sage's sole concern was with human suffering and the ending of suffering. It was his mission to guide the individual to an understanding of his true nature and the timelessness of being. He taught that mind must recognize and penetrate its own state of being, "being this or that, here or that, then or now," but just timeless being.

]]> 550 Nisargadatta Maharaj 0893860220 Ganesh 5 heavy-read, spirituality 4.41 1973 I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
author: Nisargadatta Maharaj
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1973
rating: 5
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date added: 2021/06/22
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]]> <![CDATA[Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World]]> 10374 Lord Jim.

Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.]]> 400 Haruki Murakami Ganesh 3 fiction 4.14 1985 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1985
rating: 3
read at: 2018/01/01
date added: 2021/06/22
shelves: fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers]]> 54564213
But numbers - in the right hands - have the power to change the world for the better. Contrary to popular belief, good statistics are not a trick, although they are a kind of magic. Good statistics are not smoke and mirrors; in fact, they help us see more clearly. Good statistics are like a telescope for an astronomer, a microscope for a bacteriologist, or an X-ray for a radiologist. If we are willing to let them, good statistics help us see things about the world around us and about ourselves - both large and small ­- that we would not be able to see in any other way.

In How to Make the World Add Up, Tim Harford draws on his experience as both an economist and presenter of the BBC's radio show 'More or Less'. He takes us deep into the world of disinformation and obfuscation, bad research and misplaced motivation to find those priceless jewels of data and analysis that make communicating with numbers worthwhile. Harford's characters range from the art forger who conned the Nazis to the stripper who fell in love with the most powerful congressman in Washington, to famous data detectives such as John Maynard Keynes, Daniel Kahneman and Florence Nightingale. He reveals how we can evaluate the claims that surround us with confidence, curiosity and a healthy level of scepticism.

Using ten simple rules for understanding numbers - plus one golden rule - this extraordinarily insightful book shows how if we keep our wits about us, thinking carefully about the way numbers are sourced and presented, we can look around us and see with crystal clarity how the world adds up.]]> 352 Tim Harford 1408712245 Ganesh 5 4.14 2020 How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
author: Tim Harford
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2021/03/20
date added: 2021/03/31
shelves: easy-to-read, science-and-technology, psychology, mathematics, economics-and-finance, business
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]]> <![CDATA[The Practice: Shipping Creative Work]]> 53479927
Creative work doesn't come with a guarantee. But there is a pattern to who succeeds and who doesn't. And engaging in the consistent practice of its pursuit is the best way forward.

Based on the breakthrough Akimbo workshop pioneered by legendary author Seth Godin, The Practice will help you get unstuck and find the courage to make and share creative work. Godin insists that writer's block is a myth, that consistency is far more important than authenticity, and that experiencing the imposter syndrome is a sign that you're a well-adjusted human. Most of all, he shows you what it takes to turn your passion from a private distraction to a productive contribution, the one you've been seeking to share all along.

With this book as your guide, you'll learn to dance with your fear. To take the risks worth taking. And to embrace the empathy required to make work that contributes with authenticity and joy.]]> 272 Seth Godin 0593328973 Ganesh 4 3.94 2020 The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
author: Seth Godin
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/22
date added: 2021/03/22
shelves: career, creativity, easy-to-read
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]]> It's Also About Mynah 57449401 ‘Mumbai’s historic mill hub of Lalbaug finally gets its own mythology in this sensitive coming-of-age story. Rucha Chitrodia’s long-time finger on the city’s pulse underpins this book.� - Bachi Karkaria | Editor, Columnist, Author


‘A delightfully wry tale of love, loss and finding oneself, this book is as much a tender ode to Mumbai as it is to the trajectory of human relationships.� Kiran Manral | Bestselling Author, Columnist


When a young Mynah moves to Mumbai to join an ad agency, much against the wishes of her paranoid father, she is reluctantly catapulted into adulthood. A ghosting boyfriend, struggles at her workplace, a meeting with her runaway birth mother... She gets acquainted with life's truths as a paying guest in the beautiful and lonely Aruna's flat in the city's old mill district, which has its own story to tell.


This brilliant debut novel by Rucha Chitrodia takes a look at modern, formless equations and almost-romances. If it's about heartbreak, it's also about healing, about the exciting continuum of human ups and downs.]]> 208 Rucha Chitrodia Ganesh 4 easy-to-read, fiction
The blurb says this is a brilliant debut. I agree. Anyone familiar with the disaster that was the textile industry shutdown in the 1980s, which changed the city called Bombay permanently in many different ways, will relate to many of the characters and settings in this novel. The author has a unique style of moving across time and background stories of people. At first it felt a bit abrupt then one settled into the rhythm of the storytelling and looked forward to knowing the layered past of a housemaid, the liftman, the ambitious young boyfriend, the reluctant inheritor of a rubber estate... The only quibble was in the last few pages this structure could have been avoided and the narrative could have tightly focused on the denouement.

Lovable characters with believable characteristics, more logical people in a romance fiction story than one ever gets to read or watch in Bollywood/Hollywood, even the so-called "bad people" characters are fleshed out in a balanced way, and above everything else, what I loved and got consistently stunned by were the cutting observations on human nature and the games we all play, including nice ones.

The history, sights, and smells of Lalbaug-Parel neighbourhood are vividly painted as the backdrop to the events of the plot. I am not even sure if plot is the right word for this gently moving story of recovering from a breakup. The relationships of individuals with each other and with the societal frames they operate in--that seems to be the focus here. And not in any ponderous way. Though there is no overt attempt at humour, more than once the one-liners made me laugh with admiration.
]]> 4.00 It's Also About Mynah
author: Rucha Chitrodia
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/16
date added: 2021/03/18
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
review:
Disclosure: Rucha is a friend, though we have not spoken to each other for many years. Someone mentioned her debut novel is launched and I ordered it.

The blurb says this is a brilliant debut. I agree. Anyone familiar with the disaster that was the textile industry shutdown in the 1980s, which changed the city called Bombay permanently in many different ways, will relate to many of the characters and settings in this novel. The author has a unique style of moving across time and background stories of people. At first it felt a bit abrupt then one settled into the rhythm of the storytelling and looked forward to knowing the layered past of a housemaid, the liftman, the ambitious young boyfriend, the reluctant inheritor of a rubber estate... The only quibble was in the last few pages this structure could have been avoided and the narrative could have tightly focused on the denouement.

Lovable characters with believable characteristics, more logical people in a romance fiction story than one ever gets to read or watch in Bollywood/Hollywood, even the so-called "bad people" characters are fleshed out in a balanced way, and above everything else, what I loved and got consistently stunned by were the cutting observations on human nature and the games we all play, including nice ones.

The history, sights, and smells of Lalbaug-Parel neighbourhood are vividly painted as the backdrop to the events of the plot. I am not even sure if plot is the right word for this gently moving story of recovering from a breakup. The relationships of individuals with each other and with the societal frames they operate in--that seems to be the focus here. And not in any ponderous way. Though there is no overt attempt at humour, more than once the one-liners made me laugh with admiration.

]]> The Kitty Party Murder 55959869
Kanan Mehra, a.k.a. Kay, is bored to the gills with mommyhood, when her detective friend, Runa, asks her to help in a suicide investigation. Kay must infiltrate a ladies' kitty group and try to unearth their deepest, darkest secrets. Since this includes all-you-can-eat buffet lunches at a new restaurant every month, and the chance to show off newly acquired diamonds, Kay agrees -- much to the annoyance of her spouse, who disapproves of both kitty parties and snooping around.



As Kay and Runa try to get to the truth behind the suicide, the building complex is shaken by another mysterious death. The answers they seek lie buried under fancy meals, designer dresses and serious bling -- but will Kay risk everything to get to them?]]> 217 Kiran Manral 9390327636 Ganesh 3 2.95 The Kitty Party Murder
author: Kiran Manral
name: Ganesh
average rating: 2.95
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2021/03/10
date added: 2021/03/17
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction, high-humour-quotient
review:
Kiran Manral, after writing many fiction and non-fiction books, has finally written a sequel featuring Kay Mehra, the high-society lady who first appeared in the author's debut novel, The Reluctant Detective. Mother of a brat, struggling with diet control and being in the loop about happenings in the Mumbai gated community society, and getting to indulge her bumbling detective skills... it's the same time-tested ingredients. And once again, the actual mystery of one or more crimes is just a vehicle for the author to entertain and make us laugh with her language skills and setting up of situations.
]]> <![CDATA[Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life]]> 33357041 ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy)—the happiness of always being busy—as revealed by the daily habits of the world’s longest-living people.

What’s your ikigai?

“Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.� —Japanese proverb

According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai—the place where passion, mission, vocation, and profession intersect—means that each day is infused with meaning. It’s the reason we get up in the morning. It’s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there’s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they’ve found a real purpose in life—the happiness of always being busy.

In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds—one of the world’s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and—their best-kept secret—how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesn’t want to find happiness in every day?]]> 208 Héctor García 0143130722 Ganesh 3 3.69 2016 Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
author: Héctor García
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2021/03/14
shelves: career, easy-to-read, psychology, spirituality
review:

]]> Cell 20574516 402 Robin Cook 023076939X Ganesh 2 easy-to-read, fiction 3.12 2014 Cell
author: Robin Cook
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.12
book published: 2014
rating: 2
read at: 2021/01/06
date added: 2021/01/13
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
review:

]]> As Time Goes By 30753737
Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of stardom when she begins covering a sensational murder trial. She should be thrilled with the story of her career, but her growing desire to locate her birth mother consumes her thoughts. When Delaney’s friends Alvirah Meehan and her husband Willy offer to look into the mystery surrounding her birth, they uncover a shocking secret they do not want to reveal.

On trial for murder is Betsy Grant, widow of a wealthy doctor who has suffered from Alzheimer’s for eight years. When her once-upon-a-time celebrity lawyer urges her to accept a plea bargain, Betsy she will go to trial to prove her innocence.

Betsy’s stepson, Alan Grant, bides his time nervously as the trial begins. His substantial inheritance hangs in the balance—his only means of making good on payments he owes his ex-wife, his children, and increasingly angry creditors.

As the trial unfolds and the damning evidence against Betsy piles up, Delaney is convinced that Betsy is not guilty and frantically tries to prove her innocence. A true classic from Mary Higgins Clark, As Time Goes By is a thrilling read by “the mistress of high tension� ( The New Yorker ).]]> 368 Mary Higgins Clark 1501131095 Ganesh 2 easy-to-read, fiction 3.84 2016 As Time Goes By
author: Mary Higgins Clark
name: Ganesh
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2016
rating: 2
read at: 2021/01/07
date added: 2021/01/13
shelves: easy-to-read, fiction
review:

]]> The Art of Clear Thinking 44451532 202 Patrick King 1799187861 Ganesh 4 easy-to-read, psychology 4.29 2019 The Art of Clear Thinking
author: Patrick King
name: Ganesh
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2020/06/29
date added: 2021/01/13
shelves: easy-to-read, psychology
review:

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