Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
‘For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.’ Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational…
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The Founder’s Mentality by Chris Zook
Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment–find an attractive market,…
Tool of Titans by Tim Ferries
The book contains lessons from highly successful people like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Malcolm Gladwell, Tony Robbins, etc. For every situation that you meet in your life, take a flip of the…
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going. Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind’s extraordinary history…
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
In The Vital Question, biochemist Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a solution to conundrums that have puzzled generations of scientists. All complex life, from mushrooms to man,…
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Many modern knowledge workers now spend most of their brain power battling distraction and interruption, whether because of the incessant pinging of devices, noisy open-plan offices or the difficulty of…
Theory of Nothing by Russell Standish
The “Theory of Nothing” explores the radical idea that the reality we see around us is but one of an infinite “library” of alternate realities, the sum of which contains…
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy – or something altogether…
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing…
Irrational Man by William Barrett
Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett speaks eloquently and directly to concerns of the 1990s: a…
First, Break All The Rules
Great managers do not help people overcome their weaknesses. They do not believe that each person has unlimited potential. They do play favourites and they break the ‘Golden Rule’ book…
The Fabric of Reality
An extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch’s extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which reveal…
5 Desi Business Books I Recommend: From nawabs, nudes and noodles to bandhan
I read a lot and while it ranges from comics to books on product management, today I am sharing my 5 fav books related to desi businesses. The list is…
How Bill Gates reads 50 books a year. Follow his four non-negotiable rules
Bill Gates reads a lot – you often get to see him recommending books on Twitter and his blog. How does he read 50 books a year (i.e. 1 book…
Hit Refresh Review: A refreshing story on the new new Microsoft
I just finished reading Satya Nadella’s Hit Refresh and if you want a short review of the book, let me just tell you this: go grab a copy. The book…
Notes: “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com
My curiosity to find out what runs Amazon, its philosophy, vision and roots resulted me in picking “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com. The book provided some interesting…
