It took hearing my friend and many other people rave about Lost Connections before I decided a book on depression and anxiety could capture my attention. Here’s why I think this is a book everyone should read: It is very likely that most of us have at least one person around us who does depression and / or anxiety We […]
“Rather than gracefully handing over a little more authority to the generations destined to live with their mistakes the longest, the folks who have already over-cooked the future continue to run the show a) in their own interests and b) badly.” – Sam Conniff Allende Two pages in and this book, seemingly about pirates, was already having me nod in approval. […]
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss has become one of my favourite books before even reading 10% of it. Why? While I read some reviews criticising Tim for throwing information over pages without too much thought into organising this book, I find this to be the strength of Tools of Titans. Tools for Titans is a collection of profiles, strategies […]
We build stories to support the decisions we take. Quite often, we back these stories up with arguments what we call ‘common knowledge’, and which are actually a set of assumptions and myths taken as true merely due to the amount of people supporting them. Adam Grant invites these assumptions onto the stage, one by one, questions their validity and then […]
Yes, this book starts off with the biblical myth of David and Goliath and that’s because this old story is bang to the point Malcolm Gladwell makes in the book – your weaknesses can be your strengths if you keep an open mind and play smart! We often think of ourselves as little Davids minding our own businesses in a […]
What connotations do business and money have for you? Whether positive or negative, Screw Business as Usual is a book showing you how people achieve their goals and do good while making a profit in businesses they love. How did Innocent drinks come about? How does Danone sell yoghurt in Bangladesh? And who are The Elders and what do they do? Read on! […]
