Tag: Books
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Book Recommendations?
As I was moving apartments last week, got a chance to look back at the book collection I’ve garnered in the last couple of years. This doesn’t include all the books I’ve managed to get from different libraries, but still on track for a book a month challenge this year. Now, seeking recommendations for what…
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Book Review: Deep Work
Deep Work has had a great influence on my personal life be it while preparing for cut-throat entrance exams or trying to understand integral concepts of Business or Computer Science. After a few dozen post-it notes and lot of pondering on each of the lessons, here are the key takeaways: 1. Focus on wildly important:…
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Book Review: Thinking in Bets
I’ve always been fascinated by ways I can improve my Decision Making. Annie Duke‘s Thinking in Bets is just the book for that. Key Takeaways: 1. Outcome and decision shouldn’t be coalesced: When you ask people about their good decisions, most people will come up with examples where they had good outcome. Bad outcome doesn’t…
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Book Review: Sprint
Jake Knapp from Google Ventures popularized the idea of Design Sprints a few years ago. Intrigued to read a few use cases such as Blue Bottle Coffee, Relay Robotics, and Flatiron Health. Few interesting ideas from the book: 1. How Might We? <solve this problem> – It is a process where everyone in the team…
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Book Review: Am I Being Too Subtle?
Am I being too subtle? Fantastic read by multi-billionaire real estate mogul Sam Zell! Zell’s parents left Poland days before Holocaust, and lived as refugees in three countries for years before reaching to the US. The book itself is dedicated to the immigrants. An interesting tale of how he started managing small dorms during his…