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An incredible autobiography of the legendary Sam Walton. Must read for all people starting their careers. Excellent advise on selling, speaking and management. Gives a perspective on the lessons Mr. Walton learned from his journey to the top. Heartwarming stories and anecdotes, peppered with quotes by Walmart associates, employees and even competitors make this worth reading for anyone interested in management, leadership and customer service.
Absolutely lovely book. Incredible travelogue of the author on the path taken by Guru Nanak. Switches effectively between reality and the past, with gripping narration of events across hundreds of years. A must read if you want to learn about the Sikh religion and the form it has taken today. Features beautiful quotes from the Guru Granth Sahib based on the context.
Taking inspiration from Robin Sharma's 5AM Club, Dan Luca has come up with a lovely system for waking up at 5AM. A key idea he explores is to have a clear WHY for waking up so early. His system includes daily exercises for the mind, body, emotions and soul. Weekly templates in the book help you add these habits into your life over the course of several weeks.
A fantastic book. Must read for all students, aspiring young cricketers as well as leaders. Detailed coverage and narration of important moments in India's cricket industry, and what when on behind the scenes. The challenges, the heartbreaks, the loneliness, and yet, the dizzying successes, admiration and lucrative endorsement deals. All that and more, in a extremely candid and honest book from VVS Laxman. This book is in fact my introduction to many facets of cricket, which I was not familiar with, since I am not a die-hard cricket fan per se.
Note: This book was read as part of exploring non-financial and unconventional autobiographies, to acquire knowledge of fields other than existing specialty, to learn and apply lessons from cricket, a world so similar to business.
“When you invest, first decide the loss you are willing to bear. Thereafter, at each rise sell some holdings and at every fall, buy back.”
“In the stock market you must not be too risk-averse. If you want your investment to be absolutely safe, invest elsewhere. When you choose investments on grounds of safety rather than returns, safety is never guaranteed, but mediocrity of returns is.”
An outstanding book for any person looking to invest in the Indian stock market. Even if you have experience with the market, read this if you want to go back to the basic.
A breezy read of an entrepreneur's journey, including the often omitted hard and tough parts. A must read for everyone considering starting their own business, or even understanding the topsy turvy journey of any founder. Will make you empathise more with your company's top management, and as an an employee, make you a part of the solution rather than the problem.
A worthy best-seller. Must-read for both financial and non-financial people, to learn and ground themselves in the basics of the habits of the wealthy. A good primer to get started with, and move on to more advanced books in the series, as well as other books on saving, investing, trading, and basically creating indestructible, old-money wealth.
A quick read which comes across as a series of articles rather than a book. Interesting stories of billionaires in their journeys to the billions. Interspersed with personal experiences of the author and easy exercises, it's a good book to read for motivation and a bit of back to the basics in life, career, relationships and wealth.
A landmark in personal and professional autobiographies. Past readers of Sir Branson's work may find that he revisits events mentioned in previous books, but in this one, are recounted in more detail. An incredible chronicle of a business titan with a golden heart. Don't let the size of the book discourage you, the language is free flowing and highly entertaining. Picture compilations are included at various intervals. A lovely book to read at a leasurely pace, to be savoured and imbibed, rather than gobbled.
An absolute must-read for every person graduating into the workforce. In language similar to the legendary Think and Grow Rich book by Napoleon Hill, this book identifies the precise steps to a life of Mastery. This is not restricted to only the professional, but the personal life as well.
Discipline, Patience and Perspective are some of the concepts deeply touch upon.
This book calls the reader to truly let go of the tags society has put upon him/her, and embrace simple childlike curiosity which naturally leads to continuous learning and improvement. A magnificent read.
A fascinating exploration of the innumerable parallels between cutting edge physics and Eastern philosophies. The book tends to become too technical and somewhat boring for the non-scientist reader at times, but the explanations following such technical content is beautiful. The book introduces you to many concepts in the Tao, Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. The overarching summary of the book is ‘entanglement' or ‘interconnectedness'. Every single iota of creation is energy, not a discrete object by itself. You are affected by others actions, and you affect the actions of others. So, choose your thoughts and the people around you wisely, they will influence your future.
A long and satisfying read which simply bursts at the seams with all that investing wisdom packed in. The book very effectively categorises and simplifies the priceless insights of Mr. Buffett and Mr. Munger. It helps greatly, that the authors have an excellent pedigree in Investment and Finance. Book content is well presented, with appropriate comments that explain the underlying concepts referred to by Mr. Buffett and Mr. Munger.
A highly recommended book for all investors who seek to create long-standing wealth, and not merely short term riches.
A grounded and practical compilation of Eastern and Western Wisdom on various subjects of self improvement. If you read self help, you may find some previously read content.
However, the conciseness and story and experience led style of the author is the real value addition.
A 2 hour read with innumerable insights and quotes towards which you can take immediate action.
Can bee read in one sitting. Inspiring words of a man who earned the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. Helps you understand the journey and thought process of a personality whose photo adorns almost every government school in India.
Speaks directly to the youth, and calls them to work on Vision 2020 document, despite the fact that we are already in 2019, as of writing this review.
Highly practical. Chock full of examples of people who applied the so called Big Five principles of success.
Content is repeated at regular intervals. The language also tends to turn ‘preachy' at times, one may notice. It may be assumed that this is done to draw the reader's attention to the said content.
Ideal read for the young man graduating from college, and looking for his purpose in the overall scheme of things.
A quick read which teaches you the seven rules of billionaires:
Trump - solve big problems for profit
Musk - power of focusing on select priorities that inspire you, the people that work for you, and your future customers
Branson - organise priorities in a strategic way to achieve big long term goals
Jobs - focus on the ‘one thing' that creates tremendous results. One cannot just prioritise, focus and have big goals; execution and productivity are the foundation
Buffett - arrange your workday to achieve maximum productivity for accomplishing your strategic objectives
Zuckerberg - add new habits to your life to increase effectiveness and outrank your competition
Slim - no matter how rich and successful you become come, lifelong learning is essential to enhance the efficacy of the other six rules
