This is where I archive the insights I learn from reading books and listening to audiobooks/podcast.
Productivity
- The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller (9/10) : One of the most impactful books have ever read. The core theme of the book is to concentrate your efforts on ONE thing and do it well. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
- Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport (10/10): One of the most impactful books have ever read as it had a great impact on my use of social media and the internet. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (10/10): Deep Work is a very important skill in our hyper-connected age and the major differentiator in the future would be producers of high-value work. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (9/10): Essentialism by Greg McKeown is a very great book about living by design, not by default. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (9/10): The basic premise of the book is that small incremental changes lead to long term results. Here are some the ways have been using the atomic habits to enhance my productivity: Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
- The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch (7/10): The 80/20 Principle shows how we can achieve much more with much less effort, time, and resources, simply by identifying and focusing our efforts on the 20 percent that really counts. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
Leadership
- Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance by Bob Buford (7/10): Halftime by Bob Buford is a great book as it contains a lot of thought-provoking questions on transitioning from success to significance.Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
- The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner (8/10): Leadership Challenge—the challenge of taking people and organizations to places they have never been before.Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
Entrepreneurship
- The Art of the Start 2.0 by Guy Kawasaki (9/10): The Book is one of my all time favourite book on Entrepreneurship as it distill insights and practical advice on Entrepreneurship, Fund Raising, Boot Strapping, Pitching, Social Media and many other topics. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
Creativity
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
- Do the Work by Steve Pressfield ((7/10) : Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Writing
- On Writing Well by William Zinsser (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | AudioBook | Book Summary
Team Building
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team By Patrick Lencioni (7/10): The book explores the fundamental causes of organizational politics, cohesion and team failure. The book details many pitfalls that teams face as they seek to “grow together”. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
Personal Growth
- Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life by Gary John Bishop (7/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
- Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant (8/10): The book explores the psychology of recovery and the challenges of regaining confidence and rediscovering joy. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
Biography
- The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger (9/10): In The Ride of a Lifetime, Bob Iger shares the lessons he learned while running Disney and leading its 220,000-plus employees, and he explores the principles that are necessary for true leadership, Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook