The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change by Charles Duhigg My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you like Malcolm Gladwell’s investigative journalistic style, you will take to this book like a duck to water. The notes at the back, based on my rough estimate, span almost one-quarter… Read More »
There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom’s Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids by Linda Åkeson McGurk My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book touches on an important aspect of early childhood development that many parents and educators in the digital age tend to neglect. Written in a part-memoir,… Read More »
Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Like most dreams, Einstein’s Dreams are open to interpretations. The book started off a bit slow, but as you progress through the series of dreams, you’ll come to appreciate the passage of time in the various ways described. Some of these scenarios give rise… Read More »
Some people have been suggesting that you should spoil your vote as a protest in the upcoming presidential election, but they may not realise that this will result in a guaranteed win for the reserved candidate. Here’s a strategy that can kill two birds with one stone (provided there’s no walkover): First, we have to… Read More »
Machiavelli on Business: Strategies, Advice, and Words of Wisdom on Business and Power by Stephen Brennan My rating: 1 of 5 stars Reads like an analysis of Nostradamus’ predictions, i.e. everything is open to interpretation. Unfortunately, the so-called “analyses” are often shorter than the excerpts from the original works, making this book appear like a… Read More »
Bull’s Eye: The Power of Focus by Brian Tracy My rating: 1 of 5 stars Put together a bunch of well-known personal management principles, throw in a couple of sound bites by well-known people and viola! You have a ready-made coffee-table book for people who have a hard time focusing on reading. This book has… Read More »