101 Places Not to See Before You Die by Catherine Price My rating: 0 of 5 stars Like many books of its genre, “101 Places Not to See Before You Die” reads like the equivalent of an online clickbait. Sure, there are plenty of interesting stuff (for instance, Hell has a wedding chapel, and the… Read More »
The Art of Profitability by Adrian J. Slywotzky My rating: 5 of 5 stars “The Art of Profitability” uses the same novel approach as “The Guy Who Fired His Boss” & “Lost and Found”, two books which I read earlier, except that the delivery style is reminiscent of Gu Long, the late Taiwanese Wuxia novelist,… Read More »
Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better Than Best by Srinivas Rao My rating: 2 of 5 stars This book is preachy and repetitive, so much so that you will feel like you’re reading the same chapter over and over. The more I read books of this nature, the more convinced I am that acclaimed authors such… Read More »
The Politically Incorrect Parenting Book: 10 No-Nonsense Rules to Stay Sane and Raise Happy Kids by Nigel Latta My rating: 5 of 5 stars Unlike other no-nonsense parenting books, this one actually got me off my butt to work on stuff that I haven’t been doing right. The case studies have an easy-to-follow structure, and… Read More »
The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Entrepreneurship for Weirdos, Misfits, and World Dominators by Chris Brogan My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is one of those New-Age hippie-dippie non-conformist literature that tries to inspire but falls flat in many places due to its over-simplistic and flippant one-size-fits-all recommendations. Some parts of the book also… Read More »
“You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.” Today, I came across two Facebook updates by Andrew Loh (here and here) where… Read More »