Will It Fly?: How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don’t Waste Your Time and Money by Pat Flynn My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I picked up this book from the library, I didn’t realise that the author was someone whose podcasts I have been following for quite some time. Like… Read More »
The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead by Charles Murray My rating: 3 of 5 stars This would have been a good read if the author is less self-righteous. Instead, by trying to impose his narrow views of what constitutes right behaviour and what it takes to live a good life, it negates the value of… Read More »
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 »