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: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do… »
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: There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather »
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: Einstein’s Dreams »
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: Machiavelli on Business: Strategies, Advice, and Words of Wisdom on… »
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: Bull’s Eye: The Power of Focus »
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: Will It Fly?: How to Test Your Next Business Idea… »