Category: book

Memorable quotes Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen.  We (1) collect things that command our attention; (2) process what they mean and what to do about them; and (3) organize the results, which we (4) review as options for what […]

Written by two former and  hardcore U.S. Navy SEALS, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Extreme Ownership is an eye opening read on leadership. It includes many military stories from the battlefield with learnings that can be transferred into everyday business. With today’s trend towards self-organising team, it was a timely read on how to balance […]

An interesting read by Chris Guillebeau, an entrepreneur, writer, and avid world-traveler who also runs the blog The Art of Non-Conformity.  I like the emphasis Chris puts on taking action – a key principle in any entrepeneurial work – focusing on action rather than over analysis/perfection. The book  introduces clear steps to start a side […]

Intersting, thought-provoking book by Malcolm Gladwell about what makes high-achievers different. The factors include opportunity (right place), 10,000 hours (yes, the time needed to become an expert within a subject was coined in this book), timing (Rockefeller & Co were riding an industrial wave), upbringing (involved parents), meaningful work (with real purpose, work that is […]

    Asymmetrical information creates all sorts of headaches. If the seller knows much more about the product than the buyer, the buyer understandably gets suspicious. What’s the seller concealing? Am I being hoodwinked? If the car is so great, why is he getting rid of it? As a result, the buyer might be willing […]

Memorable quotes In his book Exponential Organizations, Singularity University global ambassador and former head of innovation at Yahoo Salim Ismail defines an exponential organization as one whose impact (or output)—because of its use of networks or automation and/or its leveraging of the crowd—is disproportionally large compared to its number of employees.  A linear organization—like, say, […]

This book explains the methods, part of a program to get the most out of your job, marriage and family life, as well as community. It’s not so much about being an intellectual or talent, as in learning and understanding the habit of thinking and behaving in ways to get there. A  bit similar philosophy […]

Following that lead, I have assembled these rules of thumb by asking these questions: How do our tools shape our destiny? What kind of an economy is our new technology suggesting? Any network has two ingredients: nodes and connections. In the grand network we are now assembling, the size of the nodes is collapsing while […]

Nathaniel Branden, the godfather of self-esteem – outlines the pillars to feel really great about yourself.  Memorable quotes As an extension of human intelligence, a machine substitutes the power of thought for the power of muscles. While making physical labor less demanding, it makes it more productive. As technological development keeps evolving, the ratio keeps […]

  Memorable quotes Ignoring state politics, the average president spent just seven years as an elected official before reaching the White House. Five were never elected to any office before becoming president. There’s something wrong with the great American ladder-climbing advice: presidents of the United States, some of the world’s most successful people, don’t follow […]

Memorable quotes Fear freezes your actions because it takes you into the world of what-if, and that’s the worst place anybody can be. This is when you start doing stupid things like predicting the future, or thinking your career as a mixed martial arts world champion is going to end suddenly. Forecasting doom and gloom […]

Memorable quotes First, disruptive products are simpler and cheaper; they generally promise lower margins, not greater profits. Second, disruptive technologies typically are first commercialized in emerging or insignificant markets. And third, leading firms’ most profitable customers generally don’t want, and indeed initially can’t use, products based on disruptive technologies. By and large, a disruptive technology […]

One of the pioneering books in sales, this is a must-read, based on a huge 12-year, $1-million dollar research to understand effective sales performance. It narrows its details into the SPIN methodology (Situation, Problem, Implication, Need-Payoff). Written by Neil Rackham, former president and founder of Huthwaite corporation. One of my key takeaways of this book […]

  Memorable quotes   Compelling careers often have complex origins that reject the simple idea that all you have to do is follow your passion.   In Wrzesniewski’s research, the happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed their passion into a position, but instead those who have been around long enough to become […]

American author, company executive and leadership expert Dale Carnegie started writing this book in the 1930’s as there was, at that time – no existing literatuer on a this topic: How to succesfully (in a proven way) behave towards other people.  Memorable quotes ‘Rick, I know your hotel is quite busy and you would like […]

Memorable quotes I am often reminded of Arthur C. Clarke’s third law, that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world – Arthur Schopenhauer We’ll make another twenty years of progress in just fourteen years (by 2014), and then do the […]