“All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts….” -Act II, Scene VII, As You Like It, William Shakespeare, We are defined not as a set of characteristics or traits, not as a sealed package by others. Instead, everyone sees us for the discrete, granular roles that we play in their lives. The ‘package’ that we see in our own heads is our own perspective of all the roles we play in the lives of all the people we know. You may be a caring child, a sincere student, a loyal friend, a passionate lover, a dedicated employee, a pleasant boss, a doting father and a responsible citizen: each of these roles call for a set of characteristics and need you to act in a manner that suits the roles you choose to play. Ain't that why someone we hate from the guts is liked by some others, why some fall in love with people that just don’t care, why some people buy goods t...
Tried reading more non-fiction this year. Took quite a bit of effort in finding the best/ most relevant ones to read; eventually ended up with a scarily long list of books to read. Also, tried to diversify my non-fiction reads to newer authors, genres and languages. Here goes the list- Skin in the Game - Nassim Nicholas Taleb Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham David & Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell Confessions of an Economic Hitman – John Perkins Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen The Honjin Murders – Seishi Yokomizo Impact Winter – Travis Beacham Poseidon’s Arrow – Clive Cussler Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn Private Berlin – James Patterson The Labours of Hercules – Agatha Christie Absolute Power – David Baldacci Some of these were fantastic reads- those that I wondered how I hadn't heard of sooner. Others- Impact Winter and Private Berlin - such drags! But then again, that is the idea of trying a...
For the first time ever, I managed to read as many non-fiction titles as I did fiction, in a year. And I found that these very well-recommended titles deserved all the praise they got from others. Well, most of them. Here's the list- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant – Eric Jorgenson The Psychology of Money – Morgan Housel What got you here won’t get you there – Marshall Goldsmith The Richest Man in Babylon – George S Classon Nudge – Richard H. Thaler The Compound Effect – Daren Hardy Why We Sleep – Matthew Walker Think Again – Adam Grant The Inugami Curse – Seishi Yokomizo The Village of Eight Graves – Seishi Yokomizo The Afghan – Frederick Forsyth James Moriarty: Consulting Criminal – Andy Weir Murder House – James Patterson Moonflower Murders – Anthony Horowitz Shikhandi – Devdutt Pattanaik Black Wind – Clive Cussler Would definitely recommend #3 - 'What got you here...', #7 - 'Why we Sleep' and #8 - 'Think Again' to anyone. Talk about broadening the hori...
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