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Anti Fragile – Things that gain from disorder Summary
Book: Anti Fragile – Things that gain from disorder Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb <p> </p><p><strong>1. Antifragile items don’t shatter under stress, it gets better from it.</strong></p><ul><li>Antifragile isn’t simply the opposite of fragile. It cannot just be described as being robust or resilient. That’s because resilient things don’t change or improve. </li><li>Resiliency helps resist shocks but stays quite…
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Rebel Ideas Book Summary
Principles introduced by Matthew Syed- 1. Lack Of Diversity = Collective Blindness: Traditionally we think of success in terms of the individual. This may be true sometimes, but for the most part, success is driven by complex systems operating efficiently. To solve today’s problems, we need to take a step back and observe the…
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Principles: Life and Work Summary
Life is filled with setbacks. How you react to those difficulties will ultimately determine your outcomes. The overarching principle in life as revealed by the author is to think for yourself: It begins with finding out: (i) what do you want? (ii) what’s the truth? (iii) what you should do? Ray Dalio discusses these 5…
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Outliers – the Story of Success Book Summary
Malcolm Gladwell challenges the stereotypical rags to riches story of success. He makes his case using examples varying from successful sportsmen and technology leaders. The book aims to demonstrate how the nuances of other variables such as generation, culture, family etc matter. Passion and hard work are essential to success, but they don’t…
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The Effective Executive Book Summary
This book offers principles that if followed, would raise your effectiveness as a leader many bars higher. 1.Effectiveness Can Be Learnt Being effective does not require special abilities, special talent or training. It can be practised till it becomes a habit. 5 habits of the mind have to be acquired to be an…
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Think and Grow Rich Book Summary
Unlike what the title of the book suggests, this book is not about how to boost your income and become richer. The author demonstrates a philosophy that can help anyone achieve success in their professional life, fulfil their aspirations. It’s a good read for entrepreneurs. Think And Grow Rich is a way of…
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The Attackers Advantage Book Summary
The aim of this book is to help understand and respond with appropriate action in today’s fluid and uncertain business environment. Author Ram Charan elucidates from several interviews of effective individuals who are champions of recognizing uncertainty and making a profit out of it. Charan offers practical advice instead of just dull abstract…
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Alibaba – The House JAck Ma Built Summary
Book: Alibaba – The House JAck Ma Built Author: Duncan Clark <p> </p><p><strong>Alibaba is bigger than you think:</strong></p><ul><li>Alibaba had its humble beginnings from founder Jack Ma’s apartment. </li><li>Alibaba is now a global giant which raised in 2014 raised $25 billion in its initial public offering on the NYSE. </li><li>Behind only Google, it became the 2nd most valuable internet…
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Loonshots – Nurture the crazy ideas Summary
Loonshots is a book that aims to change the perspective of its readers and broaden the way see and interpret ideas. The author, Safi Bahcall, shares lessons learned from various real-life events in history like wartime, birth control, the first polaroid camera and space exploration to name a few. What are loonshots? According…
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How Google Works Book Summary
It is safe to say that Google is the company that has pioneered the Internet Era. It has extended its presence in every country in the world by catering to the preferences of practically all types of users. This book answers the all-encompassing question of how Google works. Here are some of…
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No Rules Rules Book Summary
# Key Takeaways: – The importance of creating a culture of freedom and responsibility in the workplace – The concept of “radical candor” and the value of honest feedback – The role of trust and transparency in building a successful organization – The benefits of a flexible and adaptable approach to management # Practical…
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Inspired – How to Create Products Customers Love Book Summary
Key Takeaways: 1. The importance of understanding customer needs and desires in order to create successful products. 2. The concept of “customer empathy” and how it can be used to drive product innovation. 3. The value of creating a clear product vision and aligning all team members towards it. 4. The role of experimentation…
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First Things First Summary
In this book, the author, Stephen Covey digs deep into the popular concept of personal time management. He points out the problems with the 3 generations of this concept and proposes a 4th generation of this concept which is based on values and principles and argues why this eliminates the problems faced by previous concepts.…
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Made To Stick – Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Summary
The author points out 3 characteristics of the idea that stick. They should be : Understandable Memorable Effective in altering thoughts and behaviour Here are the 6 principles of stickiness: 1. Simplicity This is the key to finding your core idea. Aiming for simplicity means going to the bottom of it to find…
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Rework Book Summary
Lessons from Rework: 1. Learning from success is better than learning from mistakes: Certain things that work for others doesn’t mean they will work for you. Other peoples mistakes are not your mistakes. When you learn from your mistakes, you actually learn what not to do, but learning from success will guide you on…
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First Break All Rules Summary
First Break All Rules is about challenging the status quo that exists in the management world and encourages management to adopt a unique and innovative outlook of employee management. This book is the product of tremendous research conducted by the Gallup organization, comprising of 80,000 managers from various industries and examining concepts around employees…
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The One Thing Book Summary
1.The One Thing: According to the author, there is only one question that needs to be asked to figure out your long-term and short-term priorities- “What’s the ONE thing I can do, such that by doing it everything else will become easier or unnecessary?” The best shot at success at anything is by…
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Thinking Fast and Slow Book Summary
In his spectacular book, Kahneman identifies the 2 systems in your mind in this manner: “System 1 operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control. System 2 allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it, including complex computations. The operations of System 2 are often…
