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Reader Spotlight – Reflecting on the reading journey!

I joined Aniket’s reading program “The Reading Habits“ In its simplest form it is GRP – guided reading program.  I was curious to know, how he runs it…

When “Death” brings meaning!

Sometime back, I read Paul Kalanithi’s article in New York Times How Long have I got Left?  I remember reading his Stanford article “Before I go also on the same…

Why Bucket List – Persuasive Speech Toastmaster Old Path CC#9.

 I delivered my CC#9 after a long time in InSteel Toastmasters club, Jamshedpur.  And Voila – it was club level best speech!  I too, enjoyed the speech writing…

Marking in the book: To do or not do?

(Annotated Text: Image Source: WikiMedia) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/en/f/fa/Annotating_Text.jpg)   “Eeeeeee!” screamed my sister at the top pitch.  She looked with disgust as if a giant cockroach was sitting on the…

Influence – and GRP: Guided Reading Program

    (Book Cover Images – Source: Amazon) For a book-of-the-month, generally, we select books around 250 pages.  But this time, we have a slightly longer book.  After…

How to keep yourself energize the whole day!

  (Make Time: Brief Summary) This image is the brief graphical summary of “Make Time“. It’s prepared by a friend and book lover, “Norm“.  It’s a very pragmatic…

Ten Things that I learned from “Surely, You’re Joking Mr. Feynman”

  (Image Source: Amazon) I read this book. It is a “book-of-the-month” in my book club.  First I wonder, why haven’t I read this book before! I was…

Getting Things Done (Book Review).

5 Minute: Quick Read.   (Image: Screen Shot from GoodReads My Profile Page )  1 *. (One Star).     Yes, I gave a one-star rating to Getting Things…

Tribes: We need you to lead us. (Book Review).

5 Minutes, Quick Read. (Image Source: Amazon India)  Quick Summary:  Book proposed a new type of leadership for the hyper-connected world, where anyone can be a leader. The…

39 surprising books on mastering People Skills!

Long Post (Image-Source: Wikimedia) Listicle  When is the last time you wrote a book-list for your use!  We eagerly wait for BillGates, BarackObama, or Shashi Tharoor book list….

Choose the Next Book. You will love #4, but #8 is most useful!

10 min: Quick Read Girlfriend always has the problem of what dress to wear next?  And wife always has the problem of what to cook for dinner today? …

Brain’s Sophistication is Unmatched, Nurture it!

[ 7 minute Quick-Read ] Aristotle said, “Man is by nature the social animal”.  And our brain is an extremely sophisticated instrument handling this.  This brief write-up not…

Wherever you go, there you are (Book review).

10 min. Quick Read Quick Summary:  Poetic musing of the mindfulness teacher. Any curious mind can benefit. Any Meditator can deepen his practice with these ruminations. It is…

First Steps in Improving Writing!

A Quick 6 Minute Read. Writing is a craft.  Every craft starts at hand, goes to your arm, and reaches your brain. So, if you want to master…

Solitude is the sine qua non (crucial!) for enriched life!

[6 minute Quick Read] [Solitude and the Sea – Painting – By Jacques Bodin] When is the last time, you spent some time with your thoughts? In all…

Tribute to Irrfan Khan!

 3 Minute Quick Read. [Image Source: Wikipedia ] Irrfan Khan passed away just at 53. (29 April 2020). Tributes from all over the world are pouring, and rightly so….

The only way to start (and stick) to digital quarantine (aka declutter or detox)!

7 minute Quick Read.   Japanese Olympic player addicted to mobile games raked up 5000 $ (close to 4 Lac Indian Rs) bill and another player played Pokémon at…

First step in getting your life back from digital addiction!

6 minute Quick read. Digital detox – abstaining from social media, a smart phone is popular these days. So are the attempts like deleting apps, removing notifications, purging follow…