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Some books come in your life and change you forever.
Here are my top 5 books that completely changed my outlook on life.
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Here are my top 5 books that completely changed my outlook on life.
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“I want to give my kid everything I didn’t have growing up”
We have heard this statement or said this ourselves.
Most of us want to leave a legacy. That legacy is usually in some monetary form.
- Bank deposits
- Real estate
- Business
- Equity
- Gold
We have heard this statement or said this ourselves.
Most of us want to leave a legacy. That legacy is usually in some monetary form.
- Bank deposits
- Real estate
- Business
- Equity
- Gold
Leaving a wealth legacy is futile.
As 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the 2nd generation. And a whopping 90% lose their wealth by the 3rd generation!
As 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the 2nd generation. And a whopping 90% lose their wealth by the 3rd generation!
Instead leave a legacy in terms of
- Productive habits
- Knowledge
- Values
- Skills
Those will stick for a long time, and set the child up for life.
- Productive habits
- Knowledge
- Values
- Skills
Those will stick for a long time, and set the child up for life.
Book #1: The Millionaire Next Door.
It breaks down millionaires, what they do, and how do they keep their wealth.
Give it a read and you’ll be surprised with what you’ll discover.
It breaks down millionaires, what they do, and how do they keep their wealth.
Give it a read and you’ll be surprised with what you’ll discover.
This next book made me angry.
Not because it was wrong, but because it was so damn right.
Not because it was wrong, but because it was so damn right.
I am talking about @CCriadoPerez ‘Invisible Women’.
The book mirrors how women are treated in the world but doesn’t blame it on patriarchy.
The book mirrors how women are treated in the world but doesn’t blame it on patriarchy.
It blames it on data gaps in our system.
- Drug trails that rarely use women to test
- Car safety tests that don’t account for women sized dummies
- Public transport that doesn’t account for women’s need to run errands
- Refuge camps where women’s safety needs aren’t addressed
- Drug trails that rarely use women to test
- Car safety tests that don’t account for women sized dummies
- Public transport that doesn’t account for women’s need to run errands
- Refuge camps where women’s safety needs aren’t addressed
And it isn’t that men go out of their way to make women’s life miserable.
They simply design the world to work for them.
What’s the solution? Listen more often to women and their needs.
Support them to have positions of power.
Simple, yet radical.
They simply design the world to work for them.
What’s the solution? Listen more often to women and their needs.
Support them to have positions of power.
Simple, yet radical.
I urge all women give this a read.
It will finally make sense why our car seatbelts are uncomfortable, or why the overhead support handles in Mumbai locals are so high.
And men too, you’ll be more conscious of your actions after reading this.
Book #2: Invisible Women
It will finally make sense why our car seatbelts are uncomfortable, or why the overhead support handles in Mumbai locals are so high.
And men too, you’ll be more conscious of your actions after reading this.
Book #2: Invisible Women
This next book, hits home. It reveals how philanthropy is doing more harm than good.
And as sustainability professionals, we aren’t making a difference that we think we are.
And as sustainability professionals, we aren’t making a difference that we think we are.
Every company career page now talks about some version of ‘Making a difference in the world’.
And the book showcases how this is used to justify acquiring more personal power, be it political, organisational or intellectual.
And the book showcases how this is used to justify acquiring more personal power, be it political, organisational or intellectual.
It reveals the paradox of power and social good
- A big pharma donating to culture institutions when it’s blamed for opioid crises
- Major agri company fighting to end hunger to push their seeds
- A big pharma donating to culture institutions when it’s blamed for opioid crises
- Major agri company fighting to end hunger to push their seeds
The book on “The elite and market world are essentially driving change to enable inequality.”
And it’s profound.
And it’s profound.
It asks difficult questions that made me squirm uncomfortably.
It questioned my perception about the social development work.
Book #3: Winner’s Take All by @AnandWrites
It questioned my perception about the social development work.
Book #3: Winner’s Take All by @AnandWrites
Our schools, offices and even our society pushes and roots for people who can talk a lot and be outgoing.
Quietness = No confidence.
Quietness = No confidence.
But @susancain book calmly reveals that the best talkers seldom have the best ideas.
It talks about introverts, and even cheers their traits.
I always questioned myself as to why I like spending time alone, or why do I need quiet me-time so often.
It talks about introverts, and even cheers their traits.
I always questioned myself as to why I like spending time alone, or why do I need quiet me-time so often.
The book helped me understand myself a little and even see that introversion as an advantage to:
- Talk with our writing
- Connect the dots from different view points
- Genuinely connect with people to have credible lasting relations
- Talk with our writing
- Connect the dots from different view points
- Genuinely connect with people to have credible lasting relations
If you don’t fit the ideal model of a successful person, you can don’t need to change yourself.
You just need to play on your traits and uniqueness to stand out.
Book #4: Quiet
You just need to play on your traits and uniqueness to stand out.
Book #4: Quiet
What keeps you busy the whole day?
Can most of your work be done by a smart fresher in few months down the line?
Can you be easily replaced?
Can most of your work be done by a smart fresher in few months down the line?
Can you be easily replaced?
Cal Newport’s book showcases the million distractions in our life, and how they are keeping us from doing more meaningful work.
Most of us are busy throughout the day but it’s largely spent on shallow work that doesn’t move you up in your career.
Most of us are busy throughout the day but it’s largely spent on shallow work that doesn’t move you up in your career.
Rather you should focus on tasks and projects that lift you up in your career, like:
- Writing thought provoking essays
- Building your personal brand
- Learning a complementary skill - like sales + copywriting, project management + data analysis, communications + finance.
- Writing thought provoking essays
- Building your personal brand
- Learning a complementary skill - like sales + copywriting, project management + data analysis, communications + finance.
Plus, downtime is as necessary as actively working.
Being constantly busy with shallow tasks will eventually burn you out. And won’t make an impact to your career.
Book #5: Deep Work
Being constantly busy with shallow tasks will eventually burn you out. And won’t make an impact to your career.
Book #5: Deep Work
These are my top five books.
And if you aren’t a book reader, there is a book summary project that I found useful.
They do memorable infographics of popular, thought provoking books: https://bit.ly/2C15O9q
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And if you aren’t a book reader, there is a book summary project that I found useful.
They do memorable infographics of popular, thought provoking books: https://bit.ly/2C15O9q
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