Reading.Guru is One Year Old Yippeeee! I started my blog in a moment of inspiration a year ago on 11 Aug 2019 and celebrated it’s first birthday last week. Thoughts on Last One Year Aim of the blog is to share My love of reading. What I’ve learned and enjoyed in my life so far. …
Decades back, I read the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Two ideas from the book stayed with me. The first idea is about the Circle of Influence and Circle of Concern. The second idea is below: We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. …
Freedom is not about being free of all responsibilities Freedom means being free to choose your responsibility. Freedom means being able to think for yourself. Freedom requires taking responsibility for your free self. No responsibility, no freedom. Free yourself from external authorities You are not free if you rely on external authorities (religions, leaders, bosses, wise men …
All of us struggle with ‘luck‘ and its ‘meaning‘ in our lives, particularly when life doesn’t go our way. This article ‘Luck is not Meaningful Enough‘ is based on a thought I tweeted. Humans are ‘Meaning’ Machines Let’s say you trip over something during your daily walk and break your leg. Hypothetically, of course. (I …
There is a bit of orthodox thinking that having a job, which is working in someone else’s business, is somehow entirely different and a lowly thing from running your business. I recently tweeted: Aim of this article is to elaborate on the above thought and throw more light on the job vs running your business …
What is Lindy Effect? As human beings get older, as they age, their remaining life expectancy reduces. Lindy things are the opposite. The Lindy effect is the idea that the future life expectancy of non-perishable things like books, technologies and ideas is proportional to their current age. Lindy things age in reverse – the older …