We are predictably the prisoners of our own habits. It is said that our habits define our identity and eventually decide our future. What seems difficult, is to break the chains of the habits that we are surrounded with. It is...
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Economics is a varied subject. There are many perspectives through which a specific viewpoint can be based on. Sadly, the policies effecting the macroeconomics require a gestation period running into decades and therefore the...
Sir Francis Bacon said “Knowledge is Power” and to be in possession of Power is fulfilling. The book “Superpower Syndrome” does not deal with the absolute nature of knowledge but reaches for a step further in analyzing...
There are many books which define Corporate Excellence through the tools of quality measurement both in product and service. But once in a while, there comes a book that brings about the inherent and underlying feature of...
This book is no ordinary compilation. It is a revelation. It shakes the fundamentals of the theory of “Laws of Averages” and radicalizes the “Gaussian Methods” in a deft and iconoclastic manner. Taleb is irreverent of the...
On occasions, I’ve been broadly wrong in my attempt to paraphrase a book that I have read. And on many an instance, I have been broadly right as well. Although, in both the cases, I never have been precisely right. The Old Man...
The Art of War compiled well over two thousand years ago by a mysterious Chinese warrior-philosopher, is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, studied both by military leaders and...
This book breaks down the complex tone of Globalization to its bear minimum understanding. Thomas Friedman is decisive about the benefiting effects of Globalization and speaks of harshness too, in no meager terms. The book offers...
I first saw this book at the roadside bookstall at Mumbai along with my office colleague. I was looking for the book by Ruchir Sharma – The Breakthrough Nations but ended up picking this book for my library. I was drawn into...
This book is a great guide to the qualities of a true professional. I was introduced to this book by my Professor Mr. Joshi Sir during my MBA days at JBIMS. I was deeply influenced by the logic of the book which also reflects the...
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