Category: Books
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The Art of Gathering
Book by Priya Parker. We all gather in some form or the other- be it with friends, family, co-workers or even strangers. What gatherings look like for each one of us evolves with different stages of our lives- from birthday parties to weddings, from coffee shop meetups to more intimate dinner parties, from prom nights…
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Four Thousand Weeks
Author: Oliver Burkeman How do you visualize time? In minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Months? Or Years? As a kid, I would divide my study hours into 15 minute chunks- 15 minutes to cover one page of a lesson. So if a History chapter had 8 pages, it would take me two hours to fully absorb…
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Designing Your Work Life
We spend a third of our adult life working. Work can take various shapes and forms for different people. It can be structured or unstructured. You could be working for your own business or for someone else’s. It could be a means to pay the bills or it could be something you are intensely passionate…
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Favorite Books of 2022
2022 has been the year of book hopping. I have picked up more books than I can remember, only to leave them midway. A part of me is proud for not forcing myself to complete books for the sake of checking a box. But a part of me is also concerned about my dwindling attention…
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Between Two Kingdoms
Memoir by Suleika Jaouad. What do you even write about the memoir of a cancer survivor? A summary of the incredible journey they’ve been on, cannot do it justice. But as I neared the end of Suleika Jaouad’s memoir of her battle against leukemia, I was left with so many questions and thoughts. Throughout the…
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Make Time: How to focus on things that matter everyday
Book by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky. To some time is an illusion, to some it is relative, and to some it is ephemeral- but the reality is that we all have 24 hours a day. What we do with it is solely a personal choice. It can sometimes feel that we don’t have control…
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How Will You Measure Your Life: Part 3 | Integrity & Purpose
Book by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon. This is part 3 of a 3-part series on the book “How Will You Measure Your Life”. Part 1. Part 2. In the last section of the book, Christensen talks about living a life of integrity and purpose. Despite being the shortest section, the pieces of…
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How Will You Measure Your Life: Part 2 | Relationships
Book by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon. This is part 2 of a 3-part series on the book “How Will You Measure Your Life”. Part 1. One of the common regrets of the dying is not having prioritized the relationships they had in life. Life often gets to us. When living one day…
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How Will You Measure Your Life: Part 1 | Career
Book by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon. A question that often haunts most of us is whether we are living life up to its full potential. We often wonder if we are taking up opportunities and having experiences that makes life fulfilling. As we live each day, are we focusing on what is…
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The Midnight Library
Book by Matt Haig. Note: Might contain spoilers. “The only way to learn is to live.” If there was one sentence that could summarize this book, it would be this. As the author states, “You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.” This message underscores the theme of the book which…
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The Power of Moments
Book by Dan Heath and Chip Heath With the pandemic easing out, and the new normal setting in, the wedding season is back in full swing. The last two years completely destroyed weddings, because weddings are everything that the pandemic stood against- large gatherings, travel, dining together. Now with life getting back on track, I…
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The Psychology Of Money
Book by Morgan Housel. I am often frustrated at the nearly negligible role that our primary education plays in teaching us fundamental life skills- How to build healthy relationships? How to manage your money wisely? How to be good parents? etc. etc. However, only the other day, I stopped to reflect on this and realized…
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Think Again
Book By Adam Grant Nothing lights up a nation of nearly 1.4 billion people, as much as an India-Pakistan cricket match. The love for the game coupled with the historic animosity between the two countries serves as a perfect recipe to tune up patriotic spirits across borders. But have we as a nation ever paused…
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My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future
Autobiography by Indra Nooyi If you grew up in India in the early 2000s, Indra Nooyi was a household name. The day she became the CEO of Pepsico, news media across the country celebrated her appointment as though it was their very own feat as a country. She has broken countless glass ceilings, forged into…
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I Will Teach You to Be Rich
Book by Ramit Sethi. Having decided to venture into the intimidating world of personal finance, I was looking for a book that doesn’t overwhelm me with complicated theories and concepts and Ramit Sethi’s book seemed right up that alley. Although the reviews indicated that his breezy and irreverent tone were a bit of a put…
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Greenlights
From a confused romantic in ‘The Wedding Planner’ to an astronaut on an earth-saving mission in ‘Interstellar’, it has been a pleasure watching Mathew McConaughey evolve as an actor (and yes, I had to google the spelling of his last name). He no longer comes across as a stranger, but yet as I read his…
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The Creative Habit
Author: Twlya Thwarp If you haven’t heard of Twlya Tharp before, I will save you a quick google search which would have led you to her bio starting with these lines: “Since graduating from Barnard College in 1963, Ms. Tharp has choreographed more than one hundred sixty works: one hundred twenty-nine dances, twelve television specials,…
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3 books I enjoyed in 2018
While 2018 was yet another year that witnessed an unfinished Goodreads Reading Challenge, I did manage to pick up a bunch of interesting books this year. I am no Bill Gates to curate reading suggestion lists but since I haven’t heard anyone complain about “too many suggested books”, here goes my top 3 favourites of…
Asra Yousuf 