Its been over 3 months for me since i quit my full time job. One of the area which fascinated me all this while was data analysis. Over coffee Anurag Ramdasan, a friend and mentor few months back suggested me to check https://data.gov.in/ After reading through and spending time on YouTube, Python Pandas felt like the …
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Notes from Reading: “Wheat Belly”- Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health
Last weeks reading was Wheat Belly by William Davis MD. In the book, author talks about how over century wheat has evolved from being a wild grass to staple food and is key part of all our meals. While wheat has cured world hunger, its genetic modifications have also resulted in carrying modern day disease. Reading this …
Random Thoughts: A perfect world
Where existed no religion Where no one was judged Where everyone lived with absolute freedom Where goods were plenty but no money Where everyone was human not robots Where relationship existed for real with no pre-requisites or conditions Where existed no society or divisions on basis of color of your skin or looks, height, weight …
Random Thoughts: living in present
I quit my full time job in April. Over these few months I have spent good time in reading & mostly philosophy. The common learning from it for me has been is living in this present moment. During school days, we work hard and plan/aim for getting admission to some college, university if we …
Notes from Reading: Think Simple, How Smart Leaders Defeat Complexity
This was one of the very first book I have read about Apple, Ken Segall {author} was part of external team which came up with some beautiful advertisement for Apple. In this book he shares all his experince about working with Steve Jobs, culture at Apple and what makes it unique company. These are some …
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Notes from Reading: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
First thing first, Modern Romance is not a guide for finding hook-up or soulmate. 🙂 ok let’s continue further. Aziz Ansari is a seasoned standup comedian. He wrote this book mentioning his encounter with women via online dating. The book mostly talks about all sides of online dating & how horizon of meeting THAT PERFECT …
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On being a connector
I have always liked meeting people, talking to them. This seems to be one of the main reason why I enjoy being a connector. At number of occasions i have been asked few questions, I have added them with my thoughts. 1. Is connector a job title? I would say no, It is not. You …
Notes from Reading: As One Is, To Free the Mind from All Conditioning
Spent last week reading J Krishnamurti, As one is. It is a discourse where Jiddu in his typical style takes questions and answers them. This book mostly consists of questions about conditioning, society & life. These are some of my Kindle notes from it : When the mind is free from all conditioning, then you …
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Another birthday & set of challenges ahead
Celebrated my birthday few days back, like most I too have some plans for this year. Finish one book every week Write everyday Get more proficient in Python and learn more in field of data science Improve on speaking skills aka soft skills Pick up some statistics Become more aware about self and in taking …
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Notes from Reading: Failing to Succeed, The Story of India’s First E-Commerce Company
Failing to Succeed: The Story of India’s First E-Commerce Company is written by founder of IndiaPlaza, K Vaitheeswaran. The book is real life journey of author in building brand IndiaPlaza, his learnings and failures. I would strongly advice every stakeholder in our startup ecosystem to read this book. This book will walk you through the …