Look at the patterns of those things that affect you to understand cause-effect. Observe yourself, what changes you, and your thoughts. What you can do to keep going. Embrace reality and deal with it. Visualize your needs. Dream it and take successful steps in deploying them. If you can reconcile your emotions with logic and …
Category Archives: Book Reading Notes
success disease
In Score takes care of itself, the author talks about success disease, our inward tendency to become complacent after a big win. Winning or losing is part and parcel of the game or sales cycle. If we over-celebrate or become arrogant after winning and change ourselves or how we see ourselves, it will affect us …
Leadership Principles
In the book, “The score takes care of itself”, the Author talks about 13 leadership principles. I liked it and felt like sharing it. Be yourself. As a leader, the most important trait is being the best version of self. We are all different. It is not necessary that what worked for Steve Jobs or …
Maverick Effect
Harish Mehta is one of the NASSCOM’s founding members and has written a book titled: Maverick Effect. The book talks about his life journey keeping NASSCOM at the center. I was not aware of what all went through in the journey of making India an IT Nation. The role of NASSCOM as a lobbying body …
everyone
In No Rule Rules, Reed Hastings talks about individual competitiveness and incentives. I felt it fosters toxicity within an organization. In the book Score takes care of Itself, the author talks about working together as a family. An organization includes people with different levels and roles.They are all valuable and need love, care, and respect. …
Standard of performance
A team with a mission, vision and organizational philosophy also needs a standard of performance. Bill Walsh mentions these below in his book “score takes care of itself “ Focus on specific actions and attitudes relevant to your team’s performance and production. Be clear with your expectations of high effort and standard of performance. Everyone …
Do & Don’t
I am reading the score takes care of itself by Bill Walsh. I like the part where he talks about what to do and not do as a leader as a philosophy to stay sane in life or field. Don’t Don’t ask, why me? Don’t expect sympathy. Don’t keep accepting condolences. Don’t bellyache Don’t blame …
Bridgital Nation
Halfway through reading Bridgital Nation by N Chandrasekaran. The book talks about how technology can bridge India’s basic infrastructure necessity. So far author has stressed the need for education and healthcare needs across India. The number he shares throws a sad figure, atleast in the healthcare domain where 65% qualified doctors are curing 35% urban …
Body on Fire
Last week I picked “Body on Fire: How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It.” The title says it all. The book is written by practising doctors and gives good advice about our body and how it fights inflammation. The book is a simple read, and anyone with knowledge of …
Gnome
Last week was fun reading “Matt Ridley: Genome” book. The book talks about our building block: Gnome. There are too many things to unpack from the book, one being we all in the animal kingdom has the same source. The other thing author talks about is how newer technology like gene editing will cure many …