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Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor and also a stoic aka believer of stoicism, a school of Philosophy that flourished throughout the Roman and Greek world until the 3rd century AD. The Meditations is his thoughts on various aspect of life as collection of books which are all combined as chapter here. These are some notes: All existing things soon change, and …
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Benjamin Franklin is considered as father of modern America. His versatile expertise and contribution in Literature, politics, science, philosophy, law and many other areas helped in re-shaping America. He was a prolific reader as well as writer, a true believer of virtues. In early days he wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack, it holds true even in 21st …
Charles Munger is vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the most successful investor, philanthropist. For this book Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger, Janet Lowe(author) did extensive interview/research to bring every aspect of Charlie Munger’s life to the world. The book also covers share of failures Charlie …
I got to know about this book from one of the podcast where Naval was guest. As book title says, it talks about us Homo Sapiens. It gives great deal of insights about : our origin and why Homo Sapiens survived and others disappeared. About how agriculture changed our way of living. Building of great …
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This book “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” is collection of his daily entry of Haruki Murakami . He tries to connect his regular running habit and its learning to his way of life. He traveled all the way to Athens and on a humid day made run to Marathon village all by himself …
Spent reading J Krishnamurti lecture which is converted as book title why do you live with stress. It is a very short under an hour reading. This are some Kindle notes from the book : The common factor of every human being is that they suffer: agony, despair, loneliness, unhappiness, a great deal of sorrow, …
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Two weeks back I picked up Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz. The book talks about enormous options Capitalism has bought us along how it has made decision process more confusing. People even incase offered rewards tends to escape from taking it when they have too many choices offered. Companies producing 20-100 types of Jeans expects …
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Picked First & Last freedom by J Krishnamurti 2 weeks back. The book is collection of his discourse on various topics. These are some of my simplified Kindle notes from the book: Relationship invariably results in possession, in condemnation, in self-assertive demands for security, for comfort and for gratification, and in that there is naturally …
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This week for a change i picked up collection of poem/conversation by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. The book is poets version of conversation happening between Karn, Krishna, Kunti, Duryodhan in the battle field of Kurukshatra, part of epic saga Mahabharatha. Credit must be given to Ramdhari Singh Dinkar for his imagination and writing this. Instead of adding …
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 …