After quitting Minio I have been spending my free time in reading & consuming lots of coffee. This book was recommended to me by Anurag Ramdasan as I am still in process of figuring out what is next. This book is strongly recommended for product managers or folks building customer products. Do follow Marty Cagan’s official …
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Notes from reading: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
This book is list of wisdom shared by Randy Pausch, he had cancer and few months to live. I got this book from my sister’s bookshelf, it is one of the best read for me so far this year, extremely recommended. These are some notes, some are titles of the book [self explanatory] : Dream …
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Notes from reading: On Fear by J Krishnamurti
Continuing with my quest of reading more on J Krishnamurti I picked up On Fear. It is his series of discourse on our fear. These are some of my clipped notes from the book: We have so accepted the pattern of fear that we don’t want even to move away from it. When you compare …
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Notes from reading: “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com
My curiosity to find out what runs Amazon, its philosophy, vision and roots resulted me in picking “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com. The book provided some interesting insights, rise/fall, good/bad part of early days of Amazon and particularly Jeff Bezos vision and leadership. These are some notes from the book I …
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Notes from reading: Freedom from the Known by J Krishnamurti
Continuing with my quest of reading more on J Krishnamurti I picked up Freedom from the Known. Its a series of discourse on various aspects of life. These are some of my clipped notes from the book: If one wants to see a thing very clearly, one’s mind must be very quiet, without all the prejudices, …
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Notes from reading: Total Freedom by J Krishnamurti
I got to know about “J Krishnamurti” long back when my sister went to study at KFI Rajghat Besant school Banaras. But sometime back I got to know about his writing and viewpoint about life and all things Philosophy. I am still in process of becoming a regular reader. Total Freedom has been one of …
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Notes from reading : The 7 Day Startup: You Don’t Learn Until You Launch
Dan Norris in this book talks about his experince in building a startup. According to Dan, the most important thing is getting product out in no real time. Consider this book as a playbook if you are looking to start a web based startup, it is a small book with good piece of advice on …
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Notes from reading: The Way to Wealth: Ben Franklin on Money and Success (Franklin, Benjamin)
Benjamin aka Ben Franklin was one of the founding fathers of USA. He was a self taught genius and made contribution in fields of science, literature, politics and many more. I am fascinated by him and it prompted me to read this book. Over the time, I will be reading more of his writings. These are …
Notes from reading: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda
Autobiography of a Yogi was in my reading list for the past few months. Last week I was able to finish reading it. The book as the title says is an autobiography of Paramhansa Yogananda. Paramhansa Yogananda with his teachings and Kriya Yoga changed life of many of us. He spent most of his time …
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Notes from reading: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams
Scott Adams, the famous cartoonist behind Dilbert is a genius. My respect for him has increased multifold after his commentary around US election. Like many other successful people he too did it with his hard work.He was not born with a silver spoon. His book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big …