Tag: books
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Book: Leadership Lessons with The Beatles
Before my birth, The Beatles rocked the world to new music that blended classic music and traditional pop in innovative ways. They grew into a worldwide phenomenon, alongside the growth of vinyl records, live tours, color televisions, and the young population. Besides the music style, the lyrics held deep meaning that inspired millions of people…
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Write better with Elements of Style
About twenty years back, I was a member of the Toastmasters club. The club helped me to learn more about public speaking. One of the topics I spoke about was about communicating ideas. Yes, in a workshop meeting on communication, we spoke about how to communicate. When I looked at the discussion note, two things…
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Book: “Grit” – encourages one to persist and persevere
Often I carry books to read in the flight. But this Monday I did not have any book to read. And there was a 5 hour flight ahead of me. Browsing through the stores, I found this book – Grit. It was compact and encouraging. I was thinking through challenges my son had to go through…
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Stories make our world a better place
In the recent years, I had been reading stories for my kids. This way I had the opportunity to reconnect with many stories as well as read many new ones. About 5 years back I was introduced to Joseph Campbell’s great book: The Hero with a Thousand Faces And recently a couple of film school…
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Book: “Night” – terrifying, insightful, and hopeful
One teenager amongst a few millions faced challenging times in 1944-1945. Unprepared for, he was. He had to endure challenging period of his life living in crowded place, with inadequate food and water, surrounded with winter with inadequate clothing and shelter, and often live in darkness. He survived this all in the internment camps during…