By: Jason Jennings
Pages: 231
Business
My recommendation: 8 / 10
Date read: Year 2014
Brief review: How Starbucks turned itself around? How Apollo Tyres went from five hundred million to two billion in annual sales in only a few years? It's a book about reinventing yourself to keep growing and become extraordinary. Many companies become complacent after reaching a point. They find it difficult to change and consider their strategies that worked so far to work in the future too. Hardly true. Change is the only constant and Jason makes his point to embrace change by giving lots of real life examples. The book is easy to read, with lots of take away.
By: Edward de Bono
Pages: 232
Non Fiction, Self Help
My recommendation: 8 / 10
Date read: Year 2013
Brief review: Edward de Bono is a expert in creative thinking. He advocates that we need to have a beautiful mind rather than just having a beautiful body. He argues that having a sharp mind with empathy and creativity will make your mind beautiful and irresistible for others to engage with you. In this simple and interesting read, he provides useful ideas on how to agree, disagree or differ. How to listen, respond and be interesting. How to express our opinion and what should be our attitude during discussions. It's an easy and useful read.
By: Spence Johnson
Pages: 102
Motivation, Self Help
My recommendation: 8 / 10
Date read: Year 2013
Brief review: Life is full of peaks and valleys. In this book you will discover how to stay longer at the peak and get out of the valleys sooner. The author takes you through this journey with the story of a young man.It's natural to have highs and lows in life and we must accept it. We cannot control external events but can control our response to them. Arrogance keeps us away from the peaks. It's short, crisp and too the point. I liked the essence of the book and the way author puts his point across. Strongly recommended.
By: Brian Tracy
Pages: 126
Self Help
My recommendation: 9 / 10
Date read: Before 2013
Brief review: It's a short and crisp book on time management. Most people struggle with time and this book can help. The message is simple, clear and workable. The key message is to focus most of your time on the most important work. I would strongly recommend this book to everyone.
By: Sudha Murthy
Pages: 220
Non Fiction
My recommendation: 8 / 10
Date read: Before 2013
Brief review: The book captures the essence of human nature through 51 short stories (based on real events). It covers the most generous to somewhat cruel display of human behavior and action by men and women of everyday life and makes us introspect our own self. From humor to sarcasm and from empathy to avoidance, it has everything. These stories will surely touch your heart and mind. Read it and also ask your kids to read it.
