Archives for the 'Book review' Category
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t by Jim Collins
Jim Collins presents his findings on how some companies are able to transform themselves from mediocrity to sustained greatness. The following is not a summary of his book but excerpts that I find most interesting and relevant.
Chapter 1: Good is the Enemy of Great
The good-to-great companies paid scant attention to managing change, motivating people, or […]
The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle
This book carries two main points. First, to not be identified by our minds. We are asked to listen impartially to our thoughts and to “watch the thinker”. The purpose of this is to step back from our thoughts and feelings and to know that there is a “Being” that is separate from the mind. […]
Screw It, Let’s Do It (Expanded) by Richard Branson
I’m not going to conclude whether this book is good or bad; rather, I’m going to try to tell you what’s it about. It’ll be more of a summary than a review.
Richard Branson was born to a middle-class family somewhere in England (he didn’t specify). At school he didn’t do too well academically due his […]
First, Break All the Rules
I’m a compulsive reader - I read whatever I can lay my hands on. I also like business management titles. So when I happened upon the book “First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently”, it didn’t take me long to get from front cover to back.
This book is not about […]
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
The Glass Palace is an historical novel spanning about a hundred years from the late 19th century. It opens with the exile of the Burmese royal family to India. Rajkumar, an Indian boy who happened to be in Mandalay when the British invaded the royal city, takes as his mentor a hindustani-speaking Chinese Christian called […]
