My humble attempt at coming to terms with modern technology
'Left Brain, Right Stuff' by Phil Rosenzweig
I think I bought this book on a whim. First of all, the cover seemed well-balanced, with the mellow yet impactful 'sky-blue and yellow' background blending in well with the perfectly placed text in the center. The opening chapter was titled 'Crunch time on a Hot August Night', which definitely intrigued me. Usually, I keep a close watch o…
Ramya Vasudevan
'The Power of Habit' by Charles Duhigg - Part II
As you might remember from Part1, the Habit loop or the Cue-Routine-Reward loop plays a crucial role in helping us understand how habits work. Habits can be scientifically defined as the choices that all of us deliberately make at some point and then stop thinking about but continue doing, often every day. For example, what now comes to…
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'The Power of Habit' by Charles Duhigg - Part I
I think I'm going through mid-life crisis. Sitting in a cafe, re-evaluating my career options, I am suddenly overcome by a certain adulation for the art of story-telling. The only other reasonable explanation for this thought is that it could be a culmination of my love for the written word, the recollection of some of my favourite author…
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'Grit' by Angela Duckworth - Book Summary Part III
Welcome to the third and final part of the Book Summary; I hope you are finding the results of Angela's research on Grit interesting and useful. If nothing, it would have served as a myth-buster on many levels. Here are my quick take aways so far: Finding your passion is not 'love-at-first-sight' Deliberate practice is very important (Qua…
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