Book Reviews
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Book Review: Simple Genius
It had been a while since I read fiction. I decided to pick up David Baldacci’s ‘SimpleGenius’, the New York Times bestseller, just to get familiar with what ‘everyone else’ was reading. The first 200 or so pages were not impressive. My first reaction was “So how did this one make it to #1 on Read more
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Book Review: A New Earth
I decided to take a break from all the heavy reading I do normally and picked up this book on one of my trips.Being a big fan of Wayne Dyer books, I was not particularly impressed with the first few chapters. Many of Dyer’s books have covered the part about silencing the ego, cultivating the Read more
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Book Review and Summary: How Life imitates Chess
By Gary Kasparov Kasparov became the youngest Chess champion at 22. Today after quitting Chess, he is a politician. He presents what he calls the lessons he has learnt from the world’s ‘greatest game’. Chess is ideal for decision making as it involves quick decisions amid pressure from your opponent. It requires calculation, creativity and Read more
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Book Review and Summary: Microtrends
While Alivin Toffler’s Future Shock and John Nasbitt’s Megatrends made predictions about the coming of the information age, the global economy and other sweeping changes that would change the world as we know it, the author of this book attempts to identify smaller more subtle changes that are extremely important but may skip the naked Read more
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Book Review: The Brothers Bulger
Prolog The Brothers Bulger is the second book I have reviewed, the first being Black Mass. While Black Mass looks at the story from a comparatively objective view, this book written by conservative talk show host Howie Carr, pulls no punches in the author’s disdain for the siblings. It goes into a lot more details Read more
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Book Review and Summary: The First 90 days
Author: Michael WatkinsHarvard Business School PressWe have been told that we will be change agents when we return to industry. Now, how do we fit into our new found positions of responsibility? ‘Build sponsorship from the top and trust at the bottom.’ , said Ralph Katz in the first month of the SDM program. That Read more
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