Zen: The Art of Simple Living Book Review Shunmyō Masuno is the head priest of a 450-year-old Zen Buddhist temple in Japan, an award-winning Zen garden designer for clients all over the world and a professor of environmental design at one of Japan’s leading art schools. The book is about “subtle shifts in your habits …
What is Lindy Effect? As human beings get older, as they age, their remaining life expectancy reduces. Lindy things are the opposite. The Lindy effect is the idea that the future life expectancy of non-perishable things like books, technologies and ideas is proportional to their current age. Lindy things age in reverse – the older …
The Power of Habit Book Review Our choices made every single day are not the result of well-considered decision making process. They’re habits. Habits that we have acquired consciously or unconsciously. In The Power of Habit, business reporter Charles Duhigg translates current behavioural science into practical self-improvement action. According to the author, 40 percent of …
In our world, the focus is on achieving more or obtaining more – more responsibility, more money, more promotions, and so on. The ‘addition‘ of something is usually a measure of success, and in many situations in our life, this is the correct approach. Equally useful as adding something to our lives is the subtraction of …
“Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is” is an aphorism from Cixin Liu’s book Death’s End, a masterpiece of hard science fiction. Why an article about this phrase? In the current, mostly ‘locked’ down, state of human civilization, this phrase has profound relevance than in normal times. Also I love aphoristic phrases, for …
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Atomic Habits Book Review Atomic Habits by James Clear is a bestseller that has sold more than a million copies worldwide. It is about transforming your life through tiny changes in behaviour. These small changes will have a revolutionary effect on your career, your relationships, and your life. A habit is a routine or behavior …