Antifragile Book Review Antifragile is one of the most thought-provoking books of recent times and brutally challenges conventional wisdom, our biases, and our view of the world. I promise you won’t look at academics, doctors, managers, Uber drivers and many others the same way. The book provides you with new lenses to view the world. …
The Zurich Axioms: The rules of risk and reward used by generations of Swiss bankers is all about risk and its management. Many people, probably most, want to win without betting. This book is about betting to win. If you do not mind taking reasonable risks – or better, if you enjoy risk, as the …
Heraclitus of Ephesus Twenty-five hundred years before Einstein, Heraclitus of Ephesus declared that energy is the essence of matter, that everything becomes energy in flux. Heraclitus is considered be one of the prominent thinkers of Stoic philosophy. (Read more about Stoic Philosophy.) His fondness for word play, and his belief in unity of opposites have resulted …
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a leading spiritual and philosophical thinker whose ideas continue to influence us today. Freedom from the Known is one of Krishnamurti’s most accessible works. In this book Krishnamurti reveals how we can free ourselves radically and immediately from the tyranny of the expected. By changing ourselves, we can alter the structure of …
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 …
Epictetus (c. 50-135 CE) was brought as a slave to Rome, where he became a great teacher, deeply influencing the future emperor Marcus Aurelius among many others. His philosophy, Stoicism, was practical, not theoretical–aimed at relieving human suffering here and now. The Manual for Living Book Summary Work within your sphere of control Working within our sphere …