Book Summary: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck-

If there was a price for repeating an obscene word, this book would have got it for repeating the F*** word so many times. It got to a point where I was about to return the book, but I decided to wait and see if there was any good points after all, and there was plenty.  
 
 The author draws from his personal and entrepreneurial experience, the way he overcame obstacles, achieved self-satisfaction and what he learned on the way.

The title of the book itself is little misleading as it makes you think the book is about dismissing things in life and perhaps in funny way. The truth is that the book shows you how to prioritize on what you should “give a F” about and what you shouldn’t, and it is not that funny.

Book Summary: Deep work,

The first thing that may come to mind when reading the title of this book is what the author meant with “Deep Work” and if it applies to you?

One way of knowing that, is the definition the author gave to “Shallow work”:

“Non-cognitively demanding logistical style task often performed while distracted, these efforts tend not to create much new values in the world and are easy to replicate”

From the definition, to work deeply is not exactly white and black, there is gray area. The author touched on that and left it to everyone to define a metric to judge how deep/productive is the work he/she is performing. The author himself is academic so his metric is defined for example by how many peer review papers he can purplish per year. The common theme throughout the book however, what defines “Deep Work” is the ability to perform the task at hand with full concentration for lengthy period without being distracted. This means blocking access to social media, emails, phones and other distracted technologies.

“Book Summary: Ego is the enemy”, a Corporate Workforce blueprint

Introduction

      If I say this book is suitable for all people in the corporate world, it would be an understatement.

      If I say this book is suitable for all who seek self-improvement in whatever shape or form they desire as in arts and music, Business, Finance, Relationships… etc.  that would be an understatement.

      If I say that this book should be read by all students and in any age, that would be an understatement as well.

      However, I choose the title above for this review “Corporate workforce blue print” because I happen to work in the corporate world for decades and I believe that the corporate world will benefit immensely from this content in many ways, from improving employee’s relationships to improving one's own productivity and hence improving the company’s financial bottom line.

Book Summary: Never Be Sick Again

Raymond Francis, a chemist and a graduate of MIT, found himself in a hospital, battling for his life. The diagnosis: acute chemical hepatitis, chronic fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivities, and several autoimmune syndromes, causing him to suffer fatigue, dizziness, impaired memory, heart palpitations, diarrhea, numbness, seizures... among other complications.
He eventually turned the table around and cured most of his sickness following a natural approach backed with multivitamins and minerals.

Quick Summary:
Raymond's book basically enlist all sicknesses back to the malfunctioning of the cell. Hence there aren't really many sicknesses but one, the sickness of the cell.

The book list the following pathways to health:
        1) Nutritional Pathway, eliminate the following:
      a. sugar  b. white flour  c. processed oils  d. milk products
2) Toxin Pathway
3) Psychological Pathway
4) The physical pathway
5) The Genetic pathway
6) The Medical Pathway

Book Summary: The Art of Happiness At Work

What does the Dali Lama
 have to do with work anyways? You may ask that or you may wonder what is the wisdom waiting for you to be uncovered in this book so you can work happily ever after.

The truth is really between the two statements. The Dali Lama has the wisdom to guide you with more than few tips but don’t expect a cosmic change. In this book at least.

The book is really a conversation with the Dali Lama where Howard Cutler, a writer and psychologist handles the questions and answers sessions. Howard is long time devotee to the Dali and met with him on few occasions before so don’t expect challenging questions, just a conversation.

Note on the audio version, the conversation is not narrated by the Dali Lama but by someone who is mimicking the way the Dali speaks. Howard read however, his part.

I do wish that Howard speak less than he did. He does have good and fresh ideas but the book is primarily to know more from the Dali lama’s perspective.

Below are few pointers from the book I find useful and/or interesting, followed by my ratings summary: