Subtract is a good book written by Leidy Klotz. We always keep adding in life and do not subtract. To lead a healthy and good life subtracting should be a key part of the plan. However, the author also writes that it is not just about Subtraction...
I was preparing to speak at the DCKAP Summit in Los Angeles, CA, and Selvan D, our Director of Marketing, recommended that I read Only the Paranoid Survive, written by the former legendary CEO of Intel. Andy Grove, in his book, speaks about...
I recently read Deep Work by Cal Newport. I am thankful and glad that I read it and it helped reinforce my learnings. With the MAANG (meta, apple, amazon, Netflix and Google) companies around us, it is very difficult to do Deep Work. However...
How to create Habit-forming products? Nir Eyal’s book Hooked is a very useful tool for marketers. It gives an insight into the science of habit-forming products. Nir Eyal, in his book Hooked, talks about how to create habits that people want...
Thanks to Ryan Van Hoozer. When I was chatting with Ryan, he talked about the Innovators by Walter Isaacson. I decided to give it a read and am thankful that I read it. Walter writes, ‘Great ideas are a result of ideas that flow from a large...
Running effective meetings is always a challenge. We all have different needs when it comes to running our meetings? Meetings can make or break a company. With all of us working together in a distributed manner, running effective meetings is...
The Vision Driven Leader, a book by Michael Hyatt, is a great read for leaders and everyone. A company to sustain, grow and keep growing needs to have a vision. You could also call it Purpose. What is the reason for the existence of a company is...
I am reading the Innovators by Walter Isaacson. Thanks Ryan Van Hoozer for recommending this book. In his book, Walter writes about the invention of the Computer. Walter talks about many scientists, including George Stibitz, Herman Zuse, and more...
Thanks to the Round Rock Public Library. I am really glad I got to read Michael Dell’s Play Nice But Win. The book has two stories running in parallel. The odd chapters are based on the privatization of Dell, and the even chapter talks about How...
Thanks to Selvan D for gifting me this book (Deep Purpose by Ranjay Gulati) to read. A company needs to have a purpose to exist. The author also talks about the purpose of convenience. He cites the example of Facebook where they looked at...
The Splendid and the Vile, written by Erik Larson, is a book on Winston Churchill’s leadership during the bombing of London (World War II). It references the first year of Churchill as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( The making of...
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), a book written by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. NVC means you communicate with compassion. The author explains the four components of Nonviolent Communication. 1. Observations, 2. Feelings, 3. Needs, and 4. Request. It is...
This blog talks about Karthik's key takeaways from 4 hour workweek by Timothy Ferriss.
A colleague of mine Bharat Kulkarni recommended this book ‘The Psychology of Money‘- by Morgan Housel. As I was recently traveling and needed something to read on the plane, I picked this one up. It was a relatively simple & short...
One of my friends Anand Gopalan recommended that I read David Epstein’s Range. This book was also recommended by Bill Gates on his blog. It starts with comparing Tiger Woods and Roger Federer. Tiger Woods was trained by his father to be a golfer...
From Third World to First by Lee Kuan Yew, the Founding Father and former Prime Minister of Singapore is a story of how Singapore was built and became an economic powerhouse. Not only do you learn about Singapore, but you also learn about the...
The Ten Roads to Riches is a simple and interesting book written by Ken Fisher, Founder of Fisher Investments. When I got my hands on the book, I was looking for investment advice and assumed that the book would be talking a lot about S&P 500...
How to avoid a Climate Disaster, a book by Bill Gates starts with an introduction where Bill talks about the number of carbon emissions we create every year. It is 51 Billion tonnes of carbon emission every year and we need to bring it down to zero...