- Wise and Otherwise –
Sudha Narayanamurthy
This book contains collection of short stories, which
the author wrote in many newspapers and magazines. The author has traveled
extensively to the rural parts of India where she met different people
in a diversified country India. She explains how people in
rural India are having very high value
system and leading a self-contained life. This book contains almost 50
small stories. Written in very simple English, this book explains the
author’s experiences.
- The monk who sold his
Ferrari – Robin S Sharma
This is a fable about understanding the real purpose of
life. The main character in this book is a lawyer in the US who is very well known in his
field. He becomes a workaholic and one day suddenly gets heart attack.
After recovering from that he goes to Himalayas in search of Yogis in order to
find out the real meaning of life. After learning the same he comes back
again to the US and shared his experience what
he learnt from the yogis in Himalayas. Wonderfully written book, which emphasizes
about the real purpose of life and the importance of following the dream.
- Only the paranoid survive
– Andrew S grove
Andrew is one of the famous CEOs who lead Intel into
the path of microprocessors. In this book he shares his experiences, which
can be applied to individual’s career as well as organizations. He
explains about how the businesses are affected by many factors which he
calls as “10X’ forces. He explains this “10X” force
will example of Intel. Initially Intel was into memory chip manufacturing.
When the computing industry changed from vertical to horizontal, he made
Intel to quit from the memory business and move to the microprocessor
business. He also talks about how important it is to listen to lower level
employees and the importance of leadership in crisis situations.
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