15 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “Blitzscaling” by LinkedIn and PayPal co-founder Reid Hoffman introduces readers to the revolutionary scaling process from the title, which turns business strategies on their head by prioritizing speed over efficiency even at the cost of uncertainty. The long-term goal is to blow competitors out of the water by creating a […]
9 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “The Inner Game of Tennis” by Timothy Gallwey is the book which shifted the focus from the necessity of further mastering your outer game (winning against your opponent) to getting the upper hand in the inner game first (winning against your self). Gallwey explains the psychology behind this shift and […]
12 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “The Culture Code” by Daniel Coyle is the result of a four-year-long study by the author during which he visited and researched eight of the world’s most successful groups to discover that it is a specific set of skills that sets them apart from the rest: building safety, sharing vulnerability, […]
17 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “Everything is Obvious” by Duncan Watts is a thorough investigation into the nature of practical judgments and the shared mechanisms that usually help us make them, i.e., common sense. Drawing on the latest scientific research and numerous examples, the book reveals that we know far less about the world than […]
13 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “Crushing It!” by Gary Vaynerchuk, a follow-up to his decade younger classic “Crush It!” is an evidence-based exploration of the world of influencers, and a pretty useful practical manual—coupled with chapter-length reviews of all major social platform—on how to use this knowledge to build a successful personal-brand-based business. Who Should […]
11 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “Company of One” by Paul Jarvis is a practical experience-based manual which aims to turn conventional business wisdom on its head by offering an alternative path to success (as well as a redefinition of that word)—one that will help you build your company around your life, and not the other […]
8 min read ⌚ The kind of information delivered for daily consumption has always been a hot topic for any state. The US tried to distinguish itself from the rest of the world by introducing the idea of a government-free press. Despite all the efforts, it would be inaccurate to claim that they’ve managed to achieve […]
15 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “The Fortune Cookie Principle” demonstrates, through a plethora of examples, that, in the business world of today, much more important than how good you are is how well you tell your story—and then offers a framework consisting of twenty keys to help you begin telling your brand’s story from the […]
15 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “Make Time” is “a book about slowing down the crazy rush.” However, it isn’t a book about productivity, but a simple four-part framework (highlight → laser → energize → reflect) encompassing no less than 87 different tactics which should help you create more time in your day for the things […]
12 min read ⌚ In a letter sent to Bishop Mandell Creighton on April 5, 1887, Lord Acton famously quipped the following: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Populated with more Hitlers and Stalins than you can imagine, the twentieth century proved Lord Acton’s concerns more […]
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