If you have been with me reading the blog or checking tweets and
watching the occasional pop ups in Instagram, you will know that I read
for work and pleasure. This year has seen me get back to it more than the last
two years.
So, if you like to red or looking for a last minute gift idea, you can
check out these 3 books which I think have had the most impact on me.
· The 193 pg book focuses
on the benefits of maintaining a checklist through various industries.
· A surgeon from NY,
the book The Checklist is not about just to do lists. It’s a brief list that
helps critical decision making in sensitive situations like the operating room
by saving lives or during investment decisions or in aeronautical situation
(mid air crisis).
·
The reason I liked
the book is because:
§ It’s a simple idea that’s so well researched that it makes you think
that we should all implement more checklists in our work places and homes to
save ourselves from complications.
§ He talks about how the checklist that was created in John Hopkins
hospital that raised a possibility that people talking to each other a
minute before starting the operation was a strategy to foster team work
which lead to higher success rates.
§ It made me think that the basics of any project management should be
about certain checklist like its focused a lot in Agile with the ceremonies and
DOD (definition of done) and exit criteria’s all set to actually ensure that
everything is in its place and chances to miss it is reduced thereby ensuring
the quality of the potentially shippable product.
§ It’s a book that will make you think and has take away's that you can
actually implement in your work. It also provides you with enough case studies
that will allow you to make a strong case with the right set of data that you
will need to get buy in from your team or management to get the checklists
implemented.
If you need an awakening of your mind and soul, if you want to grow
more, need a way to organize your thoughts and dreams, want to be
happier....this is what you should be reading. It shook me up literally. ·It’s
a must read and will be my staple on the bedside table for the next few month
definitely.
- 223 pages excluding the
glossary and others, this book will help you understand your expectation
from life and how to get them. Book talks a lot about the realities that
the author faced as he tried to build his own business that thrives successfully
now.
- He gives example from his
own life and multitude of other people like Dalai Lama, Richard Branson, Arianna
Huffington and Tony Robbins on how they look at success.
- My favorite in the book is
chapter 5- where he talks about the structure that’s split into 8 sets of
qualities that we need from life and for me thinking the way he has laid
it down was life changing. I really knew the actions I had to take to grow
more personally and professionally.
- This is a book that helps
you look inside you, fix it... so you can fulfill your dreams outside.
· This was an impulsive buy in airport because I was looking to read
something while I was on vacation for my son’s 2 birthday this August. I don’t
think I have ever thought of sleep so much in my life till I started
reading this book. I will be honest, I am not much of a sleeper, I like to stay
awake more than I like sleeping. I have in the recent years also been very
sleep deprived; I call it the Rio Effect. The book surprised me with the health
benefits and the link to better decision making and yes now that I try to sleep
more I do see the payback myself.
- ·We all know sleeps
important, but the author breaks the modern myth of going sleepless and how cool it is especially
for youngsters and showing why and how it’s important to achieve our
goals.
- It talks about medications,
health issues, and extra cost to government dealing with health crisis
that can all be reduced just by sleeping.
- It also talks about how from
Warren Buffet to Satya Nadella all emphasize about sleeping and its bond
to good decision making and the effectiveness and efficiency.
- If you like informative and
well researched book like I do and the topic is something you can relate to- it’s a good
read.
For me I can connect
the dots of the take away of the 3 books- I think resting the mind to work and
function better in a structured way through checklists will make me happier and give me better value for the time invested in doing it. And
happiness will ensure I work through my challenges better and have the capacity
to fulfill the dreams.
Pic courtesy: Google and Soma Bhattacharya
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