Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World is Cal Newport’s ode to productivity focusing on one key premise — the prioritization of deep work as a way to live a fulfilling life. “Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively… Read More
Synopsis Author and Stanford Professor, Kelly McGonigal continues the conversation from her TED Talk ‘How to make stress your friend‘ and challenges the conventional negative perception towards stress. She shares research behind how leveraging positive psychology creates the right mindset towards stress and actually enriches… Read More
Synopsis A Guide to the Good Life is just that: a practical guide on how to live a life of tranquility and contentment. William B. Irvine takes the ancient wisdom of Stoic philosophy and reinterprets it for the modern day by: Sharing the history of… Read More
Synopsis: In Weapons of Math Destruction, the author walks us through her own career in big data — first at Harvard and Columbia, then as a hedge fund quant at D.E. Shaw. She explains how she came to be disillusioned by the space after seeing… Read More
Boomerang is not a top ten book of all time for me, but his storytelling was engaging enough to make me reflect. Because this book was written in 2011, I wonder if it’s focus on sovereign insolvency due to amoral behavior and cheap credit didn’t… Read More
Yina Huang 