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Philippa Perry on Self Observation

Philippa Perry on Self Observation

Posted February 14, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

How to be Sane by Philippa Perry is a short, and surprisingly a good book to read. This book is a part of The School of Life series which takes a different approach to introduce self-help genre, in an intelligent way. Philippa Perry is psychotherapist and in her book she offers some pragmatic insight on observing one’s attitude, reactions or thought process. She argues that there are four cornerstones to being sane, to being conscious. Self-observation is one. She suggests, we should start with: The ability to observe and listen to feelings and bodily sensations is essential to staying sane.

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BOOK REVIEW: Fearless and Free by Wendy Sachs

BOOK REVIEW: Fearless and Free by Wendy Sachs

Posted January 31, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Published by Amacom Books | My Rating: 4/5 Often these days we see books with catchy covers that are entitled to one half of our species. Then many of us from the other half disown the notion of reading that book even though we know that it will do good to us, we will gather some better thoughts for our intellectual and conscience from that book. There isn’t any gender gap at start when we are naive. It’s a seed sown inside our heads. This is what we teach and preach from then on and that’s how our children begin to differ. And then it becomes a problem. Both women and men are human beings. One species! How can someone differentiate […]

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BOOK NOTES: Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss

BOOK NOTES: Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss

Posted January 28, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books / 3 Comments

My Rating: 5/5 These notes include Books Recommended to Tim over his interviews with various people. Do take a look in those books, you might find something useful and that you haven’t read before. Questions are your pickaxes and competitive advantage. Borrow liberally, combine uniquely, and create your own bespoke blueprint. Very often, “our” beliefs are not our own. The superheroes you have in your mind (idols, icons, titans, billionaires, etc.) are nearly all walking flaws who’ve maximized 1 or 2 strengths. Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Everyone struggles. Take solace in that. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” —Lao Tzu “The rule is: The basics are the […]

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Top Non Fiction Books I read in 2016 Part 2

Top Non Fiction Books I read in 2016 Part 2

Posted January 24, 2017 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Authors, Book List, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Stoic Philosophy / 0 Comments

Hola! Welcome back to “Read in 2016” series of posts. I am glad you read the first post in the series in which I suggest you Top Non-Fiction Books I read this year, irrespective of their publication date. As, in the previous post, I discussed by motive to come out with these book lists is that to make your TBR list for next year, a bit heavy. So, I hope you are ready for some more titles. If you haven’t read the post go and read it here.

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SENECA: On Shortness of Life

SENECA: On Shortness of Life

Posted January 19, 2017 by @amanhimself in Authors, Books / 0 Comments

It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. – Seneca Human beings are master of not thinking rationally over the time. We live in denial of recognition [of our conscious time] which then leads to us being unproductive procrastinators and our frequency of fantasizing about the outcome of a situation “in a perfect” manner turns into something we want to forgetfully avoid it and further leads to passivity. Distracting ourselves, as we cruise through our daily lives, in this manner is strictly equal to being absent from our selves. Roman philosopher Seneca wrote in an essay about 2,000 years ago: On Shortness of Life. He writes:

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BOOK REVIEW: Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss

BOOK REVIEW: Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss

Posted December 30, 2016 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Books / 0 Comments

My Rating: 5/5 I introduced myself to Tim Ferriss last year when I randomly found a post on his blog in which he had interviewed Maria Popova. Actually, I was searching for Brain Picking’s Maria Popova’s interviews as she is such an inspiring blogging personality, the way she curate the content for every post is amazing and seems an example of a creative process, just right out of her imagination.You must check out Brain Pickings. Moreover, scan through Tim Ferriss’ blog which is called FourHourWorkWeek.com and got introduced to his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show [Podcast Link]. He has done an amazing job by taking more than hundred 60+ minute interviews with some of the successful and interesting people by digging […]

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Top NonFiction Books I Read in 2016 Part 1

Top NonFiction Books I Read in 2016 Part 1

Posted December 17, 2016 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Authors, Book List, Books, Reviews, Stoic Philosophy / 0 Comments

As this year is closing down, I have decided to produce some lists under the title “Read in 2016” for you such that would have more trouble managing your TBR lists next year (*grin*). More titles to add to you to-read lists. Well that’s the whole intention of all book lists such as the Top Tens, and the Top Fives, of the year, to introduce you to books that , are the chances, you might have not read and I will try every ounce to convince to at least take look at the titles over Goodreads.com or Amazon and may be, add to your wishlist/TBR/to-read list.

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REVIEW: How to be Sane by Philippa Perry

REVIEW: How to be Sane by Philippa Perry

Posted November 27, 2016 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

How to be Sane written by Philippa Perry is a short, and surprisingly a good book to read. This book is a part of The School of Life series which takes a different approach to introduce self-help genre, in an intelligent way. For more information on The School of Life, please refer to my previous post. Philippa Perry is psychotherapist and in this book she offers some pragmatic insight on observing one’s attitude, reactions or thought process. She argues that there are four cornerstones to being sane, to being conscious. Self-observation is one, other being your relationship with others (Man is a social being ~ Seneca), the Good Stress & our own perspective. She starts with a short introduction to how a human […]

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The School of Life

The School of Life

Posted October 19, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 0 Comments

Recently, a I came across an YouTube channel: The School of Life while browsing YouTube for videos on Stoicism. I was astonished by the content in the channel and variety of topics it consists with enough focus on graphics. It might be not new to many of you but I say its worth of checking out if you are hearing it for the first time. After some time, browsing through their videos and stuff I went to their website and to satisfy my curiosity to know more. Looks like they have a dozen books published under the succession of The School of Life. You can check the list of books published by them here on Goodreads.com.

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REVIEW: Seneca On Anger

REVIEW: Seneca On Anger

Posted August 23, 2016 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Books, Philosphy, Reviews / 0 Comments

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, or Seneca was a philosopher and is best known for his wisdom that may help one to rethink of his own perspectives on life. Seneca was a stoic and during his time embraced Stoicism. He was also an advisor to the Roman Emperor, Nero, in 54 AD. His essays such as On Shortness of Life, and On Anger clearly reflect his contribution to the Stoic philosophy. Surprisingly, I was never introduced to the word Stoicism before. Not during my school years, nor my college years. I guess, it is my mistake that I was never curious enough to explore, open to ideas such as Stoicism posses, until recently when I first read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. On Anger […]

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