Books

This page contains the resources that I have found useful in my personal and professional life. Admittedly, it is an eclectic list. It contains everything from quotes and books that I like to podcasts, videos, and slideshows.

If you don’t want to scroll through the entire list, you can click on one of the links below and filter the resources by specific category.

I will update this list as I discover new resources. If you have a resource you think I should add, please email me.

Switch, Transformation,GetHyper, Agile, Get hyper

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Involved in any kind of transformation effort? Be it Personal or Profession, trying to influence behavior of any person is hard. You have to work with both sides of the brain: Emotional as well as Analytical side, of the person as well as the herds/he belongs to.

This book is a MUST read if you are involved in any kind of transformation effort.

Three Quotes from the book
  • Change = People behaving in new way
  • Resistance = (often happens due to ) lack of clarity
  • Direct the Rider, Motivate the Elephant, Shape the path
Three Tips on the book Switch
  • Three steps to any Transformation: Change the Situation (provide them new environment) + Address their Hearts + Address their Minds (emotional and Rational side)
  • Find the Bright Spot = successful efforts worth emulating, identify successes and figure out how to clone them / What is working and how can we replicate it
  • Script Critical move
Put the first two stamps (highlight on what progress has already been made to instill sense of progress) - Heath brothers in Switch http://amzn.to/20QhwVQ Click To Tweet
Essentialism, Agile, transformation, getHyper

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Book-Essentialism

Essentialism by Greg McKeown @GregoryMcKeown

If you want to de-clutter your everyday life, if you want to be able to focus on things that are important to YOU, if you want to get more done with less effort THIS is the book. Read it, digest it, implement it and YOU will find more joy and happiness in the journey where you are headed. It will give you more clarity as to where you want to go.

Three Quotes from the book

  • The Wisdom of Life Consists in the Elimination of Non-Essentials
  • STOP Majoring in minor activities
  • If you don’t prioritize your life, some one else will

Three tips from the book

  • Less but better = Essentialism
  • Constantly asking: Am I investing in the RIGHT activities? Is this the most important or valuable thing I could be doing right now?
  • If you don’t prioritize your life, some one else will

Practice 'load the Tape', 'Think Week' and 'Monk Mode' - inspired by Essentialism by @GregoryMcKeown http://amzn.to/23kviSW #Transformation #getHyper Click To Tweet

agile, gethyper, transformation

Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz

Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

If you are in any kind of transformation work, you can not afford to ignore this book. Book is filled with nuggets of genius and his passion for enriching his customers lives. It showcases how focusing too much on growth and taking eyes off the core customers can spell trouble for the business. He also shows us how the business can transformation can be achieved even in the worst economic times.

MUST read for anyone involved in transformation work. Period.

Three Quotes from the book

  • How could it be wrong to invest in your own people?
  • Starbucks is in the business of exceeding the expectations
  • We could not and should not underestimate the ability of our competitors to steal our customer

Three tips from the book

  • Do not embrace status quo and constantly push to reinvent yourself
  • Work should be personal, infused with meaning and purpose
  • Experimenting with new ideas with the risk of ridicule
Do not embrace status quo and constantly push to reinvent yourself - Howard Schultz in Onward http://amzn.to/1PtHOVF Click To Tweet
Rich Employee

The Rich Employee by James Altucher

 

Rich Employee

The Rich Employee

Getting reach starts with a mental shift, and continuously striving to make those small, incremental improvements, as the author calls ‘1% increments in the daily routine’.

Start your Journey of Personal Transformation

Feel free to reach out to me. If you want to discuss this book, any part of it, or transformation in general.