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Book Recommendation : Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell

July 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Obsessions

Tweet Its been a while since I read my last book and this one, Outliers came heavily recommended. The book starts with a definition of what an Outlier is: Out-li-er something that is situated away from our classed differently from a main or related body. a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from [...]

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Finally I feel that I am off the RAT-RACE

August 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Life Hacks

Last day, I was at cochin with my friend @Zeqox and I heard him saying to a friend of mine (@Rajeshtaracad) that I was now off the framework, out of my comfort zone. Thats when I realized that I was off the rat race, and that moment just felt awesome.

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iCon: The Story of Apple, NeXT and Pixar

May 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Obsessions

iCon is a biography of Steve Jobs and tells the story of his journey with Apple, NeXT and Pixar. I was expecting to read more about Steve Jobs, the man, but it turned out to be more about Jobs as a Entrepreneur with flashes into his personal life here and there.

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If “It’s Not About The Bike”, Then What Is It About?

May 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Obsessions

The book is about his life so there is definitely lot of Bike-ing in this one. More than that, the book is about he being a cancer patient, about how he got over it, about the most wonderful people he met in his life, about how he gave birth to his baby and how he won the Tour De France.

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