Manoj's Review on Books

Creativity is meant for every professional and can be applied even in domain that are hardbound on rules and regulations. The underlying belief that a person is born with creative talents is a myth that needs to be broken and latent creative expressions can be opened up even with advocates, doctors, accountants and range of professional who are hardwired in analytical traits. The crux of the book drives the above-mentioned point right till the end and I must admit there is a compelling nature to the creative potential that David and Kelly desires to crack open. Any successful business needs to strike a sweet spot with respect to three critical components and the same can be understood through the given Venn diagram.   While there are plenty of financially well off businesses meeting mostly the 2 components of business and technical viability, it’s the third angle of human factor that provides the necessary fillip to raise as an enterprise. A prime example can be invention of MR...

Tim Ferris is an American entrepreneur, investor, podcaster and author of the well known book series, 4 hour work week, 4 hour body and 4 hour chef, all of them are aimed at lifestyle optimizations. On top of all the books his podcasts boasts of incredible depth with a range of personalities giving their interviews. ( Do check out Tim Ferriss podcasts here ) At the outset, tools of titans is intense and voluminous to an extent wherein a reader will easily need multiple readings to get the full essence of it. The structure of the books isn’t formal and Tim has taken liberties on how he wanted to present the storyline. The idea is to land the concept in a straight-forward fashion rather than beating around the bush. As mentioned earlier, the author is known for his podcasts while he has picked up 102 high performance individuals for his book. Tim categorizes these individuals into healthy, wealthy and wise based on their domain experience, achievements and the kind of conversations that ...