The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Ecclesiastes 7:2 Today we will be contemplating death. Just as the verse says we will all die. My title was […]

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Deng Xiaoping’s name has been familiar to me for some time. The first time I heard of him was associated with the words attributed to him- it doesn’t matter the color of the cat so far as it can catch the mouse. Deng is considered by Lee Kuan Yew as the most impactful leader he […]

Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell

There are several themes in this book that are similar to those put forward in Black Rednecks and White Liberals by the same Thomas Sowell. I was tempted to discuss the two books together but I decided against it in the end as some points I will be considering will be more specific to this […]

Mindset by Carol Dweck

I enjoyed this book. I seem to be reading a lot of books that emphasize the usefulness of hard work. I just finished reading Thomas Sowell’s books Intellectuals and Society, and Black Rednecks and White Liberals. Sowell’s books emphasize the importance of putting in deliberate efforts to achieve results just like Dweck’s books. Most of […]

ESSENTIALISM by Greg McKeown

I became familiar with this book through Tim Ferris. I have heard him talk about it a few times. Unbeknownst to me then, the writer and I attend the same church. We are both latter-day saints. As I was reading the book, I got to a part where he said as part of his morning […]

The Saint, the Surfer and the CEO

The Saint, the Surfer and the CEO was written by Robin Sharma. What Robin Sharma does is that he uses fiction to instill timeless principles into you. He creates these simple acronyms that make it easy for the principles to also sink into you. His fiction is down to earth. I mean, anyone at all […]

The Obstacle is the Way

The Obstacle is the Way is a book by Ryan Holiday. The central idea in the book is about how to embrace adversity and not lose your cool. As the title suggests, the writer also tries to let us understand the necessity of problems. I mean, no pain, no gain. The book is built on […]