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Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is really an interesting book. If you really want to know the power of yoga and what you can achieve with it, you must read this book. Immensely loved reading this book and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about yoga or an aspirant yogi. View all my reviews

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is a gem. In case if you want to build your own small business it is often not clear what do we want to do. Also many of the time we do not think very systematically and when the business starts growing it falls apart as the founding system was not very good. This book will help the reader to build a system and process from day 1 of your business that would ensure that when your business grows your system keeps your business processes together. It also ensures when your business grows the system helps your employees to know how to operate it and everything work like a clockwork. A definite read for anyone running a business or planning to start a business. View all my reviews

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is truly an awesome read. As Mark Zuckerberg has said "Peter Thiel have built many successful companies and he have said how in this book". This book contains all the concepts and rules that you need to create a successful business. Loved it. View all my reviews

Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Okay it comes exactly at advertised. takes are a evening or two to complete the book cover to cover. You start as skeptic and at the end laugh at yourself. There are just so many things at which we get stuck and don't want to move on. Our job, relations, work, processes, etc. Problem is once we succeed doing something in one way we kind of get stuck in that and don't want to try something else. This book is good for everyone who feels that he is stuck or you may not even realize that you are stuck in the old and you need to move on. You need to find "new cheese". View all my reviews

Unshakeable by Tony Robbins My rating: 5 of 5 stars Okay, I am from India and this book does talk a lot of rules and specifics of finance and tax rules for the US. So maybe someone from the US would get a lot more benefit from this book than me. But what I was able to get is a lot of points that I can look into. The fine prints, that I must read through in mutual fund or one a similar investment. It also gives a very good idea of how to best do insurances, so that you can maximize the benefit. Finally, no financial freedom can come without freedom within. So loved the last chapter about how to achieve mental happiness. So overall time well invested, reading this book. View all my reviews

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, I do not think I can add anything more in terms of review of this book. This now classic book has been reviewed and re-reviewed multiple times. It is THE book that is driving the main innovation accounting engine in today's startup markets. Also, it is the book that can help any small startup or any big organization thinking to reinvent themselves as a lean organization. What this book provides a very good framework upon which the organization can do their innovation and experiments on building new products in a more cost-efficient way. View all my reviews

The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thich Nhat Han is a master Buddhist monk. And this book shows how deep his knowledge is. The book is full of a lot of good Buddhist philosophical ideas. The book also has some very practical ways like how to calm your mind even under the most adverse situation. Also loved the concept of how you are changing constantly and how everything around us is changing. This is a good way of accepting change as a way of life and not being afraid of it. The book also shows how to be more mindful of our current situation and be more present in the current moment. Loved this book. View all my reviews