I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Stoicism, Philosophy Book 12/52 Book – Meditations, Marcus Aurelius “Suppose that a god announced that you were going to die tomorrow “or the day after.” Unless you were a complete coward you wouldn’t kick up a fuss about which day it was–what difference could it make? Now recognize that the difference …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Science Research, Epidemiology, Book 11/52 Book – The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It “When 2 year old Emilie grabbed and poked a dead bat from a tree, a few particles of blood landed on his hands, and as toddlers do, he put his …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Dystopian Fiction Book 9/52 Book – Station 11, Emily St John Mandel “Survival is insufficient and Hell is the absence of other people” The book, a fiction at that, is quite topical to our times. “Station 11”, is a dystopian novel that is set in the days of civilization’s collapse after …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non Fiction, Science Paper – The folly of rewarding for behavior A while hoping for behavior B Rewarding for A while hoping for B Today we are going to talk about a management classic paper – Rewarding for behavior A while expecting behavior B. Something that is highly relevant to us …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Book 8/52 Genre – Non Fiction, Science Book – Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker Why we sleep? Do yourself a favor and read the book – 3 things you absolutely should know about how sleep impacts your life The impact of sleep neglect on health, what happens when we sleep and effect of …
Here are my list of 52 books read from 2020. You may have a book challenge. You may not. You may read 52. Or 5. Or even if you don’t keep track. It doesn’t honestly matter. What does is whether you enjoyed it. I live in books more than I anywhere else. Do feel free …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Book 7/52 Genre – Science & Tech, Future of Humanity, AI Book – Life 3.0 – Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence Should we give Super Intelligent AI, goals, and if so, whose goals? “Life 3.0 – Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence” – Max Tegmark The single most …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Book 5/52 Genre – Management Book – Playing Big, Tara Mohr Introducing Episode 1 of Reviews with Ranjani – On Unhooking from Praise and Criticism I have always believed reading could be a super power. So I deconstructed concepts and ideas from books into 5 minute power-packed short video takes. So here is …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Book 5/52 ‘Playing Big’, Tara Mohr Genre – Management Rating – 4/5 A number of little things we say (or write) are in fact not little at all. In fact they have a huge influence on how you are perceived. We are at most times trying to say something without coming across very …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Book 6/52 Genre – Science & Tech, Microbiology Book – 10% Human, Allana Collen How your body’s microbes may have a relationship to obesity, allergies and your overall health and happiness Research that explores the connection that the microbial community that lives within us has on our overall health and well-being. There were …
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