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Book 19/52 2021 Book – Ten Lessons for a Post–Pandemic World, Fareed Zakaria Genre – International Relations & Globalization, Sociology #reviewswithranjani Rating – 4/5 Lenin once said, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” The pandemic is the poster boy for the statement. To say things have changed – …
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Learning to Negotiate is what I call PIVOT skills. It is one of those high ROI skills that helps you tremendously Both in your career and in your life Here are Six Guidelines for “Getting to Yes” #1. Separate the people from the problem. #2. Focus on interests, not positions. #3. Learn to manage emotions. …
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The Indian rupee is derived from the Rūpaya (silver is called rūpa in Sanskrit) The Indian currency system transitioned from a bimetallic standard to a gold one in the 1890s. “The demonetization of silver had a significantly negative effect on the nations using it as a monetary standard. India witnessed a continuous devaluation of its …
Book 11/52 2021 Book – Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know Genre – Analysis and Strategy, Personal Transformation #reviewswithranjani #podshortschallenge Rating – 3.75/5 This is another brilliant book from Adam Grant. In THINK AGAIN, Adam Grant brings together research and anecdotes to help us learn how to stay need …
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Book 10/52 2021 Book – The Man who Solved the Market – How Jim Simons Launched the Quant RevolutionGenre – Financial Markets, Math, Investing #reviewswithranjani#podshortschallenge Rating – 4/5 I can’t better this NYT article opening so will use this – There are few books in the investing world as well known as Burton …
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Book 3/52 2021 Book – The Promised Land – Barack ObamaGenre – Presidential Memoir #reviewswithranjani#podshortschallenge Rating – 4.5/5 Book – A Promised Land, Barack Obama Today we are going to talk about one of the most highly anticipated books of 2020.The presidential memoir – A Promised Land – Barack Obama I love this genre …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTSChallenge Genre – Fiction/Fantasy Book 2/52, 2021 Rating – 3.7/5 Book – The Midnight Library, Matt Haig Have you ever mourned other lives you could have lived? Pursued other subjects or picked a career path very different from the one you are on? When I was growing up, my childhood ambition was to become …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction, Management, Finance, BehavioralPsychology Book 1/52, 2021 Rating – 4/5 Book – The Psychology of Money The premise of the novel is the first of its kind – that in real world, we make business decisions not in a spreadsheet but at dinner tables with our own unique and flawed perspectives of …
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Which of these flight announcements may distress you more –“BA786 Frankfurt – Delayed”OR“BA786 Frankfurt – Delayed 70 minutes” The second message is a bit of a pain but you are in control of the situation. You can get on with planning your day around this Vs. the first message which is a mental torture – …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction, Management, SaaS, Future of Work, Tech Book 50/52 Rating – 3.5/5 Book – Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company’s Future Netflix, Spotify, and Salesforce What are the common threads among these three groups of companies? They are all succeeding because they recognized that we now live in …
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