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Episode 11 – On working with uncertainty, first principles and moonshot thinking

#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction – Work/Management Book 14/52 Book – Think like a rocket scientist, Ozan Varol On working with uncertainty, first principles and moonshot thinking A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and simple strategies you can use to make giant leaps in work and in life. You do not need to …

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Episode 10 – What got you here, won’t get you there – 20 habits that hold you back

#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction – Work/Management Book 13/52 Book – What got you here, won’t get you there What got you here, won’t get you there – 20 habits that hold you back. “The higher you go the more your problems are behavioral. Interpersonal behavior is the difference between being great and near great”. …

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Episode 9 – Three timeless lessons on stoicism from Marcus Aurelius

#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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Episode 7 – Survival is insufficient and Hell is the absence of other people

#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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Episode 6 – Rewarding for Behavior A while hoping for B

#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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Episode 4 – Should we give AI Goals

#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 …

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Episode 1 – On Unhooking from Praise and Criticism

#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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Episode 2 – Avoiding the 10 commonly used communication habits that undermine your influence

#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 …

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