Here are my personal book reviews and summaries from my favorite books. This also includes tips and learnings that I implement in my life. All these learnings are life changing for me. These books have improved my life a lot in areas of Finance, Personality Development, Communication and General Knowledge.
I want to share all this learnings with you and I hope these changes your life as well.
I was expecting some sort of story in which some insanely wealthy person donates all of his earnings and sells his expensive Ferrari to live a simple life.
I've always been intrigued by scenarios in which people appear to be acting strangely. And the things they're doing and the decisions they're making don't make any sense.
I've always been a procrastinator, and I still am, and I'm not proud of it. But that's the way things are. So I've been like this for the majority of my life. I used to put off important tasks until the last possible moment. I used to put off my studies and work, only to cry at the last minute, wondering why the world was so difficult.
How does our brain work? Can we copy our brains onto a computer? If we do, then will it work the same as a real brain? Will it be self-aware? I had all these interesting questions and, in some ways, this book answered all my questions.
Reading a book requires a conscious effort on our part; it is not like watching a movie or playing a video game. You must sit down and read word for word, visualise, and use your intelligence
This is something I've personally witnessed. I've started a lot of things in the past. At first, I am motivated to do something because I have imagined positive outcomes in my mind, but when I don't see those outcomes in a few days or months, I become anxious and stop doing that thing entirely.