Takeaway from 2020...

This is year has been the best year when it comes to seeking yourselves and worst when it comes to comparing yourself with other. In this edition of musing I will talk about the best books, articles, podcast I came across. I will get you through the mental models which I learned this year and may help you. This are not career specific but life centric.

5 books which you should read…

1. The Courage to be Disliked : The first impression of this book is more like self help book but this is more of philosophy. So the story is structured as a dialogue between an old teacher and a young student. The student is well-read in philosophy and psychology, but full of problems. It takes you through various lessons pertaining to Adlerian psychology. I found it incredibly thought-provoking, and a lot of the concepts which I haven't heard elsewhere really resonated with me.

2. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant : I have always been the fan of Naval and kind of context he sets across various sections of society from technological future to modern day philosophy, from cryptocurrency to his views on government working. This book gives many insights from this man. The digital file is free. If you decide to read only one book , it should be this.

3. Man’s Search for Meaning : We take our life too much for granted. Man’s Search for Meaning is a two-part account: the first half discusses Frankl’s experience at the concentration camps, and the second half is comprised of universally applicable lessons gleaned from Frank’s struggle.

4. The Psychology of Money : Book of the year. In this tough time, this book takes us through how money works. This book won’t confuse you like the other money related book. This is like understanding mind of money.

5. Trillion Dollar Coach : A leadership playbook. How Bill Campbell trained future geniuses. A great read…

Podcast you should listen to…

1. Naval Ravikant on The Tim Ferriss Show : Naval sharing dope stuff on anxiety, happiness, cryptocurrencies. Note : Listen to each podcast of this guy…

2. Chamath Palihapitiya on Farnam Street podcast : Chamath is currently the CEO of Social Capital and has served earlier as senior executive at Facebook. This one is particular regarding knowing yourself..

3. Kunal Shah on The Ranvir Allahbadiya Show : Kunal Shah being Kunal Shah

4. Anand Gandhi on Cred Curious with Kunal Shah : Anand Gandhi sharing his views on biology of money.

Essays you should read..

1. This is Water by David Foster Wallace

2. I, Pencil by Leonard Read

3. Seneca on shortness of life

4. Purpose of Life by Mark Manson

5. Rationality from AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Twitter Profiles You Must Follow

1. David Perell : writing, philosophy and many more things. His Friday Newsletter are amazing.

2. Ankit Kumar : A college dropout, he sends amazing reading content through is Whatsapp Newsletter. Coming age is of Curator’s Economy

3. Paras Chopra : Co-Founder of Wingify, shares dope stuff when it comes to startup practices. Also his views on mental models, psychology, AI and product-fit market are amazing.

4. Maria Popova : Her book reviews and other literature reviews are surreal.

5. Ankur Warikoo : Feeling low, hear out this man or just give a visit to his twitter timeline.

6. Kunal Shah : Kunal’s observations on tiny things which matters in long run are amazing. His insights on startup culture and surrounding user psychology are pure GEM..

Blogs you should read too,

1. Melting Asphalt by Kevin Simler

2. Daniel Gross’s blogs

3. Wait But Why by Tim Urban

4. More to that by Lawrence Yeo

5. Stratechery by Ben Thompson

6. Visakanv’s Word Vommit

7. Raw Thought by Aaron Swartz

Web series/Docu-series/Movies you must binge…

1. The Queen’s Gambit(Netflix)

2. Our Planet (Netflix)

3. The Boys (Amazon Prime)

4. Bad Boys Billionare (Netflix)

5. Dark (Netflix)

6. The Looming Tower(Amazon Prime/ Hulu)

7. The Social Dilemma (Netflix)

8. Pandemic (Netflix)

9. The Imitation Game (Movie)

10. The Great Hack (Netflix)

11. The Spy (Netflix)

Me(almost any other person down the street) to 2020

If you any single word about this post give me just a ‘Hii…‘ here..