“Drink the coffee before it goes cold.” With these words of warning, the waitress at Café Funiculi Funicula, Kazu Tokita sends her customer on a tryst with the past, in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s powerfully emotional and introspective novel. An impeccably crafted work, “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” is a paean to love, fortitude, courage and guilt. … Continue reading Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Annie Duke played poker. She was damn good at it. So good that she holds a World Series of Poker Golf bracelet from 2004. So good that her lifetime earnings from poker exceeded a whopping $4 million. She has also, not surprisingly written a number of instructional books for poker players. Annie Duke, before turning … Continue reading How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices – Annie Duke

Trenchant, witty, flowery and lucid, the commentary on Mundakopanishad by one of the most venerated spiritual personalities in India, is an absolute pleasure to read. Whether laying into pompous ‘learned’ men for their half baked knowledge on the Upanishads, or dissecting the meaning simpliciter underlying seemingly incoherent sounding verses, Swami Chinmayananda is in vintage form. … Continue reading Mundakopanishad: Tale of Two Birds, Jiva and Isvara – Swami Chinmayananda

Imagine a metaphorical blender. Drop a dollop of Heraclitus and his wisdom into it. Toss in the findings of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, as captured in his seminal book, “Flow”. If two is company, then aim for a crowd. Into the blender go Richard Bach and “Illusions”. To make the concoction eclectic, throw in a mob next. … Continue reading The Archer – Paolo Coelho

What unites an integrated marketing platform company, a sex toy retailer, an apparel store, a national provider of health services, a product design studio, and a leading enterprise video communications company that offers cloud platforms for audio and video conferencing events? Brand and content strategy consultant, and author Margot Bloomstein, in her upcoming book, “Trustworthy”, … Continue reading Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap – Margot Bloomstein

A cross between a change agent and a psychiatrist, acclaimed marketing Guru and best-selling author Seth Godin’s latest work, “The Practice” is a small book of powerful affirmations. Mr. Godin urges his aspiring readers to abandon the outcome of their passionate calling and instead develop an unrelenting focus on the practice/process. “There’s a practice available … Continue reading The Practice: Shipping Creative Work – Seth Godin