Hello, I am Satyajit.
Welcome to my blog, Reading.Guru.
What’s New!
Some of the recent updates to make the blog more relevant content.
1. ‘Read. Learn. Enjoy.’ newsletter launched on 1 Aug 2020.
2. Book Summaries page added. This is a single place listing the 50 book summaries and reviews now available on this blog.
3. Insightful reading highlights and thoughts posted on Twitter every hour. Follow me on Twitter or read them here.
What I’m Doing
What I’m doing now and a hint of what’s coming up next.
NOW
Reading 📖
Read a few chapters/pages of the books below:
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson
- Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets by John J. Murphy
Thinking 🤔
It takes courage to know a stranger’s pain.
Writing✍️
In addition to the weekly edition of the newsletter:
NEXT
A hint of what’s coming up in the next few editions.
- Book Summary of Charting and Technical Analysis by Fred McAllen.
- Book Summary of The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel.
- Or may be something entirely different as it happened for the past few weeks. I won’t know it till I sit down to write. The writing process is mysterious.
Last updated: 18 October 2020
About me
I am an avid reader, and I love reading all kinds of stuff – literary fiction, mysteries, science fiction and fantasy, history, science, personal growth and personal development, personal finance, and so on. There are very few things I don’t like reading 🙂
I am a Chartered Accountant by education and technologist by profession with two decades of experience working with large organizations in a variety of hands-on and leadership roles.
I have recently started this blog to share my love of reading and some of the things I have learned and enjoyed. Hope you find it useful and fun!
(PS: I am not a Guru, the domain name of my blog has .guru extension. It was just a spur of the moment thing.)
How to use this blog
Just a little on where can you find stuff on this site. It will keep evolving.
The blog is searchable, and if you are looking for something specific, just use the search option in the Menu.
Articles
All articles posted on the blog appear here in reverse chronological order (latest article first). This is where most of the action takes place. I intend to post one article or book summary/review per week at a minimum and occasionally more.
You can start with the five most popular articles below.
- On Children by Kahlil Gibran – The meaning of Kahlil Gibran’s beautiful poem On Children.
- Energy is the Currency of the Universe – You create your reality through your energy or attention.
- Stoicism – A Philosophy for Living – An article on the Stoic disciplines of will, perception and action.
- Behind Every Criticism is a Wish – What does criticism imply and how to deal with it.
- Wealth: A Concept of Abundance – An article to understand the concept of wealth.
Reading List
There is where you can find what I am reading or have read. Visit the Reading List home page.
So far I have published the following reading lists.
- 2020 Reading List (will be updated throughout the year)
- 2019 Reading List
- Science Fiction Reading List
- Fantasy Reading List
- Philosophy Reading List
Book Summaries
You can read 50+ book summaries and reviews here covering the following genres.
- Philosophy
- Personal Growth (Self-help)
- Money – Personal Finance, Investing
- Non Fiction
- Health
- Fiction
- Poetry
You can start with the five most popular book summaries and reviews.
- Poems for the Soul by Sanober Khan – Yes. My review of the first full poetry book I have ever read is also the most popular one!
- The Zurich Axioms by Max Gunther – A book that challenges conventional wisdom about investing, money and risk.
- Freedom from the Known by J Krishnamurti – A book about freeing yourself from the past and the known.
- Think and Win like Dhoni by Sfurti Sahare – A book about Mahendra Singh Dhoni (a popular cricketer in India) and the secrets behind his winning attitude.
- Atomic Habits by James Clear – An amazing book about habits – how to create good habits and break bad ones.
A long way to go before I catch up with the backlog of books read but reviews and summaries to be written. Keep watching this space.
Personal Growth
This section has articles on topics related to personal growth and development, personal finance, and related aspects.
Visit the Personal Growth: A Framework page that would link you to other articles on this topic. This is still work in progress.
This is section is next on my list for a redesign.
Thought of the Day
The Thought of the Day has my Twitter timeline where I post insightful, bite-sized excerpts, quotes and thoughts by some of the brightest minds on this planet that I enjoy and find useful.
‘Read. Learn. Enjoy.’ Newsletter
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