by Aseem Gupta | Dec 31, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
When Cal Newport published Digital Minimalism through Portfolio in 2019, he was addressing a problem that had become familiar without becoming easy to describe. Smartphones, social networks, messaging apps, streaming services, online news, and other digital tools had...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 30, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
When #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur’s Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness appeared through Harper Business in March 2016, many of the technologies inside it seemed close to the cutting edge. Facebook advertising looked dramatically underpriced,...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 29, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind has become one of the most recognizable books about Zen in the English-speaking world, yet its familiarity can obscure what kind of book it actually is. It is easy to encounter Shunryu Suzuki through isolated sayings about beginner’s mind,...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 28, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Rhonda Byrne’s Hero begins with an attractive proposition: somewhere beneath the compromises, fears, routines, and accidents of ordinary life lies a calling that belongs specifically to you. Finding it, Byrne argues, begins a journey that will test your courage,...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 27, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Rhonda Byrne’s The Magic is built around a simple practice—gratitude—but it makes a much larger promise than an ordinary gratitude journal. Published in 2012 as part of the wider Secret universe, the book turns gratitude into a structured 28-day program intended to...
