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17 books you can read in one go

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 1. Eat that frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

Simple, powerful book to help you manage time.

https://t.co/HeIzGOapgY
2. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Story of a lawyer, who is jolted by a sudden illness and realizes the true meaning of life thereafter.

https://t.co/GLye9NgmRu
3. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

The book explains how by understanding and learning to control our subconscious mind, we can welcome a world of prosperity, happiness and success.

https://t.co/AdmnITVQly
4. Think and Grow Rich

One of the most conclusive books on understanding money, and a simple one to start with, at that.

https://t.co/UpIRav1SSm
5. The Alchemist

It is ridiculous how many people have been helped by this book and how simple the idea in the book is.

https://t.co/a2bV8XxjDj
6. ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever

One of my favorite books of all times. Pick this up if you are an entrepreneur, wish to be one or wish to think like one!

https://t.co/fpbyRWHbwA
7. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways To Share Your Creativity And Get Discovered

TERRIFIC book for all freelancers out there. Elegantly put together.

https://t.co/XQWBqDMPWq
8. How to Find Fulfilling Work

In 160 pages, this book will help you understand how to look at your work. And hopefully help you redefine its definition.

https://t.co/Shqgj9Kph5
9. DO EPIC SHIT

I wrote the book keeping in early readers in mind. The book has no start, no finish and is designed to be provoke you with questions, as against offer easy answers.

https://t.co/hhcH7qyvBL
10. Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

The concept of Ikigai is so simple in its essence but so powerful, that is is ridiculous it was largely hidden from the world until this book came along.

Find your purpose through this book.

https://t.co/WJ3YJuAzjb
11. Life's Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life

Light-hearted and thought provoking, this book can be read by any age, and will charm everyone equally.

https://t.co/U5hzPX2fln
12. Attitude Is Everything

Only 144 pages, to drive you into action and realize how much of our lives is all within our head.
We change that, we change everything!

https://t.co/y67X9f8bT6
13. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

While the book is 352 pages, the 92 tricks allow you to read them quickly, implement, come back with results, improvise and re-read.

https://t.co/bm71u2in4n
14. The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now

If you are in the 20s, PLEASE pick this up!
Must read.

https://t.co/0aVikUWzPe
15. Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking

If you believe you are an introvert and you are made to feel bad about it, consider reading this book to change your mind.

https://t.co/adMNUAPpf9
16. Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose

Simon Sinek is one of the deepest thinkers on WHY, and this book is one of his easiest and most practical guide to the subject.

https://t.co/1MRkuKMGk0
17. Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously

Osho delivers a masterpiece in this book, explaining how fear originates, how to understand it and how to face it.

https://t.co/UJjCYWexAa
The power of reading lies in its habit.
The habit lies in getting started.
These books help you do that.
Get you started.
Once reading becomes a part of the daily you, there will no turning back.

You will learn not just directly while living your life, but indirectly through the lives of others.
To encourage you to pick these books up, I wish to give them away for free.

Reply to this tweet with the name of the book you want and why.
I will select 17 winners for each of the book and ship the book across to them.
To increase your chances, please go back to the start of this thread and retweet. For every 1700 retweets, I will add another lot of 17 books.

So 0-1699 retweets: 17 books
1700-3399 retweets: 34 books
3400-5099 retweets: 51 books
and so on...
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My top books I read in 2020

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Almanack of Naval Ravikant
What a stunning and thoughtful compilation of @naval's work and words.
I predict that this is going to define a new industry - curating public content of thought leaders and converting them into

Waking Up: Search for spirituality without religion
@SamHarris provoked me through this book and offered me, an atheist, a lot to think about.
Pick up his works!

Psychology of Money
My most awaited book of this year, since the day @morganhousel announced his book.
A must read for all ages, especially those in their 20s.

I predict this to reach levels of "Rich Dad Poor Dad" over the next 10

Courage to be disliked
What a stunner! Challenges most of our tightly-held beliefs and I found myself nodding more often than not through the book.

Not for the
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My Productivity Hacks

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Productivity Hack #1
Not try to remember anything

I consciously and obsessively try to NOT remember things.
So that my mind dispenses the least amount of energy in remembering tasks or even context.

Hence, I carry a notebook with me always.
I take notes like a school student
I put tasks in a calendar
I send myself emails in the future

My mind's energy should be spent in thinking.
Not remembering!

Productivity Hack #2
Document EVERYTHING!

At any point I have 3 notebooks
1. Ideas
2. Todos lists for the day
3. Meeting notes

And I write down things.

Writing helps tell the brain that this is important.
And it helps me not "try and remember" anything.

Productivity Hack #3
I put everything on a calendar

My calendar is my lifeline.
Everything is on my calendar.
Bills to pay, birthdays to remember, threads to write, weekly routines.
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10 ways I am running my current startup differently from the ones before

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Difference #1
Bootstrapped as against raising money

https://t.co/RKWB3KfMZt was a venture funded company. We raised $43Mn from top investors, but I couldn’t give them a return that I would be proud of. In the process, learning how raising money works but also doesn’t work

My current startup is bootstrapped.
I do not intend to raise money for it.
It has been profitable from Day 1 and that is the way I hope it remains.

I have raised money from customers.

Difference #2
Slow and small

For the past decade, I was in the mode of fast and big.
Being fast was the only thing that mattered.
And you either go big or go home.

Today, I am taking it slow.
Slow to add costs, slow to take decisions that are irreversible.

I am patient because all good things in life take time!
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41 observations about life, in the week I turned 41.

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1.
It is easy to respect people from a distance.
True respect is when you get to know them, and still respect them.

2.
People assume that a verified Twitter profile is someone smart. Ironically, the blue tick says, "this person is EXACTLY who they claim they are"

3.
Your guides, your mentors, your managers are not there to fix your mistakes.
They are there to guide you, so that you are eventually able to see your own mistakes.

4.
Not every problem needs to be solved.
Some need to just be heard.
Just be felt.
Just be empathized with.

5.
The only success for a company is when it raises money from customers.
Not investors.

Congratulating a founder on raising money is like congratulating a chef on buying vegetables.

6.
Sometimes, stepping away from a relationship is the best way to save it.

7.
When you share your failures openly, you instantly take away all power that the world had over you.

8.
Work becomes most joyous when you are working with a set of people you would want to spend time with, even beyond work.
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Ten 90-day challenges for your mind, body and soul.

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1: Structured thinking

Our mind is buzzing with thoughts.
But when we start speaking, we fail to structure them.

What is needed, is a way to pace our thoughts.

That is where writing helps.

Writing is the slowest form of expression.
When we write, we are not just thinking about what we wish to communicate, we are also selecting the most important thought from all other thoughts.

Write everyday for 90-days.
And always conclude with a "This tells me that ________"

2. Confident speaking

We get conscious when it comes to public speaking.
Even if we are confident of the content.

Record a video of yours for 90-days, on ANY topic.

Do not share it with anyone.
Review it, identify improvements and correct them the next day.

3. Sugar craving

Whenever you feel like having sugar, drink a glass of water and then have sugar-free chewing gum.

Water fills your stomach.
Gum satiates your sugar craving.
Because you are chewing it, you can't have anything else.

90days and you won't crave for sugar anymore.
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These are the two guards guarding the Wealth and Treasure of Lord Sri Venkateswara.

They are representatives of two treasures of Kubera, the God of Wealth.


One guard who is holding shangam (conch) on both the hands is known as Shanka Nidhi ('nidhi' means wealth).

On the other side, the guard who is holding Lotus flowers on both the hands is known as Padma nidhi.

Shangu is from the ocean which includes all types of wealth like pearls and corals.

Why shagam in his hand? Because shangam only gives the sound of 'omkaram'.

'Padmam' is the symbol of water sources in land like river, lakes, tanks etc. which is very important for all living beings.

As per the tradition, these guards are installed at the third entrance of the temple.

One enters the holy shrine after saluting the first protection threshold - Sankha Nidhi and Padma Nidhi.
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When Saudi Arabia's King visited India in 1955, PM Nehru ordered all the Hindu Temples and Idols of Hindu Deities that came in Saudi King's way to be covered up.
Our temples are the architectural marvels in their own league.


Each of our temples tells the story of our rich history and cultural heritage. Was Nehru that ashamed of his own nation's heritage that he had to cover them up or there was some other reason? The answer would be best known to him only.

PM Nehru invited the then Saudi King Saud bin Abdul Aziz to India who accepted the invitation and planned a 17 day long official visit to India in 1955. Saudi King had brought a large delegation with him and he had to visit various Indian cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Agra,


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Chennimalai Murugan Temple is located  near Perunthurai in Erode District. Murugan is worshipped here as Dandayudapani. Temple is situated on the banks of Noyyal river also called Kanchima Nadhi. Temple is situated in a hill


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Land lord realized that Murugan wanted the Vigraham the way it was.

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தொல்லை இரும்பிறவிச் சூழும் தளை நீக்கி
அல்லல் அறுத்து ஆனந்தம் ஆக்கியதே – எல்லை
மருவா நெறியளிக்கும் வாதவூர் எங்கோன்
திருவாசகம் என்னும் தேன்

பொருள்:
1.எப்போது ஆரம்பித்தது என அறியப்படமுடியாத தொலை காலமாக (தொல்லை)

2. இருந்து வரும் (இரும்)


3.பிறவிப் பயணத்திலே ஆழ்த்துகின்ற (பிறவி சூழும்)

4.அறியாமையாகிய இடரை (தளை)

5.அகற்றி (நீக்கி),

6.அதன் விளைவால் சுகதுக்கமெனும் துயரங்கள் விலக (அல்லல் அறுத்து),

7.முழுநிறைவாய்த் தன்னுளே இறைவனை உணர்த்துவதே (ஆனந்த மாக்கியதே),

8.பிறந்து இறக்கும் காலவெளிகளில் (எல்லை)

9.பிணைக்காமல் (மருவா)

10.காக்கும் மெய்யறிவினைத் தருகின்ற (நெறியளிக்கும்),

11.என் தலைவனான மாணிக்க வாசகரின் (வாதவூரெங்கோன்)

12.திருவாசகம் எனும் தேன் (திருவா சகமென்னுந் தேன்)

முதல்வரி: பிறவி என்பது முன்வினை விதையால் முளைப்பதோர் பெருமரம். அந்த ‘முன்வினை’ எங்கு ஆரம்பித்தது எனச் சொல்ல இயலாது. ஆனால் ‘அறியாமை’ ஒன்றே ஆசைக்கும்,, அச்சத்துக்கும் காரணம் என்பதால், அவையே வினைகளை விளைவிப்பன என்பதால், தொடர்ந்து வரும் பிறவிகளுக்கு, ‘அறியாமையே’ காரணம்

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