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Maneki-Neko “Maneki-Neko: The Japanese Book of Lucky Destiny” by Nobuo Suzuki is not a typical self-help book, but rather a cultural guide through the Japanese (and broader Asian) perspective on happiness, with the maneki-neko cat as its central metaphor The book is organized as a collection of short chapters on various symbols and rituals of…
The Diary of a CEO “The Diary of a CEO” by Steven Bartlett, author of one of the world’s most popular podcasts, presents 33 laws divided into four categories: Self, Story, Philosophy, and Team The book combines Bartlett’s business experiences, insights from podcast guests, and relevant research, providing concrete guidelines for solving business and life…
The Cat Who Saved Books “Who doesn’t read, at 70 years will have lived only one life. Who reads, will have lived five thousand years.” – Umberto Eco When did you recently read a warm, emotional and at moments touching book that talks… well, about love for books? About what those books do for…
Be a Stoic “I consider you unfortunate because you’ve never been unfortunate. You’ve gone through life without an opponent. No one will know what you were capable of, not even you yourself” – Seneca (“On Providence”) There are some works you simply can’t read quickly (i.e., you can, but there’s no point). It doesn’t…
The Wealth Money Can’t Buy “We’re all here for a special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past and become the architect of your future” – Robin Sharma When we mention Robin Sharma, everyone first thinks of his classic “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.” Of course, there were several other works connected…
The Greatest Gift “A person is loved because a person is loved. Love needs no reasons” – Paulo Coelho Although the translated edition only recently appeared here, Paulo Coelho’s “The Supreme Gift” is his (quite) older work, published in 1991 (“The Alchemist,” for example, came out three years earlier). This work is, in a…
Animal Farm “Dictatorship isn’t established to protect revolution, but revolution is started to establish dictatorship” – George Orwell I think during my life I’ve read Orwell’s work “Animal Farm” surely two times (and maybe more). Once during studies. Second time somewhere at beginning of my work career. And now something made me, after I…
The Book of Five Rings “If you wish to control others, you must first control yourself” – Miyamoto Musashi Some books are truly very universal and specific. They change their meaning and reveal new horizons to us as we mature. “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius, “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu, “Tao Te Ching,”…
Faust “If we meet someone who owes us gratitude, we immediately remember it. How many times, however, have we met someone to whom we owe gratitude, and we didn’t remember it” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ah, Heinrich Faust… for friends, Faust… for pupils and students for whom it was required reading, known as…
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant “Avoid competition through authenticity. Essentially, when you compete with people, it’s because you’re copying them. It’s because you’re trying to do the same thing, but every person is different. Don’t copy.” Some books are apparently simply excellent… in fact, better to put it this way, some people simply have smart…