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The White Knight We all have our life story. And like (almost) everyone’s story, it has some dark details (in varying degrees of intensity). When we reach some (relatively) adult phase of life, it happens that some (partially or completely) suppressed emotional ideas and understandings (usually from childhood) begin to create psychological conflict within us,…
I, Tycoon After twenty-eight years of silence, Miroslav Mišković spoke up, Serbia’s biggest businessman from the late 20th and early 21st century. Why was he silent? Why did he speak up now? No, I didn’t write this, it says on the back of the book, “I, Tycoon”… though, now that I’ve said this out…
Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Other Patients On the cover of Rodrigo Muñoz Avia’s novel “Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Other Patients” stands this comment: “This novel will make you both laugh and think.” And that’s definitely true. 😀 “Hello. My name is Rodrigo. Rodrigo Montalvo Letellier. Before going to the psychiatrist I was a happy person. Now I’m…
First Person Singular There are some writers you simply either love or don’t. I’d say Haruki Murakami is one of those writers. When you start reading him for the first time, I think page twenty-something is decisive, and then you declare his (any) novel strange and incomprehensible… or it enchants you and draws you into…
Who Was Nikola Tesla When someone says they have great respect for one of the greatest engineers, futurists and innovators (perhaps ever), Nikola Tesla, that among their books they have his, let’s say, “autobiography” (“My Inventions”), a seriously written biography (“Tesla: Inventor of the Modern Age”), and even a book by a domestic author about…
Trillion Dollar Coach X (by the way, director of a smaller company): So, how do you see your “working with people/employees,” HR and company functioning? Me: (talking about my vision of situations and approaches to problem-solving broadly and passionately) X: (after a brief silence) You better go to “Silicon Valley” and make your way there….
The Ride of a Lifetime People apparently had high expectations for Robert “Bob” Iger and his business/CEO memoir “The Ride of a Lifetime.” I did too. I had some inexplicably good feeling about this book. And that’s why I made maximum effort to avoid reading any (both domestic and foreign) reviews of the book until…
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman is always a welcome guest on this blog. So far we’ve hung out with him through his classic “American Gods” and the incredibly fun “Norse Mythology.” But now we’re going to, for a change, dive into an unusually fairy-tale-like (and slightly twisted) world… whose plot mostly takes place in a…
You Were Born Rich “Zig Ziglar might be the master of motivation, Mark Viktor Hansen (Chicken Soup for Soul) the master of storytelling, Anthony (Tony) Robbins can be the guru of personal development, but Bob Proctor is the master of thinking (thought). Bob Proctor collects thoughts like Imelda Marcos collected shoes. He connects them together…
Fahrenheit 451 When I finished reading Ray Bradbury’s book, “Fahrenheit 451,” I wasn’t sure I could, like many, so easily award it the flattering title “masterpiece of the 20th century.” Does that mean the book is bad? Far from it! But for you to award a book such a title, several conditions need to be…