Category Archives: Books

Learning the Heart Way by Samyuktha

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The title is the name of a book. It is published by OtherIndiaStore.  I saw this book at Deb and Satabdi home for the first time and reading few pages, I was impressed. I wanted to buy the same and did not find this book anywhere in Bangalore. then Satabdi and Deb introduced me to sutradhar where I could buy the book. On my vacation last week, I bought this book and started reading. My review of the book is as follows

“An young girl decides that she is not going to work based on competition and decided the opt out of the race of competition. She learns things for herself and for self expression. She finds what she is passionate about. She takes an approach to learn and succeeds there without  mugging written texts of history; political science, economics, psychology and yes, sociology. Effectively she create her own curriculum that suits both her heart and mind. I consider this as marvellous book on learning ‘as if the heart mattered.”

I am sad that the book was not there when I finished school, but I am happy that I read the book now. I would recommend this book as a good gift for yourself first and then for your children, your relatives, your team members.

What I have started reading

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These are the books I have started reading from last 15 days. I also decided that i am going to blog my learning to check where I stand in the future.

Recommended by Prakash

1. Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life (Hardcover)
by Spencer Johnson

2. Jonathan Livingston Seagull

3. Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

Found myself

Beyond Code: Learn to Distinguish Yourself in 9 Simple Steps! by Rajesh Setty

When and How did I start reading?

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I think I used to read a lot of technical and non-technical books in my past. I read a lot of story books in English and Tamil. By late with a family, I have stopped reading and I have stopped learning

I am having a fun time with the role of Project Manager. You know what this is fun is. I was discussing with my friend Prakash how I was doing and he asked me some wonderful question.

the first question was "How did you learn C++?" My answer was by learning The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup. The next question was " How did you learn C#?". My answer was by learning Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming by Jeffrey Richter. Then he asked me " How do you learn Project Management?"

This where it struck me that I am not really trying to learn for my current role and that is also a reason why I am having a lot of fun times. So I asked Prakash to suggest me some books to read and I have started reading.

Thanks a lot to you Prakash and I am debted to you.