A great book about the different kinds of personalities and how can one kind be misunderstood by another. The four kinds starting with the dominant poA great book about the different kinds of personalities and how can one kind be misunderstood by another. The four kinds starting with the dominant positive red personality, to the cheerful positive enthusiastic yellow one, to the silent routine blue analytic personality ending with the selfless green personality. The author give examples of these personalities and which personalities go along while others clash. Highly recommended read. ...more
The book is quite informative. It describes the power of habits and its effect on reshaping the brain. Lots of examples that makes it easy for one to The book is quite informative. It describes the power of habits and its effect on reshaping the brain. Lots of examples that makes it easy for one to get the scientific ideas. A recommended read....more
A very good book that has many interesting topics and incidents. I would have appreciated it more if I read it before Thinking Fast and Slow. It lacksA very good book that has many interesting topics and incidents. I would have appreciated it more if I read it before Thinking Fast and Slow. It lacks scientific backing at many turning points but in general I learned many things from it; starting with thin slicing, stereotypical judgements, intuitive decisions and their origin and high arousal under pressure and its consequences. ...more
Excellent book on how to have a winner's brain. It gives a scientific approach from a neuroscience point of view on how successful people deal with isExcellent book on how to have a winner's brain. It gives a scientific approach from a neuroscience point of view on how successful people deal with issues, how they see the big picture, how they do not give up on what they want and most importantly how to take care of one's brain. Very nice presentation of the ideas with clear examples that stick easily in one's head. Highly recommended. ...more
Very interesting book on how success is the accumulation of different factors; origin, family, period of birth in addition of course to personal talenVery interesting book on how success is the accumulation of different factors; origin, family, period of birth in addition of course to personal talents and communication skills. Very nice examples that definitely took the author lots of research to relate to his ideas....more
This book rotates around the interesting idea that deliberate practice is the key to great achievements. Deliberate practice is simply summarized by pThis book rotates around the interesting idea that deliberate practice is the key to great achievements. Deliberate practice is simply summarized by putting more time and effort on things you can't do than things you can do in what you want to do. The examples presented are very interesting. ...more
The author demonstrates a superficial understanding of certain concepts where he presents deep concepts with minimal knowledge and repetitions. It is The author demonstrates a superficial understanding of certain concepts where he presents deep concepts with minimal knowledge and repetitions. It is more of a show off than a deep conceptual eye opener. The author seems to have an approach to topics without any scientific backing. He believes that he knows more than he really knows. Sarcasm and examples in this book are not socially sensitive. ...more
Excellent book with a new approach to the psychology of mind mixed with real life applications in Economics. Several concepts are clearly explained wiExcellent book with a new approach to the psychology of mind mixed with real life applications in Economics. Several concepts are clearly explained with appealing examples; anchoring effect, regression to the mean, bias forecasting, framing, etc......more
The book has many interesting and informative ideas. However, it is all over the place. It started from a social psychology point of view and then gotThe book has many interesting and informative ideas. However, it is all over the place. It started from a social psychology point of view and then got narrowed down to the corporate world. Moreover, there are many repetitive arguments and the writer could have avoided it. ...more
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