Factfulness

Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund focuses on the idea that we systematically overestimate how bad the world is on many of the most important metrics, such as poverty, violence and income. Rosling believes this overdramatic worldview is mainly the result of ten instincts that distort our perspective of the world …

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman is a Psychologist who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in decision making, specifically Prospect Theory. Kahneman in the book Thinking, Fast and Slow explains how we overestimate our abilities to make the right decision and correct judgments. He further reveals the limitations of intuition – our which …

168 Hours

Author Laura Vanderkam shares some great insights on Time Management in her celebrated book 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Penguin House Canada). This book talks about how we have more time than we think we do have and also discusses about the techniques for maximizing the time we have by focusing …