At age 30, best friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus walked away from their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their material possessions, and started focusing on what’s truly important. In their book, Joshua & Ryan, authors of the popular website “The Minimalists”, explore their troubled pasts and descent into depression. Though they had […]

This book is a collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for Emperor Nero for more than a decade. The letters often begin with an observation of daily life, and then proceed to an issue or principle abstracted from that […]

Scarcity is a book by behavioural economist Sendhil Mullainathan and psychologist Eldar Shafir. The authors discuss the role of scarcity in creating, perpetuating, and alleviating poverty. The book also proposes several ideas for how individuals and groups of people can handle scarcity to achieve success and satisfaction. It is well known that stress and a […]

This book offers philosophical perspectives on travel, an activity that we usually take for granted. In The Art of Travel, Alain de Botton, explores what the point of travel might be and suggests how we can learn to be a little happier in our travels. He provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to […]

The Art of Thinking Clearly is a book by Rolf Dobelli which describes in short chapters 99 of the most common thinking errors – ranging from cognitive biases to envy and social distortions. We, humans, are often unaware of the facts around us and get influenced by our emotions. We have built-in brain shortcuts to […]