The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

By Stephen Covey (1989) Pages: 380, Final verdict: Must-read What’s the magic secret to being effective? This is the question that millions of people ask, especially during this time of the year, as they try to start the New Year with new habits that aim to change their lives... Read more

Personal Development

Justice: What's the right thing to do?

By Michael J. Sandel (2010) Pages: 290, Final verdict: Great-read On December 9, 2015, I read the article on the New York Times about the affirmative action case [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/us/politics/supreme-court-to-revisit-case-that-may-alter-affirmative-action.html?ref=topics&_r=0] at the US Supreme Court. Abigail... Read more

Personal Development

How to Win Friends and Influence People

By Dale Carnegie (1936) Pages: 264, Final verdict: Must-read Have you been hearing a lot about emotional intelligence lately? One could think this is a recent concept, by the way it is discussed nowadays, but Dale Carnegie already approached many of the issues of using your emotions for effective communication... Read more

Sociology Personal Development

Search Inside Yourself

By Chade-Meng Ten (2012) Pages: 288, Final verdict: Should-read Chade-Meng Ten is a happy man. An engineer at Google, his title is self explanatory: the Jolly Good Fellow. His life goal is creating world peace through mindfulness and mediation. Quite an ambitious premisse for his book...let's see... Read more

Psychology Personal Development

Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict

By Donna Hicks (2011) Pages: 240, Final verdict: Great-read It’s hard to imagine that what triggers an innocent fight between siblings at the dinner table can be remotely connected to what triggers any war - and nope, this is not intended to be an allusion to some kind of... Read more