Saturday, May 28, 2022

book: I Moved Your Cheese

I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else's Maze (Bk Business): Malhotra, Deepak: 0884651078089: Books

"If you were a mouse trapped in a maze and someone kept moving the cheese, what would you do?

Over a decade ago the bestselling business fable Who Moved My Cheese? offered its answer to this question: accept that change is inevitable and beyond your control, don't waste your time wondering why things are the way they are, keep your head down and start looking for the cheese.

But success in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, leadership and business growth--as well as personal growth--depends on the ability to push the boundaries, reshape the environment, and play by a different set of rules: our own. With that in mind, Harvard Business School professor Deepak Malhotra offers a radically different answer to this question.

Malhotra tells an inspiring story about three unique and adventurous mice--Max, Big and Zed--who refuse to accept their reality as given. As we watch their lives unfold and intersect, we discover that instead of just blindly chasing after the cheese, each of us has the ability to escape the maze or even reconfigure it to our liking."

Saturday, May 21, 2022

sci-fi book: Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary - Wikipedia

Project Hail Mary is a 2021 science fiction novel by American novelist Andy Weir. Set in the near future, the novel centers on junior high (middle) school-teacher-turned-astronaut Ryland Grace, who wakes up from a coma afflicted with amnesia. He gradually remembers that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from Earth, to find a means of reversing a solar dimming event that could cause the extinction of humanity.[1] Project Hail Mary is Weir's third novel, after The Martian in 2011 and Artemis in 2017.


Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary


Amazon - Project Hail Mary: A Novel: Weir, Andy: 9780593135204: Books


Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary' - A conversation with science-fiction author, Andy Weir - YouTube


Project Hail Mary Audiobook - YouTube


How The Martian was written, with Andy Weir - YouTube


Saturday, May 14, 2022

innovation process book: Loonshots

Excellent book with stories of innovation and innovation process

 Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries: Bahcall, Safi: 9781250185969: Books

Safi Bahcall: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle


About Loonshots - Safi Bahcall
Safi received his BA in physics from Harvard, his PhD from Stanford, and was a Miller Research Fellow at UC Berkeley.

Safi Bahcall - Wikipedia (Physics PhD)


It is comparable to this, also excellent book:

Amazon - The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution: Isaacson, Walter: 9781476708706: Books

The difference is that "Loonshots", besides engaging stories, is also studying the actual process and patterns of innovation, what works and what fails, and why. This could be very helpful for any innovative company and person!

Highly recommended!

Loonshots - YouTube

Safi Bahcall, Author of "Loonshots" - YouTube

How to Achieve Health "Loonshots" With Author/Physicist Safi Bahcall - YouTube

Saturday, May 7, 2022

health food book: Unlocking the Keto Code

an interesting book, reveals new view on function of "ketons", and how to improve health with "timed eating schedule" (intermittent diet)

Amazon.com: Dr. Steven R Gundry: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle

Steven Gundry - Wikipedia

Steven R. Gundry is an American physician and author. He is a former cardiac surgeon and currently runs his own clinic, investigating the impact of diet on health.

Gundry MD ® | Dr. Gundry Supplements and Wellness Resources







previous book, also useful:


useful metaphor of using foods as "hybrid" fuels,
with fats being similar to clean fuel and sugars damaging "engine"