High Adventure is a very straightforward account of Hillary's experience summiting the mountain; how he got into climbing, his early climbs, and a chance to join the Everest expedition in 1951, the challenges they faced, nearby explorations in 1952, and finally reaching the summit in 1953.
I've been listening to the audiobook of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi the past week. Mihaly is a Hungarian-American psychologist known for his work in positive…
At some point in our lives, all of us wish our life was different--well, not just different, but better. Maybe you've imagined what life would be like with a better…
"In 2017, there was a widely popular study by the Royal Society for Public Health in the U.K. that named Instagram the number one worst app for mental health for…
There's a popular movie called Her (2013) in which the protagonist falls in love with the operating system and there's a quote in there which says, "How can one feel…
Getting Things Done. Every day of our lives, we're trying to get shit done and keep a tab on the countless projects we start and dream of starting. Personal and…
Hello and Welcome to 2021! This is a delayed post of my book reflection series for 2020. I read a total of 50 books the past year, a huge jump…
Welcome to the 5th issue of 2020 book reflections. It's been a great year for reading and discovering many gems in literature. From classics of the 1800s to books published…
How is it September already! It feels like yesterday I was at Bangalore Airport in January, contemplating buying the biography of Steve Jobs because it was 600+ pages. And just…
While listening to the Tim Ferris Show with Brandon Stanton (founder of Humans of New York), Brandon talks about his life before pursuing photography; purposeless, and not happy with what…