With children and adults, go positive, go first. ...more

An offering and a hagiography. ...more

Elmore Leonard's Pronto. ...more

Book: The Joys of Compounding Author: Gautham Baid Summary Firmly embedded in the landscape of Munger literature, in the tradition of Peter Bevelin … ...more

Elmore Leonard's Out of Sight. ...more

A lightening visit to the ancestral homeland ...more

Richard Koch's investing strategy. ...more

A few familiar friends and the occasional acquaintance. ...more

Some thoughts on an impulse purchase. ...more

A sleep training routine that works. ...more

Notes from Kazuo Inamori's last book. ...more

The battles between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans for the control of the Mediterranean ...more

Review of Marie Favereau's The Horde ...more

Review of Wade Davis' book on Everest ...more

Summary Andy Grove really doesn't grok bullshit. Unlike other business books, this one is short and to the point. His central thesis is that business … ...more

Bookmarks of note from the last few months. ...more

In an interview with Ben Shapiro, Sam Harris says slavery is explicitly endorsed in the Old Testament and the New Testament doesn't repudiate it. Jesu… ...more

Some dissenting voices. ...more

Book: Embrace Fearlessly The Burning World Author: Barry Lopez This is a collection of Barry Lopez's essays over the past 30 years, the oldest of wh… ...more

Kosho Uchiyama's commentary on Dōgen's early text. ...more

On Fukuyama's defense of liberal ideas. ...more

Book: Tales Told By Mystics Author: Manoj Das Manoj Das is a much decorated Odiya author and a devotee of Aurobindo. This book is a compilation of f… ...more

Dainin Katagiri on Zen and Dogen ...more

Notes from one of the best books on writing I have read. ...more

A few years ago I tried listening to Dainin Katagiri's lectures on Apple Podcasts. Dainin Katagiri was the founding abbot of the Minnesota Zen Meditat… ...more