Jocko Willink, Leif Babin — Ramadi, Iraq. Most prominent cities for the book. US Navy Seal Muj vs US+Iraqi soldiers 4 Laws of Combat Cover and Move Simple Prioritize and execute Decentralized command Prioritise and execute. Determine greatest priority for team and engage entire team for highest priority item. Can’t be overwhelmed, have to take a call. Multiple problems in high pressure…

James clear 1% change compounded over daily basis accumulates to 37x improvement over the year. 3.5degree shift southward from LA expanded over the landmass of USA means you reach Washington DC instead of 200 miles north New York. Habits, both Good & bad, compound over time. …

I’ve been a lifelong Kohli critic. And when I engage in cricket gupshup with my circle, I am unequivocal about it. I’m quick to be frustrated looking at his repetitive dismissals owing to the tentativeness outside the off-stump, edging it to the slips and also prompt enough to mock his…

Year of Major life change — The What: In keeping with my annual tradition [been successfully following it since 2018 now], I have spent couple days at the start of new year taking stock of the things I’ve done and missed over the past 12 months. The Why: I look at this annual exercise as a way…

Harsha & Anita Bhogle Nostalgia An interesting book that brings two seemingly different worlds together — cricket and team management [in corporate]. The anecdotes from cricket era as old as 1920s are very appealing for the cricket lover in me and made me fall in love with the sport again…

Confessions of Creative Mind By Biz Stone Insightful & inspiring. Opportunities are created. This is one powerful takeaway for me from this book. Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone shares an inspiring story of the birth of a present-day technological behemoth, a giant social media company and gives us lot of context…