Santhosh Guru
practising curiosity — books, cinema, product, and everything in between
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What is it you do to train that is comparable to a pianist practising scales?
This question was posed in Marginal Revolution, one of my favourites blogs. This question was inspired by the article from David Perell. The crux could be summed up by this argument:
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What makes a good book review?
I came across this post by Brian Ball and it really made a light bulb glow in my brain. Brian posed a question on what makes a good book review.
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Upside of stress
I recently discovered a funny thing called Parkinson's Law. It says that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. If you give a conservative deadline, we will make sure we have enou
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Performance Coaching - Billions
I have already written about the excellent TV series, Billions. It is a text showcase of how powerful people fight their battles. It is also a practical explanation of the game theory. One of the key
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What is the reason behind Ilayaraja's genius?
I was listening to this podcast on a new book by David Epstein arguing for more generalists. For a few minutes, he talks about research on learning and what works. My antenna got tuned up because it i
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The Best Book You Really Need to Read Next
I came across an interesting Tweet by Visakan today:
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Why Read the Classics?
I was cleaning up my reading list in Instapaper today. I saw an article that I had saved long back. It is highly recommended in my network interested in writing and literature. It is, "Why Read the Cl
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My 12-favorite problems
This is my first week into the online course, Write of Passage. It was quite fun to see a lot of familiar people know through Twitter and blogs in the class. I had already taken course Building A Seco
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Online Writing Inspiration
I enrolled for an online course on writing organized by Tiago Forte and David Perell, which is starting from tomorrow. I will definitely write a detailed post on what I am trying to learn from this co
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Why we are all getting the wrong advice from Basecamp?
Like everyone, I was a fan of Jason Fried and DHH's writings. I still like their style of writing. It is very lucid, jargon-less, nod-worthy style of writing. Their attack on VCs and VC funded busines
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