Month: September 2010

Are you an audio book, an e book or a paperback?

Of course, what I mean to ask is – what are you most comfortable with. I have had lots of friends complain that reading has somehow never worked out. I have a simple question for them – Have you tried reading audio books? (or e-books for that matter..)

We are not all built the same and while reading books is synonymous with reading paperback books, it need not be the case. I, for one, can breeze through an audio book while I’d find reading a physical book very forced and stressful(unless it’s a novel where i don’t need to pay attention to the details). And I just can’t get through an e-book.

So, if you are not reading much these days because the thought of a book is not appealing, I don’t blame you. I was there once.. The next actions are –

1) Try out the audio and e-book mediums. There is a very high chance that you’ll like one of them.
2) If you are an audio book person, you will find free audio books that can be downloaded on the internet. However, you will run out after a point. And that’s when you start investing in Audible (www.audible.com)
3) And if you are e-book person, Google will become your new best friend.. (if it already isn’t.. :))

There are, of course, multiple advantages of reading audio/e-books – the biggest of them being the ease of reading when you are traveling. And even if you are a paperback book person, don’t fret – There’s always a ‘kindle‘.

Happy reading!

Partly cloudy and boundin..

EB, a friend, decided that he would add some value by sharing links to short videos. And all of a sudden, watching his short videos have become my favorite pastime.

Here are the picks of the bunch –

Partly Cloudy

http://www.220.ro/emb/3faZW1NISp

Boundin’

http://www.220.ro/emb/TcXfk1eAmJ

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There is SOO much to learn from both. I hope you enjoy them! :)

Juggling blogs, writing a book and updates..

Dear Readers,

For a change, this is not as much a learning as it is a status update and letter to you. I’ve found myself getting a tad stretched in trying to maintain 2 blogs of late in addition with adjusting to work-life. So, I thought I’d pause for a minute and pen down updates from my end and keep you posted about what’s going on –

1) Marler’s Observatory: This is my other blog that started out as a place to consolidate initiatives I’ve been working on/plan to work on on the side.
One initiative that I literally stumbled upon and began working on was ‘Book Reviews‘. And I’m happy to inform you that this has been received rather well with quite some (unexpected) traction and lots of encouragement.

2) GTD Guy’s request for Review: The GTD guy, Stever Robbins reached out as a result of (just) 18 book reviews and is in the process of sending in a copy of his new book (releasing this week) for me to review and share with you on Marler’s Observatory. More on this coming soon..

3) Starting on my own book project: As a result of a strong bout of inspiration that came through on Friday, I have decided to begin writing my own book. So, this is going to be a project that will take shape over the next few months.
The book is going to be very related to the ‘A learning a day’ concept and I’m sure you’ll find a lot of content from previous posts but I hope to do this properly and make sure the end product is of good quality. As with any new project, I am definitely nervous about whether you will find the aggregation of these learnings useful.. but let’s hope it works out.
You will definitely hear more in the coming months..

These are the 3 big updates from my end. I will try and get into a schedule of adding in Book Learnings 3 times a week (Mon, Wed, Fri) on M’s O. As far as this one goes, I have a whole bunch of ideas that are waiting to be posted but I’m trying to improve the quality of the posts as well as not exceed 2 per day. Additionally, I also expect time to get invested into the new book initiative.

In short, LOTS of activity, action and hence, learnings are all set to come your way in the next few months. Thank you all for being fantastic – it is very nice meeting friends from time to time who have nice things to say about the posts as readers. I would love to hear the ‘not-so-nice’ things as well so I can ramp up the quality while hopefully adding value to you..

Warmest,
Rohan

PS: Like any blogger, hearing what you have to say in the ‘Comments’ is equivalent to blogger’s bliss. So, just letting you know that a simple comment goes a LONG way! :) Thanks again..

Letting people be..

It’s amazing how uplifting it is for both the person acting, and the person being acted upon.

My grandmom, for example, reacts to activity by moving around (a lot!). The hustle and bustle is what keeps her going.. now this may not be someone else’s style and even if you do succeed in making her sit, you can be sure she will not be happy.

Letting people be.. it helps!

Feeling alive..

I’ve realized that I tend to feel very ALIVE when all of a sudden all routines, plans etc are chucked out of the window to do something crazy, unexpected and LOTS of fun..

And especially, when that CRAZY fun thing has a lot to do with people you LOVE to spend time with.

And it’s also fun counting on a certain friend who has a history of ‘forgetting’ to keep up appointments to not forget this time..! haha

So, just for a day, try shaking up all those aappointments, throw them off the window and do something crazy and unexpected! :)

Here’s to feeling alive!