While books give us a new perspective on different life subjects, it also imbibes values and ethics into us. As we present you three handpicked growth-oriented reads for the weekend, we want you to pay attention to the following thoughts!
Is growth based on talent? Think again with a book that claims talent is overrated. Learn how organizations can build innovation into their DNA to avoid dying a slow death. Also, find out how healthy and holistic living is the key to weight-loss and well-being.
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
Author: Geoff Colvin | Great performers around us may not be innately talented, but learn to do more, perceive more and remember more with a simple funda: Intensive deliberate practice. In a new book, the author argues that talent is overrated and world-class performers train their brains and bodies to achieve more. Colvin has maintained that top-notch performers in any field -sports, music, business or any other are not 'superhuman' or from another planet. They simply practice. That path, however, is long, demanding and pursued by few.
Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation
Author: Gary P. Pisano | "Whereas entrepreneurship is like building a new house from the ground up (albeit on a tight budget), creative construction is akin to renovating a home while living in it. It takes real creativity to build something new out of something old. Creative construction takes leaders who constantly renew and rebuild their organization's innovative capabilities. They don't see their organizations, no matter how large, as immutable blocks of stone," author and innovation scholar Gary Pisano says in this new title. The book claims that large companies can construct a strategy, system, and culture of innovation that creates sustained growth.
Think, Eat, Live Smart: Secrets to Supercharge Your Health
Author: Anjali Hooda Sangwan | All the world's a shelf and it's full of books on weight-loss. Determined to not add another weight loss guide, the author offers to help readers choose prevention as a path to healthy living. Think Eat Live Smart touches upon subjects ranging from balancing nutrients in food, food myths, challenges posed by the Indian diet, behavior modification such as stress management and portion control, to the importance of sleep, gut health, hormones and much more. It also provides various case studies to relate to readers across all age groups.
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