Reflections That Stayed With Me

Some books leave a quiet mark. These are personal reflections on reads that changed how I think, work, and see the world.

Memory Rescue
Life, Reflection & Culture

Memory Rescue

by Daniel G. Amen, MD

A thoughtful and awareness-building read that encourages us to start each day with more consciousness about our health.

Play to Potential
Life, Reflection & Culture

Play to Potential

by Deepak Jayaraman

A practical guide to viewing life through multiple dimensions, and understanding how they shape who we become.

Stories at Work
Leadership & Influence

Stories at Work

by Indranil Chakraborty

A practical and engaging read on the power of storytelling in business, leadership, and meaningful human connection.

Think Straight
Life, Reflection & Culture

Think Straight

by Darius Foroux

A quietly radical book that doesn’t ask you to think more — it asks you to think less, but better.

Option B
Life, Reflection & Culture

Option B

by Sheryl Sandberg (with Adam Grant)

A raw, honest guide to building resilience and rediscovering joy after life’s hardest losses.

The Black Swan
Risk, Uncertainty & Decision-Making

The Black Swan

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

One of those rare books that never really left me — a lens for seeing how the moments that actually shape our lives are the ones we never see coming.

Many Lives, Many Masters
Life, Reflection & Culture

Many Lives, Many Masters

by Dr. Brian Weiss

A psychiatrist’s reluctant account of past-life therapy that asks you to sit with the possibility that healing sometimes comes from places our frameworks don’t yet explain.

The Art of Letting Go
Life, Reflection & Culture

The Art of Letting Go

by Nick Trenton

A quietly practical book that reframes letting go not as one dramatic decision, but as a muscle you build through dozens of small, repeated choices.

Don’t Believe Everything You Think
Life, Reflection & Culture

Don’t Believe Everything You Think

by Joseph Nguyen

A deceptively simple book that traces the root of all suffering to one place — our own thinking — and gently shows how peace was never something to chase, but something to stop blocking.

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