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  Book Review - Ikigai: Japanese Secret To A Long And Happy Life By Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles.

Book Review: The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck By Mark Manson (YouTube Video) Please Check Out My Booktube Channel  &  Subscribe, Like & Share.

 Book Review: Brand New Start by Mainak Dhar Goodreads Synopsis Studying in college or business school and wondering what it takes to land your dream job? Early in your career and wondering how to set yourself up for success? Feeling off-track after just a couple of years of working and wondering how to find an opportunity that fits you better? If you find yourself nodding to any of these questions, then this is the book for you. Brand New Start teaches you that a lot of success at the start of your career hinges on how well you understand, articulate and present the most important brand you can work on. You. Combining the wisdom and experience of a CEO gained over two and a half decades in the corporate world with the accessible and engaging storytelling of a bestselling novelist, Brand New Start is a unique book. It will make you reflect, smile, rethink some things you've taken for granted, and ultimately equip you with practical advice on how to build a more authentic, more comp

TITLE : NO LIMITS AUTHOR : MUKESH BANSAL GENRE : NON-FICTION, SELF HELP BOOK GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: Tech entrepreneur Mukesh Bansal has been a lifelong student of human performance optimisation. He has studied the science behind it and worked closely with high performers across the business, sports and entertainment, to understand what it takes to transcend apparent limitations and achieve true potential. Through his entrepreneurial experience and studying the field of health and fitness, Bansal came to understand the enormous power of plasticity: the ability of the human brain to rewire itself at will as we develop new skills. He also realised that high performers across domains rely on common tools that were embraced by ancient wisdom and are validated by modern science. Knowing that high performance is not a matter of genetics or luck is highly empowering. No Limits  distils Bansal’s findings on talent, deliberate practice, mindset, habit, willpower and learni

TITLE: THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ AUTHOR: HEATHER MORRIS GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION GOODREADS SYNOPSIS The Tattooist of Auschwitz  is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place, Lale was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - literally scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Lale used the infinitesimal freedom of movement that this position awarded him to exchange jewels and money taken from murdered Jews for food to keep others alive. If he had been caught , he would have been killed ; many owed him their survival. There have been many books about the Holocaust - and there will be many more. What makes this one so memorable is Lale Sokolov's incredible zest for life. He understood exactly what was in store for

TITLE: ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE AUTHOR: GAIL HONEYMAN GENRE:  CONTEMPORARY FICTION GOODREADS SYNOPSIS S mart, warm, uplifting, the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes the only way to survive is to open her heart Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. All this means that Eleanor has become a creature of habit (to say the least) and a bit of a loner. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another fro