Category: Book Summaries

I Can Read – 100 Tips for Beginning Readers

Book Written by The HarperCollins I Can Read Team.

These days, while children are getting adhered to smartphones, this book I think will throw light on how to inculcate the habit of reading in children by the elders. It is an impactful book for both parents and Teachers.

This is one of the I Can Read series of books that have been in existence since 1957.

Few tips from the book –

500 LIFE CHANGING QUOTES on Life, Love, Success and Adversity

Michelle, Sarah has picked The 500 Quotes To Help Transform Your Life. 

Here is my pick from the 500 Quotes:

  1. Without a mental shift, you won’t be able to produce your greatest creative work. Inspiration comes in spurts, therefore you need to be in a good mood. I take a walk to work to get ideas and to unwind. (Ronald Ben-Israel)
  2. Every opportunity presents challenges to the pessimist. Every challenge presents opportunity to the optimist. (Churchill Winston).
  3. Don’t let what you are unable to do prevent you from doing what you can. (John Wooden)
  4. You get happier the more you give away.
  5. How you respond to what happens to you, not what happens to you, is what matters. (Epictetus)
  6. Build your masterpiece day by day. (John Wooden)
  7. Because nobody is flawless, pencils have erasers. (Wolfgang Riebe)
  8. One day with an excellent teacher is better than a thousand days of rigorous study.-Japanese saying
  9. Loving what you do is the only way to produce amazing work. Continue looking if you haven’t located it yet. Don’t Give Up. (Stephen Jobs)
  10. There are no short cuts to any worthwhile destination. (Helen Keller)
  11. People who make wise use of their time invest it in pursuits that improve their overall life goals. (A. C. Maxwell)
  12. What we love shapes and fashions us. (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang)
  13. Everyone is broken by the world, but some people emerge stronger from the wreckage. (Hemingway Ernest)
  14. All of the hardships and challenges I’ve faced throughout my life have made me stronger. (W. Disney)
  15. I welcome feedback. It strengthens you. (James LeBron)
  16. Avoid being a successful man. rather, develop into a man of worth. (Albert Einstein)
  17. Stop pursuing wealth and begin pursuing passion. (Tony Hsieh)
  18. God has a purpose for me in this place. I sense it. I was destined to do everything I’m doing right now. (Ali Muhammad)
  19. Knowledge pays the best interest, they say. (Theodore Roosevelt)
  20. Teaching is learning twice. (Joubert, Joseph)
  21. Time and patience are the two greatest soldiers. (Leo Tolstoy)
  22. You must be determined to succeed no matter how many times you fail. Remember not to give up. Keep moving through your storm. Avoid giving up so quickly. (Anthony Narams)

25 small habits – Simple Daily Habits to Improve Wealth, Health and Happiness

Book written by Chenthamarakshan, Manoj.

My Summary of the book:

A Life Goal

If you have a life goal, it is not the goal itself that will enable you to achieve your dreams, but rather the habits you create and follow as you try to get there.

25 Daily Habits that are Simple to Adapt

  1. Smile as often as you can. Helps you and people around you as well
  2. Express Gratitude. Thank people who help you. Begin your day expressing gratitude for what you have
  3. Meditate: Meditation helps you in keeping your mind in control, and face challenges your life.
  4. Gaze nature. Spending time with nature improves your well being
  5. Work out daily. Physical fitness helps you in meeting your goal
  6. Healthy eating helps in managing physical health which is required to sustain your pace in work
  7. Having a Role Model helps you in maintaining consistency in your focus
  8. Reading helps in expanding your knowledge that in turn helps in your progress
  9. Writing your ideas. Maintaining a copy of that will be a ready reckoner when you get stuck at one point of time
  10. Goal Writing – helps you visualise the big picture and the possible ways to attain the goal
  11. Maintaining a Vision Board – Motivational Quotes, Inspiring sayings, your own notes on your work. Spend 5 mins a day with the board
  12. Writing To-Do Lists. Helps you in covering up all your tasks and that gives you peace
  13. Journal writing – Accompany you wherever you go and acts as a friend to vent up your thoughts
  14. Self-affirmations – Talk to yourself – Remember what you achieved and what made you achieve
  15. Take short breaks. Helps you to have a mental shift so that you can come back with fresh thoughts
  16. Carrying a Water Bottle – Helps you in keeping hydrated and with all the benefits of drinking enough water in a day
  17. Walk more often – may be once in an hour get up from your seat take a small walk and get back to desk again
  18. Having a Daily Questionnaire – Ask yourself questions in the morning and in the evening, helps you understand what you planned for the day and what you accomplished. Helps in better planning for the next day
  19. Saying Thank You – Begin your day thanking God for giving you a new day, thank everyone who help you throughout the day.
  20. Standing and Working – Removes the risks of continuous sitting
  21. Talking To Yourself – Both motivational and instructional. You are your best friend
  22. Creating and using anchor words/phrases
  23. Appreciating Others – Makes you build your self-esteem
  24. Learning to contribute – Giving makes you feel happy. May be during weekends, or anytime that does not disturb your routine.
  25. Adding chunks of time in your To Do list to take breaks during the day