Sekar Writes
A Collection of Nonfiction Books Review and Personal Notes
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Take a look around my blog, where I bring you book reviews filled with knowledges and favorite quotes. Alongside my literary explorations, I share personal stories and some side projects.
“Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.”
W.H. Auden, The Dyer’s Hand and Other Essays
Latest Book Reviews
Check out my nonfiction book reviews, featuring thoughts, summaries, and favorite quotes.
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Review: The Power of Regret
in Book ReviewDaniel H. Pink argue that regret benefits human being. Looking at what we regret from our past, we reveal what we value the most.
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Review: The Obstacle Is The Way
in Book ReviewRyan Holiday divide the main ideas of this book based on how to beat obstacles with three crucial steps: perception, action, and will.
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Review and Tips: Exercised
in Book ReviewExercised is a book that breaking up our beliefs towards exercise and help the reader to figure out how to start moving.
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Review: Do Hard Things
in Book ReviewDo Hard Things is a book that helps us to reconceptualize our understanding towards the damaged and old-style toughness.
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Review and Tips: Longevity… simplified
in Book ReviewLongevity… simplified provides outstanding comprehensive and actionable guides on how to eat, exercise, and sleep well to elevate our metabolic fitness
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Review: Fundamental of Data Visualization, A Primer on Making Informative and Compelling Figures
in Book ReviewFundamental of Data Visualization is a book to understand the key principles, methods, and concepts to present data in the most unbiased and inclusive way.
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Review: Calling Bullshit
in Book ReviewThis book give the readers sets of tips on how to detect the misinformation without a deep knowledge of statistics or the related field.
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Review and Summary: Life Is in the Transitions
in Book ReviewThis book is based on Feiler research called The Life Story Project where he gathered 225 life stories belong to people from different background across fifty states in the United States.
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Review and Summary: How Will You Measure Your Life?
in Book ReviewClayton Christensen shares ways to measure and ensure on how to live a balance and successful professional and personal life that is valued by happiness and integrity rather than materials-oriented.
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Review: Weapons of Math Destruction, How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
in Book ReviewUnderstanding big data’s flaws through Cathy O’Neil’s insightful analysis by realizing the impact of unfair algorithms on people’s lives.
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Review and Summary: Option B
in Book ReviewOption B is about how to build resilience not only after we lost our loved ones, but also for all kinds of setbacks that will happen to us.
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Review and Summary: Indistractable
in Book ReviewA book guide to maximize technology benefits and maintain healthy relationships without succumbing to attention-grabbing tactics.
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Review and Summary: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
in Book ReviewDr. Julie Smith shares science-based mental health tips to help you navigate tough times, understand your emotions, and grow stronger.
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Review and Summary: Building a Second Brain
in Book ReviewStruggling to keep up with endless information? Building a Second Brain shares smart ways to organize ideas and boost productivity.
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Review and Summary: Hyperfocus
in Book ReviewStruggling to stay productive in a fast-paced world? Learn how your brain works and use simple tricks to get more done in less time.
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Review and Summary: Essentialism
in Book ReviewEmbrace a life philosophy of ‘less but better’ for more impactful and effective living. Explore the core principles of Essentialism.
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Highlights and Review: Lean In
in Book ReviewSheryl Sandberg shares her journey, tackling gender equality and the challenges women face in stepping into leadership roles.
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Highlights and Review: Atomic Habits
in Book ReviewAtomic Habits isn’t just another self-help guide. It shows how small daily habits can lead to big, lasting change in life.
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Hi, I am Sekar!
My passion for reading (at least) one book a week fuels my love for books and drives me to share the insights with others.
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Books let us know we’re not the center of the universe; the universe has many centers.
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