Beat the Blues – Week #36 Round-up

Here is a round-up of some of the most interesting content I came across in Week #36.

What I am currently reading:- 

Kaizen: The Japanese Method for Transforming Habits, One Small Step at a Time

The Japanese are known for their lifestyle and the way they carry themselves and a lot of it is down to their centuries-old principles such as Ikigai, Wabi-Sabi, and Kaizen which they still follow to a great extent.

This is a simple, elegant book on the Japanese method of Kaizen – meaning ‘change’ ‘good’ – showing you how to make small, step-by-step changes to transform your life.

Good Reads:- 

A Day Without Whopper: The Day Burger King Asked Its Customers To Go To McDonald’s

When the King joined hands with the clown for a good cause.

A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition in India by Deepak Mehta 

How a single man with a vested interest changed the landscape of an industry.

What I’ve been upto:- 

Episode #15 – Karthik Subramanian – on the Art of Storytelling, Building a personal brand, Taking the leap with an early-stage startup

In the penultimate episode of The Takeaway Club™ Season 1, I speak with Karthik Subramanian, the master story-teller. We touch upon a number of topics like how personal branding is turning into noise on LinkedIn, the art of telling great stories, and the cultural differences between the services ecosystem and the SaaS ecosystem.

A tweet thread I am sharing: 

And the funniest tweet of the quarantine goes to… 

Shiv Ramdas on Twitter: “OMG my brother in law, the gift that never stops giving, was tired of being sent to get rice every day so he decided buy in bulk, talked to the shop about it, wires got crossed, now there is a literal TRUCK FILLED WITH RICE outside the house and my sister is losing her shit lmfao”

Have a fantastic week,

Krishna | Host, The Takeaway Club™