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Piyush Bhatnagar is a retired tech executive, founder, and innovator. His writing explores attention, effort, and the subtle patterns that shape everyday experience. Through quiet reflection, he examines how life feels when unnecessary effort begins to fall away.

After years working in the technology world as a technologist, executive, founder, and entrepreneur, Piyush Bhatnagar eventually followed a different calling: creative writing. Though he spent much of his career authoring books, papers, and patents in security and digital identity, a more poetic voice had always been present, quietly expressing itself in his personal notes and journals.

Over the last decade, that voice found its place. His poetry, writings and reflections can also be
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Humbling Journey

For a long time, my relationship with words was a very private one. When I first began writing the observations that would eventually become When Attention Settles, they were simply small notes to myself. I was genuinely hesitant to share these thoughts publicly. To now see the book reach #44 in Spiritual Meditations in the US Kindle Store feels deeply humbling. My only hope was that it might offe Read more of this blog post »
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The Power of Attention in Leadership In the early days of building a technology startup, the pressure was constant, and funding felt uncertain. During Read more of this blog post »
When Attention Settles by Piyush Bhatnagar
"I found this book very insightful in a very understated way. It’s all about the effort we put into managing our moments and how that creates a lot of unnecessary strain. Piyush Bhatnagar has a very nice way of putting these ideas across without makin" Read more of this review »
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"I picked this up because I wanted something a bit more thoughtful than the usual productivity books. When Attention Settles by Piyush Bhatnagar is exactly that. It’s a very calm exploration of how our attention moves and why it rarely ever settles. I" Read more of this review »
When Attention Settles by Piyush Bhatnagar
"This is a lovely little book that feels very honest about the struggles of living in a busy world. Piyush Bhatnagar writes about how we are always preparing for the future or reviewing the past, and how that keeps our attention from ever settling. I " Read more of this review »
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Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
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Beautifully written. When I picked up the book, I remember thinking that the book would either be depressing or oddly comforting. It turned out to be neither, at least not in the way I expected.
What struck me most was how little effort it required to
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BHELPURI THOUGHTS by Navneet Bhushan
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Loved it. BHELPURI THOUGHTS mixes ideas about business with poems and short stories. I liked its simple focus on mindset, creativity, and real life experiences. The open and flexible style gives it a natural flow and makes it easy to reflect at your ...more
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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh
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It is a clear, grounded guide to understanding and transforming suffering. Thich Nhat Hanh explains complex Buddhist ideas with simplicity and warmth, making them practical for everyday life. Insightful, calming, and deeply applicable - it’s a book y ...more
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
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offers a very unique perspective through its narrator, making the world feel both unfamiliar and deeply real. Its insight comes from how it captures logic, emotion, and human behavior in a way that’s honest and sometimes unsettling. A simple story on ...more
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