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Fetch Your Own Coffee: Lessons from Everyday, for Everyone
We do our best thinking when our minds are free to wander, and our minds are most free when we do routine tasks like fetching ourselves a cup of coffee or watering the plants. Fetch Your Own Coffee is a compilation of such profound thoughts - that offer an alternative view of everything around us. Written and published as separate blogs over three years, each chapter included in this book has been widely read and discussed online before being handpicked and compiled in this one book of invaluable life lessons.
338 pages, Hardcover
First published October 17, 2020
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November 26, 2020
Fetch your own coffee by Kaustubh Sonalkar is a gem. Start reading one chapter a day, enjoy, absorb everything the author says. It's a beautiful collection of stories that will teach you lessons for life.
Each chapter has a story to tell, practical lessons to learn and imply it in our lives. Each chapter is intriguing, will astound you with his observations. From corporate culture to lines between movies, about all the little things that we never notice. It's about viewing things differently.
It has topics that we often want to discuss, things we never tell. Be it the five questions that agile businesses need to stop asking at interviews to the man who saw tomorrow, why you should do absolutely nothing on January 1st to set your soul free now, death can wait.
From the title of each chapter, I was too excited to read this book and I loved it. The way the author explained things is commendable. The crisp and interesting writing style makes it more relatable. One could easily connect to this book over the cup of coffee.
Sharing various examples, facts and stories, it's a well researched and well-sequenced book I would say.
This book is for each one of us, who wants to explore, who want to read something different.
A must-read book.
Each chapter has a story to tell, practical lessons to learn and imply it in our lives. Each chapter is intriguing, will astound you with his observations. From corporate culture to lines between movies, about all the little things that we never notice. It's about viewing things differently.
It has topics that we often want to discuss, things we never tell. Be it the five questions that agile businesses need to stop asking at interviews to the man who saw tomorrow, why you should do absolutely nothing on January 1st to set your soul free now, death can wait.
From the title of each chapter, I was too excited to read this book and I loved it. The way the author explained things is commendable. The crisp and interesting writing style makes it more relatable. One could easily connect to this book over the cup of coffee.
Sharing various examples, facts and stories, it's a well researched and well-sequenced book I would say.
This book is for each one of us, who wants to explore, who want to read something different.
A must-read book.
November 23, 2020
Just as the title reads FETCH YOUR OWN COFFEE, last weekend I sat down with this book on one hand and with a cup of steaming coffee in the other, determined to have my fill for #nonfictionnovember.
Two is a company, three's not a crowd ;
Welcome to third, out loud and proud
Enveloping almost all topics ranging from globalisation, gender disparity, the rainbow people , values of leadership, self improvement to literally everything under the sun that is to be talked about, FETCH YOUR OWN COFFEE brings everything to in wrapped in a book.
Sonalkar's imapctful popular culture references including 'read between the lines' lessons from films, from cricket (the gentleman's game) and from the little things that are often unnoticed, makes these pieces easy to resonate with.
This one is for those curious, ignited minds who let their minds wander without boundaries. Because the knowledge you get from this book is boundless and it definitely mirrors your personality.
Sonalkar, being a blogger himself is quite adept at keeping the readers attention by not only discussing topics pertinent to modern times but also getting straight to the point with his refreshing take, facts and spot on examples rather than just talking about what has already been said.
Absolutely recommended.
Two is a company, three's not a crowd ;
Welcome to third, out loud and proud
Enveloping almost all topics ranging from globalisation, gender disparity, the rainbow people , values of leadership, self improvement to literally everything under the sun that is to be talked about, FETCH YOUR OWN COFFEE brings everything to in wrapped in a book.
Sonalkar's imapctful popular culture references including 'read between the lines' lessons from films, from cricket (the gentleman's game) and from the little things that are often unnoticed, makes these pieces easy to resonate with.
This one is for those curious, ignited minds who let their minds wander without boundaries. Because the knowledge you get from this book is boundless and it definitely mirrors your personality.
Sonalkar, being a blogger himself is quite adept at keeping the readers attention by not only discussing topics pertinent to modern times but also getting straight to the point with his refreshing take, facts and spot on examples rather than just talking about what has already been said.
Absolutely recommended.
November 22, 2020
Sometimes a over a cup of coffee, we dive into deep thoughts and our introspection bring to us some impactful understanding about our lives. I have been reading this non-fiction book 'Fetch Your Own Coffee by Mr.Kaustubh Sonalkar' for last few weeks now. I really like it's unconventional content that have been collected from various popularly read blogs over the period of three long years.
Its way of presenting some basic and few not so talked about lessons from everyday for everyone in a very thoughtful, arranged and creative manner actually makes me more eagar to keep reading it.
This beautiful hardcover is an eye candy for sure but again the diverse range of topics it touches like for example, communicating with the present generation, gender equality, feminism, job interviews, third gender, post-millennial topics and many such subjects that present to us various socio-economic and even political aspects of human life makes it a beautiful book that will definitely help us to extend your perspectives. It is a collection of articles which presents many out of the box thoughts and ideas to understand human psychology and learn lessons for the greater good.
The artistic presentation of this book mannered for me a lot. More over the nicely arranged way in which the chapters are presented with creative sketches, quotes and to the point fact presentation in a witty lucid language definitely proves this book to be a very useful one to enrich my thoughts and knowledge base. The new edition of this best seller is also available now.
Its way of presenting some basic and few not so talked about lessons from everyday for everyone in a very thoughtful, arranged and creative manner actually makes me more eagar to keep reading it.
This beautiful hardcover is an eye candy for sure but again the diverse range of topics it touches like for example, communicating with the present generation, gender equality, feminism, job interviews, third gender, post-millennial topics and many such subjects that present to us various socio-economic and even political aspects of human life makes it a beautiful book that will definitely help us to extend your perspectives. It is a collection of articles which presents many out of the box thoughts and ideas to understand human psychology and learn lessons for the greater good.
The artistic presentation of this book mannered for me a lot. More over the nicely arranged way in which the chapters are presented with creative sketches, quotes and to the point fact presentation in a witty lucid language definitely proves this book to be a very useful one to enrich my thoughts and knowledge base. The new edition of this best seller is also available now.
June 17, 2021
Fetch You Own Coffee
- Kaustubh Sonalkar
"𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓼𝓴 𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓭𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓭𝓮."
A mundane day.
Birds chirping around
Plants dancing in the rhythm of air
The first tiny droplets of rain
A child learning nursery rhymes
Someone bitting their nails while watching a cricket match
Scrolling through movies on OTT platforms
Political news and debates around you
The content face of a little one
Sports heroes and Bollywood favourites
Ted talks and Books on failure, success and myths
An ideal leader and a never ending race to be at top
All these seem like every day activities. The same daily routine. You either follow it to the T or just procrastinate the entire day. The rest is just a façade.
But wake up and smell the coffee, the cynic inside you shouts.
We do our best thinking when our minds are free to wander. Moments like these help us reflect on the experiences that we gather while doing daily chores and by observing the little things around us.
Every chapter of this book has a story to tell, practical lessons to learn and imply in life - written and published as separate blogs over three years, complied in this one book of invaluable life lessons. These chapters cover very diversified topics from miscellaneous issues to sports, cinema and corporate culture. It has topics that we often want to discuss and things we never tell. Each chapter is intriguing and will astound you with the author's observations.
From lessons that tiny rain droplets and nursery rhymes teach us to the lines between movies and the spirit of sports - it's about all the little things that we never notice and viewing things differently.
The sketches before each chapter reveal thoughts beyond words and the metaphors used present the truth blended around them.
This book is for each one of us, who wants to explore, who wants to read something different and who observes the little things around them. So here's something for you:
Fall in love
Make mistakes
Listen
Learn
Give
Take
Enjoy your life
Talk to strangers
Try your hand at everything
But more important than these Do's are the Don'ts
Don't doubt.
Don't lose hope.
Don't fear abandonment.
Don't judge yourself by common parameters.
- Kaustubh Sonalkar
"𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓼𝓴 𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓭𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓭𝓮."
A mundane day.
Birds chirping around
Plants dancing in the rhythm of air
The first tiny droplets of rain
A child learning nursery rhymes
Someone bitting their nails while watching a cricket match
Scrolling through movies on OTT platforms
Political news and debates around you
The content face of a little one
Sports heroes and Bollywood favourites
Ted talks and Books on failure, success and myths
An ideal leader and a never ending race to be at top
All these seem like every day activities. The same daily routine. You either follow it to the T or just procrastinate the entire day. The rest is just a façade.
But wake up and smell the coffee, the cynic inside you shouts.
We do our best thinking when our minds are free to wander. Moments like these help us reflect on the experiences that we gather while doing daily chores and by observing the little things around us.
Every chapter of this book has a story to tell, practical lessons to learn and imply in life - written and published as separate blogs over three years, complied in this one book of invaluable life lessons. These chapters cover very diversified topics from miscellaneous issues to sports, cinema and corporate culture. It has topics that we often want to discuss and things we never tell. Each chapter is intriguing and will astound you with the author's observations.
From lessons that tiny rain droplets and nursery rhymes teach us to the lines between movies and the spirit of sports - it's about all the little things that we never notice and viewing things differently.
The sketches before each chapter reveal thoughts beyond words and the metaphors used present the truth blended around them.
This book is for each one of us, who wants to explore, who wants to read something different and who observes the little things around them. So here's something for you:
Fall in love
Make mistakes
Listen
Learn
Give
Take
Enjoy your life
Talk to strangers
Try your hand at everything
But more important than these Do's are the Don'ts
Don't doubt.
Don't lose hope.
Don't fear abandonment.
Don't judge yourself by common parameters.
December 31, 2020
Fetch your own coffee by Kaustubh, are the compilations of writings from his blog. These chapters covers very diversified topics to most part on miscellaneous issues but majority of them belong to sports, cinema through his years of blogging.
I guess this is my first hand reading of blogging documents complied into a book, which out like perfectly like a flavorful Hyderabadi biryani. This theme is by and far centered around the HOT-topics and illustrated with perfectly feasible pictures.
With around sixty chapter of about 2-3 pages, the favorites among them are What Politicians Can Learn From Prostitutes, 25 Shades of Pink, Angels of Death or Agents of Growth.
As the ideas and thoughts are gathered over a period of time, He has complete control of his views on topics, no matter what period it belongs to. It comes with a disclaimer of thoughts that are unique to an individual, and open to discussion and debate.
I would recommend this for the weekend warrior reader, to gather the thoughts and analyze oneself with a sip of coffee/chai. I rate it 3.85, for conflict of views in one chapter. None the less 5/5 for the catchy book cover ( sighs).
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Happy Reading !!
I guess this is my first hand reading of blogging documents complied into a book, which out like perfectly like a flavorful Hyderabadi biryani. This theme is by and far centered around the HOT-topics and illustrated with perfectly feasible pictures.
With around sixty chapter of about 2-3 pages, the favorites among them are What Politicians Can Learn From Prostitutes, 25 Shades of Pink, Angels of Death or Agents of Growth.
As the ideas and thoughts are gathered over a period of time, He has complete control of his views on topics, no matter what period it belongs to. It comes with a disclaimer of thoughts that are unique to an individual, and open to discussion and debate.
I would recommend this for the weekend warrior reader, to gather the thoughts and analyze oneself with a sip of coffee/chai. I rate it 3.85, for conflict of views in one chapter. None the less 5/5 for the catchy book cover ( sighs).
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Happy Reading !!
December 7, 2020
🍥Book name- Fetch coffee
🍥Author- @ksonalkar_official
🍥Publisher- @penguinrandomhouse
🍥Genre- Non-fiction
🍥Rating- 5/5
🍥Review-
A blend of great blogs by Kaustabh Sir. The thoughts, the examples are really unique. The best explanation through a movie and the character ever done. Simple to complex issues all expressed openly and thoroughly.
The best of advice and experiences listed in one place. Different paths of life and what to learn from different situations. A perfect set to possess.
This book has the best of what we call motivation and positive thinking. The best book for a readers, You can suggest this book to anyone, regardless the age.
The best book for future leaders. A guide for all. The confidence and firmness in the writings on every topic is what impressed me the most.
The key points of leadership stated from every career and field in there own way is the best part. The metaphor, poetic illustrations are the spice to this delicious delicacy.
🍥Author- @ksonalkar_official
🍥Publisher- @penguinrandomhouse
🍥Genre- Non-fiction
🍥Rating- 5/5
🍥Review-
A blend of great blogs by Kaustabh Sir. The thoughts, the examples are really unique. The best explanation through a movie and the character ever done. Simple to complex issues all expressed openly and thoroughly.
The best of advice and experiences listed in one place. Different paths of life and what to learn from different situations. A perfect set to possess.
This book has the best of what we call motivation and positive thinking. The best book for a readers, You can suggest this book to anyone, regardless the age.
The best book for future leaders. A guide for all. The confidence and firmness in the writings on every topic is what impressed me the most.
The key points of leadership stated from every career and field in there own way is the best part. The metaphor, poetic illustrations are the spice to this delicious delicacy.
November 17, 2020
From sketches revealing thoughts beyond words, and words derived from experiences; both from within and the world, the author brings to us his immense potential to interact through his words.
A compilation of articles, facts and learnings, delivered in a form which attracts attention; immediately; and is retained for a long time, the author narrates some invaluable life lessons.
Metaphors have been generously used, and truth blended around it. The chapters are kept short with strong narrative elements supporting them.
The examples and references make the text rich, and suitable for both; concious and subconscious reading. The brightest and the most delicate embracing happens when you decode the sketches post reading the chapters, they immediately start making more sense and seem a lot clearer.
Author:
Publishers:
Language: English
My rating: 3.8/5
A compilation of articles, facts and learnings, delivered in a form which attracts attention; immediately; and is retained for a long time, the author narrates some invaluable life lessons.
Metaphors have been generously used, and truth blended around it. The chapters are kept short with strong narrative elements supporting them.
The examples and references make the text rich, and suitable for both; concious and subconscious reading. The brightest and the most delicate embracing happens when you decode the sketches post reading the chapters, they immediately start making more sense and seem a lot clearer.
Author:
Publishers:
Language: English
My rating: 3.8/5
November 21, 2020
‘Fetch Your Own Coffee’ by Kaustubh Sonalkar is a compelling read, it offers lessons from every day, for everyone. It is a guide to understand how we can improve ourselves and be a better human being; grow better and better each day.
It includes a collection of articles and stories, taking up real life examples, references from movies, success stories and lives of famous personalities. It also talks about gender equality, feminism and many more social and economic topics.
The book moved me to the core, a wonderful piece of literature, helped me to improve my thoughts and think out of the box. Catchy titles to each articles and creative illustrations before each article is what made the bool much more interesting. A must read, pick your own copy from Amazon today!
It includes a collection of articles and stories, taking up real life examples, references from movies, success stories and lives of famous personalities. It also talks about gender equality, feminism and many more social and economic topics.
The book moved me to the core, a wonderful piece of literature, helped me to improve my thoughts and think out of the box. Catchy titles to each articles and creative illustrations before each article is what made the bool much more interesting. A must read, pick your own copy from Amazon today!
March 2, 2022
Fetch Your Own Coffee by Kaustubh Sonalkar is a book which talks about topics like feminism, transgenders, equality in genders, generation gap between parents and the current gen. The ideas that the author has put in this book are practical and totally relatable. He has thrown light on these problems from different perspectives and that makes this book even more beautiful.
I went with the title of the book and read each chapter daily with a cup of coffee in the morning and that was just so refreshing start to the day.
The most beautiful thing about the book is it’s cover and the quotes and pictures in the middle of the pages.
I went with the title of the book and read each chapter daily with a cup of coffee in the morning and that was just so refreshing start to the day.
The most beautiful thing about the book is it’s cover and the quotes and pictures in the middle of the pages.
December 23, 2020
Amazingly woven like an interesting spell. I didn't thought this book will going to be this good. It was , as you might expect , engaging , a total different piece of art from every aspect.
It sets a very high bar for whatever he does that comes next.
Must Read
It sets a very high bar for whatever he does that comes next.
Must Read
December 23, 2020
Five Stars
One of the best books I have read this month!
Highly recommend it! I only leave positive feedback and reviews when I love the book.
Feel free to ask anything regarding this book.
A must read for sure
One of the best books I have read this month!
Highly recommend it! I only leave positive feedback and reviews when I love the book.
Feel free to ask anything regarding this book.
A must read for sure
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