

“the person who has technical knowledge plus the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people—that person is headed for higher earning power.”
― How To Win Friends and Influence People
― How To Win Friends and Influence People

“15 per cent of one’s financial success is due to one’s technical knowledge and about 85 per cent is due to skill in human engineering”
― How to Win Friends and Influence People
― How to Win Friends and Influence People

“Deep Work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“There are two problems with this emphasis on muscle power. First, the statement that ‘men are stronger than women’ is true only on average, and only with regard to certain types of strength. Women are generally more resistant to hunger, disease and fatigue than men. There are also many women who can run faster and lift heavier weights than many men. Furthermore, and most problematically for this theory, women have, throughout history, been excluded mainly from jobs that require little physical effort (such as the priesthood, law and politics), while engaging in hard manual labour in the fields, in crafts and in the household.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Arijit’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Arijit’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Arijit
Lists liked by Arijit