Category: Books
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Ten takeaways from Chris Voss’ book, “Never Split the Difference”

I remember picking this book up two years ago at Dymocks in Sydney, Australia because of the very intriguing title and the bright yellow book cover. However, after purchasing the book, it sat in my bookshelf for a while and got de-prioritised in my reading list for no standout reason. Two years later, I took…
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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: A book you can’t read fast.

I have a love-and-hate relationship with this book. First of all, this book is NOT for light reading. I enjoyed how the author started with a clear distinction between the two systems in our brains. One is fast, automatic, and doesn’t require energy but can be biased; the second is lazy and slow, but is…