The Reading Room

Each month a member of the team reviews a book of their choosing, irrelevant of genre or publishing date.

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Published: 2018, Random House Publishers Group

Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book “Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life” presents a compelling framework for understanding how personal accountability shapes society, markets, and institutions. The book features key interconnected concepts that reveal the dangerous asymmetries omnipresent in modern life.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R Covey

Published: 1989

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey is like a guidebook to help you live with purpose and grow as a person. It talks about habits that make you stronger, help you get along better with others, keep you mentally and physically healthy. The book is split into three parts; first, improving yourself, then, building good relationships...

Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor E Frankl

Published: May 2004

To call this book merely an account of an individual’s harrowing experience in concentration camps would be an understatement. Man’s Search for Meaning is a thoughtful and unvarnished exploration of how a person can maintain dignity and humanity even amidst unimaginable suffering. Through keen observation, Dr Viktor Frankl offers readers a behind–the–scenes look at the constant torture, trauma and troubles...