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A newly founded effort to say ‘yes’ more often recently ended up with me joining a casual soccer league with some of my work friends and friends-of-friends. After a blowout loss on a rainy Sunday morning, our team ended up at a nearby apartment cooking pancakes. A conversation that ranged... [Read More]

On an otherwise uninteresting Sunday in New York, I met up with my friend Rob. The plan: buy and drink smoothies while reading in the nearby park. The first half of the plan went well, but when we got to the park, I was confused when Rob pulled two books... [Read More]

A few months ago, I ended my review of The Defining Decade by naming a few friends who I thought would enjoy the book as much as I did. On that list was my friend Savitra who immediately took me up on my offer to buy the book for him.... [Read More]

Last Spring, I went on a cruise with five of my college roommates, and as we departed, I remembered that I was about to lose my cell service for the next week. I hadn’t brought a book with me, so I quickly tried to find some interesting articles to download... [Read More]

Last May, my friend Aditya gave me his copy of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. As much as I wanted to start reading the book then and there, it was the end of the school year and finals were occupying most of my waking hours. Eventually, once the semester... [Read More]