Exploring Insights from Books
I read one book every week and publish its notes, summaries, and ideas on this blog. Dive into a growing collection of reflections from a wide range of books.
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A Wealth of Common Sense
This book offers a simple framework for making investment decisions. It doesn't delve into maths, complex formulas, or guilt you into saving money on lattes. Instead, it focuses on simplicity, discipline, patience, prioritizing the long term, and sticking to the fundamentals.
7 min read
Skin in the Game
These are my notes from Nassim Taleb's book "Skin in the Game". Heuristics for bull**t identification and filtering, that is, the difference between theory and practice, fake and true expertise, and academia and the real world.
13 min read
Deep Work
Our work culture's shift toward shallow work is exposing a massive economic and personal opportunity for the few who recognize the potential of resisting this trend and prioritizing depth.
10 min read
Brain Rules
Every brain is wired differently. Exercise improves brain health and cognition. We're designed to never stop learning and exploring. Memories are volatile. Sleep is connected to our ability to learn.
Akshay Khot · February 16, 2025 · 2 min read
How Clients Buy
Navigating the client buying decision journey is about more than just showcasing your expertise. It's about building trust and being seen as a problem solver. Selling consulting and professional services is more about relationships, referrals, and reputation over traditional sales tactics. By understanding the buyer's journey and positioning yourself as a niche expert, you can connect with clients who respect and trust your ability to meet their needs.
Akshay Khot · March 09, 2025 · 5 min read
One Page Marketing Plan
Marketing is the strategy you use for getting your ideal target market to know you, like you, and trust you enough to become a customer. This book teaches the principles of effective marketing.
Akshay Khot · January 12, 2025 · 13 min read
Rework
REWORK is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Entrepreneurs, small-business owners, and artists who don’t want to starve will all find valuable guidance in these pages.
Akshay Khot · March 02, 2025 · 5 min read
Jobs To Be Done
A job is essentially the progress that a person is trying to make in a particular circumstance. When we buy a product, we essentially hire something to get a job done. Deeply understand your customers' struggle for progress and then create the right solution and experiences to ensure you solve their jobs well, every time.
Akshay Khot · March 30, 2025 · 2 min read
The Gift of Fear
Intuition is always right in at least two important ways: It is always in response to something, and it always has your best interest at heart. Your intuition sends you different signals: Fear, apprehension, suspicion, hesitation, doubt, gut feelings, hunches, and curiosity.
Akshay Khot · April 06, 2025 · 2 min read
Deep Work
Our work culture's shift toward shallow work is exposing a massive economic and personal opportunity for the few who recognize the potential of resisting this trend and prioritizing depth.
Akshay Khot · January 05, 2025 · 10 min read
Known
Being known is not the same as being famous. It’s not about having millions of fans and red carpet appearances. Being known is about having the proper authority, reputation, and audience to realize your potential and achieve your goals … whatever they might be.
Akshay Khot · May 04, 2025 · 4 min read
Copywriting Secrets
Copywriting is a specific form of writing with the purpose of compelling the reader to take a specific action. No matter what you do, effective writing is a skill that everyone should learn. This book will teach you how to communicate clearly and write well so that people buy whatever it's that you're selling, be it a product, service, or a subscription.
Akshay Khot · February 02, 2025 · 10 min read
101 Things I Learned In Engineering School
This books presents the fundamental ideas from physics and engineering in an accessible way. I found that a lot of its lessons apply equally to life, business, relationships, and many other fields.
Akshay Khot · March 30, 2025 · 2 min read
A Wealth of Common Sense
This book offers a simple framework for making investment decisions. It doesn't delve into maths, complex formulas, or guilt you into saving money on lattes. Instead, it focuses on simplicity, discipline, patience, prioritizing the long term, and sticking to the fundamentals.
Akshay Khot · January 19, 2025 · 7 min read
Write Useful Books
This book offers a different way to plan, write, test, and refine non-fiction books that are useful. Its central theme is this: Write a book so startlingly useful that readers can't stop talking about it. Write a book that can grow organically via reader recommendations for many years, without relying on either heavy marketing or a large author platform.
Akshay Khot · April 20, 2025 · 9 min read
Building a StoryBrand
Humans love good stories. This book is about effective marketing via storytelling. It explains the essential elements of a good story and relates them to your business, positioning your customers as heroes of their stories and your brand as a guide.
Akshay Khot · January 26, 2025 · 6 min read
The YouTube Formula
Start by making 100 videos, focusing on what you love rather than perfection, and you'll naturally improve along the way. Most YouTubers mistakenly prioritize algorithms, but true growth comes from honing your craft and building genuine audience trust. By your 101st video, you'll see just how far you've come, paving the way for meaningful connections and lasting success.
Akshay Khot · March 16, 2025 · 0 min read
Skin in the Game
These are my notes from Nassim Taleb's book "Skin in the Game". Heuristics for bull**t identification and filtering, that is, the difference between theory and practice, fake and true expertise, and academia and the real world.
Akshay Khot · March 23, 2025 · 13 min read
E-Myth Revisited
You can be the entrepreneur, the manager, and the technician. All in one. You don't have to be an employee or have employees. You can be the one-person business that does and enjoys all three roles. You can enjoy being an entrepreneur, a manager, and a technician. If you plan accordingly, this can be a very satisfying and independent life, providing you with all the freedom and flexibility that you desire in your life.
Akshay Khot · February 23, 2025 · 11 min read
Are Your Lights On?
We often try to come up with solutions before taking the time to define the problem being solved. Even experienced solvers, when subjected to social pressure, yield to this demand for haste. As a result, **many solutions are found, but not necessarily to the problem at hand.**
Akshay Khot · February 09, 2025 · 3 min read
Why We Sleep
Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day. I won't list the benefits of sleep. Instead, you need to know what a lack of sleep does to your body.
Akshay Khot · April 27, 2025 · 1 min read
Demand Side Sales
Demand-side selling is understanding what progress people want to make, and what they are willing to pay to make that progress. Our product or services are merely part of their solution.
Akshay Khot · April 13, 2025 · 5 min read
The Art of War
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
Akshay Khot · May 11, 2025 · 4 min read