Was just looking at the Church Floor plan for some reason. Link Historic Church Floor Plan Why does the floor plan resemble a cross ? Is there a scientific reason or is it purely an echo of the religious sentiment ?

Till date, this IS the best autobiography that I have ever read. It is the story of Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple Computers who single handedly designed Apple II. There are so many aspects to the personality of Woz and takeaways from the book that it is hard to summarize in one post. Anyways, I will try to do so. So, here are my takeaways from the book

My self help book reading frequency is pretty erratic.Most of the gyan from these kind of books are common sensical.Having said that, I do read them for the simple reason that it triggers thoughts which motivate me to carry on. One such book that I picked up recently was " Letting Go of your Bananas" . It’s about 100 pages and can be quickly read in an hour’s time. The metaphor used in the book is derived from the story of a monkey which has got his hands trapped in a jar.

The director of the firm where I am working had something nice to say the other day. He said that there are three elements needed for a successful career. T - Talent , O - Opportunities , P - Passion - TOP Theory. If there is Talent and Passion , Opportunities will come by If there is no Talent but there is Passion, Opportunities will still come by If there is Talent but no Passion, there would be no Opportunities that will come by.

If one looks at the Newspaper / Magazine / Journal etc, it looks like there are umpteen random events that are happening in the world. Some look familiar, some look weird, some appear very tragic, etc. What if you were given a looking glass which could trace back the random events to some deep fundamental drivers? Wow! That would be great, wouldn’t it? That’s what Alvin Toffler does through his book Revolutionary Wealth.