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Catagory: Health, Family & Personal Development

How to Suffer Well

How to Suffer Well: Timeless Knowledge on Dealing with Hardship and Becoming Anguish-Proof.

Life is tough, so you better get a helmet. You’ll run into pain, anguish, and obstacles. But who says that they need to affect you?

If you’re able to build immunity to emotional, mental, and physical discomfort and suffering, then your mind can be trained to flourish despite life’s challenges.

How to Suffer Well is a literal guidebook to learn how to defeat the voices in your head that tell you to give up. Instead, they’ll be replaced with voices that tell you it’ll be okay, this will pass, and life can be happy despite the suffering; only if you know how to suffer well.

In this book, you’ll learn to –

  • Face your sufferings with a zen-like rationality and objective perspective
  • Experience the positive side of emotions
  • Discover how to tolerate life’s rigors without collapsing
  • Increase your mental pain tolerance to superhuman levels
  • Greatly expand your comfort zone and build layers of mental armor to ensure your happiness.

The Power Of Imperfect Eating

Dr. Bhatnagar’s book offers us timely and effective guidance on how to change our eating habits if we want to move away from a lifestyle of ”living to eat” to a lifestyle of ”eating to live well”. Professor Das Narayandas, Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

In Power of Imperfect Eating, Dr. Kavita Bhatnagar introduces readers to a unique journey through the lens of a food technologist, nutritionist, and psychologist who is deeply passionate about food choices and consumer behaviour.

Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book offers a different perspective. It’s not about laying down dietary rules or giving nutrition advice. Instead, it weaves together stories—stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect connection we all share with food. Through these narratives, it invites you to reflect, not just on what you eat, but on how food fits into the broader journey of your life.

Through these stories, you’ll explore how food shapes our lives, our behaviours, and our choices in ways that go far beyond the plate. You’ll meet characters navigating real dilemmas around food, health, and lifestyle—whether it’s reading food labels, balancing health goals, or simply understanding why they eat the way they do.

The book encourages readers to embrace imperfection in their relationship with food, finding peace in progress rather than perfection. Challenging the conventional habit of categorizing food as either “good” or “bad,” she guides readers to re-evaluate how they engage with food in their everyday life without guilt, without judgment—just curiosity and understanding.

And just when you think you’ve learned it all, the author unveils something truly transformative at the end—a powerful tool that will become the reader’s greatest asset in creating lasting, positive change in their relationship with food and health. This revelation makes Power of Imperfect Eating an essential guide for anyone ready to take control of their well-being.

Premium, Luxury, Special Edition of The Bhagavad Gita by Bibek Debroy

The foundational text on dharma and Hindu philosophy, exquisitely rendered by one of our most eminent Sanskrit translators

As a spiritual guide, the Bhagavadgita is a mesmerizing account of the debate between right and wrong, and the bond between action and consequence. One of the core Hindu scriptures, it is part of the great Indian epic, the Mahabharata, and unfolds in the form of a dialogue between Krishna and the Pandava prince, Arjuna.

This beautifully produced bilingual edition is a masterful verse-for-verse translation, providing the original Sanskrit verses alongside the English rendition. Bibek Debroy’s deep familiarity with the text yields a treasure trove of insights that will delight the scholar and the lay reader alike, making this essential reading for anyone with an abiding interest in Indian scriptures.

Enlightenment

Much is being said, asked, and questioned about enlightenment. The modern world has turned yet another simple, natural process into something to feel complicated about. Enlightenment: A Homecoming is a collection of discourses by Sadhguru, in which he talks about enlightenment as a natural process to be engaged with, rather than something that can be “given” to us as a practice. With easy wit and charm, he challenges the myths and beliefs surrounding this subject, guiding one in the right direction by simply changing the origin of thought. Along the way, Sadhguru also answers some commonly asked yet pressing questions regarding enlightenment. Refreshingly simple and simply deep, Enlightenment encourages the seeker to experience life to the fullest and to live it in its purest form.

Play to Potential

Now a national bestseller!

Play to Potential offers a refreshing exploration of human potential, emphasizing discovery through play rather than work. Deepak Jayaraman weaves insights from his eponymous podcast, his coaching work and his lived experience to share a powerful yet simple framework (FLAVOUR) that can act as a guide to navigate the pulls and pressures of life.

This book is a guide to living a fulfilled life, integrating family, aspirations, value creation, and deep relationships. It transcends traditional career advice, providing actionable insights for personal growth and fulfillment.

While there are many books that act as a North Star for people to navigate their journey, this book strives to be a torch light that can show people the way through the imperfections and the messiness to lead a full life and unlock their human potential.

The Power of Decision-Making

As they say, ‘Life is a series of choices’. It may sound too simplistic, but it really is true . . . We all make decisions, big or small, almost everyday, and each of the decisions we make impacts us in varying ways. Our decisions, therefore, determine our destiny. The Power of Decision-Making is a collection of powerful learnings that will change the way you think about making choices. It will help you make decisions for the better to achieve lasting success in different walks of life. Conceived as a self-help guide, the book includes stories and quotes from some of the most successful people, whose decisions have changed their lives for the better.

Your life is an outcome of your decisions and it is never too late to make the rights ones.

The Content Creator Handbook

Every day, millions of videos are uploaded, but only a handful break through to the mainstream. What separates viral content from forgotten content? It’s not luck. It’s not talent—it’s strategy.

In this no-nonsense guide, Varun and Achina Mayya—creators of multiple successful YouTube channels and online businesses—reveal the strategies, tactics and insider knowledge that have helped them master the art and science of content creation.
The content will help you learn:

  • Why most content strategies fail, and how to craft one that works
  • The real way algorithms operate (and how to use them to your advantage)
  • The secret language of engagement that turns viewers into loyal fans
  • Proven methods to monetize without alienating your audience
  • How to avoid the most common pitfalls that trap content creators

You can also go behind the scenes with guest experts Shirsh Bajpai and Martin Noronha as they dive deep into the technical aspects of video editing, production and more, and offer actionable insights that will immediately elevate your content.
Whether you’re a budding YouTuber, an entrepreneur or a seasoned creator looking to scale, this book is your blueprint for building a sustainable, impactful career in content creation.

Calm Your Thoughts

Does negativity drain all of your energy, leaving you unable to see the brighter side of Iife?

A noisy brain is the biggest cause of unhappiness. It prevents us from seeing what possibilities lie before us. Life turns into a minefield rather than a set of new opportunities. Let’s change this – right now.

Calm Your Thoughts helps you understand how you lose your mind in the trap of anxiety and stress. Providing proven techniques to help you rewire your brain, control your thoughts, and change your mental habits.

Learn to control your emotions and stay zen:

  • Emotional regulation frameworks
  • Simple ways to understand your true worries and anxieties
  • How to simplify cognitive-behavioral therapy for daily use
  • Proven techniques for dealing with mental chatter and negativity

No more self-deprecating talk. No more sleepless nights with racing thoughts. Free your mind from overthinking, and achieve more, feel better, and unleash your potential.

Dive in for tips and methods by internationally bestselling author Nick Trenton for help reducing anxiety, stress and negative thoughts.

The Stoic Path to Wealth (Marathi) / द स्टॉइक पाथ टू वेल्थ

आजच्या आधुनिक काळात वित्तव्यवसायात माजलेल्या गोंधळातूनही धनसंचय करता यावा म्हणून प्राचीन काळापासून वापरल्या गेलेल्या सुजाणतेतून येणाऱ्या व्यवहार्य, प्रभावशाली दृष्टीकोनाचा मागोवा घ्या.भावनांवर ताबा ठेवून प्रतिक्रियांवर नियंत्रण ठेवल्यास यश मिळू शकते ह्याची जाणीव स्थितप्रज्ञ विचारवंतांना प्राचीन काळापासून होती. हेच तत्त्व आज आपल्या आर्थिक व्यवहारांना लागू पडते. शिस्त, मानसिक अलिप्तता आणि संपूर्ण आत्मविश्‍वासानेच उत्तम गुंतवणुकदार शेअरबाजारात व्यवहारासाठी सज्ज होतो – शेकडो वर्षे हीच शिकवण स्थितप्रज्ञ विचारवंत आपल्याला देत आले आहेत. तरीही अनेक लोक पैसा मिळविण्याच्या खटाटोपात जीव तोडून स्वत:ला झोकून देताना दिसतात. त्यात पैसा तर मिळत नाहीच पण भरपूर वेळही वाया जातो. शिवाय मन:शांती मिळणे तर दूरच!. ह्या प्रयत्नात एखाद्याच्या हाती घबाड लागलेच तर ते तितक्याच तातडीने हातातून निसटूनही जाते. त्यापेक्षा स्थितप्रज्ञतेने तुमच्या वेळेचा सदुपयोग करा आणि तुमच्या सुजाणतेवर प्रभुत्त्व प्रस्थापित करा. भल्याबुऱ्याचा शांतपणे विचार करून स्थिर वृत्तीने विशिष्ट आर्थिक धोरण आखून गुंतवणूक करा आणि शाश्‍वत स्वरुपाचा धनसंचय करा. सेनेका, एपिक्टिटस ह्यांच्यासारखे गतकाळातील स्थितप्रज्ञ विचारवंत आणि आजच्या आधुनिक युगातील उत्तंग व्यक्तिमत्त्वाचे वॉरेन बफे, कॅथी वुड ह्यांच्या चरित्रांमधून कालातीत, मौल्यवान जाणिवा कशा विकसित होत जातात हा ह्यापूर्वी कधीही पुढ्यात न आलेला धनसंचयाविषयीचा पैलू फरू ह्यांनी ह्या पुस्तकात मांडला आहे.

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