Continuous learning…
It’s good to have a continuous learning mindset in life, to stay updated with new things around us, lead a better life, upgrade your skills, coach the younger ones in your family.
In this story, I would like to share a few resources that I personally use to stay updated in life, this list evolves every 3–6months… but worth sharing, my current guiding forces.
Podcasts
If you regularly workout (gym / walk / running) & listen to music, consider listening podcasts for couple of days in the week, it would help you acquire some new concepts, ideas, next book to read etc., Few interested shows across different categories that I have subscribed to:
- TED Talks Daily : https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ted-talks-daily/id160904630
- The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway : https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-prof-g-pod-with-scott-galloway/id1498802610
- Unofficial Sources, The Ken : https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/unofficial-sources/id1548244887
Blogs
Blog posts provides you a sneak peek into a concept / knowledge that could help you in researching further, pickup a book on that topic. Below are a couple of thoughtful / researched story telling blogs (includes a combination of business management, entrepreneurship).
- https://fs.blog/blog/ — amazing blog by Farnam Street (Shane Parrish), you can find some very well articulated posts
- https://waitbutwhy.com/minis — has both long form, shorts & dinner table topics for discussion
- https://www.gibsonbiddle.com/articles — Gibson Biddle site has some of the best talks on product management, has links to some of his podcasts as well
Courses
If you have identified your interests / topic to take a deep dive, you should consider doing a short duration courses that can be done at your own pace. Listed down are a couple of free, freemium & paid course apps.
- https://brilliant.org/ — It’s a great resource to learn problem solving skills & Maths, for all ages. I have been a subscriber of this & use it along with my son.
- https://www.edx.org/ — has a collection of free & paid courses from Ivy League colleges Harvard, Berkeley & MIT, check this course on entrepreneurship
- https://www.skillshare.com/ — Discover life long learning.. a great site for picking up any skill that you have been wanting to learn, this is for all ages!
Books
Instead of sharing specific book recommendation, let me list down a few sources that would open up your horizon / view to available knowledge out for you to acquire:
- https://blas.com/ — contains a visual library of the best books across categories & you can view the key take aways from each of the book, go ahead & buy to eBook / physical book if it excites you.
- https://www.sloww.co/almanack-naval-ravikant/ — another good site that gives a good brief of the books, check the link for Naval Ravikant book, I would recommend that you buy the eBook, it’s worth.
- https://openlibrary.org/ — millions of titles are available to read online, if you like any of them consider buying the book
- https://www.getabstract.com/ — feeling a bit lazy to read the whole book or prefer to hear a quick abstract before you buy? use getAbstract’s iOS / Android app to listen abstracts of some of the best books.
Business Focus, Researched Articles
If you are in leadership position & would like to stay ahead of the competition or be informed, consider subscribing to paid content creation portals
- https://the-ken.com/— they write some nice in-depth / well researched articles on success factors for a business / startup, and also write critical articles on insanely valued startups!
- https://themorningcontext.com/ — only used their free trial, another source of exclusive content about startups / business in India
- https://hbr.org/ — used to be a subscriber of their print magazines before, need to purchase their digital edition now.
Hope this story has been helpful, if yes — drop in your thoughts in the comments section.
