{"id":856,"date":"2026-11-13T04:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T04:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/?p=856"},"modified":"2026-11-13T04:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T04:28:44","slug":"7-book-recommendations-from-sandeep-swadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/7-book-recommendations-from-sandeep-swadi\/","title":{"rendered":"7 book recommendations from Sandeep Swadi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Core Book 1 &amp; Its Graduate Upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>1. <em>Fooled by Randomness<\/em> by Nassim Taleb:<\/strong> This book reveals how randomness often manufactures &#8220;geniuses&#8221; and changes how we perceive outcomes<sup><\/sup>. It warns against &#8220;survivorship bias,&#8221; showing that we frequently mistake a lucky tailwind for our own talent<sup><\/sup>.<\/li><li><strong>2. <em>Thinking, Fast and Slow<\/em> by Daniel Kahneman (Graduate Level):<\/strong> This book explains the exact brain wiring behind why we get fooled by randomness<sup><\/sup>. It details &#8220;System 1&#8221; (which makes you jump to conclusions) and &#8220;System 2&#8221; (which helps you avoid those mental errors)<sup><\/sup>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core Book 2 &amp; Its Graduate Upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>3. <em>Think Again<\/em> by Adam Grant:<\/strong> Grant highlights that the smarter you are, the harder it is to change your mind<sup><\/sup>. Successful people often fall into a &#8220;proficiency prison,&#8221; blindly defending their past wins rather than staying curious<sup><\/sup>.<\/li><li><strong>4. <em>The Innovator&#8217;s Dilemma<\/em> by Clayton Christensen (Graduate Level):<\/strong> This companion book shows exactly why major companies choose to stay in their proficiency prisons, using historical examples like Intel ignoring the GPU revolution to protect its computer chip business<sup><\/sup>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core Book 3 &amp; Its Graduate Upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>5. <em>Thinking in Bets<\/em> by Annie Duke:<\/strong> Duke teaches you to treat every life and business decision like a poker bet<sup><\/sup>. Rather than acting based on fear or guaranteed outcomes, you should calculate your odds, assess the risks, and plan for failure<sup><\/sup>.<\/li><li><strong>6. <em>Superforecasting<\/em> by Philip Tetlock (Graduate Level):<\/strong> Tetlock&#8217;s research shows that the most accurate forecasters do not think in rigid &#8220;yes or no&#8221; terms<sup><\/sup>. Instead, they think purely in probabilities and constantly update their odds every time new data becomes available<sup><\/sup>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core Book 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>7. <em>The Intelligence Trap<\/em> by David Robson:<\/strong> The final book explores a dangerous cognitive trap: highly intelligent people possess a unique failure mode because they are capable of rationalizing anything. Rather than questioning their mistakes, they act as their own defense attorneys, trapping themselves in their own narratives.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ck8qv9ck8qv9ck8q-572x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ck8qv9ck8qv9ck8q-572x1024.jpg 572w, https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ck8qv9ck8qv9ck8q-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ck8qv9ck8qv9ck8q-768x1376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ck8qv9ck8qv9ck8q-857x1536.jpg 857w, https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ck8qv9ck8qv9ck8q-1143x2048.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ck8qv9ck8qv9ck8q-scaled.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Core Book 1 &amp; Its Graduate Upgrade 1. Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb: This book reveals how randomness often manufactures &#8220;geniuses&#8221; and changes how we perceive outcomes. It warns against &#8220;survivorship bias,&#8221; showing that we frequently mistake a lucky tailwind for our own talent. 2. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Graduate Level): [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":858,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions\/858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}