From ever-decreasing face-to-face meetings to echo chambers online, we no longer have the necessary tools to talk to each other. The fig tree is there, too, when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, when the teenagers vanish.

P133 [John Sutherland] – ‘ Active Listening – ‘Its not just about passively not speaking , its actively listening , not just to what you’re saying but how you’re saying it’. While effective dialogue is supposed to lead to greater fulfilment in our personal and professional lives, all the scientific evidence points towards us sharing fewer interactions than previous generations. The best thing about this book is that Nihal practices what he preaches—he models how to have better conversations by interviewing people who have powerful stories to share. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Arthanayake stated at the outset that this would be a book written based on his own experience so I was a little wary about how much depth he'd go for. This book is easy to understand, although I would have preferred maybe a few transcripts of the conversations involved, rather than the style this book took with its information, but I guess it got to the heart of the matter of what it wanted to say. But by the end, after much repitition, it became clear to me that good conversation means listening a lot more.

So, in true Clara Cliff Notes style, here are four things you need to know about “Let’s Talk” by Nihal Arthanayake.

There are times, in a workplace, which means this needs preparation before you start the pre-planned conversation. And I think thats what the Author wanted to get across from the book and they suceeded surprisingly well. Brilliant, insightful and a great opportunity to reframe how you talk to people and converse with them as well as most importantly, how you listen. From ever decreasing face-to-face meetings to echo chambers online, we no longer have the necessary tools to talk to each other. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.

Couldn't rush it much as I wanted to consume every word, I wanted to absorb the examples and try to apply them to situations I find myself in. A resolve to be a giant among men, to conquer, plunder and seize the greatness that he thinks is his right.This is such an important book right now, and I find that I need to heed many of these tips and process many of the questions raised.