Thread by @ajay184f

It all started in Aug 2020.

How about summarizing a book in 40 minutes using a mindmap and spending the next 20 minutes discussing the book and the session?

Here is the 🧵highlighting what I liked from each book

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First book was "Who Moved My Cheese?" @MovedMyCheese by Spencer Johnson.

Key lesson: Change is constant. Be prepared.
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Second book: "Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design" by @JerryWeinberg and Donald C Gause

Key lesson: You don't always need a product to find a bug. You can find bugs in the requirements too.

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Third Book: "How to Sell Yourself" by Joe Girard

Key lesson: Always be presentable.

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Fourth Book: "The 'A' Word" by @alanpage

Key Lesson: #Automation is not the silver bullet

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Fifth Book: "Ikigai" by @HectorGarciaOrg

Key Lesson: Small practices are the key to a successful life

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Sixth Book: "Explore It" by @testobsessed

Key Lesson: #Testing = Checking + Exploring

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Seventh Book: "9 Daily Habits of Warren Buffet" by Isaac Fox

Key Lesson: Start early, especially in investing

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Eighth Book: "How to break software" by @docjamesw

Key Lesson: Focus on the interfaces

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Ninth Book: "The best advice I ever got" by The Business Today Team

Key Lesson: When the student is ready, the teacher appears.

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Tenth Book: "A Practitioner's Guide to Test Design" by Lee Copeland

Key Lesson: It is always good to know the different test design techniques.

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Eleventh Book: "How to enjoy your life and your job" by @DaleCarnegie

Key Lesson: Relationships matter

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Twelfth Book: "Lessons Learned in #SoftwareTesting" by @DrCemKaner @jamesmarcusbach @bpettichord

Key Lesson: Context is everything

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Thirteenth Book: "How to Easily Handle Difficult People Handbook" by Murray Oxman

Key Lesson: Everyone is different and needs a different way to be happy

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Fourteenth Book: "Tap Into Mobile Application #Testing" by @jonathan_kohl

Key Lesson: Pay attention to the tiniest of the factors.

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Fifteenth Book: "Lessons From The Monkey King" by @Arthur_Carmazzi

Key Lesson: Beware of following the crowd without questioning

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Sixteenth Book: "Agile Testing Condensed" by @lisacrispin and @janetgregoryca

Key Lesson: Agile #Testing is first a mindset change

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Seventeenth Book: "Edison on #Innovation" by Alan Axelrod

Key Lesson: Keep iterating

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Eighteenth Book: "50+ mistakes of my software testing career" by @ajay184f (me)

Key Lesson: Failure is not a failure if you learn from it

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Nineteenth Book: "The Art of #Thinking Clearly" by @dobelli

Key Lesson: It is easy to be fooled if you are not aware

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Twentieth Book: "50 Quick Ideas to Improve your tests" by @gojkoadzic, David Evans, and Tom Roden

Key Lesson: Model well, test well

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21st book: "Win Your Inner Battles" by @DariusForoux

Key Lesson: Fight the enemy within

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22nd Book: " #MobileTesting Ready Reckoner" by @ajay184f (me) and @chennaimail

Key Lesson: Hardware + Software + People - all are critical.

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23rd Book: "The Drive Thru is Not Always Faster" by @mikelyles

Key Lesson: Live every day

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24th Book: "50+ Tips to Win #Testing Contests" by @ajay184f (me)

Key Lesson: Be prepared for the opportunity before it arises

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25th Book was special as all the attendees turned author and we wrote a chapter each for our own book in an hour.

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26th Book: "Highly Productive #Remote Work" by @DariusForoux

Key Lesson: Manage your energy

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27th Book: "Perfect Software and Other Illusions" by @JerryWeinberg

Key Lesson: The Rule of Three

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28th Book: "Your 27 Hour Day" by R Poornalingam

Key Lesson: Touch things once

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29th Book: "Universal Principles of Design" by William Lidwell

Key Lesson: If you don't know the traps, easy to be trapped

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30th Book: "The Greatness Guide" by @RobinSharma

Key Lesson: Aim High

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31st Book: "Hacking for Beginners" by Cooper Alvin

Key Lesson: Secure everything

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32nd Book: "Executive Presence" by Hewlett Sylvia Ann

Key Lesson: Dress for the role

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33rd Book: "Weinberg on #Writing" by @JerryWeinberg

Key Lesson: Keep collecting Fieldstones

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34th Book: "Deep Work" by Cal Newport

Key Lesson: Focus on habits and rituals

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35th Book: "Experiences of Test #Automation" by @DorothyGraham and Mark Fewster

Key Lesson: Issues are both managerial and technical

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36th Book: "Productivity Hacks" by Emily Price

Key Lesson: It is easy to be productive

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37th Book: "50+ tips to improve tester-programmer relationship" by @ajay184f (me)

Key Lesson: Never burn bridges

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38th Book: "The Secret Letters" by @RobinSharma

Key Lesson: Embrace your fears

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39th Book: "Universal Methods of Design" by Bruce Hanington and Bella Martin

Key Lesson: Multiple ways to solve the same problem

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40th Book: "25 Principles of Success" by Jack Canfield

Key Lesson: Believe

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41st Book: "Hands-on Mobile App Testing" by @dnlkntt

Key Lesson: Keep your tools ready

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42nd Book: "The Little Book of Talent" by @DanielCoyle

Key Lesson: Cultivate Grit

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If you would like to learn about a new book every weekend, ping me or @ClubHbr

We are book lovers and love discussing books, starting every weekend, doing what we love!

We are planning to open one for kids soon :)

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