LBB Founder Suchita Salwan Shares Her Top 3 Must Read Books

The young entrepreneur credits reading for making her more attentive, focused and patient in life.

By Tahira Noor Khan | Nov 13, 2019
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Suchita Salwan, Founder and CEO, Little Black Book is an avid reader. She is currently reading Alchemy by Rory Sutherland and Letters of Note by Shaun Usher. In terms of genre, her favourites are biographies and autobiographies. If there’s one author whose books Salwan mostly draws references from, it’s Clayton Christensen. Sundays, according to her, are the best days to indulge in reading. Salwan shares her top three picks and why you too should grab a copy of them.

EDUCATED by TARA W ESTOVER
This book is partly devastating, mostly incredibly inspiring, and a gentle reminder of the role of nurturing in shaping how we behave and operate. This book has been on The New York Times best-seller list and has been recommended by Bill Gates too. It has nothing to do with start-ups or business, which is a welcome change from what I usually read.
Favourite quote: “Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were.”

Favourite quote from the book: “Life will throw everything but the kitchen sink in your path, and then it will throw the kitchen sink. It’s your job to avoid the obstacles.”
Favourite quote from the book: “Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.”

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Suchita Salwan, Founder and CEO, Little Black Book is an avid reader. She is currently reading Alchemy by Rory Sutherland and Letters of Note by Shaun Usher. In terms of genre, her favourites are biographies and autobiographies. If there’s one author whose books Salwan mostly draws references from, it’s Clayton Christensen. Sundays, according to her, are the best days to indulge in reading. Salwan shares her top three picks and why you too should grab a copy of them.

EDUCATED by TARA W ESTOVER
This book is partly devastating, mostly incredibly inspiring, and a gentle reminder of the role of nurturing in shaping how we behave and operate. This book has been on The New York Times best-seller list and has been recommended by Bill Gates too. It has nothing to do with start-ups or business, which is a welcome change from what I usually read.
Favourite quote: “Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were.”

Favourite quote from the book: “Life will throw everything but the kitchen sink in your path, and then it will throw the kitchen sink. It’s your job to avoid the obstacles.”
Favourite quote from the book: “Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.”

(This article was first published in the October 2019 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. To subscribe, click here)

Tahira Noor Khan

Former Junior Features Writer

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