This year, I set a reading challenge for myself:

📚 Read 40 books in 2025.

Each month, I log the books I’ve read — like a mental workout tracking progress toward the goal.

Here are the two books I read in March:

1. Co-Intelligent by Ethan Mollick

We’re living in the era of AI.

In just a few short years, AI — especially Generative AI like ChatGPT, Grok, or DeepSeek — has become not just a topic for computer scientists, but something everyone talks about.

To get a better grasp of this space, I’ve started reading around the field.

I read the The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar. This book gives you a grand, philosophical view — with tough, thought-provoking questions about the future of humanity.

The Coming Wave overwhelmed me a bit. I needed something more digestible and also practical.

That’s when Co-Intelligent came in — and it felt like the right step forward.

This book focuses on how to work with AI intelligently. It begins by helping you understand the nature of AI: its strengths, its weaknesses, its quirks.

To use something well, you must first understand it. Just like working well with a person, you need to know his or her strengths and weaknesses.

After laying this foundation, the author introduces four principles for working with AI.

1. Always invite AI to the table
2. Be the human in the loop
3. Treat AI like a person (but tell it what kind of person it is)
4. Assume this is the worst AI you’ll ever use

Each chapter explores one in depth.

What I liked is that the book isn’t just theory — it’s filled with examples. You’ll see how AI can act as your co-worker, tutor, or coach.

I also picked up a lot from the way the author prompts AI — and have already started applying it in my own workflow.

One of the key questions it helped me reflect on:

“If AI can do everything, what should we still learn?”

The answer? Focus on the fundamentals.

2. Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

This is what I call a “soul book”.

Whenever I go through difficult times, I turn to books like this — ones that remind me to be grateful, to slow down, and to find the inner peace.

Think Like a Monk is one of those books.

Though it’s inspired by Jay’s time as a monk, it’s not tied to any specific religion. Instead, it offers practical, spiritual guidance for everyday life — how to be:

• Less anxious
• More purposeful
• More peaceful
• And truly happy

In essence, what all religions strive for.

Jay presents a simple three-step path to strengthen your inner life:

1. Let Go — Release what isn’t yours: society’s values, others’ expectations, negativity
 
2. Grow— Build routines to live your true values
 
3. Give— Give back, serve others, and expand your soul through contribution

You can read more about my review of this book here: Book Review — What I Learned from Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

That’s it for March — two very different books, but both meaningful in their own way.

Hope you find some good reads this month too.

You can read the list of 5 books I read in February 2025: 10K Book Challenge 2025–5 Books I Read in February