The Alchemist
By Paulo Coelho
This is a great read for all people who dream something big in life. The story teaches us that if we desire something in life we should not hesitate in sacrificing the current moment and the current possessions to achieve that dream. It is this desire to achieve your dream with your true heart that makes the entire universe to move and help you in achieving what you want.
Human Beings sometimes wander round the globe to find their treasure (their dreams), However they fail to realize that a person’s treasure is always located where his/her heart is.
Regards
Kaushal Thakkar
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Book Review - Critical Chain
Critical Chain
By Eliyahu M. Goldratt
I am reading this book again after several years. Even on the second turn it was as interesting read as it was for the first time.
Critical Chain is a recommended read for all the leaders, project managers, operations manager, finance & marketing personnel’s. The book teaches us how we should question the pragmatic ways in which things are been done and come up with alternatives to do the things in a better way.
In this book Eliyahu Goldratt highlights how the current education system has done more harm than added any value to the individual. In my opinion the current system has made people to stop thinking and follow those things as they are mentioned in those books. The teaching methodology as described in the book highlights how the training and learning should happen in the class via more interactive sessions between the students and the trainer.
The book is especially a great value add to Project managers who are in a constant Endeavour to identify the right things that needs to be done on their projects. Eliyahu mentions how the student syndrome needs to be taken care of and how the estimates have to be developed in a way that they are more realistic.
A must read.
Kaushal Thakkar
By Eliyahu M. Goldratt
I am reading this book again after several years. Even on the second turn it was as interesting read as it was for the first time.
Critical Chain is a recommended read for all the leaders, project managers, operations manager, finance & marketing personnel’s. The book teaches us how we should question the pragmatic ways in which things are been done and come up with alternatives to do the things in a better way.
In this book Eliyahu Goldratt highlights how the current education system has done more harm than added any value to the individual. In my opinion the current system has made people to stop thinking and follow those things as they are mentioned in those books. The teaching methodology as described in the book highlights how the training and learning should happen in the class via more interactive sessions between the students and the trainer.
The book is especially a great value add to Project managers who are in a constant Endeavour to identify the right things that needs to be done on their projects. Eliyahu mentions how the student syndrome needs to be taken care of and how the estimates have to be developed in a way that they are more realistic.
A must read.
Kaushal Thakkar
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Book Review - The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Title – The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Author: John C. Maxwell
The 21 irrefutable laws of leadership – Follow them and people will follow you, is a must read (Leadership manual or reference guide) for all the leaders and people aspiring to be a leader. More than 1 million copies of this book have been sold and it has been rated as a bestseller by New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week.
In his book John C Maxwell (American expert on leadership and a founder of various organizations) has shared his secrets of being a great leader via the 21 laws of leadership. He has shared his insights that he has gained from this thirty plus years of leadership roles from politics, business, religion, sports and military.
The book gives excellent cases for each of these laws that help in a better understanding of these principles. Thus it not only explains, ‘What to do?’ but also ‘How to do it?’ and with proven examples of how it has worked in the past with other people.
Being from an IT projects background I liked the way he has a provided a way to measure leadership like we measure project parameters. Based on the leadership scores he makes an interesting analogy that a person with higher leadership score will never follow a person with a leadership score less than him.
The cases of McDonald, Henry Ford, Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, and such other world leaders teach us how leaders have made an impact on this world and we too can make a similar impact by following what they did. The book not only provides the success stories but compares it at various points with the mistakes that have been committed by other people. This enables us to learn from other people’s mistake instead of learning it the hard way.
Some of the other interesting information that I acquired from the book is
1. How leaders manage their time?
2. How leaders motivate others?
3. How leaders influence others?
4. How leaders gain respect?
5. How leaders develop other leaders and lead the organization to explosive growth?
A must read according too me….
Author: John C. Maxwell
The 21 irrefutable laws of leadership – Follow them and people will follow you, is a must read (Leadership manual or reference guide) for all the leaders and people aspiring to be a leader. More than 1 million copies of this book have been sold and it has been rated as a bestseller by New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week.
In his book John C Maxwell (American expert on leadership and a founder of various organizations) has shared his secrets of being a great leader via the 21 laws of leadership. He has shared his insights that he has gained from this thirty plus years of leadership roles from politics, business, religion, sports and military.
The book gives excellent cases for each of these laws that help in a better understanding of these principles. Thus it not only explains, ‘What to do?’ but also ‘How to do it?’ and with proven examples of how it has worked in the past with other people.
Being from an IT projects background I liked the way he has a provided a way to measure leadership like we measure project parameters. Based on the leadership scores he makes an interesting analogy that a person with higher leadership score will never follow a person with a leadership score less than him.
The cases of McDonald, Henry Ford, Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, and such other world leaders teach us how leaders have made an impact on this world and we too can make a similar impact by following what they did. The book not only provides the success stories but compares it at various points with the mistakes that have been committed by other people. This enables us to learn from other people’s mistake instead of learning it the hard way.
Some of the other interesting information that I acquired from the book is
1. How leaders manage their time?
2. How leaders motivate others?
3. How leaders influence others?
4. How leaders gain respect?
5. How leaders develop other leaders and lead the organization to explosive growth?
A must read according too me….
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