Showing posts with label Robert Kiyosaki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Kiyosaki. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2011

My Books Review: July '11


1) Rich dad poor dad: Perhaps this is the most influential book ever written about money for a layman. The author of the book is Robert Kiyosaki who bursts out age old myths associated with money. It is a truly revolutionary book which changes the way in which money is seen, the fundamentals of finance and which gives a new philosophy of accruing money and managing it. We have heard the terms intelligence quotient, emotional quotient but this book is about increasing the financial quotient. This is one of the books that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. This book is for all who want to know about money, the intelligent ways of playing with it.


2) Frankenstein: This is an all time classic written by Mary Shelley. I read it because of its huge fame and its timelessness. It is written over two centuries ago and still people remember and recognize it. A zealot in his mad pursuit creates a being without foreseeing the effects and the creature is endowed with superhuman powers. The monster thus created, goes on killing people. It has its own valid points for the killing. Besides the horror, there is a moral dilemma presented in the novel. One more thing that I observed in this novel is that many words that are used in the novel have been deviated from their original meaning long ago and they are no longer used as they were used before. A few words like ‘gay’, ‘intercourse’, ‘molesting’. Intercourse is used to mean socializing or to interact. Gay is used to be lively or active. These words are no longer used in the present as they are used in this novel. 


3) Enlightenment-Life-the-Way-it-is: This book is a compilation of many discourses of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha foundation. Some day I wish to write about this enigmatic yet beautiful person called Sadhguru. Now about the book: The book is a compilation of many questions by seekers and Sadhguru’s answers to them. The book ponders over the too often misunderstood, misquoted phenomenon called enlightenment. As Sadhguru says, none can speak about enlightenment but can speak around it. It also discusses various other things like personality, mind, meditation, love, yoga, role of a guru, inner management and many more things that are quite relevant for the human well being. This book is a delightful read.


Tuesday, March 1, 2011

My Books Review: Feb '11


1) Business Maharajas: It is an out and out business book written by well known Indian writer of business issues Geeta Piramal. All the people that are featured in the book are tycoons of business not only in India but the entire Asia. It is an account of the business lives of 7 business tycoons of the mid-nineties: Dhirubai Ambani, Rahul Bajaj, Adithya Birla, R.P.Goenka, Brij Mohan Khaitan, Bharat & Rajeev Shah, Ratan Tata. It is a fascinating read especially if you are from business or management background.

 

2) Sri Sai Satcharitha: This is the most revered book about Sri Shirdi Sai baba till date. It is a biographical account of the life of baba by his beloved disciple Hemandpad. It has many episodes in various time periods of baba’s life and all the miracles performed by him, many of which can fascinate the readers, especially, if have belief in baba.

 

3) Business School: This is a book authored by the best selling author of rich dad series fame Robert Kiyosaki. The book is wonderfully written and the subject matter is network marketing. It bursts out many myths associated with network marketing and tries to find out the hidden values of network marketing and eventually establishes network marketing as one of the easiest, cheapest, intelligent ways of branching out to a big business.

 

4) Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish: Written by Rashmi Bansal (Alumnus,IIMA) Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish is a tale of 25 entrepreneurs, all of them alumnus of IIMA and chose the path of entrepreneurship. In this highly readable book, all of the entrepreneurs featured have narrated their stories which are all unique. This book can be taken as inspiration or pure education. Many things we come to know in the world of business are in this book. A good read for general public, a must read for MBAs!!