A killer title & a well known author 'Robin Sharma' who is also a Leadership Guru of sorts - Is this not good enough marketing to sell this book? Well, his book sells like crazy.
But is this book worthy of your penny? Read through my personal review to get to know.
This book falls under the genre of motivational & leadership guides. The price is Rs.175, hmm.. fair enough. The author Robin Sharma has written quite a lot of books. His kinda books usually contain multiple chapters(1 to 3 pages each). He never tries to use his language prowess to invite or woo the literary brains(If any of you have read "Midnight's children" you will exactly know what i'm talking about) to read his book and his target audience is not those people either. Instead he sticks to simple language usage & his main aim is to make ordinary people understand his point of view, which is ideal & I'm sure people would appreciate it.
But this book in particular is not a great read, this could be because his previous book "The greatness guide" was interesting as well as endearing, you will definitely take back something with you from every chapter, but "Who will cry when you die?" is no such book, it is very much redundant, mundane & the chapters move with no coupling to each other & the examples given are not up to the point, except for one & that is:
Chapter 100: Where he gives an example about Mahatma Gandhi:
The following is from his book:
Gandhi ji was travelling across India by train. As he left the coupe he had been travelling in, one of his shoes fell to a place on the track well beyond his reach. Rather than worrying about getting it back, he removed the other shoe and threw it to where the first one rested. When asked, he said "Now the poor soul who finds the first one will have a pair that he can wear".
Everybody knows the above story but it is good to remind us time to time of good deeds. But that is it. Nothing else intrigued me. It is like the author woke up in the middle of the night to write what he thought could make for a 2 page chapter. Not worth a read(My personal opinion).
Alternative suggestion:
1)Go for "Habit of winning" by Prakash Iyer - (Prakash hit the bulls-eye, hands down!!)
2)Go for "The greatness guide" by Robin Sharma - (Robin belted this one!)
But is this book worthy of your penny? Read through my personal review to get to know.
This book falls under the genre of motivational & leadership guides. The price is Rs.175, hmm.. fair enough. The author Robin Sharma has written quite a lot of books. His kinda books usually contain multiple chapters(1 to 3 pages each). He never tries to use his language prowess to invite or woo the literary brains(If any of you have read "Midnight's children" you will exactly know what i'm talking about) to read his book and his target audience is not those people either. Instead he sticks to simple language usage & his main aim is to make ordinary people understand his point of view, which is ideal & I'm sure people would appreciate it.
But this book in particular is not a great read, this could be because his previous book "The greatness guide" was interesting as well as endearing, you will definitely take back something with you from every chapter, but "Who will cry when you die?" is no such book, it is very much redundant, mundane & the chapters move with no coupling to each other & the examples given are not up to the point, except for one & that is:
Chapter 100: Where he gives an example about Mahatma Gandhi:
The following is from his book:
Gandhi ji was travelling across India by train. As he left the coupe he had been travelling in, one of his shoes fell to a place on the track well beyond his reach. Rather than worrying about getting it back, he removed the other shoe and threw it to where the first one rested. When asked, he said "Now the poor soul who finds the first one will have a pair that he can wear".
Everybody knows the above story but it is good to remind us time to time of good deeds. But that is it. Nothing else intrigued me. It is like the author woke up in the middle of the night to write what he thought could make for a 2 page chapter. Not worth a read(My personal opinion).
Alternative suggestion:
1)Go for "Habit of winning" by Prakash Iyer - (Prakash hit the bulls-eye, hands down!!)
2)Go for "The greatness guide" by Robin Sharma - (Robin belted this one!)
Nice review Pavithra.. Will catch hold of this book to read on my travel to Mumbai this Friday.. Thanks for sharing dear :-)
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DeleteVery nice review as I have exactly the same opinion as yours on this book, even though I am a fan of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. You have made it precise and clear, and I feel the same as well. The chapter 100 is actually what I like most in the book, and you did pointing that out! We really share the same opinion here.
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