"Winners don't do different things, they do things differently"
The above quote is the theme of this book. Probably I read this
book late, but it is never too late to read good books. This is a self-help
book, and I have heard people saying, " hey, I don't like self-help craps,
because they actually don't work in real life." Well, this is my second
self-help book, the first book that I read was Dell Carnegie's ," How to
Win Friends and Influence People" translated in Hindi named Lok
Vyavhaar. I found Carnegie's book quite pragmatic, persuading and full
of the doings of great people.
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You Can Win is somewhat different from the above noted book,
besides motivating and building confidence, it talks about values, integrity
and character, without these components any success is momentary. This book
doesn't teach you how to win by hook or crook, how to be diplomatic with
ulterior motives, or how to impress people, but it helps to get a vision of
where we are and where we ought to be.
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Like other self-help books, this also deals with psycho-analytic
discussion of human behavior through cause and effect theory. In thirteen
chapters, the last three seemed to me interesting, in the 'Subconscious Mind'
chapter, the author tells, " most of our behavior comes as a result of
conditioning. We all are being conditioned continuously by the
environment and the media and we start behaving like robots. It is our
responsibility to condition ourselves in positive manner". Ideas of
auto-suggestion and visualization are also given for quitting and forming
habits. The chapter 'Goal Setting' clarifies very well the differences among
Dreams, Wishes, Desires and Goals. Goals are dreams with a deadline, clear
direction and an action plan.The last chapter 'Values and Vision' seems most
important because it says to judge your value system, means if anyone is
slightly doubtful about his values, he should think what his parents
would think if they found what he had been doing for years, and if this doesn't
work; think how it would feel to you and the world if the next day your doings
become the headlines....
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So I don't think that the self-help book doesn't help, no one is
perfect, I am sure the writer of this book must not be perfect, but getting perfection is like a never ending journey, we
should learn to learn, not from only books, but also from lives (from ours as
well as from others), and such books are just like the thesaurus of the doings
of great men, so obviously are useful, read them.
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