Book Review - How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement

How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement - Stephen R. Covey

Core Idea discussed in the book - Personal Mission Statement

A highly relevant book on a very powerful idea, an idea that holds great importance in our lives. The

book discusses in great depth about "Personal Mission Statement" which is like the nucleus of our life; the core of our life around which our entire live revolves. It deals with the following key components of the topic i.e. Personal Mission Statement

• What is a Personal Mission Statement?
• Why is it important to have a Personal Mission Statement? 
• What impact does a Personal Mission Statement creates in our lives?
• How to develop a strong Personal Mission Statement?
• How to evaluate whether the existing Personal Mission Statement is giving the desired results?

A Personal Mission Statement is very crucial for defining our success in life as it lays down the principles with which we live our lives.Right from establishing the need for Personal Mission Statement to developing a proper Personal Mission Statement, the book delivers it all extremely well.The book draws not only from the rich experience, knowledge and thought process of the author but from other renowned personalities also such as Viktor Frankl, Norman Cousins and Goethe to reiterate how having a Personal Mission Statement in our lives changes it all and guide us towards more success.

The book provides a useful linkage between "Personal Mission Statement" and our Purpose, Vision and Goal and how to establish among them. 

If you still fail to develop your "Personal Mission Statement", you need not lose hope as the trigger questions towards the end will ensure that you have your "Personal Mission Statement" in place before keeping the book down.

There couldn't be a better time to pick the book and start reading it !

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Book Review - Tiny Buddha

Tiny Buddha by Lori Deschene

What started as an individual's struggle to survive, let alone find meaning in  life resulted in this wonderful book called "Tiny Buddha". Right from the front cover to the last page/ back cover, everything is worth reading again and again.The struggle of the person (Lori Deschene, the author) who almost lost everything in life and then bounced back to create meaning in her life and so many million more is what makes this book extraordinary. 

Starting with daily tweets through @tinybuddha, then moving on to creating website www.tinybuddha.com and finally resulting in this wonderful book by the same name. As the author says that the book is a collaborative effort of all the readers (of her tweets, blogs and questions) who contributed with their insights on queries pertaining to wisdom in daily life. The responses to the questions she posted resulted in this wonderful book.

The book is very neatly segregated into 9 sections/ categories some of which are Pain, Meaning and Change. Each section is very well carved out with lots of researched content(on the theme of the section), personal insights by the author, key messages(highlighted), tips, practical exercises and relevant tweets. All these elements put together gets the reader moving to apply and take action. Each section starts with posing a relevant question and this really sets the tone for more to follow.

It's a simple and honest book with no frills and that's what sets it apart from the rest of the pack. This is a book which you would want to finish in one go, no matter how much time it takes.The layout of the book is nice too!

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A real book written with a realistic approach to deliver real, practical message

Book Review - Notes To Myself

Notes To Myself- My Struggle To Become  A Person by Hugh Prather

This book is probably one of the best self-reflection book i have read. The book is like a companion which can accompany forever and provide guidance whenever and wherever required. The beauty of the book is that one can open any page randomly sand start reading it and still every word will make sense. The story about how this book came by makes it all the more interesting and a must read. The thoughts penned down by the author in his diary/ journal about life's struggles, hardships and dilemmas proved to be great insights on life. Since the book is an outcome of author's personal experiences, it comes out as very honest, authentic and genuine in its approach. The content of the book beautifully captures the confusion, chaos and identity crisis that each one of us face while we are maturing and evolving as a being. The only thing that appeals to us during these time is some "food for thought" to aid us self-reflect and accept the realities of life; the reality that is indicative of our true personality and our approach to life.   

No Index, No Chapters, No Begging and No End - The book is simple, easy and uncomplicated. It's all about "self-discovery" by connecting to our inner-self. 

Even after multiple re-reads i still discover new gems of learning and knowledge in the book.

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