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Winning like Saina

12 Thursday Jul 2018

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image004.jpgAuthor – Jatin Gupta

Rating – 4/5 stars

Number of Pages – 136

Publisher – Rupa Publication

What does it take to be a winner? To born with the skill? What must a sportsperson have to reach on top of his/her game?

This book talks about some of the traits sportspersons have that makes them a legend. Legends do not born in a day. It took years and a lot of sweat and blood on the court/field to reach to the top and the tough part is to maintain the spot.

Saina Nehwal is a face of badminton in India where the game of Cricket is a God. A country no other sport has such kind exposure and admiration in the fans. She gives badminton a new height and the role model to the coming generations. She is a queen of her game. An interesting revelation of her personality traits that make her a legend. A career started at an early age of nine and coached under four mentors. Driven by willpower and never-say-die attitude, inspired by her parents and coaches, Saina is a warrior who rises after every fall.

‘Relentless pursuit of one’s dream with absolute discipline is the only fuel which willpower you to the top of your game’

The book also talks about her relationship with her mentors and how important the role they played in her career. She is a brilliant student who listens to every advice of her mentor and works on them. Her biggest critic and first coach is her mother, a badminton player herself.

The book is a learning experience. It is helpful and informative for the professionals in every field and not only for a sportsperson. The author breakdown the traits to make it more simple to understand and coupled them with the example of successful people and how they made it big. Learn how Saina made it to the top, practice it in your life and profession and climb the ladder of success.

Author Bio

Jatin Gupta is the Head of Business Operations at a leading sports-related company. He is a management professional with over fourteen years of work experience in consumer product, consulting, financial services and sports industry. He has handled various leadership positions with different organizations like Deloitte and Invesco. A traveler at heart, Jatin is also a voracious reader who likes to indulge in the world of biographies and fiction often. This is his first attempt at non-fiction where he has tried to share a few of his learning’s from the professional world.

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Winning like Sachin

28 Monday May 2018

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image003.jpgAuthor – Devendra Prabhudesai

Rating – 4/5 stars

Number of Pages – 114

Publisher – Rupa Publication

‘Winning like Sachin’ unravels the attributes that make Sachin what he is – an inspiration for generations. He is looked upon as a role model. A man who achieved a lot more than professional success. He is an inspiration for not only the new coming cricketers but the one who wants to achieve big in his life. His ideas and principles never let him give up after failures but give him the strength to get up again. His never give up spirit and dedication towards the sport make him one of the greatest cricketers of the world.

He was a team player and always worked in the interest of the team, that makes him a great leader who put his team before himself. Such qualities and many more make the person he is – the legend. This book is written aiming to break-down some of the qualities from the life of a man who rose to become God of cricket in India.

Sachin Tendulkar’s life is a great example to learn what a simple man can do with determination and dedication to his passion. He devoted the greater part of his life to cricket and worked only what is in favor of the game and his team. His team was always above his centuries, his personal records. He played for the team and never to make a personal record.

The book is a great initiative to learn from his life and also a good book for his fans and followers. His life is an inspiration for everyone. His commitment to excellence yielded success. An institution himself there is a lot one can learn from his life.

A learning experience, inspiring and helpful short read.

Author Bio

In a career spanning nineteen years, Devendra Prabhudesai has worked across sectors and handled a wide range of responsibilities – from working with the police to rehabilitate victims of crime, to executing some of the biggest cricketing events organized in India in recent times. An author, screenwriter and anchor, he was also the Manager for Media Relations and Corporate Affairs at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from January 2008 to July 2015.

Devendra lives in Mumbai with his wife, Anuradha, and children, Abhimanyu and Ira.

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Excellence – The Amitabh Bachchan Way

02 Thursday Nov 2017

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51RKDKhoMWL.jpgAuthor – Virender Kapoor

Rating – 3.5/5 stars

Number of Pages – 150

Publisher – Rupa Publications

Excellene – The Amitabh Bachchan Way is written to inspire people from the life of megastar fondly known as Big B. Over the career of nearly fifty years in the film industry, he has his share of ups and setbacks but he didn’t stop. He rises again from the ashes like a phoenix. The book teaches some of the lessons one can learn from the life of ‘Superstar of the Millennium’.

It is not a biography, not a memoir. It is a short account of his life and the incidents that made him what he is today. The bad give him strength to get back on his feet and the good one make him more humble. He is one of the only film celebrities who is respected and admired by everyone around the globe. Some of his personality traits you can follow to achieve excellence in your life – determination, punctuality, perseverance, humility, professionalism – that makes him an institution in himself.

Many books have already been written on him and many things have said. What this book has new to serve you on a platter is this does not tell you his life story. This book inspires you to learn and follow some of the traits of his life to gain excellence. Excellence does not come in a day or month; it is a process and a lifelong learning.

If you follow Amitabh Bachchan closely then you will find many anecdotes mentioned in this book are either from the books written on him or his media interactions or public appearances or interviews. This book aims to inspire and thus author Virendra Kapoor analyses each and every trait of Mr. Bachchan.

Author Bio

Virender Kapoor is a thinker, an educationist and an inspirational guru. An alumnus of IIT Bombay and the former director of a prestigious management institute under the Symbiosis umbrella, he founded the Management Institute of Leadership and Excellence (MILE), Pune. His books on emotional intelligence, passion quotient, military principles, leadership, jugaad, work-life balance and self-help have been translated into several regional and foreign languages. Additionally, he regularly contributes to many prestigious magazines and dailies.

To know more about him, log on to www.virenderkapoor.com or email him at virenderkapoor21@yahoo.com

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