#kakinota : the one minute entreprenuer by ken blanchard

The book explained about relationship, bonding, touching....

People with people...

Everywhere...

Anywhere...

In any situations...

Savvy?

Actually, it is a very simple yet a straight forward book about how people work best with other people.

And to make reading more interesting, it combined facts and a story.

It is about A One Minute Manager explained to a young man how to be an effective manager.

Even though, the story is about managing people in an organization but generally the knowledge can be applied into our daily interaction with others anywhere and in every situations except if we're dealing other than human beings.

As the author explained :
1. People are more complicated.
2. People are aware.
3. People think for themselves.
4. People certainly do not want to be manipulated by others.

Remember and respect those features will produce a good management skill.

One Minute Manager explained 3 key factors to become an effective manager :

1. One Minute Goal Setting

This is the foundation for one minute management. Write our goals on papers. One goal a sheet not more than 250 words of explanations. Read and re read it often to make sure our behaviours match our goals.

2. One Minute Praising

It helps people to reach their full potential. As a manager, it is adviceable to praise people when they do something right or if a person is a new learner, praise them when they did something approximately right and guide them until they are able to do it correctly without much guidance.

3. One Minute Reprimand

If a person have all the skills to do something right and he/she did not do the work accordingly, One Minute Reprimand will be given. Before giving reprimand, a manager have to see the behaviour himself. A manager cannot depend on what someone else saw. Never give a reprimand based on 'hearsay'.

I believe if we can apply them into our daily routine, we will be more productive, calmer and happier individual.

I also believe in writing down our own goals be it a yearly, monthly, weekly or daily basis. It makes us more focus on what we need to do especially with so many distractions and noises thrown into our path. When we can see clearly what our main focus are - when and where we will reach them, not only we would be a happier person but a calmer person as well. Because any distractions or noises lay in front of us, we can either skip, delay or ignore them altogether no matter how persistence they are.

According to the author, TOUCHING is a very honest and powerful message. People have strong feelings about being touched. We will know if somebody really care about us or just trying to manipulate us through touching. Touch people we care only when giving them something such as reassurance, support, encouragement etc.
                   

                       

                                8/10

#kakinota : the last lecture by randy pausch

The late Randy Pausch was a lecturer.

He passed away in 2008 due to cancer.

He left a wife, Jai Pausch and 3 children - Dylan, Logan and Chloe.

The last lecture was really Randy last lecture for his fellow students and friends at Carnegie Mellon University.

He recorded the lecture as a gift to his kids to show them how much he loved them and as a guidance for them in the future.

The book explained about his childhood dreams and how he worked hard to make it happened. He encouraged us not to give up ours. Never belittle or laugh other people dreams no matter how silly or illogical it sound to us. We never know what will happen in the future.

This is a person who taught us how to face the reality no matter how painful it is - acknowledged it and moved forward. He explained how he prepared his loved ones, mentally, emotionally and financially.

Through out the book and by watching his youtube, Randy didn't sound like a person who knew he had few months left to live. He was happy and healthy. I believed this was due to his upbringing. Randy was very very fortunate to have an enjoyable childhood. He was blessed with the coolest parents and a sister. That was why he had an amazing positive attitude toward life.

This is a book that contained answers to a question I've been reading in most human development books, "How would you spend  your day if today is your last day?"

I cannot say that everybody will accept their ill fated positively. I have seen person who cannot accept that he had few months to live and was very broken hearted and passed away. I cannot be prejudice why some people easily give up on life and their loved ones. I believed they have their own reasons.

I also met some people who fight their illnesses for their loved ones. Some of them do survived. Some do not and their loved ones let them go peacefully.

What ever it is, they left one valuable lesson for us to remember - never take anything in life for granted. You never know if today is going to be your last day alive?

Live well....


                         

                   

                               9/10

#kakinota : half girlfriend by chetan bhagat

It is about a guy meet girl love story.

Madhav Jha a guy from rural Dumroan, Bihar meet Riya Sumani from city Delhi at St. Stephen College.

Madhav fell in love with Riya but she wasn't interested to have serious relationship yet.

Madhav tried to talk to Riya to be his girlfriend but Riya refused. Tired with Madhav non stop nagging, she relented. She agreed to be his Half Girlfriend.

What is Half Girlfriend?

They have very closed relationship. They spend time together especially both are into basketball. They shared affectionate hugs. That's it. Nothing more.

Riya doesn't want to be pressured to do more. Madhav reluctantly agreed.

But one day, Madhav  said something unexpectedly due to peer pressure. Riya was so mad and left him.

When Madhav begged her few months later, Riya was getting married to her old friend, Rohan Chandak. She dropped out and moved to London.

Madhav was broken hearted. Finished his education. Refused a 50,000 a month job offer. Returned home to help his mom runs a private school, Dumraon Royal School.

They meet a few years later by accident. She was meeting a client. He was meeting Bill Gates Foundation representatives for being short listed for a small grant of USD20,000 for his school.

But... he needed to make a 5 to 10 minutes speech in English. Riya offered to help him with his speeches.

As a modern Indian woman and a divorcee who live in a traditional community, Riya faced difficulties especially Madhav's mother, who disapproved of their relationship. Not to worsen mother and son relationship, Riya ran away... again. She left a letter confessing that she was in final stages of cancer.

Madhav was so devastated. He vowed never to fall in love again. He dedicated his life to run his school and mother.

Everything changed when he received Riya's journals. With little assistance received from a well known author, Madhav embarked a journey to discover what had happened to Riya through out the years. He told the author that he will not give up and will find ways to do it until he'll get the answer.

I find the story is simple. Even though it lack the wow factor, it is interesting and enjoyable enough. The words are straight to the point. No flamboyant sentences or words. I believe readers will not be bored to read until the end.

I loved it.

     

                 

                              9/10