What is a Habit? Habit: A settled or regular tendency or practice,especially one that is hard to give up. We all have habits some are positive and some are negative. Someone said ... if you remove the “H” A BIT remains, if you remove the “A” BIT remains and if you remove the “B” IT remains. So it’s important to know what habit we are carrying.
Prakash Iyer in an effective story telling/anecdote mode focuses on the habit of winning.You could pick any page, go back 1 or 2 pages to the start of the story and read... each story has its own little moral. This is not difficult even to people who don’t like to read. With this book one can start liking short stories/anecdotes. For the traditional reader ... this book too has lots to offer!
Why does “Winning” need to be a habit, we need to understand here the context of Winning ... generally winning is something that is “won” in true “Noun” sense. Winning as an adjective could mean successful or victorious like the winning team, it also could mean Charming or Engaging ... like a ‘winning child or winning smile” ... in end “to each their own” when it comes to Winning. Winning could be cultivated as a habit.
I’m sure sports would come to our mind and to the millions in India “cricket” ... yes we have now won 2 tournaments in a row, ICC in England and Tri Series in West Indies. Prakash Iyer in his book focuses a bit more on cricket considering India’s love to this game and also his passion to the game, when I read the book this was the initial thought. It also showed the fine balance of being happy, making a difference to yourself and to the world around you. It also focused on different habits to win in a subtle manner. Most people would call this a self-help book ... Think again!
In the stories and anecdotes you will find stories that could change the way we think work and live.The stories are about leadership, teamwork, self-belief, determination and patience. We all know and have heard about the wars between the giants Pepsi and Coke but here we also get to hear Important Life lessons Prakash learnt from his cola days. It also contains stories from Olympic heroes and ordinary folks. Stories that will help ignite a new passion and a renewed sense of purpose in us and our team’s minds and hearts too. Now that’s the Key.... “A new passion and a renewed sense of purpose in our minds and in our team’s minds and hearts.”
I’m sure I could go on about this book, it’s also important to know a little about the author as that would give a background of his experience which he shares in his writing. Prakash Iyer has worked for over 25 years working with teams selling nearly everything from soaps to colas to watches, diapers and yellow pages. He is MBA from IIM-A and also a trained executive coach. He is currently the Managing Director of Kimberly Clark Lever. For those interested in buying generally this is what I’d say “A book chooses you.” Finally ending with this note “Winning isn’t everything but wanting to win is.”
Prakash Iyer in an effective story telling/anecdote mode focuses on the habit of winning.You could pick any page, go back 1 or 2 pages to the start of the story and read... each story has its own little moral. This is not difficult even to people who don’t like to read. With this book one can start liking short stories/anecdotes. For the traditional reader ... this book too has lots to offer!
Why does “Winning” need to be a habit, we need to understand here the context of Winning ... generally winning is something that is “won” in true “Noun” sense. Winning as an adjective could mean successful or victorious like the winning team, it also could mean Charming or Engaging ... like a ‘winning child or winning smile” ... in end “to each their own” when it comes to Winning. Winning could be cultivated as a habit.
I’m sure sports would come to our mind and to the millions in India “cricket” ... yes we have now won 2 tournaments in a row, ICC in England and Tri Series in West Indies. Prakash Iyer in his book focuses a bit more on cricket considering India’s love to this game and also his passion to the game, when I read the book this was the initial thought. It also showed the fine balance of being happy, making a difference to yourself and to the world around you. It also focused on different habits to win in a subtle manner. Most people would call this a self-help book ... Think again!In the stories and anecdotes you will find stories that could change the way we think work and live.The stories are about leadership, teamwork, self-belief, determination and patience. We all know and have heard about the wars between the giants Pepsi and Coke but here we also get to hear Important Life lessons Prakash learnt from his cola days. It also contains stories from Olympic heroes and ordinary folks. Stories that will help ignite a new passion and a renewed sense of purpose in us and our team’s minds and hearts too. Now that’s the Key.... “A new passion and a renewed sense of purpose in our minds and in our team’s minds and hearts.”
I’m sure I could go on about this book, it’s also important to know a little about the author as that would give a background of his experience which he shares in his writing. Prakash Iyer has worked for over 25 years working with teams selling nearly everything from soaps to colas to watches, diapers and yellow pages. He is MBA from IIM-A and also a trained executive coach. He is currently the Managing Director of Kimberly Clark Lever. For those interested in buying generally this is what I’d say “A book chooses you.” Finally ending with this note “Winning isn’t everything but wanting to win is.”
