THIS BOOK GIVES A BRILLIANT PERSPECTIVE TO LIFE WHICH IS AT ONCE STUNNINGLY SIMPLE AND INTELLECTUALLY PROFOUND ...
      R SESHASAYEE , MD ASHOK LEYLAND , PRESIDENT CII

WE CAN ALL IMMENSELY BENEFIT FROM THE WISDOM OF THE AUTHOR ....M GANESH , DIRECTOR , IBM SOUTH ASIA

 

  


who says bedtime stories are for kids alone ?

Consolidated feedback on " Give me back my Guitar " as on 23/05/2007
This will be updated everyweek to capture feedback received on GIVE ME BACK MY GUITAR .

R Seshasayee, Managing Director of Ashok Leyland and President CII.
The author is evidently a person who looks for the secret of success in the world of experiences around him. In this book, he unravels a brilliant perspective to the meaning of life, which is at once stunningly simple and intellectually profound.
I immensely enjoyed this charmingly readable book. 

M Ganesh , Worldwide head , ITS Delivery  , IBM GTS
”Give me back my guitar “has been written for families ...
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List of "Param Vir Chakra" awardees
 Param Vir Chakra Awardees so far:

1. IC-- 521 Major Som Nath Sharma, 4 Kumaon Regiment, November 3, 1947, Badgam Kashmir (posthumous)

2. IC-22356 Lance Naik Karham Singh M M, 1 Sikh Regiment, October 13, 1948, Tithwal Kashmir

3. SS-14246 Second Lt Rama Raghobe Rane, Corps of Engineers, April 8, 1948, Naushera, Kashmir

4. 27373 Naik Jadu Nath Singh, 1 Rajput Regiment, February 1948, Naushera, Kashmir (posthumous)

5. 2831592 Company Havildar Major Piru Singh, 6 Rajputana Rifles, July 17/18, 1948, Tithwal, Kashmir (posthumous)

6. IC-8497 Captain Gurbachan ...
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Are we aware of our war heroes?

I love playing the game  "Guess the person" with my daughter Sahaja  . One person has to think about a great personality and the other person has to guess the name within ten questions . It was my chance and i could not guess the name within the stipulated questions . After making me accept defeat she revealed the name "Som nath Sharma " .

I was irritated and rebuked her : " You are supposed to think of only famous personalities . Who the hell is this chap , Som nath Sharma ?"

She replied : ...
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Mr R Seshasayee , Excellence powered by Clarity , Integrity , generosity and simplicity

I had heard  many good things about Mr R Seshasayee , MD Ashok Leyland and President CII . To me it sounded too good to be true . Looked as if he was an ideal human being .

I approached him to write few words on GIVE ME BACK MY GUITAR  . To be frank , i never really expected him to respond . You can imagine my exhilaration when he gave a very positive feedback on the book and kindly consented to write the foreword .

After the book was released , i personally went to Chennai to thank ...
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Subroto Bagchi , A great human being who is also an outstanding entrepreneur
I have personally followed most of his articles and have read them with a lump in my throat when he shares his childhood and also about his parents who were probably poor but extremely rich in values . " Go kiss the world" remains my all time favorite speech by anyone . 

I greedily grabbed this book when i first saw it in landmark . I have read and reread this most wonderful book " The High Performance Entrepreneur - Golden rules for success in today’s world - Subroto Bagchi . Mr Bagchi has the moral authority to write this "valuable book " ...
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Favorite Books of Ravindra Potharaju
These are some of the books that have influenced me . I have enjoyed and also learnt from them.

The "science of Being" and "the Art of living"  : Maharishi Mahesh yogi .

The seven spiritual laws of success , Deepak chopra

Rich dad , Poor dad , Robert T Kiyosaki

One up on wall street , Peter Lynch

Buffetology , Mary Buffet

Who moved my cheese ?  spencer johnson

Autobiography of a yogi , Parmahansa Yogananda

The power of full engagement , Dr Jim Loehr and Tony Schwarz

Give me back my guitar , Potharaju Ravindra

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Are you headed for Burnout? A quiz ..
Are you headed for burnout? - quiz rating personal energy management skills

1 You grant yourself a break:
A. When your energy and concentration are waning. B. When you feel deadlocked, unable to come up with the right answer. C. Only after you have finished a large project; otherwise you feel compelled to push yourself no matter how you feel. D. After every two to three hours of steady work.

2 Your midmorning break is most often spent:
A. Complaining about problems with a coworker. B. Taking care of personal chores, such as balancing your checkbook or writing a ...
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The art of "Personal energy management"
The Art Of Personal Energy Management , An article by Simran Bhargava .

A long time back I had interviewed a man named William Davis. He was then chairman of the British Tourist Authority and had earlier been editor of The Guardian and Punch. He was an unusual man. He had grown up homeless during the war and then gone on to build himself a collection of showpiece homes all over the world. He had never been formally educated but had written a dozen books, mostly on the hedonistic pleasures of money. He had become a multi-millionaire who, by his own ...
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Feedback on "Give me back my guitar" by A K Madhavan , CEO Crest Animation Studios Ltd
Reading GIVE ME BACK MY GUITAR has  brought back my childhood memories & my early days of parenting.

"A MUST READ FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE BURNING THEIR MIDNIGHT OIL ,  FOR IT WILL ENRICH YOU 
IN YOUR OWN ART OF LIVING" . ...
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Feedback on "Give me back my Guitar" by Subhash Dhar , VP CSP, Infosys

Fascinating subject! The stories are highly inspiring and the conversational treatment that includes ravi's family is rather refreshing. That helps greatly in bringing out relevance to modern times which is the real value of this book.

The book presents a brilliant take on life and would serve as a helpful guiding post for so many of us who are grasshoppers trapped in ant's life. Obviously we have to find our very own guitars ourselves and then find ways to make them our source of both work and enjoyment.

                                                                                                                               Subhash Dhar

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