Manoj's Review on Books

One of the most engaging books I have read till date, goes to show how much the attention of the audience can be grabbed when there is a clear sense of why. Simon Sinek’s premise of the entire book is to have a consistent long-term purpose towards business initiatives, which is what he has repeatedly been calling out as start with why. The fulcrum of the narrative is to start an engagement with a strong sense of why while the how and what aspect should emerge as a tangible proof of what the organization believes in, which is coined as the golden circle. Samuel Langley, a  professor of Smithsonian  institution, inventor of bolometer, a renowned individual who tasted success for his proof of concept on objects that could fly short distance way back in 1900’s. The US government realized the potential and funded him 50,000 USD which could easily measure up to 50 million USD in current valuation, Langley hired the best talent in the country and got the attention of press as well. P...

The bus picked me up at 11:20 pm at Banashankari bus stop and stopped in a few more places to pick the remaining trekkers. In about an hour, I was surprised that a 50 seater bus was full with youngsters, the broad age range would well be within 18 to 24 years and the enthusiasm was evident. Once the last section of trekkers were picked, the back row group started playing music using their Bluetooth devices and voiced over the songs which were predominantly in Hindi. The songs were sung in loud fashion until the bus stopped for refreshments 2.5 hours latter and the group was truly living up to the back benchers tag. Am 39 years of age as I write this blog, may well be the oldest in the group and it has been a long time since I experienced such high energy amongst a group of people. The trek started at 4 am from Skandagiri base point and I was leading with the guide for a significant portion of the trek. About 20 minutes into the trek, I could sense it was tough and scale of difficulty w...