This was one of those books which
created curiosity in me. Alas, I was left disappointed.
For anybody who has read a lot of
self help books, this book is not going to make any difference. It is one of those
books which can be termed as a primer for those who have not been initiated
into self help genre.
The book is roughly divided into
two parts. The first tries to establish the author’s ideas and the second grows
further on this establishment.
The book says that failure is
normal and asks us to not corrupt it with positivity. The author argues that we
are all comforting ourselves in an attempt to cover up failures. Its crux is about
not alleviating the problems but trying to understand and sort them. The book
explains that the most significant thing which occupies anybody’s thoughts is
unhappiness. And we find solace in denial and victim mentality ending up asking
for entitlement. The author says that we are all living in a delusion that we
are special and to come out of it we need to redefine the metrics against which
we measure life.
This book is devoid of any
mysticism, spiritualism and saintly stories. It takes you through the process
of breaking your mental picture of things and approaches the cube from a
different side. As a matter of fact, it explains what all other books have been
advocating in the positive manner, through a negative approach; a kind of anti
therapy. Having read this much, it also explains how best these negative approach
can be tackled and a normal life can be lead without hassles. A welcome offer,
when we consider most of us being normal people. (I find a hint of the book’s
influence in this line.)
For me this book did not connect
but for the last chapter. I believe that one of the main reasons the book owes
to for its success is the language which comes as interesting and admonishing
in an attempt to drive home the point. At some instances, the language used
gives you the feeling of given a tight slap.
Overall, it was an okay read for
me and would recommend to those who have just ventured into the self help
genre. Certainly a book to be chewed but whether it is digestible depends upon
each one’s gut.
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