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Inspired: How to Create a Formula for
Success in Life to Work Here comes a book that distills the set of behaviours/attitudes and habits that mark the great from the mundane. In a systematic manner (see, I told you there is a formula!), the book presents concise case histories of well-known personalities—some of whom have made a mark in their respective fields (people like Kiran Bedi, Dev Anand and Nandan Nilekani) to those who are still fighting from the trenches (people like Medha Patkar and Barkha Dutt) but who all live lives that infuse enthusiasm into our grinding routines. Then there is a pithy analysis of how and why they inspire us and how even we could someday evolve into a member of this species-homo superiorus! In the end we have a compilation of the traits common to all those interviewed. So that now there is a buffet party on and an assortment of delicacies (read shift of attitudes to choose from) vying for our palette. It is up to us which ones to emulate and which ones to dismiss. If you are still caught in self-doubt, there’s another chapter spurring on all of us mere mortals into doing the needful to be leaders in our intimate circles at least and the rewards and fulfillment attached to them. Now is the best time to make the best of time and the abilities one is endowed with. All it takes is a small dose of inspiration. After all before LRMB, could you have ever dreamt of Munna Bhai mouthing ‘inspiring’ dialogue and following it up with an equally ‘inspiring’ action plan? We have long been used to seeing him use his ample ‘brawn power’ to dispense the matter at hand. Now cut to the previous century—could you imagine a brisk-walking ‘half-naked fakir’, who suffered from frequent spasms of self-doubt, inspire an entire generation to shake off a two-century-old cycle of oppression and deprivation? And then make a comeback (even if in a slightly remixed version) as Munna’s conscience and capture an entire generation’s imagination all over again? OK, this book isn’t trying to ride the popularity wave by holding on to the Mahatma’s coat-tails (?!).This book tries to not only lead you to the door marked ‘INSPIRATION’, but also ushers you in. This is a take on how ordinary people from diverse backgrounds, by chipping away day and night with their vision, integrity, hope, inner strength and of course, inspiration, have moved mountains. The book’s style although concise and planned, could have done with a break in the grey print. Addition of anecdotes, diagrams, etc. would have certainly made it more pick-uppable. Still, its worth trying out.
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If you thought there could never be a formula for success or a method for achieving greatness, think again. If you thought the great and the successful had some esoteric qualities that put them on the pedestal (or their bust in the park centre), think again. Thereby hangs a tale. Rather a bunch of them. 