Friday, August 24, 2018

You Can Win


You Can Win
by Shiv Kera

There are some really good ‘how to enhance your journey of life’ books from the RAs.  This book, You Can Win, is no different.  Shiv Khera, a popular public speaker for those who want to change the course of their life and meet their life-long goals, is the author of this one.  His book contains helpful reminders of the little things, such as “keeping your eyes on the prize”, as well as more complex lessons, such as identifying what is holding us back from reaching greatness in our life.  Khera interweaves stories and parables that are well known as well as those that I had not heard before.  He draws upon stories of people who have reached success: Lincoln, Michael Jordan, Henry Ford, political leaders and millionaires.  There were many reminders from the Dale Carnegie philosophy to Steven Covey’s 7 Habits work.  The main topics include: how to improve your attitude (and why it’s important), reaching your destination through a positive attitude, the attributes of a successful person, what is motivation (best chapter), the importance of self-esteem in your success, what interpersonal skills are needed for successful teams, how one’s personality enhances their chances of success, how our subconscious (once trained) makes us better, goal setting, and, of course, connecting to our value set to guide our decisions.  This is a strong reminder of how important our personal approach and characteristics are for a successful career.  I highly encourage anyone who is rethinking themselves to add this book to the top of your reading list.

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