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Book Review : 13 Steps to bloody good luck. Ashwin Sanghi

04 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Constructive Criticism: Book reviews

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Ashwin Sanghi, book review, confidence, criticism, fear, inspiring, luck, motivation, opportunity, risk

Good luck and 13 ?

Triskaideaphobia – the fear of number 13, is rampant in hotel rooms, in aeroplane flight seatings, in the quest for ‘auspicious days’ and in Friday the 13th.

Ashwin Sanghi deliberately flaunts ‘13 rules’ as a thumbs down for superstition. He re-defines luck from ‘chance’ to ‘choice’ and  from ‘destiny’ to ‘definitely achievable’, from ‘trial and error’ to ‘trainable’ and from ‘probable’ to ‘practical’.

Genre: Non-Fiction. 13 stepsto bloody good luck

Pros: Sanghi quotes ,’Easy reading is damn hard writing.’

Well, he makes this an easy reading, replete with Continue reading →

Fighting ‘monstrous’ fear! IndiHappyhours contest

14 Sunday Dec 2014

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Random Musings

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child, fear, freedom, hero, Indiblogger contest, inspiration, mind, monsters, superstition

I take no personal credit for this.

The brave heart was my Grandpa!

He was an orphan raised by the village school teacher. He swam across a river every single day to learn the alphabets.

He grew up to be a freedom fighter and braved the jails umpteen times. He wrote, edited and published a guide- textbook for the same college exam Continue reading →

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