I am reading a book in Japanese, it's so-called a self taught book, how to make our dreams come true. The book is totally different from other this type of books.
First, this book doesn't say we have to follow the author's ideas. I hate it because they say amazing stuff in their books, but most of parts are so hard for us to do.
Second, this book is very comical. A main character is god from India, and he handle the Kansai dialect that I speak! I love this part a lot.
Third, what the book author says really makes sense to me. He keeps saying that why we can't make our dreams come true because we never change our ways, minds, thoughts or whatever we believe. We all need to look as something from the outside of the box.
I haven't finished reading the book, and I expect what I can learn from the book.
Started fun, quickly fell into a pattern & felt too much like I was reading wikipedia than a book. Stick to the sources over this.. Self-help book for lost salarymen wrapped in an under-developed everyday fantasy story, with a pretty rushed ending.
The book is presented as a series of daily lessons from Ganesha, as he guides the main character, an unnamed salaryman living in Tokyo, towards realising his dream. The characters were fun to follow and the lessons contain plenty of food for thought for such a short book.
The highlight for me was the fact that Ganesha speaks an Osaka dialect for some reason. His dialect made him sound funny even when he was being serious, and as someone from the same region, I enjoyed that aspect of the book very much. It's more of a light-hearted read than a serious self-help book but the lessons resonated with me as a reminder to live mindfully.
If you're coming into this expecting a novel, don't. It's a self-help book. There's basically no story and all of the chapters are pretty much the same. As a self-help book it may have some merit and the book's irreverent attitude towards deities is occasionally entertaining, which is why it's getting two stars for entertainment.
DNF at 27%. Got this gifted but it is my least favorite genre, a self help book. In addition to this it explains the little but way too obvious things you should do to become productive (make your bed in the morning? Isn't that what your parents teach you in elementary school?) Nothing new, boring and terrible jokes only..
The main character has a dream. However, he does not try to fo anything for his dream. One day, the elephant shows up in front of him and he makes your dream come true. He helps and gives the main character many advices to achieve his dream. This book was very interesting to me and I had fun to see the main character’s growth.
とても面白くて、興味深い本です。 ガネシャという神様の課題を通して、いろいろ勉強になりました。私も悪かったけど、ただセルフヘルプの本を読んで、何もしてないということ筆者にバラされて、途中でこの本を読んで身につけようとしてみました。絶対参考として使います。一つの注意を言えば���関西弁難しいんだ! A humorous and interesting read. One learns through the many teaching stories of an elephant god name Ganesh. I was guilty in the beginning, but when the author 'found out' I was reading without applying the teachings, I tried to apply some of the principles in my work. Definitely a book to keep referring to in future. One word of warning though: I found the Kansai dialect difficult!
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I never knew that I needed a book of life and business advice from a sentient Ganesha souvenir, dispensed in a thick Osaka dialect.
The premise is simple: every day Ganesha dispenses a piece of useful advice. It's good basic business book stuff, self-help stuff. Show gratitude. Quit the bad habits. Show your support to the people closest to you. If you want to be happy and successful, you have to make active choices to improve yourself and your life. Take responsibility for your happiness.
And, book is HILARIOUS. The narrator is skeptical of this bizarre, bombastic god with lots of bad habits, who shows up uninvited and smokes cigarettes in bed and says embarrassing awkward things out loud. But at the same time, he's determined to make a change in his life, to become successful doing something only he could do. So he grudgingly, politely and feeling really awkward about it, tries out the good advice Ganesha dispenses like a wise uncle speaking thick Kansei-ben!
It was fun listening to what Ganesha say to me, but for some reason it didn't have an impressive ending. Overall, its worth reading but not more than 2 times.