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Go Kiss the World: Life Lessons For The Young Professional
Go, kiss the world were Subroto Bagchi s blind mother s last words to him. These words became the guiding principle of his life. Subroto Bagchi grew up amidst what he calls the material simplicity of rural and small-town Orissa, imbibing from his family a sense of contentment, constant wonder, connectedness to a larger whole and learning from unusual sources. From humble beginnings, he went on to achieve extraordinary professional success, eventually co-founding MindTree, one of India s most admired software services companies. Through personal anecdotes and simple words of wisdom, Subroto Bagchi brings to the young professional lessons in working and living, energizing ordinary people to lead extraordinary lives. Go Kiss the World will be an inspiration to young India , and to those who come from small-town India, urging them to recognize and develop their inner strengths, thereby helping them realize their own, unique potential.
239 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2008
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About the author
Subroto Bagchi
20 books100 followersSubroto Bagchi is best known for co-founding MindTree in 1999 where he started as the Chief Operating Officer. MindTree is among India’s most admired companies across industries. In 2008, Bagchi took on the role of Gardener at MindTree.
In this new role, Bagchi spends one-on-one time with the Top-100 leaders at MindTree on their ‘personal-professional’ issues to expand leadership capacity and build readiness for taking MindTree into the billion-dollar league. In addition, Bagchi works at the grassroots by making himself available to its 45 Communities of Practice that foster organizational learning, innovation and volunteerism within the organization.
Bagchi has written extensively in leading newspapers and magazines, and spoken at industry platforms and educational institutions the world over. His Businessworld column - Arbor Mentis - and Times of India column - Times of Mind - were widely read and discussed. Many of these are archived at www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi.
His first book, The High Performance Entrepreneur was released in 2006 as a Penguin Portfolio publication to great critical acclaim. His second book, Go Kiss the World was released in 2008 as a Penguin Portfolio. Mark Tully hailed it as “a remarkable story of courage, integrity and enterprise”.
In this new role, Bagchi spends one-on-one time with the Top-100 leaders at MindTree on their ‘personal-professional’ issues to expand leadership capacity and build readiness for taking MindTree into the billion-dollar league. In addition, Bagchi works at the grassroots by making himself available to its 45 Communities of Practice that foster organizational learning, innovation and volunteerism within the organization.
Bagchi has written extensively in leading newspapers and magazines, and spoken at industry platforms and educational institutions the world over. His Businessworld column - Arbor Mentis - and Times of India column - Times of Mind - were widely read and discussed. Many of these are archived at www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi.
His first book, The High Performance Entrepreneur was released in 2006 as a Penguin Portfolio publication to great critical acclaim. His second book, Go Kiss the World was released in 2008 as a Penguin Portfolio. Mark Tully hailed it as “a remarkable story of courage, integrity and enterprise”.
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July 10, 2011
I'm not much into management sorts of books, and considering that this was quite interesting.
A narration by Bagchi about his life from which he drew out the lessons that he had learned along the way. Hence, the nuggets of wisdom that he has sprinkled through the book is not applicable just for work and for managers, but even to life itself.
Not a lot things that one won't already know. However, he has this way of wrapping up those things in quirky sentences and it appealed to me. Also, it is heartening to hear a person from the corporate speaking about values in black and white and taking a stand and such.
I also liked the fact that the book wasn't preachy, nor was it a doling out success formula, but simply a story of a person and what he learned along the way. What we want to draw from it is up to us.
A quick and easy read.
A narration by Bagchi about his life from which he drew out the lessons that he had learned along the way. Hence, the nuggets of wisdom that he has sprinkled through the book is not applicable just for work and for managers, but even to life itself.
Not a lot things that one won't already know. However, he has this way of wrapping up those things in quirky sentences and it appealed to me. Also, it is heartening to hear a person from the corporate speaking about values in black and white and taking a stand and such.
I also liked the fact that the book wasn't preachy, nor was it a doling out success formula, but simply a story of a person and what he learned along the way. What we want to draw from it is up to us.
A quick and easy read.
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July 22, 2017NOTES:
When you are continuously displaced, you make friends easily. You have low expectations from the unfamiliar; hence you are more pleasantly surprised than frustrated when faced with life's many ups and downs. You explore everything around you, develop curiosity - new lands, customs, food, and ways of doing things begin to draw you in.
You learn to survive on the strength of who you are, just for this day, today.
You build ingenuity in order to survive.
You trust strangers and hence, strangers trust you.
You build intuitive capability to sniff trouble - which can tell you when to leave a bar!
You become an interesting person, because you have lots of stories to tell.
Finally, you learn to move on.
"The world is not divided between the living and the dead, there is no difference between what is animate and what is inanimate,' she once told me during our teatime conversations. 'Shabda (sound) is brhma (life),' she added. Seeing that I eas unable to comprehend, she knocked on the surface if the dining table, twice, gently and asked, 'Where did the sound emanate from? Was it just my hand? No, it was the table replying to my knock. If I were to knock on any other surface, the sound will be very different, varied each time. It is the way the seemingly inanimate world speaks to you. There is brhma in everything. As long as you are willing to knock, even the inanimate will respond. Each time, without fail. Where there is shabda, there is brhma. Animate and inanimate are distinctions born of perception. In reality, everything is living."
There are two futures, the future of fate and the future of desire, and a man's reason has never learnt to separate them.
No other profession teaches you the true worth of your own abilities than a sales job. The reason is simple: the outcome is completely binary. Either you have made a sale or you have not.
Silicon Valley Indian Professionals Association (SIPA)
From Dr. Mitta I learnt that the first rule of managing is to listen. This is something most bosses find difficult to do because they do not know that in order to listen, you must first suspend all judgement. As chief technology officer of the corporation, Dr. Mitta was an epitome of accessibility. The juniormost engineer could simply walk into his office, pull up a chair and sound out what could be sometimes the most absurd technical idea or a trivial pesonal issue. Dr. Mitta would always listen intently before offering his advice.
He also taught me the meaning of humility, that knowledge and arrogance are antithecal. To be a good leader, one must first be a good human being.
Dr. Elliot Jacques first coined the term mid-life crisis in 1965 in a study of creative geniuses. He found that during this period there are abrupt changes in lifestyle or productivity. It is accompanied by a desire for change brought on by fears and anxieties about growing old.
In the Panchatantra, there is a story of a poor Brahmin who sees an old tiger in a forest. The tiger has a golden bangle in his paws and offers it to the man.The man is frightened and doesn't want to go near the tiger. The tiger moans that he is too old to hunt and kill and is now at the end of his life. He is toothless and his claws have all but fallen. The tiger wants to make penance by offering the bagle to a good man so that he can atone for a life of violence. he requests the Brahmin to take a dip in the pond nearby and receive the bangle from him so that he can breathe his last. The animal sounds so genuine, the poor Brahmin pities the tiger; he believes the story. He enters the pond, only to get stuck in the mud. The tiger promptly devours the Brahmin. The question is: Who killed the man? Is it the tiger or the man's greed?
Many years later, I read Otto Scharmer's book U Theory that reminded me of the sessions at the shore house. In many ways, our work during the two days was like travelling 'through the U' as Scharmer tells you - an experience of 'sensing' in the beginning as you travel down the U, 'presencing' as you settle at the bottom and then the experience of 'realizing' as you move up the right side of the U. The process is what he calls 'leading from the future'. As you move from sensing to presencing, you first learn to let go, before you can 'let come'. Answers often jump out of the stillness of your mind.
Uruguayan team's air-crash case study:
In October 1972, an Uruguayan rugby team had chartered a Fairchild F-227 to get to Chile. Flying over Argentina, the plane met with rough weather over the Andes and crashed and many aboard dies on a snowbound peak. The people who were in the fuselage escaped miraculously as the rear section slid out on the snow. What followed is a tale of hope and hopelessness as the survivors went through a seventy-two-day ordeal during which they had to, at one stage, eat the flesh of their dead compatriots in order to stay alive. Through this real story of courage and determination, powerful leadership lesson emerged. Through the course of the crash and the return to civilization, those who finally made it underwent live lessons in leadership, emergent in a situational manner, witnessing power shifts within the group from one phase to the next.
Mother Teresa once said, 'God does not require us to succeed, he only asks us to try.'
Growth brings with itself a struggle between the centrifugal forces that want to explore the boundaries of limit and the centripetal forces that want to hold on to what is the core. Unless the two are in harmony, there is inevitability of an organisation caving in under its own ambitions.
Leaders need to view infrastructure at three levels: the physical, the intellectual and the emotional.
'Never think of retirement.' He explained that is was necessary to live a full life. Never think of retiring,' he repeated. 'When you get older, begin to reduce your work. Work less. But do not give up work.'
Everyone wants to earn a million, build a house, send the kids to a good school and retire. It is such a wasteful thought. All we need to do is to take a walk in a busy marketplace one morning and look at the number of daily wage earners who are looking for the opportunity to work. yet, thousands of us who do not have to deal with such uncertainty want to simple stop working! We do not realize how lucky we are to be able to get up in the morning and go to someplace where work awaits us.
Open your mind before you open your mouth.
Go kiss the world
• It’s all in the mind
• The power to receive
• To get, you must first give
• Connect with people
• Life is constant negotiation
• The slippery slope of over-achievement
• The marginal person is important
• Passion is what passion does
• The power of resilience
• The key to happiness is not money
• Look beyond yourself
• Real men say sorry
• Learn to forgive yourself
• Self-doubt is positive
When you are continuously displaced, you make friends easily. You have low expectations from the unfamiliar; hence you are more pleasantly surprised than frustrated when faced with life's many ups and downs. You explore everything around you, develop curiosity - new lands, customs, food, and ways of doing things begin to draw you in.
You learn to survive on the strength of who you are, just for this day, today.
You build ingenuity in order to survive.
You trust strangers and hence, strangers trust you.
You build intuitive capability to sniff trouble - which can tell you when to leave a bar!
You become an interesting person, because you have lots of stories to tell.
Finally, you learn to move on.
"The world is not divided between the living and the dead, there is no difference between what is animate and what is inanimate,' she once told me during our teatime conversations. 'Shabda (sound) is brhma (life),' she added. Seeing that I eas unable to comprehend, she knocked on the surface if the dining table, twice, gently and asked, 'Where did the sound emanate from? Was it just my hand? No, it was the table replying to my knock. If I were to knock on any other surface, the sound will be very different, varied each time. It is the way the seemingly inanimate world speaks to you. There is brhma in everything. As long as you are willing to knock, even the inanimate will respond. Each time, without fail. Where there is shabda, there is brhma. Animate and inanimate are distinctions born of perception. In reality, everything is living."
There are two futures, the future of fate and the future of desire, and a man's reason has never learnt to separate them.
No other profession teaches you the true worth of your own abilities than a sales job. The reason is simple: the outcome is completely binary. Either you have made a sale or you have not.
Silicon Valley Indian Professionals Association (SIPA)
From Dr. Mitta I learnt that the first rule of managing is to listen. This is something most bosses find difficult to do because they do not know that in order to listen, you must first suspend all judgement. As chief technology officer of the corporation, Dr. Mitta was an epitome of accessibility. The juniormost engineer could simply walk into his office, pull up a chair and sound out what could be sometimes the most absurd technical idea or a trivial pesonal issue. Dr. Mitta would always listen intently before offering his advice.
He also taught me the meaning of humility, that knowledge and arrogance are antithecal. To be a good leader, one must first be a good human being.
Dr. Elliot Jacques first coined the term mid-life crisis in 1965 in a study of creative geniuses. He found that during this period there are abrupt changes in lifestyle or productivity. It is accompanied by a desire for change brought on by fears and anxieties about growing old.
In the Panchatantra, there is a story of a poor Brahmin who sees an old tiger in a forest. The tiger has a golden bangle in his paws and offers it to the man.The man is frightened and doesn't want to go near the tiger. The tiger moans that he is too old to hunt and kill and is now at the end of his life. He is toothless and his claws have all but fallen. The tiger wants to make penance by offering the bagle to a good man so that he can atone for a life of violence. he requests the Brahmin to take a dip in the pond nearby and receive the bangle from him so that he can breathe his last. The animal sounds so genuine, the poor Brahmin pities the tiger; he believes the story. He enters the pond, only to get stuck in the mud. The tiger promptly devours the Brahmin. The question is: Who killed the man? Is it the tiger or the man's greed?
Many years later, I read Otto Scharmer's book U Theory that reminded me of the sessions at the shore house. In many ways, our work during the two days was like travelling 'through the U' as Scharmer tells you - an experience of 'sensing' in the beginning as you travel down the U, 'presencing' as you settle at the bottom and then the experience of 'realizing' as you move up the right side of the U. The process is what he calls 'leading from the future'. As you move from sensing to presencing, you first learn to let go, before you can 'let come'. Answers often jump out of the stillness of your mind.
Uruguayan team's air-crash case study:
In October 1972, an Uruguayan rugby team had chartered a Fairchild F-227 to get to Chile. Flying over Argentina, the plane met with rough weather over the Andes and crashed and many aboard dies on a snowbound peak. The people who were in the fuselage escaped miraculously as the rear section slid out on the snow. What followed is a tale of hope and hopelessness as the survivors went through a seventy-two-day ordeal during which they had to, at one stage, eat the flesh of their dead compatriots in order to stay alive. Through this real story of courage and determination, powerful leadership lesson emerged. Through the course of the crash and the return to civilization, those who finally made it underwent live lessons in leadership, emergent in a situational manner, witnessing power shifts within the group from one phase to the next.
Mother Teresa once said, 'God does not require us to succeed, he only asks us to try.'
Growth brings with itself a struggle between the centrifugal forces that want to explore the boundaries of limit and the centripetal forces that want to hold on to what is the core. Unless the two are in harmony, there is inevitability of an organisation caving in under its own ambitions.
Leaders need to view infrastructure at three levels: the physical, the intellectual and the emotional.
'Never think of retirement.' He explained that is was necessary to live a full life. Never think of retiring,' he repeated. 'When you get older, begin to reduce your work. Work less. But do not give up work.'
Everyone wants to earn a million, build a house, send the kids to a good school and retire. It is such a wasteful thought. All we need to do is to take a walk in a busy marketplace one morning and look at the number of daily wage earners who are looking for the opportunity to work. yet, thousands of us who do not have to deal with such uncertainty want to simple stop working! We do not realize how lucky we are to be able to get up in the morning and go to someplace where work awaits us.
Open your mind before you open your mouth.
Go kiss the world
• It’s all in the mind
• The power to receive
• To get, you must first give
• Connect with people
• Life is constant negotiation
• The slippery slope of over-achievement
• The marginal person is important
• Passion is what passion does
• The power of resilience
• The key to happiness is not money
• Look beyond yourself
• Real men say sorry
• Learn to forgive yourself
• Self-doubt is positive
February 22, 2012
"Go Kiss the world" by Subroto Bagchi is nice book to read not only for person from IT industry but for person from any other professional world.
What I liked about the book is the way he has elaborated his journey from villages in Orissa to boardrooms of New Jersy / Banglore. This is not a book about how MindTree started and its journey but this book is about Subroto Bagchi's life experiences. Its interesting to read how he got such a varied experience in Operations, Sales, Marketing, General Management etc in his career and most importantly how a man who neither learn computers nor did any MBA, started India's first Venture capital funded IT company.
But there is one thing which is missing from the book and that is how the MindTree "actually" started doing business. He has explained very well about his and his friends/colleagues state of mind about doing something on their own and his midlife crisis. But there is no reference to how MindTree got their first client.
Best part of book is towards its end, last two chapters (Life's personal Angels & Go, Kiss the world), its like a summary of his life learning.
What I liked about the book is the way he has elaborated his journey from villages in Orissa to boardrooms of New Jersy / Banglore. This is not a book about how MindTree started and its journey but this book is about Subroto Bagchi's life experiences. Its interesting to read how he got such a varied experience in Operations, Sales, Marketing, General Management etc in his career and most importantly how a man who neither learn computers nor did any MBA, started India's first Venture capital funded IT company.
But there is one thing which is missing from the book and that is how the MindTree "actually" started doing business. He has explained very well about his and his friends/colleagues state of mind about doing something on their own and his midlife crisis. But there is no reference to how MindTree got their first client.
Best part of book is towards its end, last two chapters (Life's personal Angels & Go, Kiss the world), its like a summary of his life learning.
May 26, 2012
How a middle-class person went all the way through his journey to be one of the co-founders of MindTree. It was simple to read and the way he shared the lessons that he learnt from his life is very good. The book is not about his company but as a part of his journey, he covered the part of MindTree days as well. The author described many people whom he was influenced with and their personalities, the values that they stick to which is good to know about. I would definitely remember the material simplicity that their parents taught him and what he continued to have.
Enjoyed reading it.
Enjoyed reading it.
July 30, 2013
This book made me feel that adage "You don't find the book, The book finds you" is indeed true. Generally i find it an arduous task to complete an autobio but the wonderful narration of the book made this book an exciting read. One of the rare non-fiction books that i could not simply put down until it was finished. As a connoisseur of quotes(if there is a thing like that!), quotes are peppered through out the book. "Open your mind before you open your mouth"takes the cake.
A forward by Azim Premji would have been an icing on the cake :)
A forward by Azim Premji would have been an icing on the cake :)
October 6, 2009
Books from management big shots are a dime a dozen, found this to be a slightly different one. Quite a small volume, filled with anecdotes and simple to read sums this book up.
I did not have a high flying expectation from the book and it wasn't much of a ground breaking work either. It has all the stamps of a quiet,consummate professional.
Perceptions about this book vary and I would recommend it for those who prefer a simple, quiet read from a sound management mind.
I did not have a high flying expectation from the book and it wasn't much of a ground breaking work either. It has all the stamps of a quiet,consummate professional.
Perceptions about this book vary and I would recommend it for those who prefer a simple, quiet read from a sound management mind.
November 20, 2009
Beautiful book, Story of how a disoriented graduate nurtured himself to be a professional and actually the founder of one of the most respected and admired companies in Indian IT space.
The book has loads of learning on values, ethics, conduct and generally the life for young and established professional. Overall a good read.
The book has loads of learning on values, ethics, conduct and generally the life for young and established professional. Overall a good read.
December 12, 2011
“Go Kiss the World” is a mixed bag, but it never reaches the mark set by JWelch or Iaccoca. It’s a story about a man with ordinary roots who turned it into an extraordinary life. Subroto Bagchi’s journey is memorable, but unfortunately the book isn’t.
You can fine the complete review on http://turningpagesbook.blogspot.com/...
You can fine the complete review on http://turningpagesbook.blogspot.com/...
September 8, 2019
Terrific title which wanted me to pick up this book. The memoirs of a corporate professional is written in an engaging style which is aimed at providing "lessons" for the young professional as the sub-title duly informs the reader. The first quarter of the book is quite fascinating as it deals with Mr. Bagchi's unique personal circumstances and growing up years. However, the middle suffers from the usual 'sluggish middle' syndrome. The corporate shenanigans is not written in as engaging a style as the first bit and is likely to lose the lay reader. However, overall, it's an interesting memoir.
July 5, 2012
Subroto has one important message for the current generation about to start their careers - do not overplan. As Rabbi Sherre Hirsch says "We Plan, God laughs". God does laugh even at Subroto every now and then, and to overcome this he shows how a heads down approach has worked very well for him, and should work for most of us too.
One flaw in the book from my perspective is that even Subroto falls prey to presenting his DCM experience with a senior manager as a "I'm right, and he was wrong" view. Similarly with his last conversation in WIPRO with Azim Premji. Humility? Errrrr...
One flaw in the book from my perspective is that even Subroto falls prey to presenting his DCM experience with a senior manager as a "I'm right, and he was wrong" view. Similarly with his last conversation in WIPRO with Azim Premji. Humility? Errrrr...
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June 25, 2014No doubt It is a great work.Ever since reading this book the mán Subroto Bagchi is my hero. I wánted to buy his company share. Now Mind Tree share price gone up three fold.It is very sad I could not buy the shares. The book is simple narration of his hard and good times in life. He is very open and down-to-earth. His molding of outlook and character in the village life turned very crucial to fáce great challenges in his professional world. It is an amazing saga of a village boy coming to the helm of a corporate venture Mind Tree. The reading of the book is ámazingly interesting
July 26, 2013
a great book for young professionals like us who have just started working in any organisation and wondering what next. lessons illustrated are truly the ones to keep close to your heart. quotes are worth remembering like "open your mind, before you open your mouth" and my favourite "when you choose the way you also choose the consequences"
November 30, 2019
Are you looking for life lessons or professional mentoring, this book has answers to most of your questions in the simplest way possible.
It gives you a feeling that known is a drop and unknown is a ocean. Makes one feel humbled.
Narration is so gripping that I could not put down the book. Highly recommend a read.
It gives you a feeling that known is a drop and unknown is a ocean. Makes one feel humbled.
Narration is so gripping that I could not put down the book. Highly recommend a read.
June 10, 2010
My all time favourite book. I turn to it so often. Check this url for my review
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October 17, 2011
Hats off to Mr. Bagchi's mother. 'Have used this phrase several times since then and every time I got 'ohs' and aahs'..
August 3, 2015
The lessons to take away are many and very true too. But I personally felt that the book isn't well written, the chapters work in SILOS.
August 26, 2014
A great book with a lot valuable lessons for young people.
September 16, 2014
Many pointers to be taken from this book. The simplcity and humility of the author makes you smile while completing the last page of the book
November 18, 2019
An interesting & inspiring autobiography of Subroto where he shares how he started as a young professional to eventually co-founding multimillion dollar @Mindtree Ltd. The title, “Go Kiss the World” are the last words of his blind mother and as per Subroto they became guiding principle of his life and are telling him to stay connected to a larger world existence and live his life instead of being sad for his mother
Book enlist valuable life lessons and Subroto stresses on believing in yourself and the need to connect with people however ‘marginal’ they may seem to be
Key take away from the book is that you must know yourself: your values, your strengths, your weaknesses. You must find those whom have common threads, but their own strengths to come together and blossom.
Success is about the vision and the ability to rise above pain. It is about imagination, about sensitivity to small people, about building inclusion, about connectedness to the larger world, about personal tenacity. It is about giving back more to life and creating extraordinary success with ordinary lives.
Success is not the ability to create a dogmatic end state but a process of continuous thinking. It’s not about what you create for yourself but about what you leave behind. It’s about a sense of larger connectedness with the world. Success is not about seeing the world but it is about seeing the light.
A leader does not mean be the best and do everything. A leader is an orchestrator that can see the larger picture, always in tune with reality and alert for anything. Similar to dressing for the job you want, you must run your business like you want your business to develop into.
Book enlist valuable life lessons and Subroto stresses on believing in yourself and the need to connect with people however ‘marginal’ they may seem to be
Key take away from the book is that you must know yourself: your values, your strengths, your weaknesses. You must find those whom have common threads, but their own strengths to come together and blossom.
Success is about the vision and the ability to rise above pain. It is about imagination, about sensitivity to small people, about building inclusion, about connectedness to the larger world, about personal tenacity. It is about giving back more to life and creating extraordinary success with ordinary lives.
Success is not the ability to create a dogmatic end state but a process of continuous thinking. It’s not about what you create for yourself but about what you leave behind. It’s about a sense of larger connectedness with the world. Success is not about seeing the world but it is about seeing the light.
A leader does not mean be the best and do everything. A leader is an orchestrator that can see the larger picture, always in tune with reality and alert for anything. Similar to dressing for the job you want, you must run your business like you want your business to develop into.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 29, 2020
📚 rating - 4.5/5
|| Book Review || - 🍁 The book, Go Kiss The World By Subroto Bagchi, is an author's life journey. The book has Twenty-five chapters.
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🍁 The book begins with his mother telling him to go kiss the world. He has described his early childhood life as an extremely simple. Professional turning points and lessons shared could turn out to be useful while induction training in any company, as they would surely have very deep impact on everyone who wants to make his career extra-ordinarily satisfying.
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🍁 This book has almost everything, good for self-help, for career and personality development and also for developing mental-strength. The Title of the book is very Impactful as it tells the reader to live life fully.
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|| Personal Insight || - 🌸 The book, Go Kiss The World, is very profound in terms of life-lessons. The author has told his story in a very subtle manner which would touch the reader's heart and soul.
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🌸 Beginning from childhood, he talks about how life has shaped him in what he has achieved to become. Even professional lessons he learned have been shared. Every phase of his life is relatable enough and the reader would feel as if some old friend is pouring his heart out in front of the reader. The writing style is very lucid. Storyline is presented in sync with how his personality shaped.
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🌸 I, personally, loved that instance where an author talks about having hobby and taking out time for that hobby. I am a firm believer in having hobby as that can help in building personality in many ways.
|| Book Review || - 🍁 The book, Go Kiss The World By Subroto Bagchi, is an author's life journey. The book has Twenty-five chapters.
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🍁 The book begins with his mother telling him to go kiss the world. He has described his early childhood life as an extremely simple. Professional turning points and lessons shared could turn out to be useful while induction training in any company, as they would surely have very deep impact on everyone who wants to make his career extra-ordinarily satisfying.
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🍁 This book has almost everything, good for self-help, for career and personality development and also for developing mental-strength. The Title of the book is very Impactful as it tells the reader to live life fully.
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|| Personal Insight || - 🌸 The book, Go Kiss The World, is very profound in terms of life-lessons. The author has told his story in a very subtle manner which would touch the reader's heart and soul.
🍂
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🌸 Beginning from childhood, he talks about how life has shaped him in what he has achieved to become. Even professional lessons he learned have been shared. Every phase of his life is relatable enough and the reader would feel as if some old friend is pouring his heart out in front of the reader. The writing style is very lucid. Storyline is presented in sync with how his personality shaped.
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🌸 I, personally, loved that instance where an author talks about having hobby and taking out time for that hobby. I am a firm believer in having hobby as that can help in building personality in many ways.
September 15, 2017
'Go, kiss the world' were Bagchi's blind mother's last words which became the guiding principle of his life.
I generally don't read self help book (they make me feel even more helpless)
But this one was quite fascinating. The narrator recounts how he rose from a clerk in a govt office to a co-founder of a IT startup. The lessons were interesting, especially the ones when he worked for Wipro. Few things really stuck with me after I closed the book. Although, some things (like names and their history) were dull, little stories of Bagchi kept me going. I don't know if this is the best book out there for management, but If you are hungry for knowledge or simply want to gain some valuable life lessons, I would totally recommend it!
I generally don't read self help book (they make me feel even more helpless)
But this one was quite fascinating. The narrator recounts how he rose from a clerk in a govt office to a co-founder of a IT startup. The lessons were interesting, especially the ones when he worked for Wipro. Few things really stuck with me after I closed the book. Although, some things (like names and their history) were dull, little stories of Bagchi kept me going. I don't know if this is the best book out there for management, but If you are hungry for knowledge or simply want to gain some valuable life lessons, I would totally recommend it!
July 18, 2021
I would recommend this book.
I loved the writing style and the flow of the book. Thankfully I started reading this book on Saturday which gave me enough time to finish it in one go. Subroto shared his life learnings right from his birth to his challenges in corporate life. Being from the software industry I could easily relate to the narrative. I had heard about Mindtree but never got an opportunity to read about it, and this book presents a good part of it. I am grateful to Subroto, for this book will motivate and encourage the young generation and play a role in building a better world.
I loved the writing style and the flow of the book. Thankfully I started reading this book on Saturday which gave me enough time to finish it in one go. Subroto shared his life learnings right from his birth to his challenges in corporate life. Being from the software industry I could easily relate to the narrative. I had heard about Mindtree but never got an opportunity to read about it, and this book presents a good part of it. I am grateful to Subroto, for this book will motivate and encourage the young generation and play a role in building a better world.
November 12, 2024
"My story is not one of overcoming deprivation and poverty. My life is about contentment, about the possibility that ordinary people can aim to do extraordinary things."
Bagchi's book is a guiding light for all dreamers. Its tonality makes me rethink my own childhood memories and the narratives I have for them. However, my key takeaway was that achieving high designations is not a trade-off with simple living. The author gives many instances from his life in the business world to preach the values one needs to excel professionally.
Bagchi's book is a guiding light for all dreamers. Its tonality makes me rethink my own childhood memories and the narratives I have for them. However, my key takeaway was that achieving high designations is not a trade-off with simple living. The author gives many instances from his life in the business world to preach the values one needs to excel professionally.
May 13, 2017
This is a management cum autobiography cum inspirational book which teaches you how you should never deny any kind of work which you are asked to do and keep the energy on. This book encapsulates how an ordinary man from ordinary suburbs of Orissa began his journey leading to founding one of the acclaimed IT company in India- Mindtree. This was in a true sense my first management book and I loved how simply Subroto Bagchi has described his ascetic bringing and hardships of the early job.
June 7, 2019
Its a light read but if you pay attention to the subtle details, there is so much to learn. Lessons of life conveyed with such ease that you can totally relate to each of the experiences mentioned in the book from the author's life. The book gives out positive vibes in each of its pages and you feel a small change inside of you by the time you reach the last page! Totally recommend it to all the young professionals sailing in the same boat... no matter where we are!
February 6, 2020
The book sends a strong message about the important of socializing and developing connections! The author talks about uncertainty in life, human values and taking Action. Some good insights here and there..
The book starts at a brisk pace, slows down in part 2 and slows down further in Part 3.
The narration gets tedious at many places where random people and their contributions at work are mentioned.
The book starts at a brisk pace, slows down in part 2 and slows down further in Part 3.
The narration gets tedious at many places where random people and their contributions at work are mentioned.
August 30, 2023
It is a book filled with nuggets of wisdom, and it is inspiring to read about his journey from a very modest beginning to being a co-founder of a successful company. But I'd have preferred if he had elaborated on the mistakes he made in his life (which seem very few if you read this book) and the lessons he learned from it. It would make it more truthful and appealing to me.
Verdict: Definitely a good read, could have been better.
Verdict: Definitely a good read, could have been better.
September 5, 2018
This one from Subroto Bagchi is a good read. It explains some useful advice for the young generation, basically the career mistakes. The journey from being an employee to an entrepreneur is also detailed. Also, the making of Mindtree is described in brief. Overall a good read for someone who has begun his career and has an entrepreneurial mindset.
August 24, 2019
Very few lessons which seem original.
The writer has written an autobiography and provided a twist by calling it lessons for the professional. There is very little you can draw parallels on based on the life Bagchi narrates and you own professional life. The book lacks research and depth.
Some portions are good and worth remembering like when he switches from manufacturing to sales
The writer has written an autobiography and provided a twist by calling it lessons for the professional. There is very little you can draw parallels on based on the life Bagchi narrates and you own professional life. The book lacks research and depth.
Some portions are good and worth remembering like when he switches from manufacturing to sales
February 14, 2020
An amazing story of an amazing man. The story of someone surfacing right from the bottom and travelling go the zenith. A book which gives me hope that I can make it too. That an average Indian or for that matter any average person can make it big. A story well told but more import a life well lived. Go Kiss the world.
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