This was a really cool book that really made me take a long look at myself and the way I tend to have this constant ‘fear monkey’ in me all the time, that dictates terms to me about the things I should be wary of, and those which I shouldn’t. But then I realized that in a way, I’ve got a whole load of other monkeys driving me berserk, especially when I’m at my hectic best, and that I really need to tame the wilder ones to get closer to the goals I wish to achieve in life, especially this year 2025.
I thank motivational speaker and life-coach Sfurti Sahare for penning this book and gifting me a simple way of looking into the depths of who I am, and what I can be if I can get more positive aspects of my personality into my everyday waking life. I especially tend to demotivate myself by saying that I am not as smart as most other people, especially because I don’t understand Math quite well. However, that recently changed ever since I took my very first IQ test two weeks ago and landed up with an IQ score of 133!
In all my 36 years of life, I’ve always considered myself as the plodder even though post-school I was always the topper in my class, and I guess that shows how a highly corrosive form of negative childhood conditioning can do to a person. The seeds or rather weeds of the idea that I was a plodder and not a scholar was brainwashed regularly into me at my school, and I only started to get over that detrimental and toxic negative conditioning once I stepped out of that school and into undergraduate college and onwards. Still, that thought was always there that I was a slow student because of one simple reason; I was slow with Maths. This was despite the fact that post-school I ranked either 1st, 2nd or 3rd in college and even though I was a stellar student and achiever post my sorrowful school-going days.
I’ve won 75 and more international awards, especially from the USA for my books over the past 12 years of my being a writer and yet, after doing so much and achieving so much before the age of 30 – I till two weeks ago would have hypothesized that my IQ would have been below average, maybe below 60 or something. Why? Because in school I was poor in Math. When I got my very first IQ test done after 36 years of my life and it was 133, I wanted to cry! If I had only known this, I would have gone to learn computer programming or computer software engineering like I always wanted to, instead of studying all that History and English Literature!
But anyway, better late than never! At least now thanks to my high IQ score and the simple philosophy of Sfurti Sahare’s book, I’ll make up for lost time. And I’ve got to, pronto! I’ve identified most of my major wild monkeys and I think you should too, especially if you feel that you can be better at what you are doing currently. Grab your copy of Sfurti Sahare’s book and delve into the world of Purple Islands and wild monkeys, eagles that give wisdom, and M.S. Dhoni of the Indian Cricket Team making a cameo appearance. Learn to tame your wild monkeys and nurture your human monkey, using simple to understand techniques that beat all the motivational books in your local library. Basically, do yourself a favour and get this book and make Sfurti Sahare rich!
The reading of her book came at a time when I got my first IQ score which taught me a lifetime lesson in the art of procrastination regarding ‘giving yourself some due words of praise’. I’ve never going to be so hard on myself as I was for three crucial decades of my life. My wild monkeys are not going to be painting the town red anymore for me, in fact, I’m on a roll for some more purple colour in my life. To know more, read Sfurti Sahare’s book titled ‘The Monkey Theory: Conquer Your Mental Chatter’ and start talking about the things that matter to yourself for once in your life!
You’ll thank me after you are done with the book.
‘The Monkey Theory: Conquer Your Mental Chatter’ obviously gets 5 stars from me on Goodreads. Now to blog more about it on my many websites; I’ve got work to do!