Book Review : I Bought the Monk's Ferrari

After a huge success of "If God was a Banker", Ravi Subramanian has cooked another food for thought, "I bought the Monk's Ferrari". What amused me the most was the coincidence of me reading Robin Sharma's "Monk who sold his Ferrari" just a a couple of days before i came across this book. I knew one thing for sure, that even the author has gone through the book before writing his version of it, and that even he had got a blatant feeling of the fact that "To sold a Ferrari you need to have one", and thus began a story of how a young man dreams of a Ferrari and achieves it.
The book is divided into well organized sections. First to come is, the author's close brush off with his dream car. What comes next is the Ten Commandments for success (Owning a Ferrari).Finally the author talks about what a Ferrari actually is, (His perception of Ferrari). The book is quite engaging right from the first page where the author dedicates his book to all those for whom "Any car other than Ferrari is a shame". With first few chapters, the Author seamlessly breathes life into the masterpiece by FIAT Company. Then the ten commandants’ section leaves no aspect of being successful untouched. Though at times the reader feels like too much of pious thought to take, but then the author successfully avoids the pit by quoting right examples at right occasions. Rather, for all commandments, the author has plotted convincing examples which actually keep the readers bound to the book.

To sum up, what’s most convincing in the whole book is the methodology adopted by author, “Explain it by examples”. The methodology not only convinces you about the fact that success is achievable, but also helps you make role models for success, which I suppose is very important in today’s scenario. However I should point at a fact that the book fails to touch a larger crossection of Indian society, and that it skims through the society of elites… Notwithstanding, the book does well to lay down a general guideline for success. The ground work is off course up to you sir!!!

Book Review: The Alchemist

An account of an entrepreneurial journey of a young boy named “Santiago”. A boy who believes in his recurrent dreams, who knows how to read Omens, who has given up a cozy life of priests for being a shepherd and travel far and wide… The above description may sound as yet another story, written on achieving dreams, living up destiny and blah blah. But I’ll rate that thought of yours as a sheer misjudgment. The value enhancing effect of the book can't be expressed in words, and thus my blog gives you an incomplete picture on the whole story (which of course I am not going to say, lest i break out all the suspense in the story). But yes there are surely few things i would love to talk about, First one being the quote "When you want something, the whole world conspires to help you achieve it". You'll love to believe, that this is true. But as you go through the story, you'll find how seamlessly the author, Paulo Coelho successfully proves this to be a truth.
Next is the discussion of "Omens", which forms a decisive factor at many points in the story.
Finally what comes is the phrase "The whole universe speaks one language” what the author calls as "The Language of universe". I am yet to delve deeper into this one.

To sum up, I would say, that what makes the book outstanding is its ability to connect to our daily life and aspirations; to top it up Paulo Coelho is a legend, right??

Secure your loved ones after you

What is it that you are most afraid of? Most of us will say ‘DEATH’. Not many of us love thinking or talking about it, but then lets face it, Death is the most inevitable truth of our life. The moment we think about it, the first thing that comes to our mind is who is going to look after our loved ones and the most obvious answer is… No one. No one in this world can substitute your presence in their life, however you can make your absence less painful for them by securing the future of loved ones.

The first thing that comes to our mind is getting our self insured. That is precisely something for which the site http://www.advantagetermlife.com/ has come up. Now you can find the plan that suits you and your pocket. You can Save Money on Insurance and also find an array of options personalized to your needs, for example Key man Coverage, Employee Benefit Package, Family Insurance, etc.

The website provides you with a list insurance companies you can invest in. Also there is a provision for you to compare the premium rates, gives you Insurance Plans Pros and Cons, the cheapest rates , and what no. Go get your Insurance Plans Pros and Cons now :-)

Setting up and processing credit card payments

At a certain level, quality of a product from any organization tends to be the same. What acts as a major differentiator is the customer service. The ease with which your customer can access your products, the ease with which they can purchase it and your responsiveness to issues faced by customer once a product is purchased and is in use. Of these three major aspects of customer service, The issue of receiving payment from customer is successfully taken care by only a few organizations. Keeping this problem in mind, http://www.aplusmerchant.com/ has come up with a definitive solution for all the new companies and entrepreneurs who are fairly new to the concept of Visa & Mastercard Payment Solutions . The website offers a dummies guide to Visa & Mastercard Payment Solutions, and to add to it, the website also gives you an array of facilities and you can opt for a solution that best suits your business

If you are offering your products or services on internet, through a website, receiving credit card payment from the customers is a 'must follow' rule. Researches on online behavior of customers more than approve this fact. However, Accepting Credit Cards on Website requires some amount of speculation based on the products and services sold, where in high risk contents can be charged higher than others. You can apply at Website Billing Service to set up an online payment account for your website.

But there is much more to this kind of payment than it appears to the common eyes. There are several security issues and hassles involved in accepting payments. Right from setting up machines to swipe a card till actually ensuring that your phone connection is working is a demanding task; however there are always work around solutions to all problems. You can find out more on how to Setup Credit Card Processing at www.aplusmerchant.com. To apply for this service Merchant Account Application Form on the website can be used.

Miss it or use it is your call, but keep in mind the edge you may lose by not paying attention to customer convenience.

MEntrepreneurship- Becoming Entrepreneur Mentally

The first step:

Are you divided on how to steer your future … You have plans that aren't materializing? Or for that matter you aren't working on it? Hey you started working on it and suddenly midway you dropped the idea (That's cool :-)). You aren't happy with you are today or you aren't sure what you are going to be a couple of years down the line and feel that you are simply driven by flow of time, just like another dead fish flowing along the stream of river…
Chill dude you are in same band as me. But then if you say yes to all the questions above, then wait a minute, I am better placed than you are, cause I have plans and I am working on it.(To add to it , I haven't dropped the idea as of yet). Ok, my plans are a different issue at all. Let's talk about what your plans are!!! I know that's a tough question to answer, but believe me it's not all that tough.
Now let me help you do some planning. All you need to do is answer my few questions to yourself and then what you'll have at the end will be a right kind of plan.
So your first question is: Are you happy and content with the kind of lifestyle you have? Are you sure that you are well prepared to take you problems by horns every time they come (I mean something like mid life crisis, child upbringing, ageing parents, etc). If your answer is yes, then let me congratulate you for being the luckiest person on earth and I would advise you not to read further. If you say 'No', then keep reading…
Now, you said you aren't happy. So what is it that's ailing you? Just give it a thought… Vivekananda once said that "Whatever you are today is a result of what you did 5 years back". So that means you had at some point of time decided to be, what you are today! So what are you unhappy with??? It means that you were double minded when you took a decision 5 years back. Correct? No, I am wrong when I say that, because you never knew how life is going to be once you reach your destination. In nutshell your present is the result of the decision you took in past and unfortunately that decision was taken in ignorance and without thorough knowledge of facts. So now take a deep breath, and try to recall a person whom you admire most. Found him? Take my word, the lifestyle of the person, his profession (if no profession exactly, then at least the income from it) and his image is your dream. But once again, before making this dream your GOAL, do a thorough research on the kind of problems that person is facing, in case you are ready to take it, you are well on your way.

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