The 3 Mistakes of My Life

Don’t worry; I am not going to discuss ‘The 3 mistakes of MY Life’. It is the book titled ‘The 3 Mistakes of my Life’ which I read yesterday. The Book is written by our very own IIM Grad – Mr. Chetan Bhagat. I prefixed IIM rather than suffixing it mainly because that prefix says everything about the caliber of that person.
As I Said, I read it yesterday and I read it in one go. The book is very interesting. It is a typical Chetan Bhagat Book. After the humungous success of his ‘Five Point Someone’ and 'One night @ call centre’, the expectations of readers from his 3rd book was sky high. And let me tell you, the author has kept up with the expectations. The book is really very interesting.
The book tells a story about this young guy called Govind Patel from Ahmadabad, who has dream of owning a business. He takes help of his friends, Ish and Omi to start a business. But it’s easier said than done. To achieve their aim, they have to go through various troubles, pitfalls and above all their own mistakes. The book tells you how they face all these problems and come out of it.
The tag line of the book is – ‘The story about Business, Cricket and Religion’.
This shows that the author has touched those issues which are very important and close to almost every Indian. Thus, this is a book that every Indian can relate to.
The book has very interesting twist and turns that keeps you at the edge of your seat. The last episode or rather chapter where the three young lads fight with the people of their own community to save a kid from another community has been portrayed beautifully. The only negative aspect about the book is the timing of the narration of those 3 mistakes. They come when you least expect them. The last mistake is not very appealing as there are many other mistakes which are more important than the last one. The Book has a little bit of Vulgarity as you can expect it from a Chetan Bhagat Book. But all in all a must read for everyone. The most important aspect of any book is that it should never get boring and it should keep the reader on the edge of his seat. This has been beautifully executed by the author by his witty sense of humor and wonderful frame of sentences. The most important thing about the book is that the author has touched those issues that are relevant to majority of Indians .There is nothing important to learn from this book but as I said it’s a Chetan bhagat book . You expect more entertainment and less moral messages from his book .The NewYork Times apprised him by saying-‘The biggest selling English-Language novelist in India’s history’. And by reading this book, one can easily conclude that the author truly deserves such kind of admiration. If you start reading it, I am sure you will finish it off in one go.The book truly leaves an indelible impression.

Selecting an MBA college - A Herculean Task

Bye Bye ICFAI :-( . Since the last couple of weeks , I am completely in the state of dilemma. As you know I joined ICFAI Pune for pursuing MBA .It's been a great one month in ICFAI. I came across a few good friends who I thought would be friends forever. But last week I came to know that I am selected in K.J.Somaiya for Retail MBA. I was completely confused.To add to the confusion , my CET results are still pending. I have unjoined ICFAI Pune, as K.J.Somaiya is surely the better option than ICFAI, and I lost my 1st installment of INR 80,000 which is non-refundable(It hurts) .Now I have to pay INR 1,60,000 at K.J.Somaiya as 1st year fees. KJ.Somaiya is no doubt a good college and has a good brand name in the industry. But what if I pay the fees here and I get through a good college through CET whose results will come in a month’s time. I’ll have to sacrifice this 1,60,000 plus 80,000 of ICFAI totaling to almost 2.5 lacs(It hurts more badly).And what if i dont take an admision in K.J.Somaiya and to my dismay i also don't get a good college through CET . It would be like धोबी का कुत्ता ,ना घर का ना घाट का .I don’t understand what to do.I am completely perplexed. I think i'll have to take risk and take an admission in K.J.Somaiya. I still have time. I’ll think about it from all angles and try to analyze my situation and will come up to an optimal solution taking into consideration the fees, the college reputation, the pay packages etc. Lets see what's in store for me.
Leave this thing aside. what i actually want to tell is that this particular episode made me realized about a very important thing which I would like to share. In order to become a successful manager, along with good communication and persuasive skills ,you should also have following mentioned skills.:
-Decision Making ability

-Thinking from different angles or perspectives.

-Choosing a best alternative

I think before getting into an MBA college, the selection procedure, choosing the best college from the available, group discussion, interviews and all this stuff surely trains you to become a good manager. While selecting a college, we have to think a lot which improves our thinking ability from different perspectives. We choose the best college among the alternatives that we have.We analyze all the colleges based on different parameters and then finally get into the college that we feel is the best among the choices we have.This also enhances our decision making ability where we choose the best and optimal alternative among a number possible solutions and among the number of resources we have. I think a person who goes through such kind of situation while getting into an MBA college will surely do wonders in his course.