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The Ramblings of a Megalomaniac Consumed with Cynicism and Hubris

Sameer Bhakhri
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Genre: Self-Improvement, Job & Career
Language: English
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Nirvana, anyone? Utopia, perhaps? Absolutely attainable and within your grasp! It took several years of experiments, mistakes and a lot of learning for the author to find his version of nirvana. From describing the challenges we create for ourselves in pursuit of our utopias to sharing his experiences, learnings and the path the author thereby discovered, this book is meant to help you discover your own utopias and achieve your nirvanas.

"Sameer has been there, done that: built a successful corporate career, left on a high to make a difference to the world - and in this book, he distils his life experiences and learnings succinctly. A quick breezy read, but one that makes you ponder over everything you do.”
- Arun Panicker, Ex-CXO, CRISIL, currently living life on his own terms.

"Sameer's book is a fantastic attempt at unravelling the complexity around supposedly weighty decisions. The first part of the book attempts to look at our belief systems and limiting thoughts; the second focuses on actionable principles around which people can anchor their thinking to 'explore' solutions. This book will make the reader sit up and think!
- Ramraj Pai, ex-President -Ratings, CRISIL

"In this book, Sameer unravels the formula behind unhappiness one thread at a time. The first part of the book is like a mirror - how our mind is responsible for continuously pushing us toward momentary gain! I enjoyed the book, for it's an honest attempt to help the reader open up to a bigger purpose, not just look for ‘success’, ‘acceptance’ or anything that pulls you with the force of a black hole into a future filled with regrets."
- Sankar Chakraborti, CEO, Acuite Ratings & Research, Traveller in time and space

About the Author

Sameer Bhakhri is a pro bono marketing consultant to small and under-resourced non-profits as well as a pro bono mentor to an edtech startup, Mentoria. He began his full-time career selling vacuum cleaners from door to door, moved on to selling telecom equipment, was part of the founding team of a startup (INFAC) that pioneered industry analysis in India in 1990, and built a robust brand over a decade. He played diverse senior roles over another decade in a large diversified corporate (CRISIL, which acquired INFAC in 2000) and, after a quarter century, quit the corporate sector in 2010 at the age of 45 to enhance the lives of those less fortunate than him. He does this by working with nonprofits led by brilliant and selfless individuals, and by sharing the core principles - effective sales and brand building practices - required to achieve sustainable growth.

Book Details

ISBN: 9789389147384
Number of Pages: 163
Dimensions: 5.5"x8.5"
Interior Pages: B&W
Binding: Paperback (Perfect Binding)
Availability: In Stock (Print on Demand)

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The Ramblings of a Megalomaniac Consumed with Cynicism and Hubris

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achinbiyani 4 years, 10 months ago

Re: The Ramblings of a Megalomaniac Consumed with Cynicism and Hubris

Review - That's the most difficult part of any story. Be it policy, relationship, personal achievement, movie, sports match, or a book. Coz, we review the end-results, we do not think about the sweat, a person, might have put on to achieve the end-results. Well, enough of gyan.

Sam, as I refer to him. Thank You, for, writing this book. But, title, sorry to say, I still am not comfortable with it. Anyways, as we say, "naam me kya rakha hai".

Capturing the essence of this book, or, let me say, life lessons, here it goes...

"Tahe dil se shukriya, phir ek baar, ek zindagi bach gayee,
hum to chale they sar pe kafan bandh ke,
aapki salah aur shabdon se, hamari soch badal gayee."

The book is definitely worth spending time and time and time and.... "The Journey", "The Soch", "The Zindagi", "The Belief", "The Cool Mantras", "The Umeed", "The Anumaan", "The Validation"... it speaks about all, and, many more. Its a perfect read to sort out the complexities in your life, re-think, re-build, and re-store, be it, professional or personal.

I read it, and, would be reading it again. Noting down few points. I am also doing a story telling with kids I know. That beautiful, it is.

On a lighter note, ek chota sa foreward, hum se bhi likhwa lete. Thank you, Sam.

shubdhir 4 years, 11 months ago Verified Buyer

Re: The Ramblings of a Megalomaniac Consumed with Cynicism and Hubris

I have known sameer for a fairly long time at crisil, although our functions were diversely opposite, have come to know him well. He is not a megalomaniac! That is precisely why my curiosity got better of me when he came out with this book and titled so controversially.
Its a 150 pager small book which can be finished within 3 hrs on a speed read, but it took me more than a month - why? I realised that each of the section (there are 18 of them), needs reading, re-reading, assimilation, reflection, juxtapositioning against my own experience, background and knowledge before I could arrive at some key takeaways for myself. This book requires the reader to also do some heavy weight lifting, thought-wise and that is where the true value of this book lies.
Very glad to have read it and is highly recommended!!

Best wishes,
Sudhir Nair
Founder Acumen Analytics & Ex-Director at CRISIL

Prabhu97 5 years ago

Re: The Ramblings of a Megalomaniac Consumed with Cynicism and Hubris

This book is a good read. The book encourages you to spend your time, energy and emotions on the meaningful and the relevant and stop squandering them on the meaningless and the irrelevant.

Dharam Kapoor 5 years ago

Re: The Ramblings of a Megalomaniac Consumed with Cynicism and Hubris

Simple
Engaging
Insightful
Funny
Easy Read
Loved it.
Sameer and I were friends since our college days and i knew one day he will become a gyaani antartaami and this is just the start.
Well done bro and keep it up.

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