Book Reviews

     When you plan to start any activity, have you ever felt that most of our surrounding circumstances will favor the situation and help us to progress the activity? I have felt it. Recently, I was in a difficult situation and I needed someone to help me come out of it. Fortunately, I got a chance to speak with one of my school friends, who helped me a lot. I was able to share my difficulties and that made me feel light. I didn't know how that happened. We didn't have much contact earlier, after our schooling. But I could get the help at the right time. It was totally unexpected. I didn't search for any contacts, but the opportunity came as such. What do we call such things? A piece of luck?     Paulo Coelho in his book 'The Alchemist' says, when we want something, all the universe conspires in helping us to achieve it. The Alchemist book states the importance of having a hundred percent belief in our dreams. Paulo Coelho explains his concept with a fiction stor

          Can one coin make a person rich? If you give a person a pile of ten coins, you wouldn’t claim that he or she is rich. But what if you add another? And another? And another? At some point, you will have to admit that no one can be rich unless one coin can make him or her so. Similarly, can one tiny change transform your life? It’s unlikely you would say so. But what if you made another? And another? At some point, you will have to admit that your life was transformed by one small change. A habit is a behavior that has been repeated enough times to become automatic . The better the habits are, the better the outcomes will be. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear is one such masterpiece which clearly signifies the importance of habits and how one can change his/her habits progressively. James starts with his own life story and how he was able to overcome his struggles through the change of his habits. Small changes often appear to make no difference until it overcomes a critical thres