Compiler : Ken Shelton
“Personal Excellence” is a self-help book in which articles by various brilliant writers or people owing great personality has been amalgamated and served as a treat to all the readers , to feed their brain with nutritious thoughts and make it healthy.Some of the authors who contributed in this book are : Brian Tracy, Deepak Chopra, Ken Blanchard, Zig Ziglar, Wayne Dyer and so on.It’s like many flavors on the same piece of cake.
As the back cover says ” This priceless collection of particles includes the most respected authorities on personal and professional development. From Michael Jordan to Mary Kay Ash to Pope John II , you’ll read about-how you, as well as every other person, possess the potential to achieve and improve the quality of your life, how facing yourself is always better than running from yourself, and how feeling free is so fundamental to human nature.This insightful and inspiring book will help you in five areas: preparation, performance, recovery, life values and ongoing growing.”
The cover of the book gives a professional touch to this book with a very simple design ,and so do the title.Both the work reflecting of the content it holds.Coming to the blurb, which is a precise one,speaks of exactly what a reader seeks in the blurb of the book.
The highness in author’ s thoughts is lucidly shown in their words.Their words are reflecting a positive attitude and they want the same attitude to be a part of every reader’s life.One of the good thing about this book is you don’t need to read this book at one sit.Feed your brain slowly and steadily with one author at a time grasping the more out of his/her article.One more thing I liked about this book is author’s bio has been given so precisely in one or two liners.Usually, I have seen them of half a page sometimes which is for me of no use.I usually don’t read them.
The content has been divided into five section: Preparation, Ongoing growth, Life Values, Recovery and Performance where every section has been handled quite well.The language used by the authors are simple and any reader could find their place in it.Such books wants you to dissolve every single word in your brain and make the best possible result out of them.Such books work as an helping-hand to many need mind and for those who pursue great dreams and wish for their success and wants to prepare themselves for the same. For novices, who are looking for self-help/inspirational/ motivational book, this book could be a tough task.As for novices, real life examples plays very well and is easy for them to relate.
This book is inspiring, but not as much as I was expecting from it after reading some quality self-help/motivational/inspirational books by Jaico Publishing House. I wish if articles have been served with example, it could have been more inspirational.Such articles are better suited in newspaper and magazines.But, when it comes to book, reader seeks for something which they couldn’t get in newspaper or magazines.Some modifications to the articles would do the trick.Althogether, it was not a waste of time, good to go through it once and gain from it as much as you can.
Rating: 3.6/5
Reviewer : Shweta Kesari