A BOOK REVIEW

ON
”BORN TO WIN”

Author - Mr.Promod Batra

Mayank Garg
ET-11(Mechanical ENGG.)
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mr. Pramod Batra
 MBA from University of Minnesota, USA.
 Worked with Escorts.
 He is now involved full time
in writing, marketing and
conducting seminars world wide.
 He is the author of the international
bestseller “Management Thoughts”
which has sold over 200,000 copies
 START A POSITIVE THOUGHT
FACTORY
1)GIGO Vs BIBO
2)Our Life is what our thoughts make it
………Marcus Aurelius
3)No Pessimist ever discovered the secret of the
stars or sailed to an unchartered land ,or
opened a new doorway for the human spirit
• SEEDS : Stories ,Examples ,Exhibits,
Demonstrations ,Sayings

• Think Poor ,Stay Poor .Think Rich ,Stay Rich

• Air Condition your heart and your mind

instead of air conditioning your house!
ARE YOU SUKHIRAM OR DUKHIRAM?
• A WILL finds a way
………….Orison Swett Marden
• THE WINNER NEVER QUITS

• For most of the walls that holds us back exist

only in our minds
 FROM BFP TO KFP
(From Bahut farak paindya to Ki farak
paindya)
• Let go of BFP and embrace KFP

LAUGH YOUR BLUES AWAY

Laughter brings strength. It is also proved by the
science.
 CLEAR THE CLUTTER
• Keep the largest dustbin near you
• If you are bitter at the heart ,sugar in the
mouth will not help you.
• DROP THE GEISHA
• Each one of us is like a wheel which
revolves,and different shades of good luck and
bad luck keep on emerging and dissolving all
the time.
 THINK
• Most problems are really the absence of ideas
• The first step towards solving a problem is to
BEGIN

• Life consists not in holding good cards but in

playing those you hold well

• The MISER concept

 START WITH YOURSELF
• Change yourself before you change others
• The tragedy of life is not that it ends so
soon ,but that we wait so long to begin it

MIRROR,MIRROR ON THE WALL….

Compare yourself with yourself only
 LOVE THYSELF
Take failure as feedback. It is a beginning not
the end.
“If you can dream it , you can do it.” – Walt
Disney”
KARMA YOGA(DO SMALL THINGS
GREATLY)
Each one of us cannot be great and do great
things . We can do small things greatly.
 DON’T MAKE “BEST” THE ENEMY OF
“BETTER”
• Starting accepting second and third best in “B”
and “C” categories of your activities ,and then
put the premium on improvement up and
down the line.
THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE
There is nothing as powerful as the truth.
It takes years to develop the habit of speaking
truth
 DON’T SAY “YES” WHEN YOU MEAN
“NO”
• Learn to say “no” …and also to accept a “no”
• “I don’t know the key to success, but the key
to failure is to try and please everyone.”…
……..BILL COSBY
LEARN TO SAY “THANK YOU” AND
“SORRY” INSTANTLY
• Attitude of gratitude
 FORGIVE AND FORGET
• If one do not forgive friends ,a day will come
he will not have any friends.
• “Forgiveness is not an occasional act ; it is a
permanent attitude.” - Martin Luther King
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
• Add “d” to “anger” and it becomes danger!
• Manage your anger creatively
 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
• There are three gates to self destructive hell -
Lust , anger and greed.
THE TAO OF TIME
• Manage your time as you manage your
money
• Know your Time-Stealers
• Know your Time-savers
 OUTCOMES OF THE BOOK
STRENGTHS WEAKNESS
The book is simple. Writer oriented
Ideas are practical. Repetition
Easily applicable. Many times overlapping
Language is easy.
Lights on small points of life.
For every age group
 MY LEARNINGS
• Be positive
• Do not think about peoples saying
• No work is smaller or greater.
• Be helpful
• Be happy
THANK YOU