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by: Col Karan Kharb
Publisher: Wisdom Tree, New Delhi, 2002
Reviewed by: Pooja Sahrawat The concept of leadership has its roots in the Army. If not a record of military leadership, the world history is nothing. He who led forces, ruled. Leadership style and techniques practised and preached in the defence forces throughout the world have been adapted and adopted in various forms by the corporate world today. Modern technology has compressed the world into a tiny rendezvous. Sharing of ideas cutting across traditional barriers is much easier today than ever before. Sometimes even our values change and personalities transform depending upon the type and frequency of interaction one has at global level. Conversely, our own personality too radiates influence and affects people from cross-cultural backgrounds similarly. MADE TO LEAD is a book that addresses itself to the needs and problems in the emerging trends. What do you need most to succeed? You need the right attitude, wisely selected goals, good communication skills and diligent sense of the most vital resource – Time – to succeed and be genuinely happy in life. This is what the author provides readers in this book. In closed families and societies, the spectrum and effects of attitude may not be very clearly discernible, though even there it shapes and controls relationships and quality of life. Perhaps one could bulldoze and stifle popular aspirations, like diktats imposing burqa on women in certain segments of society. But today’s world is better connected and more inter-active. Opening out to the world will be impossible and even self-defeating. Why not lead the change then? Positive attitude is the bedrock of all achievements in life, says the author. Hardly would anybody differ with that opinion. But Col Karan Kharb has tackled the subject with an expert’s acumen going beyond the current viewpoints on the subject. Very strongly and convincingly, he highlights the most degenerating form of attitude, which is neither negative nor positive – the Indifferent Attitude. The indifferent aspect of human attitude was not found widely written or even talked about until now. The author has found credible support for his arguments in Vedic philosophy. The three basic attributes of Nature – Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas – are responsible for our behaviour because the three forms of attitudes, the author propounds, are replicated from these attributes that all humans possess in varying measure. A discovery and argument you find hard to contest but easier and more logical to accept and abide by. Be it the power of attitude, communication skills, presentations, problem solving, decision-making, time management or goal setting and life planning, the author has comprehensively explained and suggested specific techniques that, he affirms, will significantly alter your life. Written in simple language and commendable style, the book contains abundance of humour, real life parables and anecdotes and Vedic hymns explained in a simple manner without any dangers of pitfalls in mysticism. Obviously, Karan Kharb has researched well. He insists it is not a book; it is a companion-cum-guide. Once you reach the end of the book, you find yourself in agreement with him. The innovative and yet simple self-improvement techniques suggested in the book, its contents, layout, design and quality print and paper make it a world-class book by an Indian author in the international market. Don’t read it if you don’t want to alter your present state of existence, Col Karan Kharb warns! |
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