Sunday, February 8, 2009

Self-help books

I personally feel that self help books are written by people to help themselves. Financially, that is. I read one recently; it was about how to sleep less and feel more energetic. To the author's credit, the book did make me sleep less because I had to stay up that much longer to finish reading it. Unfortunately it did little to help with the latter part. Well, maybe if I had followed it exactly, it might have worked eventually. But then, I've never been very good at following any kind of routine.
There was another similar article I came across about stress. The first line got me excited. "What is stress?". Oh, I know that one. Stress is nothing but force per unit area. (This is what happens when you attend too many technical interviews. Your mind is overwhelmed by the fact that there exists a question that you are able to answer with some level of authority). Quickly realizing that the author and I weren't on the same page (no pun intended), I proceeded to read the rest of the article.
I promptly forgot about the whole thing till I chanced upon another article, this one is in the spiritual column of a local newspaper that tells the story of two monks. One of the monks, (the wiser one), tells the other that sorrow is like a handful of salt. You can either dissolve it in a glass of water or in an ocean. His point was that the other monk should broaden his perspective and not let the burden of his sorrow take over his senses completely. Which was precisely what I was saying, albeit a little less eloquently.
So how is this for an idea.. what if...(letting the suspense build up)...what if I write a self help book on the topic I am rapidly becoming a world authority on, 'How not to crack an interview'. It would be the first book of its kind, plus I really do have a lot of insight to share. It could save a lot of people from having to face panel after panel of interviewers like I am doing at present, and earn me some money before I figure out 'how to crack an interview'. Then maybe I could write a book about that, which wouldn't be half as enlightening, but still earn me even more cash. What say, folks? Worth a try?

2 comments:

  1. hehehee good going girl..... ur insights on "how not to crack an interview" wud create the much needed funny ripple effect in the placid lake(or lets say sea) of recession struck creatures :)

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  2. looks like the votes are in..1-0 (thanks prathyusha)...so, the book will be written...although i am not making any commitments regarding the timeframe yet ;)

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