The
book “ Irrationally
Passionate” was
suggested
to me
by my favourite
blogging
community BlogAdda.
When I searched
for the
author information, it came
out to be
“Jason Kothari”. I had no idea who is
Jason Kothari and
when I read about him, I felt that
I should have known him earlier. When I read that Jason is turn
around guy, this caught my attention as in my life I also inspire to
an entrepreneur, turning around any business is tough, and here is a
guy who turned Valient from Chapter 7 bankruptcy to a money making
machine. That is when I decided to purchase this book and go ahead.
Without
much
expectation but I started
to read the book. It never felt boring. The
writing style of Jason Kothari is simple,
elegant and impressive.
His
way of story telling is really great, it felt like Jason is a writer
who has wrote many books.
You
can take
this book as either
as
a
self
help book or as an autobiography of Jason Kothari. In
any of those way the intent and message of the book remains same.
Irrationally
Passionate
starts from the Jason’s childhood and his struggles in schools
days.
Being
Indian on a foreign soil can be really tough
especially
when you face bullying frequently. Let
me
quote a line from the book, “You’ll
never know how fortunate you are to live in India, until you’ve
been made to live elsewhere.”
This
line coming from a Wharton graduate should really make to think those
Indian who always demean India and praise the western world. This
book shows us the ground reality how Indians and especially average
Indian is treated in schools as a kid.
In
his childhood his parents encouraged him to take negotiations in life
seriously and
made him face his bullying by his own. Jason
thanks his parents to give him such opportunities in the early ages
which shaped him as a better and strong person afterwards.
As
a
teenage Jason, he was just like every teenager, who
fights with parents and every words they say they think as wrong.
Jason was similar but he got into his senses quickly. And started to
improve. His improvements shows
us that no matter how derailed we can be there is always a chance of
turn around. His motivation, passion and dedication showed us again
and again as that turnaround is possible. Take example of Valiant
Comics.
No one could have believed that two college kids can turnaround a
company who has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy and which is also
facing IP issues. But here our Jason is who did the impossible and
showed us the path. A
highly recommended book from my side.
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