BookMarks #92: The Rudest Book Ever

Title: The Rudest Book Ever 

Author: Shwetabh Gangwar 

Published: 2019 

Genre: , Self-help 

BookMarks 

“READ ONLY IF YOU’RE PREPAED TO HAVE YOUR FEELINGS HURT” 

“INSANELY PRACTICAL IDEAS TO FREE YOUR MIND FROM ALL BULLSHIT” 

These are the lines which scream out from the cover of the book. The book has ideas but are they practical? And can one really change just after reading a book? Also isn’t it all about making tiny tweaks rather than a complete overhaul for any change to even start? But before that following are some of the thoughts which I found interesting and bookmarked,

• Older people are children who have aged. Stop attaching maturity, wisdom, enlightenment to ageing. He is old, hence he must be wise is one of the stupidest notions we take for granted - I agree. 
• Learning how to think vs what to think? - I guess what we need is a balance of both. Can't start from a blank slate always 
• Whatever I do, I do it for myself, because I want to prove to myself I can do it - A great attitude to have but we are also living in a real world! 
• Specialness becomes a collection of skills, and feeling special is the sensation felt on upgrading in life after having mastered a skill - I liked this idea 
• Those who are able to find out what they want to do in life chase after greatness to prove to themselves that they are great at what they do. With time, they realise they don’t need anybody’s approval, as doing what they want to do gives them purpose, and fulfilling that purpose gives them satisfaction and a meaningful life. Also this takes time!
• Once you reach a conclusion derived from your thinking, it is called a realisation. And once you realise something, your perception changes about it once and for all. And that perception remains locked down until another realisation impacts it—that’s the process of learning and growing – The more I learn, the more I realise that like Jon Snow I know nothing 
• Wanting to do something vs having to do something- It's this choice which matters most 
• Taking ownership of failures - Very important 
• Time passes, people leave, and you are the one who stays with yourself. Knowing yourself is single-handedly the greatest superpower any person can have. - The truth 
• You are a fan of their extraordinary acts and the products of their talents, not their lives. Learn to differentiate. There is no person on this planet from whom you cannot learn something new. - Following others
• Separate data from the narrative - Especially true in the social media age where your stand on an issue depends on who is arguing rather than the argument itself.

These were some of the thoughts I would like to take from this book. Coming back to the questions – Is this the rudest book ever? I does make one think a bit but just because 4-letter words are randomly strewn all over the text doesn’t make it rude! And did the feelings get hurt? No, why take any random piece of text personally 😊 

The book has ideas, but they go all over the place. Could have easily been streamlined. Seemed more like an attempt to convert a TEDx Talk into a book. 

Previously on BookMarks: Autobiography of a Yogi