Rating : 10/10
The author of the book is known by almost everyone around the world and if you are new here just read the below brief intro( starting with a blow of🎺)
Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam (with respect) is a very famous Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Known as People’s President he made many developments by finding the atomic bomb for his nation and many missiles. So , in this book he lets us to know about his entire life from his early life to the present where is writing the book. More than success he shares his failures(a lot ) which inspired me a ton and made me to follow all of the advises he is giving via the book
Review :
I was initially keeping some distance with biographies and auto biographies , the reason is that I thought it is not useful , my mindset was that only productivity books are worth reading but when this book was in my reading assignment , what we can do ? I started reading this book for sake of completing the assignment but by the end of the book it was truly the Wings of 🔥 . At some point in the midway of the book you will realize that you have forgotten yourself and have engaged in the book so deep.
Finally , In my opinion this book is 100% worth reading
Lessons learnt :
1. Positive mindset :
In his early stage of life , Dr. Kalam takes us to his hometown (Rameshwaram) with his family. His parents were not educated but he says that he was influenced by their good values and virtues , amidst all discriminations in his time he was grown as a child who thinks all are same . And he mentions a friend who was elder than him , he grew positive mindset in Dr. Kalam .
"Have a positive mindset and always try to keep positive people around you"
2. Dreams:
In his childhood , Dr. Kalam was so curious about the flight of birds after learning about them in a seashore from his teacher. This was the initial sprout of his dream , he further built on this dream to finally become an aerospace scientist.
"You have to dream before your dreams can come true " - Dr.Kalam
3. Work hard passionately :
In his career Dr . Kalam has witnessed several failures which are so disheartening because it is not only a failure of his missile but the nation’s , Overcoming all this failures he gifted his nation with so many missiles that he is called as the “Missile man of India” .
"Accept your failure , work on it because you are the only one who can resolve it"
4. Humble behavior :
From his early stage of life to the point where he had achieved so many things Dr.Kalam was so simple and humble always. He treats everyone equally inherited from his parents. Till date he is one of the top ideal person of the world because of this important quality .
Summary of the summary :
Have a dream and work hard towards it with a positive mindset and a humble behavior
Quotes:
We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness
Once your mind stretches to a new level it never goes back to its original dimension
When your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins
The country doesn't deserve anything less than success from us. Let us aim for success
Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others
why be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems? When troubles come, try to understand the relevance of your sufferings. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection
Post Cover image credit : Photo by Armand Khoury on Unsplash
👏 worth reading