One thing I have always failed to understand is why people read motivational or self-help books. Especially, the Robin Sharma kind of books.
Common, think for once. Why do we need someone else's experience to learn the lessons of our life. We all know that some or the other day life will teach us. Still we need to learn in advance how to handle difficult circumstances. That's like killing the adventure of living a "life". It's our life, not a motivational writer's, who has to tell us to act in a particular way to achieve our goal. It might have worked for him, how does it guarantee that it will work for others. The writer should understand that he/she has learnt by his/her good or bad experiences, now it's our turn to analyze our own experiences in whichever way we want. We should reflect upon our actions, why let somebody else influence it!
In a nutshell, for me, the sole purpose of writing and reading any book of this kind is a sheer waste of time.
P.S.- no offence meant to the readers and writers of such books.
Common, think for once. Why do we need someone else's experience to learn the lessons of our life. We all know that some or the other day life will teach us. Still we need to learn in advance how to handle difficult circumstances. That's like killing the adventure of living a "life". It's our life, not a motivational writer's, who has to tell us to act in a particular way to achieve our goal. It might have worked for him, how does it guarantee that it will work for others. The writer should understand that he/she has learnt by his/her good or bad experiences, now it's our turn to analyze our own experiences in whichever way we want. We should reflect upon our actions, why let somebody else influence it!
In a nutshell, for me, the sole purpose of writing and reading any book of this kind is a sheer waste of time.
The unexamined life is not worth living- Socrates
P.S.- no offence meant to the readers and writers of such books.
Absolutely agree with you on this one!
ReplyDeleteSteve thanks for the invitation. I invite you too to follow my blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks ashish, for a change you agree with me ;)
ReplyDeleteWriting a book is putting your thoughts down to paper...simple..
ReplyDeletenow, if you take motiv books, those are just the thoughts and experiences of the author who has written it...
you can trash any and every thing in this world by calling it a waste of time...be it 'gone with the wind', 'harry potter', frederick forsyth etc
not only books, you can trash such movies too...
but what's the point of it??
think about it.
Exactly what I feel, what I think. Finally, someone put this in words.
ReplyDeleteNeil, I am saying the problem is when you start following what someone else has written, that too what he felt from his experience- this is my point! Why I would object on expressing? You got it wrong, I think.
ReplyDeleteYa, i agree..anyone can put thoughts into words...and that is exactly what I did...
Tejaswini : :)
ReplyDeleteyou can't experience all the experiences of life on your own... so read to experience what all experiences life has in it's ocean
ReplyDeleteWhy would you like to experience someone else's experience that too by reading a book ? Why don't just have it whatever your life gives?
ReplyDeletedont agree wid u...from your childhood u hv been motivated by 1 or d other person..they may be u parents,siblings or ur teachers..n to b practical wts d harm if others experience gonna benefit u smehw....
ReplyDeleteI am talking of motivational books sonam. Being taught by parents is different, they are not any random person for you and in that case also you don't take everything what your parents say, you ultimately commit mistakes and then realise - yes they were right. Point is- you learn by yourselves only at the end.
ReplyDeleteAgain, i would say the same thing- Why from others' experience? The writer of that book learnt from his own experience. Let us learn in our own way.