Go, Kiss The World book starts off with Bagchi's story behind the title, where he recounts the last time he visited his ailing mother in hospital. Subroto Bagchi repeatedly kissed his mother's hand, who asks him why he did so. After telling her why he shouldn't, Bagchi's mother urges him to go and kiss the world. This book is divided into three parts, which Bagchi believes, constitute the making of a young professional.
In the 1st part, Bagchi throws light on how values and character leave their impression on a child's mind and the remarkable difference that mentoring can make on an individual at any stage in their life. Bagchi then reaffirms that he treasures his childhood and forgetting it would cause the child in him to die.
The 2nd part is about the ups and downs that a young professional would face in their career. He then talks about his journey from being a clerk in a government office to the co-founder of Mindtree, which is the nation's first venture-funded IT services firm to be listed publicly.
In the 3rd part, Bagchi tells the readers about his journey through his forties, although ongoing, about the times when he fell and got up and learnt from those who were there before him. He then explains that forties are a highly crucial period in the life of professionals and compares it to an assault camp where preparations are made prior to climbing the last peak.
All the moments in his has been explained briefly to inspire the readers
3. About the author:
Subroto Bagchi is an Indian Author and
Entrepreneur.
He was one of the co-founder of
MINDTREE Ltd.
He is the author of
“The High Performance Entrepreneur”
“ The Professional MBA at 16”.
4. Displacement and progress
At his early stage of his life, the author used to move to many places
in the country.
Displacement is the key to progress and we need to develop comfort
with it.
When you are continuously displaced, you make friends easily.
You learn to survive on the strength of who you are.
You build ingenuity in order to survive.
You become an interesting person, because you have lots of stories
to tell.
Finally, you learn to move on in your life.
5. Learning to fly:
Like Jonathan Livingston seagull’s
we should aim for the high apart from the different
we should set our targets and we should work hard
to reach them.
Learning to fail:
Every individual would be able
to face any situation when you are travelling
towards a particular goal.
6. Learn to listen:
You should have job satisfaction,
then you can be able to work
With the people and you can
learn things from them.
Connect with people:
In this corporate world we need
to connect with more number of people
otherwise we should fail to handle critical
situations.
We should have both intelligence quotient(IQ)
and emotional quotient(EQ).
7. Who is a good leader
The individual who respects the people.
Leadership depends on personal character.
It is very important for any leader to have
fairness in personal and professional dealings.
A man does not need to cultivate the followers, they simply go
with him because they know he has character.
8.
9. Entrepreneur as a leader
A leader’s job is to focus on what is delivered, not on
what a person’s quirks are.
Power of simplicity and brightness:
it comes from what writes,
he speaks and dresses, the way
he speaks his mind.
A great leader has the capability to attract and retain talent that is
better than him in may aspects.
The job of leaders is to build high personal comfort with people
who thinks differently.
10. It’s all in the mind
Everything we achieve begins in your mind. It begins as
idea, a dream.
If we believe in the idea strongly enough and are willing
to give it our best, everything is possible.
You are your deep driving desire
As is your desire, so is your well
As is your will, so is your act
As is your act, so is your destiny
11. Power to receive: The act of receiving is more important in the overall
scheme of things.
it is an important lesson for those who
give and then see that their have made
no difference.
To get, you must give first: People who give are people
who get. We need to develop an expansive view of
life, need to believe that there is more it for everyone.
Leaders have to develop a mindset of abundance,
not scarcity, as they build their organizational vision.
12. what is success ?
Success is your capability to withstand pain to achieve your goals.
13. The key to happiness is not money
An amount in excess of ten thousand dollars
does not bring happiness
-- warren Buffet
Money is important in life but
not the source of any lasting
happiness