Go Kiss the World: Life Lessons for the Young Professional

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Penguin Books India, Aug 5, 2009 - Biography & Autobiography - 239 pages
'Go, kiss the world' were Subroto Bagchi's blind mother's last words to him. These words became the guiding principle of his life.

Subroto Bagchi grew up amidst what he calls the 'material simplicity' of rural and small-town Orissa, imbibing from his family a sense of contentment, constant wonder, connectedness to a larger whole and learning from unusual sources. From humble beginnings, he went on to achieve extraordinary professional success, eventually co-founding MindTree, one of India'™s most admired software services companies.

Through personal anecdotes and simple words of wisdom, Subroto Bagchi brings to the young professional lessons in working and living, energizing ordinary people to lead extraordinary lives. Go Kiss the World will be an inspiration to 'young India', and to those who come from small-town India, urging them to recognize and develop their inner strengths, thereby helping them realize their own, unique potential.
 

Contents

PART I
5
Learning to Fly
95
Learning to Fail
105
Winning the Mind Game
112
The Journey Is the Reward
121
What Is Success?
139
Learning to Listen
145
Who Is a Good Leader?
150
The Pain of Rebirth
169
The Joy of Being Reborn
175
Leadership in a Time of Crisis
189
Tomorrow Always Comes
202
Building Emotional Infrastructure
207
Servant Leadership
214
Lifes Personal Angels
218
Go Kiss the World
224

The Entrepreneur as Leader
155
Coping with Midlife Crisis
161
PART III
167
Epilogue
236
Further Reading
238
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