Book Review: Who will cry when you die
One of the world renowned author who wrote best selling book ‘The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari’, Robin Sharma came up with another book name ‘Who will cry when you die’. Though the name suggest something else (atleast that’s what I thought), this book is completely self-help book. The author shares 101 ways to make your life happy and worthwhile.
Author starts with pointing out that, was our life fully lived? If we die today will there be any regret? A way to live and have less regrets when we die. These are 101 ways in which one can improve his or her life and get over those issues which troubles our daily life and people around you. If you have thoroughly read ‘The Monk who sold his Ferrari’, this book will be short recap of what we read, what we understood and what we agreed. Many tips / ways are picked up from his earlier book.
For people who are reading this book directly without reading ‘The Monk who sold his Ferrari’, there are many great ways of making life ‘happy’ are in stored for you. Tips about how to separate work and personal life, about indulging in your hobbies, about expanding your knowledge, about family time and importance, about small things which brings stress to our life is explained in simple yet effective way. This book is more like reference book. Following some of the ways actually help you improve upon your bad habits and enjoy what you do.
Self-help book are great way to learn about new ways and new technique which we can implement in our daily life. Now a days life is full of stress and frustration. Smallest thing can get into our head and screw up our perspective. This book helps in opening up new side in us and understand those minor mistakes we do in our daily life. One can always go back to what they feel right or their style but point of self-help book is be open to new ideas and implement as you feel deemed. One things which is impressive with the way Robin Sharma write is his use of quotes and sayings by various people. Everything is said in one simple line.
Some of the tips the author shared are worth considering. Some which I feel are apt for today’s world is about family time, time management, priority, me time, your health, exercise, reading and many more! Everyone will find different tips useful for themselves but at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter where you get the tip or learning, its is about getting new perspective on things.
As Bruce lee said, “The usefulness of a cup is it’s emptiness.” Fill your cup with as much knowledge as you can. For quick glance and insight into your life, this handy book is best!
