Don't Sprint the Marathon - Softcover

V. Ragunathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8172238576 ISBN 13: 9788172238575

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2010

Synopsis

What is more, our obsessive rush to get our children off to a good start overlooks at the fact that in life, as in a marathon, an early lead hardly matters, but being too intent on coming first may leave our children lacking in many of the life skills that a normal childhood would teach them. V. Raghunathan, best selling author of Games Indians Play, offers a alternative approach that can be even more rewarding: life he avers, is not a sprint and it does not in the long run matter very much if you missed out on the best school, college or job as starters. As long as as you give yourself the time to develop your personality and skills, you will still get where you want, at your own pace and perhaps far more happily. To illustrate, based on first-hand interactions, he gives numerous examples of many achievers, famous and not-so-famous, among them N.R. Narayana Murthy, Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy, Dr. P D K Rao, V. Mani, Ashwini Nachappa, G.M. Rao and Ila Bhat. For those helping their children along for success in life, or rethinking their own approach to it, Don t Sprint the Marathon will prove an invaluable guide.

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About the Author

Raghu is an academic, corporate executive, author, columnistand a hobbyist. He taught finance at IIM, Ahmedabad, for nearlytwo decades before turning a banker as the president of INGVysya Bank in Bengaluru. He is currently the CEO of GMRVaralakshmi Foundation. He is also an adjunct professor at theUniversity of Bocconi, Milan, Italy, and Schulich School ofBusiness, York University, Toronto, Canada.Raghu has probably the largest collection of antique locks inthe country, has played chess at all-India level, and was briefly acartoonist for a national daily. He has been writing extensivelyfor leading newspapers and magazines and currently blogs forthe Times of India. His books include Locks, Mahabharata andMathematics; Ganesha on the Dashboard; Corruption Conundrum;Don't Sprint the Marathon and Games Indians Play.Visit him online at www.vraghunathan.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8172238576
• ISBN 13: 9788172238575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184