Book Review_4 : Book Name ~ Habit Makes Perfect ~

Book Name: Habit Makes Perfect

Book Author: Sandeep Sharma

Book Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Year of Publication 2016

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise “. The top most successful people are following this magical syrup as the book hints.

Sandeep Sharma is an experienced professional who is also an entrepreneur by spirit. The book "Habit makes Perfect " written by him focuses on the morning habits of highly powerful people. The book revolves around the stories of twelve rich and successful people from different domains who practices certain habits in morning that makes their life more enriching than their peers. The book is simple, well written and easily understandable.

Our habits do play a crucial role in designing our day-to-day progress in life. How we start our mornings, decides the rest of the day. It builds the foundation of what is next. This book takes us through a journey of how successful people spend their mornings thus motivating to adopt certain habits that might contribute in our success. Sandeep has picked characters from different areas of life to be narrated about in this book so that every kind of audience can find their respective connects.

Sandeep starts the book with mention of Barack Obama, who maintains a strict morning routine of workout, healthy breakfast and spending time with family. The author mentions that this leader’s morning plans suits the one who wants to be highly efficient. Then comes the morning routine of Steve Jobs, one of the men who is famous for his innovations. Self-Reflection methods used to be part of his morning rituals. This caters to the section of people who are into innovation and idea generation.

Sandeep goes on mentioning about successful people from diverse areas. People who want to have better memory and are looking for perfection may follow the morning routine of Richard Branson. He used to exercise every day morning without fail and followed a strict diet in morning breakfast to enhance his day quality. One of the renowned personalities of all times - Oprah practices meditation and self-reflection to bring peace and fulfillment in her daily routine.

Tony Robbins practices priming three part ritual which consisted of yoga, gratitude and wishing good for others. He believed in smart life choices and effective decision-making. He mentions that it is in the moments of decision that, the destiny is shaped.

Sandeep shares the lifestyles of few more renowned personalities like Maya Angelou, Elon Musk, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, CEO of Twitter Jack and so on. Each of these people have one thing in common that they start their day early, spend some time in mental as well physical fitness and kick start the day with greater efficiency. Their success records speak about these habits, which have contributed majorly in shaping their career in the manner they wanted.

This book gives a sneak peek into successful leader’s lives, thus inspiring the reader to continue reading as of whose next. The language used in the book is very simple. The author discusses how morning planned routines rejuvenates life and brings a new lease of air to live positively.

My takeaway from the book:

~Focus on physical fitness
~Build the mental strength by meditation and self-reflection
~Eat healthy
~Give time to family
~No Procrastination
~Have some creative hobby
~Be consistent in your commitment of healthy lifestyle

The author deduced the fact that certain habits build specific characteristics in people that contribute towards overall personality growth. Therefore, it is important for us to pick right habits that suit our growth objective. I strongly recommend this book to each one to get inspired to rejuvenate, re-energize and refresh their morning routines

Happy Reading !!