Pulling Your Own Strings by Dr Wayne W. Dyer
The book imparts a meaningful lesson on how to take charge of one’s life and to believe in yourself and achieve goals without letting others control what you do. You’re what you’re and not what others think of you, so it’s important to be headstrong if you want to achieve your goals. The book provides a proper guidance on self-improving and also about how not to be victimized.[break]
This book has influenced me a lot in my life and I still read it every now and then just to reflect on the useful messages that it has. It also teaches us how to be dynamic and how to deal with situations when people try to victimize and criticize you.
It also teaches us about the importance of self-respect and why we should live life not according to the interests of others but according to the way that we want to. Many people try to invade into our lives and make us live according to the ways they want us to but we should be able to guide ourselves. It’s up to us to live our life the way we want to and for that we have to be able to come out of our inhibitions.
We shouldn’t succumb to outside influences and if we become cowards then we’ll be just like puppets and our strings will be controlled by others. We should be bold enough and we should be the ones controlling our own strings. The book also touches on issues of self-improvement and how to be dynamic and practical. The book in simple language explains many practical lessons which we should be able to practice in our lives as well.
The book also stresses on the important aspect that work is worship. I feel that in our society there’s no dignity of labor as people categorize works and look down upon certain jobs considering them as menial. But in western counties, there’s no such discrimination as people don’t hesitate to work and they indulge in different voluntary works in their leisure time. I feel that our people feel embarrassed to do such jobs but we should be least bothered about what society thinks and try to follow our dreams and change the perceptions of people through the works we do.
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About Rajkarnikar
Rajkarnikar started his venture into writing around 1965 and started out by writing one-act plays.
“Many of my writer friends started off by writing poems but I first wrote a one-act play,” he says. His play “Milanko Chayan” was published in the Gorkhapatra back then. He also wrote pomes and stories with his subject mainly focusing on the emerging social issues.
“Literature is something above money as it gives you inner satisfaction. Life can be made simple by just doing the usual things but those who are aware need to convey what they know, and writing is a powerful medium to do so,” says Rajkarnikar.
When he first visited West Germany for training, he got influenced to write a travelogue called “Bideshko yatra swadeshko samjhana” by recollecting his experiences which got good feedbacks and influenced him to write more travelogues.
His published books are travelogues: “Desh pradeshko bhraman kehi samsmaran,” and “Boudha tirthayatra: Nalandadekhi Lumbinisamma.” He has also written memoirs like “Samjhanako laharma laharindai janda,” “Pabitra samjhana Amako,” a story collection “Parichaya,” among others.
Rajkarnikar has been awarded with Ratnashree Subarna Padak, Sayapatri Rastriya Samman, Mahakabhi Devkota Satabdi Samman, Ekikrit Paurakh Samman, “Rastriya Nagarik Samman, to name a few.
As told to Nistha Rayamajhi
RAJKARNIKAR´S FIVE PICKS
Yasadhammo Sanamtano
Dhammapad
by Osho
This book is in Hindi and is about Dhammapad which is a collection of sayings of the Buddha and about Buddhism. There are many writers who have written about Lord Buddha but Osho’s book is different in the sense that he has given his own points of view as well while he talks about the Buddha and his religion. This book presents a lot of insight about the Buddha and his religion.
Yatraka Premil Tarangaharu
by Damodar Pudasaini
I feel that travelogues written by Nepali writers are not as in-depth as written by western writers but this travelogue by Pudasaini is an interesting reading. The writer has written about his travel to the United States, Europe and Moscow. He has given vivid descriptions of the places by making comparisons to our own country as well. He hasn’t only described the places but written about his experiences and his outlooks on the place as a whole as well. So the writer’s imagination and creativity is praiseworthy.
Sugata Saurabh
by Kabi Keshari Chittadhar “Hridaya”
This novel is in Newar language and is about the life of the Budhha. The book has captured well the events of the Buddha’s life from his birth till the end. The writer wrote this book when he was in prison during the Rana regime, being accused of trying to promote Nepal Bhasha (Newari language) through his writings. During his four years in prison, he completed the book which gives us true meaningful messages of the Buddha and his life history.
Management Thoughts
by Vijay Batra
This book is full of quotations which are useful in our daily lives. Since I’m in the industrial sector, too, the book has been really helpful as it talks about how to manage employees, sales, customers and marketing. The book is sort of a gist about the lessons that one can learn in life to make it more meaningful, healthy and happy. This book can be read many times, or a page a day, so you can get a glimpse of inspiring messages.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R Covey
The book teaches us about how to deal with relationships with your family, friends and also about how to be more dynamic. The writer has presented a holistic approach to solving both our personal and professional problems by giving us insights to live a life of fairness and dignity. It teaches us how to gracefully accept change and take the opportunities that change grants us. Overall, the book influences us to improve our ways of life. I finished this book by reading it a few pages at a time and so that I could grasp the essence of it.
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