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The Magic Of Thinking Big | Book Review

     After certain level these kind of books dont help at all. Although I have to agree with whatever the author has to say but it doesnt make a huge impact on me in the long term. I even forgot that I had read it a few months ago. This is not about this book in general but all others in the self-help genre. It might make difference to the people who actually act after reading such stuff, and who have certain degree of control on their impulses and actions. 

     This review seems to be more about my reading priority than the work of the author. The author have of course fair ideas about how you can make change and be productive and successful and the best and the most important and........ But at the end it depends on the reader himself to how extent he is ready to act and change himself accordingly.



     There are huge number of books being published in these genre everyday. All of them presenting same ideas but putting differently. Some of them are really good and some of them not so good. Some non fiction books are actually more helpful than most of the self help stuff. Although there are many books in the genre which are helpful at the same time not being clichéd and repetitive. Covey's book is one of those, also Carnegie's, Hill's and few others.

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