Life Lessons for the Young Professional

A book by Subroto Bagchi



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Go Kiss the World makes wonderful reading… for people of any age group. Nuggets of wisdom and honesty shine through… ” - N.R. Naryana Murthy

Go Kiss the World is a remarkable story of the courage, integrity and enterprise. Subroto Bagchi’s emphasis on building a company with a heart and a soul in an antidote to the hire-and-fire style of management so prevalent today” - Mark Tully

“In his second book Go Kiss the World: Life Lessons for the Young Professional through personal anecdotes, he brings lessons on working and living, energizing ordinary people to lead extraordinary lives. Bagchi urges Indian professionals to recognize and develop their inner strengths, thereby helping them realize their own, unique potential” - Benedict Paramanand, ManagementNext
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Anyone who has made the journey from a lower-division clerk in Bhubaneswar to a leading global IT entrepreneur certainly has a story to tell. More so when that career is embedded in independent India’s hurly-burly economic history — from the stultifying days of the licence raj to the heady opportunities created by liberalisation.  - Kanika Datta, Business Standard
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This is a delightfully written autobiography of a successful executive in the IT sector who rose to the top of the ladder through a combination of early parental grooming to face life equitably, sheer will power and a combination of fortuitous circumstances. Contrary to what one would imagine as the background of such a person to be a brilliant software engineer, he was neither an engineer nor a software developer, but had a political science background. -  M. S. S.Varadan, The Hindu
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It’s true, Great men are not born, but made. By providence, by circumstance, by the power of their own convictions and most of all, by their belief in themselves. This is precisely the message celebrated author Subroto Bagchi likes to convey… - Chethana Dinesh, Deccan Herald

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Promoted by Penguin Publications as being an inspiration to the ‘young India’ and to those who come from ’small-town’ India, even I who cannot claim stake to either, learnt more than a few home truths. Subroto touches various personal experiences, right from his early childhood days in Orissa; his tenure in various organizations; his special relationship with colleagues and superiors at Wipro where he put in several years of work; co-founding of MindTree and his role today. - Lubna Kably, Bombay Chartered Accountants Society Journal

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The World Replies
Posted by Manoj Singh
on Saturday, December 27th, 2008
it's a nice list but many things which mentioned here should not be attained in the life cycle of a company by an entrepreneur CEO. Good lessons and could be more effective if we do our self critical analysis keeping (read more)

Posted by Somali Chakrabarti
on Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Dear Sir, Today I chanced upon the book Go Kiss the World. Once I started reading, I could not just put it down till I had reached the last page. It is very inspirational. You have highlighted the significance of learning (read more)

Posted by L
on Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Dear Gardener, I reserve some portion of a "non-working" Saturday to learning something or the other. Thus, I just heard your address at IIM-B on You Tube - hadn't heard it earlier. When it comes to Theory U, doesn't it boil (read more)

Posted by Vivek Venkat
on Friday, December 26th, 2008
Dear Subroto, Another amazing post which we all can learn from. We hope to read a lot more through your blog in the coming year and better ourselves. Thanks so much. Wish you and your family a merry christmas and a (read more)

Posted by J.A
on Friday, December 26th, 2008
@ Debachou My 2 cents... Satyam is a case of corporate goverance failure. What is more shameful is the Worldbank statement. The statement read: "Satyam was declared ineligible for contracts for providing improper benefits to Bank staff and for failing to maintain (read more)

Posted by John Micheal
on Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Merry Christmas Sir, may almighty god bless you with good health, peace and happiness in life. (read more)

Posted by L
on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Dear Gardener, Happy New Year. It is an exhaustive list, I hope you will use it in your next book. Best regards, (read more)

Posted by Debachou
on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
It's terrific, wonderful to read the article. I have a query : How come Chairman of Satyam , considered to be an outstanding leader , can commit such thing which put the entire organization into a tizzy and being (read more)

Posted by Anonymous
on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
That is a wonderful list and I am amazed how much we can learn from it. I'll add a few more to the list. To me, a project manager also is the CEO of the team, the General Manager (read more)

Posted by Lakshmi Narayana
on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Hi, A great insight of Human ResourcesManagement and a firm example of leadership. All you said is inspiring, but can the companies sustain in this way by cost cutting the employee who can deliver more to the one who needs to (read more)