Top post. Isn't Hindu (whatever that means) philosophy all about "self improvement"?
shiv (Sent from my desktop that occupies half a room, weighs 300 Kg and consumes 1500 watts) On Saturday 11 Apr 2009 12:45:11 pm Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > > Yeah, and could you please > > start that thread, kiran? Can't wait to see the drift. > > Here goes... > > Can't remember why, but somewhere in between the half intoxicated > banter, the conversation shifted to self-improvement books a la > Stephen Covey and his ilk. > > I typically stay away from them with the same amount of revulsion some > feminists have for balemia-inducing fashion magazines. Since I've not > read any of them, I may not be the best judge - but a title like > "Seven habits of highly effective people" is enough to make me turn > away. Neither am I interested in people of a spiritual disposition who > sell their Ferrari. > > Chris (the Frenchman with the tolerable accent Venkat brought along > for the silkmeet) had an important point - that some of such books can > provide strategy on self-improvement, rather than just glorifying the > end-product (which fashion magazines do). > > I remain unconvinced. > > Take it away Venkat... > > Kiran
