Sam Walton's Made in America - Final Cut...

I picked up this book, during the month of July and over these 3 months I feel like I had enrolled for a management program attending classes on a regular basis. That’s how interactive the book is… Sammy knocks my door each day to deliver a piece of lecture :-)

Well, to say the least the book was 'Breathtaking'… In the past, I've read the autobiographies of Iacocca, Branson et al… But nothing is quite revealing & revelling like ' Made in America ' … It is like a black-magician revealing all the tricks, he had learned all through all his life, to a commoner… Simple and Transparent, vintage Walton style…

I really do not subscribe to the thought ' If you are a Management Student/ If you are looking at entrepreneurship as a serious career option this book is must-read'… Nope, not at all…But having said that, I must admit there are lots of take-away from this book… Mammoth in number… Profound in sense… Just pick up and read this book, thou shall be delighted learning Walton's way of management!

One of the most absorbing book residing in my shelf, no second thought about it!!!

'Holiday'ing on a Wednesday at home !!!

I was not keeping well for a couple of days… So, I decided to avail a comp-off on Wednesday (yesterday) to doze-off and take rest. An effort to recuperate!

But I must admit it was such a fuckin wonderful experience to stay at home on a business day. I woke up at 9 am, had hot-strong-filter-coffee, dwelled long hours with THE HINDU newspaper, treated my ears to the music of perpetual RAJA (read Illayaraja) melodies…

A perfect forenoon recipe to break-free from the mundane clutches of the dog-eat-dog world.

Lunch time!!!

My mom prepared an average lunch (read Vendakka Sambar, Enna Kathrika). But I felt, it was just beyond compare with the hefty lunch that I normally get at work. The caterers (at work) line-up an array of dishes (much to my dismay), which does really promise (a first timer) to treat the taste-buds…But, it's just a promise-broken, for the rest!!!

After tasting the home-made lunch I couldn't resist from shutting my eyes. Took a nap… Dived deep into a slumber land… As I woke up, my mom delighted me once again with a strong coffee. I started sipping it and overlooked my window… Two young boys unkempt, clad in white shirt and khaki trousers, with jumbo-sized shoulder bags and Tiffin boxes hanging precariously in their muddy hands, immediately caught my attention. Instead of taking the road, the boys were walking on tortuous pavement…I guess they did that just for fun… Perhaps they were playing a game… They were talking indistinctly, and vanished in a jiffy…

I was suddenly thrown into an abyss of nostalgia… Reminiscing my good 'ol school days...

I would trade anything on this god-forsaken world to get those days back…

As the day faded to night, I was a curiously killing my time, looking at my mom, who had supposedly lost all her senses watching these run-of-the mill soaps day-in-day-out…

I quietly read couple of chapters from 'SAM WALTON'… And dozed-off again for rest of the night!!!

What-a-break!!!

Sam Walton's Made in America - First Cut...

For people who had delved little into business journals or write-ups, the name Sam Walton would definitely ring a bell!!!

The name is synonymous with retailing.

Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world worth several billion dollars, is the brain-child of the iconic entrepreneur, Sam Walton. His autobiography titled 'Made in America’ chronicles the strategies, achievements, mistakes,triumphs and tribulations of naiveté Sammy who made one-hell-of-a fortune at the business capital of the world, America!

Just like Lee Iacocca, John Welch or Richard Branson, the tale of Sam Walton is awe-inspiring. I am done only with couple of chapters and this book is simply unputdownable.

A candid rags-to-riches story that would leave the reader flabbergasted!!!