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When I read the following message in my LinkedIn Inbox on Monday morning regarding my book, it literally made my (Mon) day 🤩 and a week. It was candid feedback 😊 from Y Gopi Rajendra about my book.

All people who have read the book have given positive feedback. That really gives me a good sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. When the book is sold with no marketing, you really feel good. The icing on the cake is when you receive such feedback, including several 5-star reviews on Amazon.

I wanted to say a special thanks 🙏to you people in my network, like Gopi, who took the time to write back to me to give candid feedback. I appreciate your time and efforts in writing me a few sentences.

All Project management professionals, aspiring and novice PMs, students, startup founders, leaders, and even team members – this book will give practical insights about how to handle daily project management and leadership in your sphere of work. I am sure you will not regret reading lessons from my decade of experience in project management.

And yes, I would also like to know what else you could have liked to see in a similar book.

My book – “Supercharge Your Project Management skills” is available on Amazon India at – https://tinyurl.com/mr46pau6, Amazon US at – https://tinyurl.com/wcb8apm8, Amazon UK at – https://tinyurl.com/ycxy99ku

With a good number of 5🌟reviews on Amazon, I am sure this book is going to help all project managers.

ZERO To ONE

ZERO to ONE – By Peter Thiel

Recently, I again read this international bestseller after a few years. Its really a wonderful book.

As per the author, founders should ask one or more of the following seven questions related to their startup/business. If you don’t have good answers to these questions, you will run into lots of “bad luck” and your startup may fail.

1️⃣ The engineering question
       Can you create breakthrough technology instead of incremental improvements?

2️⃣ The timing question
       Is now the right time to start your particular business?

3️⃣ The Monopoly question
       Are you starting with a big share of a small market?

4️⃣ The people question
       Do you have the right team?

5️⃣ The distribution question
       Do you have a way to not just create, but deliver your product?

6️⃣ The durability question
       Will your market position be defensible 10 and 20 years into the future?

7️⃣The Secret question
      Have you identified a unique opportunity that others don’t see?

If you nail all seven, you’ll master fortune and succeed. Even getting five or six correct might work.

Tesla nailed all seven, making it the most valuable company in a short time.

What is your view? Do you have any other points to add that might be secret sauce???

Biren Parekh