Indra nooyi biography book
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Indra Nooyi - A Biography
When I first came to the US, I was dirt poor. At Yale, I worked at the reception counter from midnight to five a.m. to make money. When you don't even have clothes for job interviews, all of a sudden life gives you a wake-up call and you realize you have got to work extremely hard to make it happen for you.
Indira Nooyi's meteoric rise and success has been charted by every newspaper and business journal in the world, but how many of us know the person behind the image? The Secret of Success: The Story of Indira Nooyi gives us a rare insight into Nooyi's life, her childhood, the choices she made, the struggles she faced and the lessons she learnt on her way to the top.
The accolades came later, and there were many. In she was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the president of India. In and , Time magazine listed her among the most influential people in the world. In , Forbes named her the third-most powerful woman in business while Fortune ranked her the sixth most powerful woman in the world as well as listed her, along with Mother Teresa, Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton, among the 30 most inspiring women in the world.
How did Nooyi do it? What kept her going? How did she manage to sustain home and hearth through the challenges she faced w
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Indra Nooyi: A Biography
Taking a sneak peak into the life of former CEO of PepsiCo was like taking a series of mental notes of qualities that one must inculcate. The importance of having a strong foundation is what caught my eye the most. Indra was trained for greatness right from her childhood, not because she was a genius but because she was taught to dream big and develop her self confidence. Humility, persistence, giving all you can to a task, quick decision making, etc, etc. - her life is sprinkled with such qualities right from school till her stint as CEO.
I didn't quite enjoy the book as there are not many personal insights. It seemed like a collection of interviews. But it certainly coaxed me to look her up in detail and inspired me to borrow few traits from her.