Why I Failed: Lessons from Leaders

Leaders fail sometimes. Maybe that is what makes them great leaders at some point. They have it in them to fail, acknowledge the failure and move on from there to achieve success and more. Shweta Punj, the associate editor at Business Today explores the failure stories of leaders and how they emerged winners from them in her debut book, Why I Failed: Lessons from Leaders. The book looks at sixteen leaders from various fields and brings out their lessons to readers. Their stories are personal and full of life changing decisions. For instance, how Subhash Ghai stuck to his guns despite every failure and made it big because of his perseverance. There are many such in this book. What works for the book is the simplicity of language. The book reaches out to a wider audience mainly because of the leaders featured in it. Shweta has covered almost every profession from film-making to fashion and thats what sets this book apart from any other book of the same type. At the end of every leaders story, there is a quick recap on Why I Failed and the advice from him or her. This is what truly defines the book as inspirational and yet not sentimental.