Book Review FISH –
Management Books

chillibreeze writer — Jahnavi

Getting bored at work and looking forward to the weekend? Affected by “Thank God! It’s Friday” Syndrome? We spend 80% of our day on work related activities like getting ready for work, traveling, spending time in the office and unwinding after work. That’s a lot of time to be spending solely on one aspect of our lives. It’s not a problem if we enjoy our work, but what do we do if we feel like we’re trapped in a job we hate.

‘FISH’ is a book that can provide a solution. It tells us how to enjoy the work we do, even if we do not have a choice about what we are doing. I read somewhere that

“Doing what you like is freedom
Liking what you do is happiness”.

This book emphasizes the second part of the quote and explains how to derive ultimate happiness from whatever work we do. Often we do not have the complete freedom of choosing the work we really desire, due to the environment we are in or due to family circumstances. However, we always have a choice in the way we work and that is what makes the difference.

Very rarely do we get to see management books which drive the point home in an engrossing way and ‘FISH’ is one of those. It is about an unenthusiastic, irresponsible team in a company referred to as “toxic energy dump” by other teams and how it gets transformed into a fun-filled, lively one, implementing the techniques adopted from a fish market. Irrespective of the mundane work in the fish market, the workers in the market are cheerful, playful and enjoy their work. What is the secret of their happiness and how does the team adopt their principles is the story. This book explains all the principles in an interesting manner, supported by inspiring quotations and lists out the key points wherever required.

4 vital points discussed in the book are-choosing the attitude, creating a playful atmosphere at work, giving preference to the customers and always focusing on the present without worrying about the future. Choosing the right attitude forms the basis of all these. Either we can choose to be an ordinary person or a world famous person.

It is up to us.

It is a must-read to rejuvenate all those tiresome souls at work. Relish ‘FISH’!

 

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