Book Review : Fluid

Book Review : Fluid

Be more, be fluid.

Title - Fluid
Author - Ashish Jaiswal
Publisher - Wisdom Tree
Genre - Self help/non-fiction
Pages - 234
Format - Paperback

Fluid is a non-fiction book with a theme of education system in India. Our education system doesn't have any space for the people who want to go with a change. Grab this eye opener book and flow like a fluid.

Blurb -

Whether we are in a classroom or in the outside world, we are always forced to choose who we are. Always expected to walk towards a fixed goal. Never be uncertain, never fail or never alter our course. We are either artists or scientists or businessmen. We are being constantly reminded to embrace these identities with greater force. As they say, the more we remain folded in our fields, the better specialists we are.
Fluid shatters this myth by arguing that great minds who have changed the fate of humankind are actually the ones who failed, faltered or remained uncertain, yet never bothered to stay pasted to a rigid line. They were more. They were fluid.
In captivating storytelling narrative, Ashish Jaiswal takes us through groundbreaking research unravelling what binds the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, CV Raman, Steve Jobs, Charles Darwin and other geniuses and why being fluid like them could be our biggest winning strategy in the age of artificial intelligence.
Read to learn the approach required for world-class innovations, groundbreaking solutions and game-changing ideas.

Review -

1) The cover of the book is pretty good and the title of the book is unique and appreciate.
2) The plot of this book is strong and according to present day situations.
3) The book is divided into five sections as anti fluid,the danger of entering machine age etc. The last section is the bigger one with fluid questions.
4) The author has given several examples of famous personalities like Charles Darwin, CV Raman, Steve Jobs etc to put forward his views.
5) I liked the motto of the book 'be more than what you taught to be'. Hats off to the author for his research work.
6) The book highlights on the present Indian education system and helps to change the thinking of our community.
7) According to the author 'great minds who have changed the fate of human kind are actually ones who failed,faltered and remained uncertained'.
8) The examples and illustrations given in the book are readers friendly.
9) The language used in this book is simple and easily understandable.
10) The flow of the book is medium paced.
11)Read this book slowly to totally digest and for better understanding.
12) Overall, an enlightening read.

Rating - 5/5

I highly recommend this book to all young ones, teachers and parents.

About the author -

Ashish Jaiswal thinks that most of our current practices of education are dangerously outdated and we need to bring a paradigm shift in the way we are preparing ourselves for the coming future. Ashish has spoken and taught all around the world on the shift that is needed. His previous book, How to Reform a Business School, includes an on-campus multi-year case study of how Yale transformed its business school. Ashish’s debut work, True Dummy, an inspirational magical realist fable, has received worldwide praise from many including international media, celebrities and Nobel Prize winners.
Ashish has a PhD in Education and a Master’s in Higher Education from the University of Oxford and is currently an associate fellow at the Oxford Centre of Higher Education Policy Studies.

Thanks for reading.