Chetan Bhagat in Shillong – People’s Person
His presentation entitled ‘How to be a super achiever’ was simple and direct, interesting for teenagers. His 6 step model (1. Setting clear goals, 2. Knowing the reason behind the goal/goals. 3.Finding the group. 4. Detailed action plan. 5. Setback dealing mechanism. 6. Faith) for achieving success was quite the same as researched by many academicians, though he made it simple. He narrated his journey to become best-selling author and emphasized that he is best-selling and may not be best. It sets me thinking that the response to market forces has become such that we start thinking more on what sells best and not really what is really best. May be he is able to relate more to the young Indians and he knows the language of the youth so they are able to connect better with him and he knows that’s what really sells. I have read most of his books (5 point someone, 3 Mistakes, 2 States, Revolution 2020) and think that he knows the pulse of his audience and accordingly manufactures