Quotes by Apurva Purohit: Author of Lady, You're Not a Man! : The Adventures of a Woman at Work

Below are some lines that caught my attention from the book -

Lady, You're Not a Man! : The Adventures of a Woman at Work

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"Priorities need to change at different stages of our life if we want to grow and evolve."

" We women actually have very simple needs indeed. Give or take a few diamonds, about forty pair of shoes, a few cuddles from our spouses and a reliable cook, all we want is to be happy and successful - both in our corporate lives and at home."

"Most wars are lost in our minds much before we have stepped out on the battlefield. In a choice between skill and great attitude, attitude always wins, hands down."

"Pregnancy is not an illness, it's a process of life."

V is for Victorious - Pregnancy

It's mesmerising how the small and big success of children make their mothers feel victorious.
~Amita

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N is for Nervous - Pregnancy

Every first time mother is nervous about her capability on baby care: Only till she holds her in her arms.
~ Amita :)

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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. ~Walter Bagehot

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.~Walter Bagehot

Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson

Hooray for change....

This is how I felt about this book: Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson

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1. Having cheese makes you happy.

2. The more important your cheese is to you the more you want to hold on to it.

3. If you do not change, You can become extinct.

4. What do you do if you weren't afraid?

5. Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.

6. Movement in a new direction helps you find new cheese.

7. When you move beyond your fear, you feel free.

8. Imagining myself enjoying new cheese even before i find it, leads me to it.

9.. The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.

10. It is safer to search in the maze than remain in a cheesless situation.

11. Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese.

12. When you see that you can find and enjoy new cheese, you change course.

13. Noticing small changes early helps you adapt to the bigger changes that are to come.

14. Move with the cheese and enjoy!


Other notable lines:
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1. "...we resist changes because we're afraid of change."

2. Better late than never.

3. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.

4. "...the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly..."

5. A change imposed is a change opposed.

6. See what you're doing wrong, laugh at it, change and do better.

7. When you stop being afraid you feel good