Emotions define the way you are | "The Mind Game" by Devika Das




Devika Das writes “The Mind Game’ to emphasize on the immense importance of emotions in our existence. Emotions drive us, emotions instigate us to take decisions and they determine the current state of our mind. Controlling and properly channelizing emotions, therefore enable us to take the rein of our lives in our own hands, and live in our terms. The book is largely subdivided into 6 parts.
1. The first part deals with “Five Ultra-Practical steps for Emotion Mastery”. In this section, the author talks about controlling and recognizing emotions and how to face them. She also discusses the importance and ways to upgrade our EQ.
2. The Second part is titled “Analysing people”. Here the author talks about effective listening and questioning, and how to unlock hidden behavioural patterns from people. She invokes the pertinence of theories like Type Theory and Psychoanalytic Theories to make her point.
3. The 3rd part speaks of minimalism and harmonic existence. The author gives tips on living a simple yet fulfilling life. Touching upon lessons on good communication and relationship maintenance, the author harps on the theme of getting along with people.
4. Here, Devika talks about happiness and types of it. She discusses the transformation of unhappiness to happiness and wittily differentiates stress, depression from sadness, as well as ways to relieve ourselves of them.

5. The 5th part is the most practical and essential of it all. Devika speaks everything about anger, ranging from its probable sources to tips for its management.

6. In the final part, various characteristic of a happy and effective workplace has been discussed. From lessons on productivity to methods of keeping employees satisfied and motivated, the author stresses upon how a positive attitude and self-esteem can construct a effective work environment.
The book serves to be a easy to follow guide in the aspects which has been discussed. Despite being quite heavy on subjective knowledge, the concepts are put forward in a way that they can be put to action instantly. Thereby, although most of the lessons are well imbibed and established, still the book becomes a quick revision opportunity to brush over known facts. The author has tried to keep her writing balanced between speaking of her own experiences and making the readers think for themselves. At points, the book felt almost like ‘old wine in a new bottle’, with the repeated regurgitation of established facts. The 6 parts were further subdivided into chapters, which in turn had many sub-points. So, in a way it became very sprawled and difficult to keep a track of. Readers will have a much better takeaway if they choose to skim through the index at first, and then jump to the parts that interest them; rather than reading the book page by page from the beginning. In all, the book is definitely worth reading if one is looking for practical relatable advice of how they can get a grip over their emotions and live a balanced life.

Disclaimer: This review is in lieu of a review copy.
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