Thought Process Lab (TPL)

Valkyries by Paulo Coelho  is a self-autobiography. In this story, the writer describes himself. He pens down all his flaws and shortcomings, about his marriage, personal life etc. and how everything turned around to be good again. Here, Paulo describes himself as a Satan worshipper and believer of magic. He could not be employed in a job for a long time. He used to swap jobs at a drop of a hat. His wife, Christina stuck with him throughout all these turbulence. His mentor J ( James Redfield) provided him with a task (through a poem) to find his guardian angel. Paulo, being a stern follower and student, set out to Mojave desert with his wife Christina. His marriage did not have any meaning. Paulo Coelho would hardly communicate with his wife. He would just like to be with himself. Paulo already knew that “he had the tendency to kill what he loves”. So, on this trip, he wanted to consult all his demons and reverse his self-destructive path. Valkyries are leather-cla...

Ricardo Semler the author of this book has narrated his story of raising the Semco with his father. This story would appeal to the people who have interest in starting their own business or already established themselves. Semco is a Brazilian company, founded by Alexander Semler. Ricardo Semler is the son who took the charge of the company. Semco was a family company. The unique thing about Semco was the way it would function. Firstly, the employees had flexible working time and could make their own goals and mitigate with their managers. Secondly, no walls in the office. Openly communicate with other employees. All the staff was taught how to read the balance sheet etc. Semco had an open office structure with a hierarchy. Throughout the journey, Semco faced a lot of challenges which included sacking some of their top-notch managers etc. Some of these managers transferred back to Semco after working for some other company in Brazil itself. The lessons that we learned from M...

In the previous book The Kommandant’s Girl, there was a character Marta, part of the German Renaissance who helped Anna to meet her husband Jacob. Marta was shot and was put in the Nazi prison camp. She was tortured every day for information against the renaissance but she did not budge. Due to all this torture and endless interrogation, she fell ill. The American army invades German and the camp and Marta is rescued by Paul, an American soldier who gives her hopes for having a happy life. They spend few days together until he has to go back and she moves to London. Their hopes of a happy life together crash when Paul’s plane crashes. Marta meets Simon, a British diplomat on a boat. He falls in love with her, like it was love at first sight. She becomes pregnant hence she marries Simon. She leads a normal life, being a housewife and parenting a wonderful daughter Rachel. But, she learned about a communist spy in the British intelligence. She tries to find the spy and ...

Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff – is about a girl’s stories during the World War II. September 1939, Emma Bau, a Jewish in Poland her world was turned upside down. Germany invaded Poland during the year 1939. All the Jewish residents in Poland were forced to flee their homes, to avoid capture from the Germans. Emma Bau had been married to Jacob just six weeks back. Jacob was also a Jew who was the member of the resistance. When Poland was invaded, Jacob along with the people in the Resistance was forced to leave. They fled so that they could fight for their people’s freedom.  Emma had to burn her Hebrew marriage certificate. The Jews in their area were captured and were supposed to work in the Ghetto. The captured population were not allowed to leave the ghetto premises. There was a list made. Emma involved herself by teaching children. Emma had a ray of hope to leave the ghetto and find her husband. She met Alek at the ghetto during the functions. He was Jacob’s acquaint...