Guest Speaker: Amrut Deshmukh
Insta ID : @amrutdeshmukh
Date : 20th Nov 2021
Amrut Deshmukh calls himself as an outdated Chartered Accountant. He is popularly known as Booklet Guy with a Mission Make India Read. The average reading speed of most of us 150 words per minute. Amrut has increased his reading speed to 1200 words per minutes. He reads almost 1 book a day and has read 1520 books till now. He is an Author of the book Author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective READERS” He has 20 lakh young readers who are enthusiastically reading books with him on his free mobile app called “Booklet”. TED talk speaker (thrice) and awarded as “Youth Icon 2020”.
Watch the episode to know about
•His life mantra being taking One day at a time
•His Journey from being a CA to 3 failed startup to only successful Indian start-up with no external funding or venture capital. A completely self-funded social start-up.
•His journey of finding his mission for cultivating habit of reading amongst the youth of India ( Mission Make India Read )
•He shares about his book “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective READERS” inspired from one of his favourite Author
•He shared about his free mobile app called “Booklet”
•According to him taking risk in life and taking the road less travelled in life is important life skill •He shares tips about cultivating habit of reading.
•His hobbies and His passion for cooking and healthy lifestyle was also shared by him. Loved conducting the fun quiz at the end .
