My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future (With a special Epilogue for India) [Hardcover] Nooyi, Indra K. Hardcover – 1 January 2021

An INCREDIBLE book that you must buy.An astonishing story of absolute grit, perseverance and bone-chilling sacrifice. Books like these establish the fact that leaders are made, not born.Highlights and Quotes:- "We are investing in your education to help you stand on your own two feet," he said. "The rest is up to you. Be your own person." (Alok: JUST the advice we've given to our daughters :)"Satan has work for idle hands." That never left me. Still, today I struggle not to be doing something useful all the time.- I had landed in the US with $500. I was at Yale. I searched high and low in that Wawa for curds, but I couldn't find them. I didn't know that curds in India are called yogurt in the US.- I developed my own research routines. For a company that made citrus processing machines, I crawled through juice plants in Brazil and Florida and learned the intricacies of squeezing oranges with different commercial machines. I hung out in a bar in Green Bay, Wisconsin, nursing a lemonade, to listen to competitors' factory workers talk about their troubles on their tissue lines, and then drew lessons for my clients. (Alok - Meaningful insights take tons of hard work to gather!)- In the single most valuable corporate benefit I received in my early career, the head of BCG's Chicago office, Carl Stern, called to tell me to take up to six months off—with pay—to help care for my father. (Alok - Amazing examples of EMPATHY from employers)-Nooyi is a small village near Mangalore, and my in-laws loved that I carried the name in my pursuits in the US and put their tiny town on the map.- I would sit up reading mail and reviewing documents until 1 or 2 a.m. I was almost never around for dinner. I didn't exercise. I barely slept. I left home for the airport at 4:30 a.m. on Mondays and lived in a Marriott hotel room until Thursday night. (Alok - lots of examples of EXTREME sacrifices :)- "Listen to me," my mother replied. "You may be the president or whatever of PepsiCo, but when you come home, you are a wife and a mother and a daughter. Nobody can take your place. "So you leave that crown in the garage."- Getting into the nitty-gritty of EVERYTHING - the fantastic story of the 1.5 Billion IT project she took apart herself.- When I was a little girl, my mother asked me to make speeches pretending I was India's prime minister. She also worried about finding me a husband- The most memorable comment came from a portfolio manager in Boston. "Who do you think you are?" he asked me. "Mother Teresa?" (when Indra presented the strategy of Pepsi to shift the plan to healthier foods that may have sacrificed earnings)

Indira is story of every middle class houhold in India. Perfect example of how discipline, hard work, clean habits of middle class in India are producing such brilliant minds who are contributing and serving in every nook and corner of the world. I can see my own story through her writings..I too could rise from a dusty small town, schooling in vernacular medium to leading teams in the conference rooms of the best corporations in Paris, Washington Moscow, St Petersburg, Mumbai, New Delhi, in immpacable english, on high technology transactions.There is no substitute to hard work, good character and nurturing houshold.Excellent book.Must read for all.

I liked the thought process which triggers a lot of questions for our governments and entire ecosystem on building a sustainable world in futureI just couldn’t relate at some points where too much of details about work was put up.It made the reading a bit slow paced for meOverall,a good read and good to know about life of an Indian women leader in detail

An inspirational autobiography. The personal struggles that she goes through to climb the corporate ladder is worth knowing, for every ambitious youngster. She seems to feel for not having spent time with her daughters, during their childhood. The book provides several insight for every aspiring youngster wanting to go to USA.

I was always in awe with that smile that's coordinated with the strings of pearls around her neck...she was an inspiration to many and for girls in India, she is an epitome of what they can achieve ❤️#indranooyi and her book #mylifeinfull are stories of inspiration, struggle, a constant run to balance, passion, how a family's support can help and many more..!!A couple of things I learnt readig this one and are going to remain with me for long- Having a boss who pushes you to the extremes is a mark of a progressive career. Getting your boss right is the most luckiest thing that can happen to you.- Progress for women can come with guilt but it's your passion that drives you out and makes a proud journey. When your family supports you well but when you are not there for them, they understand but your guilt doesn't.- Nothing is easy for women in the corporate. Doesn't matter if you are a fresh recruit or the CEO of a Conglomerate. It takes a lot of competence and strength to make them forget your gender and skin color.- When you lead, it's your smile that everyone looks forward to. Complaining only complicates and if you are woman, the complication can multiply@indranooyi ma'am you were, are and forever will be an inspiration ❤️ can't tell you how much I spoke about you to everyone around me while I was reading your book. My full.respects to your strength, courage and drive. And heartful thanks to.your family because of whom we all got to be inspired ❤️

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she is my inspiration, this is enough to read this book. "Iron lady of India-Indira Nooyi"

Plain and simple account of an incredible journey of a colored female immigrant to reach the top of a world largest corporate and turn it around for the world's good and company's good. Win win win mantra all through without any artificial roller coaster.Great insight in to the challenges from inside and resistance for the outside family for a woman of color. No wonder they depicted Hindu goddesses with several hands adorned with different instruments, tools and weapons.Thank you, Mrs. Indra Nooyi.