Iacocca - Lee Iacocca

Iacocca the very name spell a feel interest to take position and watch what it is all about and reading the autobiography of the person who started his life in automobiles the end result is anyone who take life as challenge ends with comforts and gain and of course lot of perspiration.

WHY I WRITE THIS REVIEW WHERE I CANT MUCH REMEMBER THE LINES.

Yes remember friends this book I read a very long time back may be most of the MS members were not even born or if they were born must he playing on the street rather took any interest on life of others.

IACOCCA takes you from the first line to the last page total involvement and one may even leave dinner.

WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

Challenges non stop enter in corporate worlds where the person who wont allow your method but expect sea of change from loss into total profit without giving freedom to u.

IACOCCA faced every chairman of a company to bend to his method and sometimes he was not so in a win win position but was able to face mentally any kind of failures.

DONT BE A SLAVE BE A PERSON OF YOUR THAT IS YOURS ONLY.

Most of us tend to bend to the demands of higherups and even colleagues try to deter progress by coming in the way of progress.

INDIA NEEDS HUNDREDS OF IACOCCA.

Yes I can say in one word Ambani brothers are not even one percent the nerve of iacocca because this

american lived with his detiny and took his family support all the time, always cared his kids and also their life is as improtant as his own.

FAMILY COMES FIRST, YOUR CHILDREN COMES FIRST EVERYTHING ASIDE.

It is because always giving care for his family and children it became possible for this man who made history in automobiles.

NOW ONE MAY ASK DOES THIS BOOK LONG BACK WRITTEN IS WORTH.

Yes this is worth more than watching kareena kapoor trying to seduce you.

why.

u know the answer.

today young people must try to read challenging autobiography where in the person took total risk to set right loss making companies into profit making destinies.

YOUR DESTINY IN LIFE DEPENDS UPON READING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF IACOCCA.

I bet anyone who will read this review will rush to read this book, it is worth a million.

HOW SURE I AM.

TAKE MY WORD SIR IT IS WORTH THAT IS WHY I AM NOT DETAILING ANYTHING IT IS HOT CAKE.

let me share the deepest secrecy I felt while I was reading this great book.

My whole mind and body got involved as if I was participating in the events and blood surged because it was sort of gasping feel, this terrible man shaked every ounce in my body and spread a message in my mind hi nagaraj you never need to fear life.Fear is death and challenges are life line supports.

Crisis maketh a person into mega reach, unless one face and endure challenges be it in production, be in finance, be in workers strike, let federal govt try to tax what ever way when a COMPANY is in trouble he gets strength, no police, judge or anyone in power wont wish to kill u.

YES OTHER EYES WATCH EVERY MOVE OF YOURS WITH RESPECT.

Iacocca was watched by whole American people and they felt great.

YES U FEEL GREAT BECAUSE ONE FEEL PART OF HIM INSIDE.

Indians must read this autobiography and not to miss a single word.

each word is worth millions so why give up.

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After leaving a company which serves the automobile market, hearing Iacocca's name from a consultant and finding this book on sale, I read this book.I liked it alot because the writing was very direct and because of the character of Mr. Iacocca.

There was a blend of family values, ownership, responsibility, patriotism and humility (during Chrysler's near bankruptcy period) which is what we look up to in leaders.It describes his ascent into Ford and his success by bringing out popular models, the strategy and product development in general of US car companies, the management style in Ford.

Thereafter, the period when he was fired and swiftly taken into Chrysler. In Chrysler, he talks about the problems he faced, changing the management style of Chrysler and saving it with due acknowledgement to others, meeting those huge promises he made to all the stakeholders.It seemed genuine when he wrote about his feelings on firing employees from Chrysler.He may be pro-American but it sets an example to any citizen why country should also matter. Ultimately, there is a passion for values and succeeding which is there as a seed in all of us waiting to be nurtured that is in this book.It gave me more fuel to the fire to my belly! ;-)

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Leadership Means Setting an Example.

How did Lee Iacocca set an Example of Leadership

Let me talk straight; this book is all about automobiles, automobiles and automobiles. What I mean by that is, it all revolves around GM, Ford, Chrysler and not to forget some japanese giants. It is truly an autobiography, not a case study. It starts from his birth, to schooling, getting a job in Ford, being fired from Ford, joining Chrysler and rest as they say is History.

Ofcourse it will be most useful from management point of view, but also if you are somehow related to manufacturing or auto industry. But what I as an under grad computer science enginee learned from this book is more then the above mentioned beneficiaries. We as an undergrad always wondered how such corporate ’’honchos’’ are able to do such great things in life. All we try to know is how are their persona, what are their daily routines, how do they interact and ofcourse how do they make a balance between their social and work life. No book is going to tell us this in detail. For that we need to be present with them like a shadow :). What we should learn from this book is how should we maintain our calm and composure at times when we are facing the worst phase of our life.

People are no GOOD or BAD. Its the situation that makes them and as the cliche goes ’’Time changes everything’’. Even people which are closest to our heart can’t help us. And enemies can become best friends. How should we face the government and their laws ? How we should keep all the strings attached ? We should sometimes break the convention of business , and for that matter anything in life, when we have one leg in grave. Change is the only thing that is constant. Even Bill Gates is follower of Change.The top(opposite to bottom) line is : its all about management and priorities. But during stress it is very important to maintain confidence, faith, tolerance, temper and patience. I term this as the CFTP protocol . The main thing is, it affects our life and family. Hence it boils down to mantaining a universal Balance

THIS BOOK IS A COMPLETE PACKAGE.

Excerpts :

01- You'll never really know what happiness is unless you have something to compare it to. -If someone is bigger than you are, don't fight back.

02 - Use your head instead of your fists.

03 - Life isn't always going to be fair.

04 - The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in

business-or almost anywhere else,for that matter.

05-  If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

06- Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard

Business School.

07 - Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

08 - Mistakes area a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too

expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.

09- The dealers are really the only customers a company has.

10 - If you screw up, don't give me any excuses-- go look at yourself in the mirror. Then come see me.

11 - When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

12 - Whenever you're trying to promote a brand name, your first task is to make clear where the brand is available.- As everyone knows, there are only two ways to make more money: you can sell more

goods or spend less on overhead.

13- Styling and value are what sells cars, but QUALITY is what keeps them sold.- Leadership means setting an example.

14 - If everybody is suffering equally, you can move a mountain.

15 - Gasoline is the blood of the car industry, an interest rates are the oxygen.

Most important- Always think in terms of the other person's interest.

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Talking Straight

Lee Iacocca along with Sonny Kleinfield ( a reporter of New York Times)

This book is a unique book written by a very high achiever

A person so close to becoming president of USA.......its a wonder why

he did not become president !!!!

Because the The kind of america could be made would have been super.

Mr. Lee Iacocca answers and gives us readers his views , methods

and solutions for so many ills prevalent in america is amazing and not

only that the language and words are so reaching you and so simple

and eloquent, this has to come from an american.

As we all know Mr.Lee Iacocca has written his biography LEE

IACOCCA which was translated into 28 languages and 20 million or

so copies sold is a very great achievement. Now this sequel to LEE

IACOCCA is TALKING STRAIGHT its maybe better than the 1st one, I

myself prefer Talking straight very much.

Mr.Iacocca took a loan of 1.2 Billion Dollars from USA government

and truned around Chrysler Automobile company which was loosing

6 million Dollars per day into a profit making company and was able to

pay back all the loans he took and made chrysler a very happy company.

This does not come around without sweat and sincerity, there are

so many yearnings he displays for us all readers to see in this book are

so plain and so practical which makes ADMIRATION inside us spurt

without any obstacle for Mr.Lee Iacocca.

His achievements as a businessman, his success as a businessman

is secondary. But if you eye the merit of this book he wrote

TALKING STRAIGHT is a pure reading pleasure and inspirational.

I spend my money and put my energy in reading the book , I need to

be recompensated for that in the material I purchase for my pleasure .

I think I got it back immensely reading this book.

his views about Japan, Automobile Industry, American Presidents,

Policits, National Debt of America, Lawyers, Children, Schools,

Management, Mother reflect very positively on the person he is , but also

as a reader you get immense benefits and great pleasure in reading

about it.

I will keep this book in hardcover in my liberary for others to borrow

from me if they want. I think this book deserves to be purchased and

borrowed Everywhich way you can.

Inspiring people, please proceed to be inspired !!!

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I guess all of us go through this phase in life where you dont want what you get.. dont get what you want and dont even know what you want.. I was goin through one of those moods where I .. wasnt relly'' inspired.''. thats when I came across this book.. lying at home.. :))... im not saying it changed things.. but left me inspired..i picked this book up and take my word for it.. finished it in a day and a half.. damn good book.. im no great litreary big hound.. but I believe I know it when I read a good book..:))... the book is a must read .. mechanical engineers who love it.. lotsa cars models discussed here... the whole detail of how the mustang happened..... the book for all of you who dont have a clue is about this guy called 'lee iacocca'... or rather THE lee iacocca... this guy is an italian immigrant.. who comes to the US...and after the regular formal education.. joins FORD..his dream company...he works for 30 long years.. slogs hard.. holds important positions in the company... comes up with new models.. which sell big.. fortunes made because of him.. and then finaly heads the company.. henry ford (according to lee)was an egomaniacal looser.. who couldnt take his success..and so fires him...!.. after 30 years.. his wife dies... the guy is sad and down in the dumps.. but no .. he doesnt give up... he joins chrysler.. which is a near bankrupt company... he takes it upon himself to make a diffrence and get back at ford.. so he goes to the govt and takes loans and repays them in a record 4 years.. ... and basically.. his turning around of chrysalis.. is neat stuff.. now this guys story is awsum for the simple reasons that one thing that fascinates all of us is when the revenge formula..atleast for me.. mba-aspirants will find this real reading.. atleast for me.. .. really made me think... reccomend this book.. althought my attempts at giving a decent review. are highly debatable...the idea here isnt to make you understand the story.. but to make you go out there and buy the book:).. very good read.

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As being an MBA student everybody push you to read and read alot....nothing different with me. Because of not having the habit of reading, I started with some fiction, then my interest developed in non-fiction that too in reading autobiography.

I have read autobiography of Akio Morita and now going on with Lee Iacocca.

Lido is the man of substance...at his early stage dreamt of working for the company and ended up with the President.The book potrats Lee as the the man involved in his own work but taking all its people with him.The most celebrating time for him was the sucess of Mustang....Agreat car of its time.Because of some personality differeces with FordII,Lee has to leave the company.

The book tell how this man come up in his life again to show that his existance without Ford is also possible.

Unlike the other book I have read MADE IN JAPAN-AKIO MORITA which talk about the difference in working of people because of the culture,this talks about the work culture within the organisation.Lee has defined well how the American behave when the are at different levels of hierarchy in the organisation.

A must read book for an MBA aspirant.

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