BOOK REVIEW OF

PREPARED BY-NIDHI MEHTA

LOOMI PARMARPOOJA VELINKER

index

• About authors• Characters• Fish philosophy• Story line• 4 cornerstone of fish• Inspirational learnings• Why to recommend

this book• Summary

ABOUT AUTHORS

• He is a filmmaker• Professional speaker• He run’s a corporate membership

seminar at institute for management studies.• Some books under his name:

Top performers Made to stick Cats Fish tales Fish for life Fish sticks

Stephen C. Lundin

Cont…

• Senior vice president with the Ken Blanchard Company.

• He lives in California.• Some books under his

name: Good to be great Fish tales Fish for life Fish sticks

HARRY PAUL

Cont….

• An award winning filmmaker lives in Minneapolis.• He is now CEO of Chart House Learning

Corporation. • Leading producer of corporate learning films,

including Fish.• Some books under his names:

Boyhood faith Can I be successful The master of success Fish tales Fish for life Fish sticks

John Christensen

CHARACTERS

MARY JANE- Working as manager at production department of 1st Guarantee

Financials.

DAN- Passionate, energetic.

BILL- manager at 3rd floor of zombie “ the toxic energy

dump”PIKE PLACE FISH MARKET- Full of

passion, A controlled mad house.

LOONIE- Fish monger.

Fish philosophy

“Fish is a parable, an invented story about

finding the deep source of energy creativity and

passion that exists inside each of us by

learning to love what we do,even if at the

moment we may not be doing exactly what we

love”

Story line

Cont..

• Mary Jane and Dan found a Job .

• Both were excited and happy with their job.

• Sudden death of Dan.• Marry jane developed

a great reputation in company.

• Later she got promotion to 3rd floor in few days.

CONT…

• 3RD FLOOR was like TOXIC ENERGY DUMP.

• As it was the group every one loved to hate.

• It was full of negative energy.

• She got very upset.• Suddenly she saw

pike place fish market

CONT..

• She met lonnie (one of the fish guy).

• Later she got friendly with him.

• Then she share her problems related to Toxic Energy Dump.

CONT..

• Lonnie tried to help her with the help of pike place fish market.

• Marry jane benefited from lonnie’s idea.

• Then she slowly started implementing it on her workplace.

CONT…

• Firstly her staff members were not ready to accept it.

• She gave an assignment to make a visit to that place.

• Some of the staff memebers try to negotiate with fish mongers.

• It resulted into good learning experience, which changed their perception.

CONT..

• It resulted into good learning experience, which changed their perception

• They realised importance of their work.

• Started working hard along with Mary jane, for proving others wrong.

CONT..

• Lastly they became successful in converting the name called “Toxic Energy Dump” into “Good, Enthusiastic & Fun Loving“ work place.

• In the end, Mary jane won best chairwomen’s award.

4 Corner-stones of FISH

• Be present• Make their day• Choose your attitude• Play

Be Present

“ The past is history The Future is a mystery

Today is a giftThat is why

We call it the present.”

Make Their Day

“ Focusing your attention on ways to make

another person’s day provides

a constant flow of Positive feelings.”

Choose your Attitude

“There is always a choice about

the way you do your work,

even if there is not a choice about the work

itself.”

CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE

Frowning face- disinterested, bitter

Smiling face- energetic, supportive, vital, creative, caring

play

Have fun while you workHappy people treat others well

Fun leads to creativity.Having good time is healthy

Work becomes a reward and not just a way to rewards.

Have good time in respectful manner

Inspirational learnings

• Love your work• Don’t underestimate others

potential• Be innovative• Positive attitude towards job• Make choices of your own• Be present• Offer a fun perk• Choose to make today a

great day.• Stay focused

WHY TO RECOMMEND THIS BOOK...

• Helps to change the attitude.

• Learning from anything.• Nothing is impossible.• Motivate people to take

pride in what they do.• Constant flow of positive

feelings.

conclusion

A brief simple but elegant book

an eye opener for those who believe, “work is serious lets have no fooling around”

It is a book – not just about business but about LIFE.

It conveys the 4 most powerful principles that form the bedrock of a successful company.