Pick a Book

‘Reading gives the pleasure to think better and create a better future by gaining knowledge’.

‘Pick a book’ is a project that was initiated under the avenue of Professional Development in order to promote the reading of books, joining hands with the club “Pick a book”. The main objective of this project was to encourage reading among the undergraduates of the Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo. The event happened on the 9^th of November, at the West Wing auditorium of University of Colombo from 10.00 am to 11.00 am. The session was presented by a brilliant professional.

‘කියවීම දැනුම ලබා ගැනීමෙන් වඩා හොඳින් සිතීමට සහ යහපත් අනාගතයක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමට සතුටක් ලබා දෙයි’. ‘Pick a book’ යනු පොතක් තෝරා ගන්න සමාජය සමඟ අත්වැල් බැඳගනිමින් පොත් කියවීම ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා වෘත්තීය සංවර්ධන මාවත යටතේ ආරම්භ කරන ලද ව්‍යාපෘතියකි. මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතියේ ප්‍රධාන අරමුණ වූයේ කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ කළමනාකරණ හා මූල්‍ය පීඨයේ උපාධි අපේක්ෂකයින් අතර කියවීම ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමයි. මෙම උත්සවය නොවැම්බර් මස 9 වන දින, කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය වෙස්ට් වින්ග් ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී පෙරවරු 10.00 සිට 11.00 දක්වා සිදු විය. සැසිය ඉදිරිපත් කළේ දක්ෂ වෘත්තිකයෙකු විසිනි.

வாசிப்பு அறிவைப் பெற்று சிறந்த எதிர்காலத்தை உருவாக்கி, நன்றாகச் சிந்திக்கும் மகிழ்ச்சியைத் தருகிறது. ‘Pick a book’ என்பது Pick a book என்ற கிளப்புடன் கைகோர்த்து புத்தகங்களைப் படிப்பதை ஊக்குவிக்கும் வகையில், தொழில்முறை மேம்பாட்டு வழியின் கீழ் தொடங்கப்பட்ட திட்டமாகும். கொழும்புப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் முகாமைத்துவ மற்றும் நிதியியல் பீடத்தின் இளங்கலைப் பட்டதாரிகளுக்கு வாசிப்பை ஊக்குவிப்பதே இந்தத் திட்டத்தின் முக்கிய நோக்கமாகும். இந்த நிகழ்வு நவம்பர் மாதம் 9 ஆம் திகதி கொழும்பு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் வெஸ்ட் விங் கேட்போர் கூடத்தில் காலை 10.00 மணி முதல் 11.00 மணி வரை நடைபெற்றது. ஒரு சிறந்த நிபுணரால் இந்த அமர்வு வழங்கப்பட்டது.

The session was conducted by Mr. Chrishantha Jayasinghe, an expert in the “pick a book” movement. Along with Mr. Chrishantha Jayasinghe Mr. Dhananchayan Sivathsan and Mrs. Dinushi Edirisinghe from the pick a book initiative gathered with us on this occasion. The session was open for both members and non-members of the club. The main highlight of the session was the book review of the book called ‘Homeless to Billionaire’ by the renowned author Andres Pira.

Inspired by his own massive life changes, Pira details his business journey from homeless and unemployed to telemarketer to a Thai baht billionaire. Innovating along the way and leveraging his own experiences with employees and clients; through failure and success, his 18 principles for attracting wealth, creating opportunity, and celebrating self-discovery were forged. Uncanny wisdom from this millennial adventurer turned businessman is blended with proven research and case studies into powerful lessons. “Do whatever it is you want to do in life. Be whoever you want to be. Go wherever you want to go. Have whatever it is you want to have right now”, urges Pira. The book is a part autobiography, a part success workbook, and 100 percent life lessons as Pira details how to move from fear to inspiration, competitiveness to domination, and student to mentor in business. His call to action is for readers to live their legacy every day.

It was a very interactive session where the host and the audience shared their ideas on reading. Not only the speaker, but also the audience was also very enthusiastic and they kept on asking questions. In addition to the book review, he also learned a bit about the Law of attraction. The end of this spectacular session concluded the project ‘Pick a book’ which was enriched of the importance of reading to gain wisdom.

It was a very interactive session where the host and the audience shared their ideas on reading. Not only the speaker but also the audience was also very enthusiastic and they kept on continuing the discussion. Then he also recommended some books like “Good To Great”, “Think And Grow Rich” and “Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People to Improve Personal Development”. In addition to the book review, he also discussed a bit about the Law of attraction. He emphasized the book ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Byrne, a self-help book that states that positive energy attracts positive things into your life, governs your thinking and actions, and how you can use the power of positive thinking to achieve anything you can imagine.

Finally the tokens of appreciation were handed over as the event came to an end. The end of this spectacular session concluded the project ‘Pick a book’ which was enriched with the importance of reading to gain wisdom.