1. By Spencer Johnson
Reviewed by Binty Goswamee

2. PRESENTED BY :
BINTY GOSWAMEE
PGDM Batch 2012-2014
Roll no: 70

3. About Spencer
Johnson
• BA in Psychology and An MD
• Books available in Forty languages
• USP: Turning complex subjects into simple
solutions that work.

4. His Other Works
• Who Moved My Cheese
• One Minute Manager

5. The Story
• •FOCUS
• APPRECIATE
• PAY ATTENTION
• MOTIVATION
• JOB DESIGN AND WORK

6. Contents of the book
The story of the Present
Being
Before the story Learning After the Story
Creating
Summary: Using The
Present

7. THE PRESENT
Concentrating on what is Right in the
Present moment makes oneself happier
today, Successful tomorrow.

8. PAST
• What happened in the Past?
• What did I learn from it?
• What can I do differently now?

9. FUTURE
• What fits in your future?
• Realistic plans to achieve them
• Start now

10. Management Lessons From
The Book
• Pick up lessons you need from past , learn from
them and move on.
• Learn to look for what is right at a bad situation .
• Its hard to letgo of the past if you have not learned
from the past.

11. My learning
• When you receive The Present, you no longer
dream of being some where else.
• The Present can lead you to many kinds of Riches.
But its Value is not measured by Gold or Money
alone.

12. The One Line
Summary
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO
OPEN “THE PRESENT”

13. My opinions
• Category of Self help Books
• No targets measured for progress
• Being Present, how to achieve it is not clearly
defined.

14. CONCLUSION