Yes, you read it well. The Kama Sutra can help you as manager or entrepreneur to become more successful! This slideshare is based upon a presentation at TEDx Eutropolis and contains a preview of a book yet to be published. The Kama Sutra for Business will show how this revised study from the 4th century can be the perfect guide to make your company or product irresistible. And allows you the (re)discover the pleasure of doing business.

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NEW SUCCESS by Nick Decrock
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2. R E - WR I T ING A WO R LD W I D E B ES TSEL LER
O R I GINA LLY W RI TTE N BY V ĀT SY ĀYA NA

3. OR I GI N A L
KAMA SUTRA
THE HOW-TO GUIDE FOR
SENSUAL PLEASURE

4. YES, LIKE PLAYBOY MAGAZINE, IT’S NOW MAINLY BOUGHT
NOTE: ORIGINAL VERSION FROM 4TH CENTURY
AND READ FOR THE CLEVER WRITING. DID NOT CONTAIN ANY PICTURES

5. The original Kama Sutra has
36 chapters divided in seven big parts.
Read here (Project Gutenberg)

6. The original Kama Sutra reads like a
“How to discover pleasure ... for dummies”
1. Introduction (5 chapters) - 4. About conduct and privileges of
about aims and priorities in life, the wife or wives (2 chapters)
the acquisition of knowledge,
the conduct of men and various 5. About the wives of other people
classes of women. (6 chapters) - about seduction
and managing relationships.
2. Sexual union: techniques
(10 chapters) - Discussing 6. About courtisanes (6 chapters)
stimulation of desire, types of - on the characteristics of men
embraces, caressing, kisses, and women. Gaining and losing.
positions,... 7. On the means of attracting
3. About the acquisition of a wife others to one’s self. About
(5 chapters), observations, practices to improve physical
courting, managing alone, attractions (2 chapters).
different forms of marriage.

7. The Kama Sutra was
written as a guide for men
(and women) in times
where marriages were
still arranged.
And love (or pleasure) was
not taken for granted.

8. A WORK IN PROGRESS
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So, I came up with this idea:
The New Kama Sutra ... for Business Pleasures

9. (Re)
discovering
the pleasure of
doing business.
A HOW-TO GUIDE

10. Translating the original Kama Sutra in relation
to success in business and entrepreneurship.
1. Introduction (4 chapters) - 4. About how to make your
about entrepreneurship in business work and where to
general, values and how position colleagues,
innovation & creativity has to competitors and partners.
play a role in it. (5 chapters).
2. Business models & innovation 5. About distraction, competition
(10 chapters) - Discussing and seduction
cases, creativity techniques and (6 chapters)
business conducts.
6. About opportunities and threats
3. About growing a business (6 chapters)
(5 chapters), observations,
creative cultures, different 7. About how to stay sexy for the
forms of management. outside world and for the
people working with/for you
(2 chapters).

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12. Sneak
Preview
Part One - Chapter Three
THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS

13. Dreams
Vision
Passion
Courage
7 Agility
Absorption
Diversity
7
THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS

14. Kama Sutra
“You’ll find the
perfect woman.
At least in dreams.”
Dreams & Vision
THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS
Kama Sutra ... for Business Pleasures

15. 1 & 2. DREAMS & VISION
“Why ? Because
it is not possible”
Bertrand Piccard

16. 1 & 2. DREAMS & VISION
You don't learn to walk
by following rules. You
learn by doing, and by
falling over. Richard Branson

17. Kama Sutra
“Those things
which increase passion
should be done first.”
Passion
THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS
Kama Sutra ... for Business Pleasures

18. 3. PASSION
I have no special
talents. I am only
passionately curious.
Albert Einstein

19. 3. PASSION
“In order to fix it, you
need a passionate anger
about something that
doesn't work well.”
James Dyson

20. Kama Sutra
“Desire,
from which
all danger is taken
away by wisdom,
becomes firm & secure”
Courage
THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS
Kama Sutra ... for Business Pleasures

21. 4. COURAGE
You need to cross the
edge to know where it is.

22. 4. COURAGE
I started the site when I
was 19. I didn't know much
about business back then.
Mark Zuckerberg

23. Kama Sutra
“Perseverance is
considered to be a
good quality of a man.”
Agility & Absorption
THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS
Kama Sutra ... for Business Pleasures

24. 5 & 6. AGILITY & ABSORPTION
It’s not enough to be fast,
you need to be prepared
for the punches too!

25. 5 & 6. AGILITY & ABORPTION
I'm the only person I know that's
lost a quarter of a billion dollars in
one year.... It's very character-
building. (2004)

26. Kama Sutra
“Being of different
kind does not make
a difference in
the pleasure you get.”
Diversity
THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS
Kama Sutra ... for Business Pleasures

27. 7. DIVERSITY
How ‘multicultural’ is your
company? E.g. What does a
musician think of your products?

28. 7. DIVERSITY
What if this homeless
person would run your
company? Would he
do things differently?

29. Dreams
Vision
Passion
Courage
7 Agility
Absorption
Diversity
7
THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS

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