“You are the most powerful magnet in the universe! You contain a magnetic power within you that is more powerful than anything in this world, and this unfathomable magnetic power is emitted through your thoughts.” - Rhonda Byrne
The human mind is an enigma. It is very powerful and has vast potential. However, people don’t realize. They look elsewhere without realizing their hidden potential laying within them. Even if few people realize they don’t know how to use their potential up to the hilt. In fact, those who win this world are the ones who know how to spot their hidden potential and realize the same for achieving success.
What is Mind Management?
"The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind." Wayne W. Dyer
Mind management is all about managing the mind effectively and efficiently. It is the process of exploring, analyzing, realizing, planning, organizing, directing, controlling and exploiting human mind for achieving all-round success in personal, professional and social life. It is related to self-awareness, self-introspection and self-development.
Through mind management you can achieve success. First of all, you must know all about mind management. Secondly, there is a methodology to tap and manage your hidden potential. Thirdly, by orienting your potential through right tools and techniques, you can connect to your outside world. And fourthly, by putting sustained efforts and energies regularly, you can achieve success.
Everything is there in your mind. It all depends on your state of thinking and management. Whether you want to have a triumph or a waterloo, it is in your hands. You need to build a right mental attitude through mind management which takes you towards success in your chosen area of interest.
Mind Management Process:
“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture.” - Norman Vincent Peale
As people maintain their physical body by hitting gym, or walking or exercising, they should maintain their mind qualitatively through right process.
Engage your mind everyday with certain targets. Early morning when you wake up from bed, write down what is to be executed so that your mind gets engaged throughout the day about the tasks.
Prepare the list of qualities to be developed. Find out the ways and means to develop the same. Jot down the resources required to reach and get equipped. Build bridges and network with relevant people. Don’t invent excuses. Have firm will power and commitment to see through the things.
We run internal movies within our minds through self-talk. It is a narrator helps in shaping our minds. Whatever the positive or negative actions reflected in our lives is the result of self-talk running in our minds. In fact, you are the director of your mind.
You need to control your emotions, intellect and habits so as to develop right mental attitude. It helps in better mind management.
Everyday when you go to bed, take feedback about the progress of what was done and what has to be done the very next day. When you do so, your mind starts working in a focused manner resulting into success.
Mind management is not possible in overnight. It requires lot of practice to develop a positive mindset. It must become an ingrained habit.
Mind Management Tips:
“Your mind is an instrument, a tool. It is there to be used for a specific task, and when the task is completed, you lay it down. As it is, I would say about 80 to 90 percent of most people's thinking is not only repetitive and useless, but because of its dysfunctional and often negative nature, much of it is also harmful. Observe your mind and you will find this to be true. It causes a serious leakage of vital energy.” - Eckhart Tolle
• Journal whatever pops up in your mind and prioritize. It helps in staying focused and also manages your time.
• Clear your mental clutter. Don’t let negativity creep in your mind. As you sweep your house, you must clean your mind regularly by removing negative thoughts.
• Read good books that will uplift and inspire you.
• Listen to motivational audio tapes everyday.
• Write and visualize affirmations.
• Never criticize, condemn and complain as it keeps your mind free and healthy keeping more space for absorbing positive information.
• Be creative and pursue your passionate areas to keep your mind receptive and flexibility.
• Avoid invalidating people who poison your mind with discouraging and negative comments. They also squash your dreams and limit your thinking.
• Avoid obsessive thinking as it clutters your mind.
• Avoid wet blankets.
• Have only realistic and achievable expectations.
• Have passion for continuous learning and growing.
• Learn to forgive and forget.
• Observe solitude as it reinvigorates and revives your mental powers. In fact, solitude is fortitude.
Conclusion:
“What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.” - Wayne Dyer
Success should start from you and from within yourself. For this, you need to manage your mind. You need to orient your mind towards goals. Once it is done, you need to put in sustained efforts and energies to achieve. If you want to win a battle you need to win it in your mind first and then in real life. Similarly, if you want to achieve success you need to achieve it in your mind so that you can translate into reality.
You can grow you mind the way you grow your body physically. How you nurture your mind is in your hands. What kind of inputs and instructions you give is in your hands. Your results will depend on your efforts. To put it succinctly, your efforts are directly proportional to your results.
Your future is in your hands. Take the right step. Give something back to this world and bring difference in the lives of others.
The End
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Is Indian Media Playing a Constructive Role?
“The current perception I get from the evening news is that the world is dominated by human failure, crime, catastrophe, corruption, and tragedy. We are all tuning in to see how the human mind is evolving, but the media keeps hammering home the opposite, that the human mind is mired in darkness and folly.” - Deepak Chopra
Now-a-days, Indian media is drawing international attention for presenting and projecting more of negative news than positive news. It projects India in a negative light across the world and also it fills the minds of the people in India with negative information.
When the skeletons came out of Satyam scam, media focused repeatedly on the issue without looking at the solutions to come out of the mess where the jobs of around 50,000 employees were at stake and also the image of IT companies and India as a whole. The television channels competed with each other in exaggerating the scam without highlighting the ways and means to come out of mess.
Challenges:
With the opening of media to privatization, more players came into the picture resulting into stiff competition. For their survival and success, these channels began bombarding with lot of spicy and unhealthy content contaminating the minds of the people. The inexperienced journalists and reporters in the media further aggravated the situation. There is no proper code of conduct in the media. Even if it is there, it is not adhered properly.
Solutions:
In other countries too, we find lot of competition among the media channels but they strictly stick to code of conduct. Government should come out with strict guidelines to make the media more accountable and responsible.
The channels are targeting the young population by spicing up its content. Instead, they should focus on the problems related to youth such as unemployment, unemployability and career related issues. The media should encourage and motivate youth in nation building process by playing a constructive and creative role.
There is a strong need to educate the reporters and journalists with ethics. Regular training will make them to fall in line within the system to be effective and ethical. Stringent action should be initiated against the journalists who misinterpret the content. It also sends strong signals to others erring and inefficient journalists.
Press is the fourth pillar in democracy. All four pillars should be strengthened to make the democracy vibrant. Press should focus on progress and growth of the country. India lives in villages. Highlight the problems of farmers and provide the ways and means to come out it. It should focus more on ideas rather than issues. It is rightly said, below average individuals focus on individuals, average individuals on issues and above average individuals on ideas.
There should be decency and decorum in presentation of facts and figures. Everything depends on the way the media presents. It can either twist or report the content as it is. The media cannot survive if it twists the information as people are aware of things with the growing literacy levels. Ultimately it boomerangs on the media itself thereby losing its credibility and relevance. Therefore, media should set its house in order before being rejected by the people.
Conclusion:
The media should avoid second guessing. It should fill the minds of the people with positive thoughts and make them think positively. The media can either make or break the democracy. If the media also goes corrupt then there is no difference between media and corrupt politicians. It is also like fence eating the crop scenario. It is time Indian media set its house in order and played a constructive to gain credibility.
The End
Now-a-days, Indian media is drawing international attention for presenting and projecting more of negative news than positive news. It projects India in a negative light across the world and also it fills the minds of the people in India with negative information.
When the skeletons came out of Satyam scam, media focused repeatedly on the issue without looking at the solutions to come out of the mess where the jobs of around 50,000 employees were at stake and also the image of IT companies and India as a whole. The television channels competed with each other in exaggerating the scam without highlighting the ways and means to come out of mess.
Challenges:
With the opening of media to privatization, more players came into the picture resulting into stiff competition. For their survival and success, these channels began bombarding with lot of spicy and unhealthy content contaminating the minds of the people. The inexperienced journalists and reporters in the media further aggravated the situation. There is no proper code of conduct in the media. Even if it is there, it is not adhered properly.
Solutions:
In other countries too, we find lot of competition among the media channels but they strictly stick to code of conduct. Government should come out with strict guidelines to make the media more accountable and responsible.
The channels are targeting the young population by spicing up its content. Instead, they should focus on the problems related to youth such as unemployment, unemployability and career related issues. The media should encourage and motivate youth in nation building process by playing a constructive and creative role.
There is a strong need to educate the reporters and journalists with ethics. Regular training will make them to fall in line within the system to be effective and ethical. Stringent action should be initiated against the journalists who misinterpret the content. It also sends strong signals to others erring and inefficient journalists.
Press is the fourth pillar in democracy. All four pillars should be strengthened to make the democracy vibrant. Press should focus on progress and growth of the country. India lives in villages. Highlight the problems of farmers and provide the ways and means to come out it. It should focus more on ideas rather than issues. It is rightly said, below average individuals focus on individuals, average individuals on issues and above average individuals on ideas.
There should be decency and decorum in presentation of facts and figures. Everything depends on the way the media presents. It can either twist or report the content as it is. The media cannot survive if it twists the information as people are aware of things with the growing literacy levels. Ultimately it boomerangs on the media itself thereby losing its credibility and relevance. Therefore, media should set its house in order before being rejected by the people.
Conclusion:
The media should avoid second guessing. It should fill the minds of the people with positive thoughts and make them think positively. The media can either make or break the democracy. If the media also goes corrupt then there is no difference between media and corrupt politicians. It is also like fence eating the crop scenario. It is time Indian media set its house in order and played a constructive to gain credibility.
The End
Friday, July 10, 2009
What Ails Indian Educational System?
"Education is not the filling of a vessel but the kindling of a flame." – Socrates
Now-a-days, there is a lot of debate about Indian educational system. Many people view that the present system has several flaws and, as a result, we could not produce world class leaders. In this regard, it is relevant to know what the present challenges are.
Present Problems:
Currently Indian education system focuses too much on facts and figures thereby killing the creativity, analytical and reasoning skills among children. It does not encourage questioning by the students. The mindset is so developed that whatever is said by the teachers has to be taken as correct without any cross-questioning. In fact, the mindset is developed by parents themselves as they don’t encourage their children to question elders. All these things lead to regimented and conditioned mindset among children at the initial stage itself. In fact, it is at this stage children develop their inquisitiveness, logical, analytical and thinking skills.
We all are to be blamed for the present mess in the Indian education system such as parents, teachers, authorities and system. Besides, there is less focus on research and development in India.
Psychology of Indian Children:
At home too, parents order their children to obey what elders say. Although it is good in terms of building character and values but it adversely affects their creativity. They develop fear to pose questions. In the classroom, asking questions is not encouraged by teachers. Some children don’t ask questions in the class as they think that others may think as the questions to be foolish. Some children don’t ask questions as they think that teacher may get angry. Some children don’t ask as they think that others may treat as irrelevant.
Children in their tender age don’t have social obligations of failure. They don’t have guilt or shame as their minds are fresh. This is the age where we need to encourage questioning and help them explore themselves without any command and control.
Role of Teachers:
Teach them about the concepts fully. Don’t encourage them to mug up mere texts. Teachers must inspire students. Bring in the live examples and anecdotes that help in content assimilation and absorption among the children. Encouraging conceptual education is the need of the hour.
In few cases, the students adopt self-preparation. Even if the teachers don’t teach, the students are competent to learn through a standardized mechanism. It is a boon in disguise.
Teachers should refer number of books on each topic so as to have diversified and extensive knowledge on the subject. It helps them to widen their intellectual faculties and also enhances their confidence in handling questions in the classroom.
Overcoming Challenges:
We still follow the old pattern of educational system which we adopted from the West. There have been drastic changes in their educational system with the changing times. Unfortunately, we have not overhauled our educational system since long. Commercialization of Indian educational system is another cause for concern. Of course, we need funds to run educational institutions but there is a limit for everything. Somewhere some lines have to be drawn to professionalize Indian educational institutions.
There is shortage of teachers and dearth of infrastructure. The proportional ratio between the teacher and the students in a classroom is widening which requires attention.
The Indian educational system should emphasis more on ethical values and principles. Focus more on personality development, life skills, leadership development and motivation which enable the students to get tuned with the industry immediately after completion of their education. In addition, it builds strong work culture and professionalism.
It is a matter of regret that even after 62 years of independence we stand nowhere in the quality of education. Teachers should be made more accountable and responsible over the performance of their students. They need to be educated first so that they can educate students. Provide proper training to teachers who are not up to the standards. Instead of laying them off for non-performance, train and groom those until they come up to required standards. In addition, continuous training of teachers will also help in getting updated with the changing technology. It also helps them to know latest tools and techniques in teaching methodologies thus making them competent and confident teachers.
Recruit the competent and capable teachers. The authorities should take adequate care in selection of teachers. They should check the aptitude and passion for teaching during selection process. When teachers take to teaching by choice but not by chance the quality of teaching will go up in India.
Taking feedback should be made mandatory even at the primary school level itself as it encourages more accountability and responsibility among the teachers.
Salaries for teachers are very low. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Even if tigers join, they turn out to be monkeys over a period of time. When you pay the best you get the best. Therefore, salaries have to be fixed as per the accepted guidelines and standards to make teaching career lucrative and attractive.
There should be change in the mindset of teachers. Teachers don’t encourage questioning. Mere dictating the notes from text books in the classroom does not carry any meaning. In some cases, teachers postpone the questions raised by students. And in some cases, questioning students are penalized.
Teachers should be taught with psychology as it helps in gauging the potential of the students and tailoring their teaching methodology. Indians are poor team workers. They should be taught about team spirit and they should also be taught how to manage group dynamics.
Same teacher should not take too many sessions continuously as it decreases the attention span for students thereby defeating the very purpose of teaching. Teachers too get stressed out of continuous teaching.
Teacher should motivate and inspire students with live examples, anecdotes and short stories. It excites the teaching process.
It is unjust for parents to force their dreams on their children. It stifles their creativity. It is necessary to find out what their children are passionate and encourage them in the same lines.
Government alone cannot bring the drastic changes in the educational system. Involvement of top industrial houses is warranted. The reputed IT companies like Infosys, Wipro and TCS can float their universities to revamp the present educational system.
Conclusion:
Swami Vivekananda said "Education is the manifestation of perfection already present in man"
The Indian children work very hard right from the primary educational level itself. The strength of children should not be judged by the weight of their books but by their wealth of knowledge. Their merit should not be judged by their memory but by their analysis, logic and reasoning. The value of the students should not be judged by their paper degrees but by their application. Only when we look at this perspective, we can have qualitative education which will be superior to the developed countries.
Don’t force children to learn. Encourage and facilitate them to learn. Don’t dump them with lot of stuff. Instead, encourage their imagination. And finally, don’t force Indian children to work hard but make them to work smart.
The Indian professionals are in great demand across the world. It is not basically because they hail from reputed educational institutions but because they put in lot of hard work at the work place at the initial years to prove themselves. That is the case of professionals at the workplace. When we look at the students, it is basically their hard working abilities and self-preparation enables them to succeed at the academic level. Even though the quality faculty is not inducted at professional institutions the Indian students excel by the dint of their hard work and self-preparation.
We have the tendency to highlight problems not solutions; we have tendency to talk of barriers not bridges; we have tendency to talk of challenges, but not overcoming them. How can we progress with such mindset?
It is regrettable to note that India with a billion plus population don’t have proportional representation of Noble Laureates. It is time for India to walk the talk and talk the talk.
The End
Now-a-days, there is a lot of debate about Indian educational system. Many people view that the present system has several flaws and, as a result, we could not produce world class leaders. In this regard, it is relevant to know what the present challenges are.
Present Problems:
Currently Indian education system focuses too much on facts and figures thereby killing the creativity, analytical and reasoning skills among children. It does not encourage questioning by the students. The mindset is so developed that whatever is said by the teachers has to be taken as correct without any cross-questioning. In fact, the mindset is developed by parents themselves as they don’t encourage their children to question elders. All these things lead to regimented and conditioned mindset among children at the initial stage itself. In fact, it is at this stage children develop their inquisitiveness, logical, analytical and thinking skills.
We all are to be blamed for the present mess in the Indian education system such as parents, teachers, authorities and system. Besides, there is less focus on research and development in India.
Psychology of Indian Children:
At home too, parents order their children to obey what elders say. Although it is good in terms of building character and values but it adversely affects their creativity. They develop fear to pose questions. In the classroom, asking questions is not encouraged by teachers. Some children don’t ask questions in the class as they think that others may think as the questions to be foolish. Some children don’t ask questions as they think that teacher may get angry. Some children don’t ask as they think that others may treat as irrelevant.
Children in their tender age don’t have social obligations of failure. They don’t have guilt or shame as their minds are fresh. This is the age where we need to encourage questioning and help them explore themselves without any command and control.
Role of Teachers:
Teach them about the concepts fully. Don’t encourage them to mug up mere texts. Teachers must inspire students. Bring in the live examples and anecdotes that help in content assimilation and absorption among the children. Encouraging conceptual education is the need of the hour.
In few cases, the students adopt self-preparation. Even if the teachers don’t teach, the students are competent to learn through a standardized mechanism. It is a boon in disguise.
Teachers should refer number of books on each topic so as to have diversified and extensive knowledge on the subject. It helps them to widen their intellectual faculties and also enhances their confidence in handling questions in the classroom.
Overcoming Challenges:
We still follow the old pattern of educational system which we adopted from the West. There have been drastic changes in their educational system with the changing times. Unfortunately, we have not overhauled our educational system since long. Commercialization of Indian educational system is another cause for concern. Of course, we need funds to run educational institutions but there is a limit for everything. Somewhere some lines have to be drawn to professionalize Indian educational institutions.
There is shortage of teachers and dearth of infrastructure. The proportional ratio between the teacher and the students in a classroom is widening which requires attention.
The Indian educational system should emphasis more on ethical values and principles. Focus more on personality development, life skills, leadership development and motivation which enable the students to get tuned with the industry immediately after completion of their education. In addition, it builds strong work culture and professionalism.
It is a matter of regret that even after 62 years of independence we stand nowhere in the quality of education. Teachers should be made more accountable and responsible over the performance of their students. They need to be educated first so that they can educate students. Provide proper training to teachers who are not up to the standards. Instead of laying them off for non-performance, train and groom those until they come up to required standards. In addition, continuous training of teachers will also help in getting updated with the changing technology. It also helps them to know latest tools and techniques in teaching methodologies thus making them competent and confident teachers.
Recruit the competent and capable teachers. The authorities should take adequate care in selection of teachers. They should check the aptitude and passion for teaching during selection process. When teachers take to teaching by choice but not by chance the quality of teaching will go up in India.
Taking feedback should be made mandatory even at the primary school level itself as it encourages more accountability and responsibility among the teachers.
Salaries for teachers are very low. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Even if tigers join, they turn out to be monkeys over a period of time. When you pay the best you get the best. Therefore, salaries have to be fixed as per the accepted guidelines and standards to make teaching career lucrative and attractive.
There should be change in the mindset of teachers. Teachers don’t encourage questioning. Mere dictating the notes from text books in the classroom does not carry any meaning. In some cases, teachers postpone the questions raised by students. And in some cases, questioning students are penalized.
Teachers should be taught with psychology as it helps in gauging the potential of the students and tailoring their teaching methodology. Indians are poor team workers. They should be taught about team spirit and they should also be taught how to manage group dynamics.
Same teacher should not take too many sessions continuously as it decreases the attention span for students thereby defeating the very purpose of teaching. Teachers too get stressed out of continuous teaching.
Teacher should motivate and inspire students with live examples, anecdotes and short stories. It excites the teaching process.
It is unjust for parents to force their dreams on their children. It stifles their creativity. It is necessary to find out what their children are passionate and encourage them in the same lines.
Government alone cannot bring the drastic changes in the educational system. Involvement of top industrial houses is warranted. The reputed IT companies like Infosys, Wipro and TCS can float their universities to revamp the present educational system.
Conclusion:
Swami Vivekananda said "Education is the manifestation of perfection already present in man"
The Indian children work very hard right from the primary educational level itself. The strength of children should not be judged by the weight of their books but by their wealth of knowledge. Their merit should not be judged by their memory but by their analysis, logic and reasoning. The value of the students should not be judged by their paper degrees but by their application. Only when we look at this perspective, we can have qualitative education which will be superior to the developed countries.
Don’t force children to learn. Encourage and facilitate them to learn. Don’t dump them with lot of stuff. Instead, encourage their imagination. And finally, don’t force Indian children to work hard but make them to work smart.
The Indian professionals are in great demand across the world. It is not basically because they hail from reputed educational institutions but because they put in lot of hard work at the work place at the initial years to prove themselves. That is the case of professionals at the workplace. When we look at the students, it is basically their hard working abilities and self-preparation enables them to succeed at the academic level. Even though the quality faculty is not inducted at professional institutions the Indian students excel by the dint of their hard work and self-preparation.
We have the tendency to highlight problems not solutions; we have tendency to talk of barriers not bridges; we have tendency to talk of challenges, but not overcoming them. How can we progress with such mindset?
It is regrettable to note that India with a billion plus population don’t have proportional representation of Noble Laureates. It is time for India to walk the talk and talk the talk.
The End
Sunday, July 5, 2009
“Reinvent Yourself” – Prof. M.S.Rao
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein.
Robert failed in business and was bankrupt. He was left penniless. He moved to another place where one of his friends helped in arranging accommodation. He joined in a new place with his family. He deeply analyzed for some time for the causes of failure in business. Having good academic qualification, he joined in an educational institution as a teacher. He never regretted about his failure but learnt lessons from them and quickly moved to the next stage and reinvented himself as a teacher. That is the power of education and reinvention.
There are many people like Robert who move on to the next position without brooding over the problems and reinvent themselves successfully. Reinvention is essential not only for individuals but also for companies so as to survive and succeed in the competitive world. With the rapid changes taking place across the world due to technological inventions, reinvention is the key to survival and success. The only thing constant in this world is change and it can be affected only by constantly reinventing oneself. Continuous and constant reinvention helps in coping up with changes that take place in the external environment resulting into achieving all-round success. Let us now know what is all about success in this regard.
What is Success?
“Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.” - Anthony J. D'Angelo
You can have anything you want if you really want and are willing to sweat out. Nothing is impossible. Why some people achieve success in their lives is a clear indication that everyone can achieve whatever they want. Find out the path of the successful people and how they reached their goals. What made them stand apart from the rest? Find out their qualities and characteristics. Find out what are the qualities commonly connecting you with such personalities. Acquire what you do not have and follow their path without focusing too much on success. Once it is done consistently and regularly then you don’t have to run behind success rather success will run behind you.
Ron’s Reinvention:
“The only thing new is you finding out about something. Like nothing's really new, but you reinvent it for yourself and find your inner voice.” - Mike Watt
Ron was laid off as a researcher and he immediately reinvented himself. It was an opportunity to renew himself and follow his dreams of teaching. He felt like it was a boon in disguise as he basically had passion for teaching and training. Many people in the organization felt upset over the sudden closure. But Ron was basically highly motivated and optimistic who always looked at the opportunities in every adversary. It took some time for him to get out of the habits of a researcher as the profession needed activities such as sitting with the computer system for long time for searching material in the internet. Besides, he was in the comfort zone for a long time. Gradually, he came out of the comfort zone and leveraged his research skills for blending with teaching and reinvented himself as a successful faculty. Ron’s transformation from being a researcher to a faculty had been smooth as he was adaptable and flexible and knew the knack of taking the best out of his past experience.
Lincoln’s Reinvention:
Take real life examples wherein people rose from nowhere to number one position. Abraham Lincoln reinvented himself number of times. He was almost self-educated without formal school education. He was a businessperson for a brief period where he failed. He learnt lessons and reinvented as a lawyer where he was successful. Subsequently he joined in politics where he had several successive lows. But he was not dejected over his failures. He constantly reinvented himself with the changing political scenario and ultimately became the first Republican and the 16th President of America. Lincoln’s success was the result of constant reinvention.
How to Reinvent Yourself?
“I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful.” - Vincent Gallo
• You have to dream big and afford big.
• You need to have lot of flexibility and adaptability.
• Break your mental barriers and limits.
• Look at successful people who continuously reinvented themselves. Take them as role models as it provides you a source of inspiration and motivation.
• Be clear what you want in life. Set out your goals and get into action.
• Spend some time each morning picturing what you will be doing and it converts into reality.
• Go for regular reading as it opens your mental windows.
• Cultivate the habit of journaling daily. It not only demonstrates your perseverance but also keeps you focused.
• When you merely sit, things don’t happen. Take action, then you will find how things will happen according to you.
Conclusion:
“People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.” - Warren G. Bennis
In the Hindu epics, Lord Vishnu had several incarnations. All human beings should reinvent themselves with the changing times. As body changes from cradle to grave, the human mind should also reinvent accordingly. You need to mould your ideas for reinvention. Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing and expecting different results. To get different results, you need to put in efforts differently. It again calls for continuous reinvention on your part.
Today turbulent times call for constant reinvention for companies and individuals as well. Reinvention is the mantra for success. If you don’t reinvent with changing times you stand isolated. Life is short and there is no room for regrets. Life comes only once and try your level best. Don’t brood over your failures. Failure is only a comma, not a full stop. Learn lessons from them and proceed forward. Realize the universal truth that every fall has a rise. Have firm faith in yourself. Do something for others. Serve others. Help the needy. Make difference in the lives of others. Leave a mark behind.
The End
Robert failed in business and was bankrupt. He was left penniless. He moved to another place where one of his friends helped in arranging accommodation. He joined in a new place with his family. He deeply analyzed for some time for the causes of failure in business. Having good academic qualification, he joined in an educational institution as a teacher. He never regretted about his failure but learnt lessons from them and quickly moved to the next stage and reinvented himself as a teacher. That is the power of education and reinvention.
There are many people like Robert who move on to the next position without brooding over the problems and reinvent themselves successfully. Reinvention is essential not only for individuals but also for companies so as to survive and succeed in the competitive world. With the rapid changes taking place across the world due to technological inventions, reinvention is the key to survival and success. The only thing constant in this world is change and it can be affected only by constantly reinventing oneself. Continuous and constant reinvention helps in coping up with changes that take place in the external environment resulting into achieving all-round success. Let us now know what is all about success in this regard.
What is Success?
“Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.” - Anthony J. D'Angelo
You can have anything you want if you really want and are willing to sweat out. Nothing is impossible. Why some people achieve success in their lives is a clear indication that everyone can achieve whatever they want. Find out the path of the successful people and how they reached their goals. What made them stand apart from the rest? Find out their qualities and characteristics. Find out what are the qualities commonly connecting you with such personalities. Acquire what you do not have and follow their path without focusing too much on success. Once it is done consistently and regularly then you don’t have to run behind success rather success will run behind you.
Ron’s Reinvention:
“The only thing new is you finding out about something. Like nothing's really new, but you reinvent it for yourself and find your inner voice.” - Mike Watt
Ron was laid off as a researcher and he immediately reinvented himself. It was an opportunity to renew himself and follow his dreams of teaching. He felt like it was a boon in disguise as he basically had passion for teaching and training. Many people in the organization felt upset over the sudden closure. But Ron was basically highly motivated and optimistic who always looked at the opportunities in every adversary. It took some time for him to get out of the habits of a researcher as the profession needed activities such as sitting with the computer system for long time for searching material in the internet. Besides, he was in the comfort zone for a long time. Gradually, he came out of the comfort zone and leveraged his research skills for blending with teaching and reinvented himself as a successful faculty. Ron’s transformation from being a researcher to a faculty had been smooth as he was adaptable and flexible and knew the knack of taking the best out of his past experience.
Lincoln’s Reinvention:
Take real life examples wherein people rose from nowhere to number one position. Abraham Lincoln reinvented himself number of times. He was almost self-educated without formal school education. He was a businessperson for a brief period where he failed. He learnt lessons and reinvented as a lawyer where he was successful. Subsequently he joined in politics where he had several successive lows. But he was not dejected over his failures. He constantly reinvented himself with the changing political scenario and ultimately became the first Republican and the 16th President of America. Lincoln’s success was the result of constant reinvention.
How to Reinvent Yourself?
“I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful.” - Vincent Gallo
• You have to dream big and afford big.
• You need to have lot of flexibility and adaptability.
• Break your mental barriers and limits.
• Look at successful people who continuously reinvented themselves. Take them as role models as it provides you a source of inspiration and motivation.
• Be clear what you want in life. Set out your goals and get into action.
• Spend some time each morning picturing what you will be doing and it converts into reality.
• Go for regular reading as it opens your mental windows.
• Cultivate the habit of journaling daily. It not only demonstrates your perseverance but also keeps you focused.
• When you merely sit, things don’t happen. Take action, then you will find how things will happen according to you.
Conclusion:
“People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.” - Warren G. Bennis
In the Hindu epics, Lord Vishnu had several incarnations. All human beings should reinvent themselves with the changing times. As body changes from cradle to grave, the human mind should also reinvent accordingly. You need to mould your ideas for reinvention. Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing and expecting different results. To get different results, you need to put in efforts differently. It again calls for continuous reinvention on your part.
Today turbulent times call for constant reinvention for companies and individuals as well. Reinvention is the mantra for success. If you don’t reinvent with changing times you stand isolated. Life is short and there is no room for regrets. Life comes only once and try your level best. Don’t brood over your failures. Failure is only a comma, not a full stop. Learn lessons from them and proceed forward. Realize the universal truth that every fall has a rise. Have firm faith in yourself. Do something for others. Serve others. Help the needy. Make difference in the lives of others. Leave a mark behind.
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Is Killer Instinct Essential for Success?
“To achieve admiration and respect today, the warrior must set himself apart from the rest of society by his personal excellence. Where warriorship was once a birthright, it is now a calling.” —Living the Martial Way
What is Killer Instinct?
“I live on my gut instinct.” - Melanie Brown
Killer instinct is a strong will to win and an urge to succeed unmindful of the consequences for others. It is a fighting spirit. It is not flight but fight to the finish. It is demonstrates ‘do or die’ scenario. It is a combative and competitive mentality to win at any cost.
The killer instinct is confluence of courage, confidence, competence, fortitude, resilience and tenacity. It is combination of physical, mental and spiritual powers. Doing something even if the odds are insurmountable requires killer instinct. It is like having guts to try again whether you succeed or fail. It is like exploring the unknown without any fear of failure. At the same time, killer instinct does not mean being ferocious and careless in your approach. It outlines calculated strategy to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and safety.
How to develop killer instinct?
“I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.” - John Otto
To develop killer instinct, people should shed some of their old habits. In military organizations, soldiers are trained to shed unwarranted habits and practices so that they can evolve themselves as successful and competent combatants. Therefore, it is obvious that killer instinct can be taught through right ambience and training. Killer instinct is a mindset that can be cultivated and inculcated.
• Always be in the effective zone not in the comfort zone.
• Know your strengths and weaknesses and also your opponent’s weaknesses.
• Don’t be overconfident as overconfidence is the worst enemy.
• Don’t be unduly sentimental and emotional. Strike a right balance and maintain composure with maturity.
• Be passionate in your chosen area of interest.
• Always be cool and composed.
• Avoid both internal and external distractions and stay focused on your goals.
Characteristics of killer instinct:
“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.” - Don Marquis
Here are a few characteristics of killer instinct such as cool and composed thinking, physical and mental intelligence, fortitude, courage, gut feeling and intuition, ability to anticipate others’ strategy, resilience and tenacity, being always in effective zone rather than in comfort zone.
Conclusion:
“And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.” - Ayrton Senna
Killer instinct is a quality we all need whether in life or in work. It helps in conquering the unknown. It will make you nose in the face of difficulty and set out to accomplish your dreams even if it means facing the risk of failure. Although killer instinct is an innate trait but people can cultivate a few skills and abilities that collectively give rise to killer instinct. We find entrepreneurs, sportspersons, soldiers and leaders across various sections achieving success by leading from front with killer instinct.
It is a well admitted fact that we all have killer instinct but the intensity varies from person to person. There is no doubt that killer instinct is essential for achieving success in your life. Therefore, demonstrate your killer instinct and come out with flying colors in all your endeavors.
The End
What is Killer Instinct?
“I live on my gut instinct.” - Melanie Brown
Killer instinct is a strong will to win and an urge to succeed unmindful of the consequences for others. It is a fighting spirit. It is not flight but fight to the finish. It is demonstrates ‘do or die’ scenario. It is a combative and competitive mentality to win at any cost.
The killer instinct is confluence of courage, confidence, competence, fortitude, resilience and tenacity. It is combination of physical, mental and spiritual powers. Doing something even if the odds are insurmountable requires killer instinct. It is like having guts to try again whether you succeed or fail. It is like exploring the unknown without any fear of failure. At the same time, killer instinct does not mean being ferocious and careless in your approach. It outlines calculated strategy to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and safety.
How to develop killer instinct?
“I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.” - John Otto
To develop killer instinct, people should shed some of their old habits. In military organizations, soldiers are trained to shed unwarranted habits and practices so that they can evolve themselves as successful and competent combatants. Therefore, it is obvious that killer instinct can be taught through right ambience and training. Killer instinct is a mindset that can be cultivated and inculcated.
• Always be in the effective zone not in the comfort zone.
• Know your strengths and weaknesses and also your opponent’s weaknesses.
• Don’t be overconfident as overconfidence is the worst enemy.
• Don’t be unduly sentimental and emotional. Strike a right balance and maintain composure with maturity.
• Be passionate in your chosen area of interest.
• Always be cool and composed.
• Avoid both internal and external distractions and stay focused on your goals.
Characteristics of killer instinct:
“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.” - Don Marquis
Here are a few characteristics of killer instinct such as cool and composed thinking, physical and mental intelligence, fortitude, courage, gut feeling and intuition, ability to anticipate others’ strategy, resilience and tenacity, being always in effective zone rather than in comfort zone.
Conclusion:
“And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.” - Ayrton Senna
Killer instinct is a quality we all need whether in life or in work. It helps in conquering the unknown. It will make you nose in the face of difficulty and set out to accomplish your dreams even if it means facing the risk of failure. Although killer instinct is an innate trait but people can cultivate a few skills and abilities that collectively give rise to killer instinct. We find entrepreneurs, sportspersons, soldiers and leaders across various sections achieving success by leading from front with killer instinct.
It is a well admitted fact that we all have killer instinct but the intensity varies from person to person. There is no doubt that killer instinct is essential for achieving success in your life. Therefore, demonstrate your killer instinct and come out with flying colors in all your endeavors.
The End
Saturday, July 4, 2009
“Solitude is Fortitude” – Prof.M.S.Rao
“We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude.” - Helen Hayes
Life is becoming more complex with the rapid changing technology. Stress levels among the people are rising at alarming rates with the rising aspirations and expectations of the people. Companies demand a lot from their employees to beat the stiff competition which is possible only by being innovative and creative in delivery of goods and services. In this process, employees undergo fatigue at the workplace resulting into higher stress levels. Employees also want to prove and survive themselves by going extra mile. It is in this context, solitude is the need of the hour to break stress, anxiety monotony and boredom.
What is Solitude?
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up.” - Pearl Buck
People often confuse between solitude with loneliness. In fact, it is not so. Solitude is a state of being alone for a short-term where in there will not be any physical contact with others. It is like taking a break once in a week by totally avoiding the routine work. It is also like taking a short leave for vacation. As people go for fasting without taking food for giving rest to the internal system, people also go for solitude for giving rest to mind for sometime.
Loneliness Vs Solitude:
“We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.” - James Anthony Froude
Often loneliness and solitude are interchangeably used by people. However, there is a thin line separating these both. Loneliness is a negative state whereas solitude is a positive state. Solitude helps in engaging oneself internally with a healthy thought process as a companion. Loneliness reflects missing something in life. It represents isolation. Loneliness depletes mind and body while solitude restores. Loneliness is bitterness while solitude is sweetness. To put it succinctly, solitude is chosen while loneliness is imposed.
Merits of Solitude:
“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” - William Penn
• It is the best way to get to know about yourself.
• It removes the clutter and purifies your mind thus enhancing your concentration.
• It helps in beating stress levels.
• It helps you dig deep within and brings out the best.
• It helps in better self-awareness, self-control and self-discipline.
• It helps in recouping the lost energies. Besides, it builds fresh energies, enhances creativity and innovation.
• It helps in exploring yourself analytically thus improving your personality for all-round success.
• It replenishes your energies and helps you move further and forward with confidence and optimism.
Solitude is Fortitude:
“No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.” - Jack Kerouac
When you do routine things you get bored. Then, it is time to go for solitude for self-analysis and introspection. When you want to do things differently, it is time to go for solitude. People go to beaches and spend time in solitude in the sounds of sea waves as it provides solace and strengthens will-power.
History reveals that several great leaders preferred solitude whenever they were in distress. In the epic Mahabharat, at the fag end of Kurukshetra battle, Duryodana underwent inside the water to remain calm for sometime and also to take in fresh energies. It was a kind of solitude. Saints and sages go for solitude to search themselves internally. They go to a serene place and enjoy in a state of solitariness. Therefore, solitude is fortitude.
Conclusion:
“Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.” - Robert Cecil
People should spend sometime in solitude everyday so as to stay healthy physically, mentally and spiritually. It should be treated as an investment and expense of time. Few companies provide sabbatical leave to their employees who work for some period. It helps them to unwind themselves and get back to work with recharged energies. To sum up, it is essential for individuals and institutions to go for solitude regularly keeping in view of the growing uncertainty and complexity due to rapid technology.
“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.” - Voltaire
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Life is becoming more complex with the rapid changing technology. Stress levels among the people are rising at alarming rates with the rising aspirations and expectations of the people. Companies demand a lot from their employees to beat the stiff competition which is possible only by being innovative and creative in delivery of goods and services. In this process, employees undergo fatigue at the workplace resulting into higher stress levels. Employees also want to prove and survive themselves by going extra mile. It is in this context, solitude is the need of the hour to break stress, anxiety monotony and boredom.
What is Solitude?
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up.” - Pearl Buck
People often confuse between solitude with loneliness. In fact, it is not so. Solitude is a state of being alone for a short-term where in there will not be any physical contact with others. It is like taking a break once in a week by totally avoiding the routine work. It is also like taking a short leave for vacation. As people go for fasting without taking food for giving rest to the internal system, people also go for solitude for giving rest to mind for sometime.
Loneliness Vs Solitude:
“We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.” - James Anthony Froude
Often loneliness and solitude are interchangeably used by people. However, there is a thin line separating these both. Loneliness is a negative state whereas solitude is a positive state. Solitude helps in engaging oneself internally with a healthy thought process as a companion. Loneliness reflects missing something in life. It represents isolation. Loneliness depletes mind and body while solitude restores. Loneliness is bitterness while solitude is sweetness. To put it succinctly, solitude is chosen while loneliness is imposed.
Merits of Solitude:
“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” - William Penn
• It is the best way to get to know about yourself.
• It removes the clutter and purifies your mind thus enhancing your concentration.
• It helps in beating stress levels.
• It helps you dig deep within and brings out the best.
• It helps in better self-awareness, self-control and self-discipline.
• It helps in recouping the lost energies. Besides, it builds fresh energies, enhances creativity and innovation.
• It helps in exploring yourself analytically thus improving your personality for all-round success.
• It replenishes your energies and helps you move further and forward with confidence and optimism.
Solitude is Fortitude:
“No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.” - Jack Kerouac
When you do routine things you get bored. Then, it is time to go for solitude for self-analysis and introspection. When you want to do things differently, it is time to go for solitude. People go to beaches and spend time in solitude in the sounds of sea waves as it provides solace and strengthens will-power.
History reveals that several great leaders preferred solitude whenever they were in distress. In the epic Mahabharat, at the fag end of Kurukshetra battle, Duryodana underwent inside the water to remain calm for sometime and also to take in fresh energies. It was a kind of solitude. Saints and sages go for solitude to search themselves internally. They go to a serene place and enjoy in a state of solitariness. Therefore, solitude is fortitude.
Conclusion:
“Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.” - Robert Cecil
People should spend sometime in solitude everyday so as to stay healthy physically, mentally and spiritually. It should be treated as an investment and expense of time. Few companies provide sabbatical leave to their employees who work for some period. It helps them to unwind themselves and get back to work with recharged energies. To sum up, it is essential for individuals and institutions to go for solitude regularly keeping in view of the growing uncertainty and complexity due to rapid technology.
“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.” - Voltaire
The End
Friday, July 3, 2009
How to Build Your Self-Determination?
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi.
What is Self-Determination?
Self-determination is a cluster of several skills, abilities, knowledge, beliefs, traits and talents that enable people to engage themselves with tons of self-confidence. It comes from your inner strength and courage. It helps to take on the challenges and changes in life with head on. It strengthens your inner belief to take the battle to its logical end. Self-determination is something hidden which can be demonstrated through actions not by external appearance.
Importance of Self-Determination:
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” - Vincent T. Lombardi
Self-determination is necessary to succeed in life. Self-determination helps in equipping you with necessary strength and courage to meet the day-to-day challenges in your life. Hannibal rightly said, “We will either find a way or make one.”
Self-determination is required to break your conditioned thinking. People, by continuous reading and experience, tend to develop a particular mindset which is hard to break. As the world is changing rapidly with changing technology, people have to develop adaptability to survive in the cut throat competitive world. Self-determination plays a crucial role in breaking the traditional barriers and boundaries.
How to Build Self-Determination?
“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” - Sallust
• Take an ideal and successful person as a role model and draw inspiration.
• Don’t let past failures haunt you. Learn lessons from failures and try again with optimism and confidence.
• Always look for positive elements in every adversity, defeat or sorrow.
• Be clear about your goals and vision. Find out what you want clearly and create a blueprint to achieve.
• Be sympathetic and empathetic with others.
• Concentrate only on your efforts and energies, not on results.
• Monitor your progress and take continuous feedback.
• Always take care of your mental and physical health.
• Never entertain cynicism and pessimism to creep in your mind.
• Always look for solutions and don’t brood too much on problems.
• Always associate with positive people as it generates positive vibes.
• And finally trust in God.
Conclusion:
“I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.” - Ralph Abernathy
Self-determination helps you build your hidden potential and you can unleash the same for achieving all-round success as and when required. It is a magical key to success. It turns your adversities into opportunities. To put it in the words of Edward Gibbon, “The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” To sum up, self-determination helps you in becoming an influential personality thus bringing difference in the lives of others.
The End
What is Self-Determination?
Self-determination is a cluster of several skills, abilities, knowledge, beliefs, traits and talents that enable people to engage themselves with tons of self-confidence. It comes from your inner strength and courage. It helps to take on the challenges and changes in life with head on. It strengthens your inner belief to take the battle to its logical end. Self-determination is something hidden which can be demonstrated through actions not by external appearance.
Importance of Self-Determination:
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” - Vincent T. Lombardi
Self-determination is necessary to succeed in life. Self-determination helps in equipping you with necessary strength and courage to meet the day-to-day challenges in your life. Hannibal rightly said, “We will either find a way or make one.”
Self-determination is required to break your conditioned thinking. People, by continuous reading and experience, tend to develop a particular mindset which is hard to break. As the world is changing rapidly with changing technology, people have to develop adaptability to survive in the cut throat competitive world. Self-determination plays a crucial role in breaking the traditional barriers and boundaries.
How to Build Self-Determination?
“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” - Sallust
• Take an ideal and successful person as a role model and draw inspiration.
• Don’t let past failures haunt you. Learn lessons from failures and try again with optimism and confidence.
• Always look for positive elements in every adversity, defeat or sorrow.
• Be clear about your goals and vision. Find out what you want clearly and create a blueprint to achieve.
• Be sympathetic and empathetic with others.
• Concentrate only on your efforts and energies, not on results.
• Monitor your progress and take continuous feedback.
• Always take care of your mental and physical health.
• Never entertain cynicism and pessimism to creep in your mind.
• Always look for solutions and don’t brood too much on problems.
• Always associate with positive people as it generates positive vibes.
• And finally trust in God.
Conclusion:
“I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.” - Ralph Abernathy
Self-determination helps you build your hidden potential and you can unleash the same for achieving all-round success as and when required. It is a magical key to success. It turns your adversities into opportunities. To put it in the words of Edward Gibbon, “The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” To sum up, self-determination helps you in becoming an influential personality thus bringing difference in the lives of others.
The End
Personal Branding for Success
"We are judged by what we finish, not what we start." – Anonymous
Personal branding has become the order of the day for recalling and achieving success. It helps you to stand separately from the crowd. You need to be different from others in terms of talents, abilities and skills. There is an urgent necessity to go by the road that is less traveled.
While branding yourself, you have to look at your inherent talents and build your portfolio. Besides, look at your skills and abilities that can support and sustain you toward success. When you combine your truck load of talents with your passionate skills and abilities branding yourself becomes easier task. When you look at famous cricketers like Sachin, Ganguly, Dhoni people recall each cricketer with a specialization although all these three are cricketers. Branding helps in memory recall. Develop your niche areas and project yourself regularly and over a period of time people call you as so and so. Once you are branded, you should not be complacent. Keep reinventing yourself by adopting changes regularly. We can take leaves out of various celebrities like Amitabh, Amir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Vijay Mallya, etc., in personal branding.
Personal branding has become the order of the day for recalling and achieving success. It helps you to stand separately from the crowd. You need to be different from others in terms of talents, abilities and skills. There is an urgent necessity to go by the road that is less traveled.
While branding yourself, you have to look at your inherent talents and build your portfolio. Besides, look at your skills and abilities that can support and sustain you toward success. When you combine your truck load of talents with your passionate skills and abilities branding yourself becomes easier task. When you look at famous cricketers like Sachin, Ganguly, Dhoni people recall each cricketer with a specialization although all these three are cricketers. Branding helps in memory recall. Develop your niche areas and project yourself regularly and over a period of time people call you as so and so. Once you are branded, you should not be complacent. Keep reinventing yourself by adopting changes regularly. We can take leaves out of various celebrities like Amitabh, Amir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Vijay Mallya, etc., in personal branding.
Students and Success - Prof.M.S.Rao
"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation." - Pearl S. Buck
Students need to brand themselves in today’s competitive world. Only those who are different from others stand a chance to get employment opportunity during interview. They need to take stock of their strengths and weaknesses. They should look at in which way they are going to add value to the organizations. Such homework before going for interview will help them in separating men from boys. Mere academic knowledge does not pay. They need to have special skills and abilities apart from their academic background. These skills will tip the scales in favor of getting placement. Students need to demonstrate their passion for learning and growing. They must display several skills like soft skills and traits like learning ability, molding ability, adaptability and flexibility during interview selection to get employment.
“Take pride in how far you have come, have faith in how far you can go” – Anonymous.
Students need to brand themselves in today’s competitive world. Only those who are different from others stand a chance to get employment opportunity during interview. They need to take stock of their strengths and weaknesses. They should look at in which way they are going to add value to the organizations. Such homework before going for interview will help them in separating men from boys. Mere academic knowledge does not pay. They need to have special skills and abilities apart from their academic background. These skills will tip the scales in favor of getting placement. Students need to demonstrate their passion for learning and growing. They must display several skills like soft skills and traits like learning ability, molding ability, adaptability and flexibility during interview selection to get employment.
“Take pride in how far you have come, have faith in how far you can go” – Anonymous.
Blend Your IQ and EQ for Success
“Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.” - Dale Carnegie
An Intelligence Quotient or IQ is a score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure intelligence (Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ). On the contrary, Emotional Intelligence, also called EI or EQ, describes an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups (Reference: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Emotional-intelligence-tests). High EQ is a sign of satisfaction while low EQ is a sign of dissatisfaction. Therefore, high EQ certainly leads to success in personal, professional and social life.
There are standard tools and techniques to measure IQ but it is not so in the case of EQ, which is evolving and changing gradually. The intentions and actions of human beings can not be measured easily. Besides, cross cultural issues complicate the measurement of EQ. There is no yard stick to measure human emotions accurately. However, there are psychological tests to measure the same but the results can not be claimed to be accurate.
IQ helps in academic achievement while EQ helps in career achievement. IQ is synonymous with knowledge while EQ is synonymous with application of knowledge. When it is viewed analytically, it is definitely the application of knowledge is more important than the knowledge itself. It is reported that career success depends on EQ not IQ. Daniel Goleman observes “Simply having an IQ of superior range does not in itself guarantee that they will be superior professionals in their respective areas; the IQ suffers from range restriction in many applied organizational settings and thus is even more limited in its ability to predict performance and career success within a given location.”
In the interviews also the employer looks for emotional adjustability, emotional competence and emotional maturity of the prospective employee. Few people call EQ as soft skills. In this case, it can be equated IQ with hard skills. To put it succinctly, soft skills outsmart hard skills. Therefore, EQ supersedes and surpasses IQ.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is inborn; where as Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) is skill that can be acquired but not inborn. Both IQ and EQ are essential for success of any individual, as both are two sides of the same coin.
An Intelligence Quotient or IQ is a score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure intelligence (Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ). On the contrary, Emotional Intelligence, also called EI or EQ, describes an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups (Reference: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Emotional-intelligence-tests). High EQ is a sign of satisfaction while low EQ is a sign of dissatisfaction. Therefore, high EQ certainly leads to success in personal, professional and social life.
There are standard tools and techniques to measure IQ but it is not so in the case of EQ, which is evolving and changing gradually. The intentions and actions of human beings can not be measured easily. Besides, cross cultural issues complicate the measurement of EQ. There is no yard stick to measure human emotions accurately. However, there are psychological tests to measure the same but the results can not be claimed to be accurate.
IQ helps in academic achievement while EQ helps in career achievement. IQ is synonymous with knowledge while EQ is synonymous with application of knowledge. When it is viewed analytically, it is definitely the application of knowledge is more important than the knowledge itself. It is reported that career success depends on EQ not IQ. Daniel Goleman observes “Simply having an IQ of superior range does not in itself guarantee that they will be superior professionals in their respective areas; the IQ suffers from range restriction in many applied organizational settings and thus is even more limited in its ability to predict performance and career success within a given location.”
In the interviews also the employer looks for emotional adjustability, emotional competence and emotional maturity of the prospective employee. Few people call EQ as soft skills. In this case, it can be equated IQ with hard skills. To put it succinctly, soft skills outsmart hard skills. Therefore, EQ supersedes and surpasses IQ.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is inborn; where as Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) is skill that can be acquired but not inborn. Both IQ and EQ are essential for success of any individual, as both are two sides of the same coin.
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