Address by Subroto Bagchi (a man who was vice- president for Lucent Technologies and Wipro with just a Political science degree from Utkal University )Chief Operating Officer, Mind Tree consulting to the Class of 2006 at the IIM, Bangalore on defining success. July 2nd 2004 I was the last child of a small-time government servant, …
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An officer in charge of one of Dominica’s many forest reserves comes across as someone who wouldn’t have seen much life outside the dense tropical forests here. Soiled shorts, rugged shoes and a double barrel shotgun is all he has as he moves around in the jungles that make for the island’s most cherished treasures. …
1. I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any …
Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort. When you have the potential for success within you, adversity and temporary defeat only help you prepare to reach great heights of success. Without adversity, you would never develop the qualities of reliability, loyalty, humility, and …
In today’s “everything is negotiable” society, we are bombarded with messages telling us that we get what we demand, not what we deserve. You may temporarily achieve success by demanding more than your due from others, but it will not long endure. “Squeaky wheels” may initially receive the most attention, but the wise wagon-master eventually …
A peacemaker always fares better than an agitator(Napoleon Hill) Read More »
Efforts to empower employees and to align systems will be forever frustrated in cultures of low or no trust. I have long advocated a natural, gradual, day-by-day, step-by-step, sequential approach to personal and organizational development. My feeling is that any product or program whether it deals with losing weight or mastering skills that promise “quick, …
The Best of Jim Rohn The Time to Act Engaging in genuine discipline requires that you develop the ability to take action. You don’t need to be hasty if it isn’t required, but you don’t want to lose much time either. Here’s the time to act: when the idea is hot and the emotion is …
FRIEDRICH Hegel, the famous German philosopher, said, “The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history”. This is true, when you consider the fact that the greatest lessons are taught by history. In spite of great strides registered in science and technology, the human nature, skills and qualities required for …
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. For an achiever, perhaps the most dangerous, most destructive habit of all is procrastination, for it robs you of your initiative. When you put things off once, it’s easier to put them off …
Count that day lost whose descending sun finds you with no good deeds done. It is well known among those who make it a practice to help others that doing a service for another benefits the giver as much as — if not more than — the receiver. When you do a good deed for …
A kind word or small courtesy will be remembered and appreciated(Napoleon Hill) Read More »