MESSAGE BY SHIV KHERA TO YOUNG GENERATION
1. Take
pride in performance
People who take
pride in their performance hold themselves accountable to much higher standards
than others do.
They always
strive to do the right thing, first time every time.
To them, good is
not good enough.
2. Get
involved
Remember, 'If we
are not part of the solution then we are the problem'.
There are people
who have a habit of constantly criticising anything and everything no matter
where they are.
They only want
to criticise without taking any corrective measures.
However, if you
don't want to get involved then you have no right to criticise.
Either get
involved or shut up.
3.
Always put in extra efforts
If you read
through the life history of the most successful people, you will find they have
all lived by one principle and that is, "I shall always give more than
what I get, to my family, my organisation, my customers and my society".
Winners always
put in extra effort even when it hurts.
Nobody has
become a champion in this world without putting in the extra effort. It is the
extra that turns the ordinary into extra ordinary.
This principle
applies to any profession; Medicine, Law, Accountancy, Architecture etc.
Would you want
to go to an ordinary Surgeon or to an extra ordinary Surgeon?
4. Take
a stand
If you look at
the life histories of most great leaders, you will find that they were never
neutral.
They always took
a stand either for something or against something.
They had
conviction.
There is a big
difference between a preference and a conviction in life.
Preferences are
negotiable, convictions are not.
Under pressure,
a preference becomes weak whereas a conviction becomes stronger.
5. Be
focused
Studies show
that less than 5 per cent people have written goals.
This means that
they are the only ones who have a very clear destination.
The balance 95
per cent work for them directly or indirectly.
Think about it
-- how can you reach a destination that you don't have?
Suppose you go
to watch a football game where both teams are enthusiastically charged up ready
to play.
Suppose at this
point the referee took the goal post away, what is left of the game? Nothing!
They have no
goal post, how do you keep the score?
Destination
determines direction.
6.
Choose your friends carefully
Sometimes you
hear that the leader is good, but his advisors are bad.
This statement
is not true.
You will find
that all over the world, by and large, leaders always choose their own
advisors.
Remember we do
not get advisors in life of the kind of people we want, we get the kind of
people we are.
We don't get
friends of the kind of people we want, we get the kind of people we are.
We get attracted
to the kind of people who are similar to the kind of people we ourselves are.
Where you will
be five years from now shall depend on two things: the books you read and the
company you keep.
Today where we
are is also the result of the books we read and the company we kept in the last
five years.
7. Build
high self esteem
Self esteem is
defined as the way we feel about ourselves.
You notice that
one day we get up in the morning feeling good, the world looks nice,
productivity goes up, relationships are a lot better.
The reverse is
just as true.
Self esteem is
inversely related to egos.
There are two
kinds of egos that are destructive.
'The know it
all': people with this kind of ego demonstrate arrogance.
They put down
and look down upon others.
Think about it,
why does a human being put down other human being?
It is sadistic
but true, there are some people who feel good when the other person feels bad.
They feel
superior when the other person feels inferior which means they don't want to
lift themselves up, but they want to pull others down.
The second kind
of ego is called the fragile ego, they take anything you say personally and get
hurt.
What do both
these egos do to team work?
They just
destroy it.
8. Build
character
Character is
something that a person would or would not do even if no one is watching.
It is integrity
and authenticity in its true form.
There is a big
difference between reputation and character.
Reputation is
what other people think about us whereas character is what we know who we are
and they can be two totally different things.
Some people are
honest because they don't want to get caught telling lies.
They are doing
the right things for the wrong reasons.
They are only
building a reputation.
Some people are
honest because they believe it's the right thing to do.
They are doing
the right thing for the right reason. That is character.
9. Live
purposefully
What is a
purpose?
A lifetime goal
is called a purpose.
How do you
define your purpose?
Supposing you
are aged 100 today and you were to look back at your life, what is it that you
want to say, is your accomplishment?
That
accomplishment is your purpose.
Have a lofty
purpose in life.
Only a lofty
purpose has the power to move the spirit.
Shoot for the
moon, even if you miss, you will become a part of the stars.
A great
philosopher once said, "I would rather fail in doing something great then
succeed in doing nothing".
There is glory
in such failure too.
10.
Start your day on a positive note
Why should we
start our day on a positive note every day?
It is because
just as our bodies need food every day, our minds need positive thoughts every
day.
Starting the day
on a positive note sets the tone for the entire day.
Staying positive
is like fire; unless we keep adding fuel, it dies out.
Similarly if we
don't feed our minds with positive thoughts, everyday, positivity dies out.
Many times you
hear that success is tough.
My answer is:
Try failing and see if that is easy!
11. Make
courtesy a way of life
A courteous
person who is not very sharp will go much further in life than a sharp,
discourteous person.
Courtesy is made
up of little sacrifices in life.
Every courtesy
has a moral background.
When people
practice courtesy as a strategy, they are crooked; they have ulterior motives.
For people with
integrity, courtesy is a way of life.
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