Success story - "Out of box thinking"

Here we are going to read a story "Tale of two guys". My grandma was a great management guru. She was not CEO or MD of any industry. But she knows how to tell stories for motivating others and kindle their out of box thinking capability.

One such story..Here it is..

Note:Pls forgive the logical flaws.

There was a small nuclear family comprising two children and their parents. The two kids are both small boys. The elder kid is a funny boy, litlte lazy,but more smart with little big tummy. The younger kid is a hardworker, very serious (gets angry very fast), honest with a well built body.

One fine day their father and mother called for a competition between the kids. Parents will be the judge. Whoever will win the competition, he will get a prize money of 1billion dollar (It's Huge!!!). Yep., both of the guys get excited and enter into competition. Generally these kids love both other so much that they generally don't enter into competition with each other. But the prize money made them to enter into such competition( ofcourse everyone needs big money).

The competition is whoever comes round the world first (or fastest), they will get the prize money. Both were given a Honda 20,000 CC bike with full fuel tank and twenty thousand dollars to spend on the way (for their gas on the trip, food, accomodation and some fun). The elder brother know that he cannot compete and win his younger bro, who is a well built- hard worker. He being lazy has to opt for really smart idea.

By the time he was thinking of the idea, the younger one got into the action. Whizzzz..sound comes..yes he departed..he was into race immediately. Now the elder one was thinking how to make his parents happy and earn the big money. He was a typical manager who knows how to get the work done in a smart way. He dont want to spend energy, waste fuel. He also wanted to cut the cost.

So he was thinking in several ways, different angles. He got it..He got the idea..Yes. He got the real idea. He went to his parents. They were standing together. He went around them in a circle. He said them "Both father and mother together forms his world". By going around them, he achieved his target of coming around the world. His parents got so much excited. He said they are his world. They were really happy to have a kid who thinks that they are the world. They immediately announced that he is the winner (Unfair????).

He got the big sum of 1 billion dollar..Smart guy!!!!!!!!

Note again: I think now you guys really would have understood who this brilliant guy is and who the other hardworker is....!!!!!!!!
For those who dont know..it is the story of Lord Muruga and Lord Ganesha in Tamilnadu, India.

Newton's first law for a successful life

In this discussion let’s see how the Newton's first law helps us to get success in our career and in our life. We will see a fact that evolution of organisms and humans occurred through Newton's law!!!!!

Newton first law (Law of inerita):-

“An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external and unbalanced force. An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an external and unbalanced force”. [Source: Wikipedia]

Essentially, it makes the following two points:
1. An object that is not moving will not move until a net force acts upon it.
2. An object that is in motion will not change its velocity (accelerate) until a net force acts upon it.

In simple terms the law states that object will be at rest when no external force acts on it. Thus term Inertia comes into account. In simple terms, inertia is resistance to change. Let us think how this law applies to us and our success in life. In our real life, objects are humans. We will be at state of rest if no external force acts on us.

Thus a person tends to remain in state of rest unless some external force like supervisor or his previous bad experiences acts on him. Inertial force within us makes us to stay in a constant state without any improvement. Inertial force has to be overcome in order for the state to be changed. So if we want to get success in your career and in life, we shoould be prepared for the change.

The evolution of life occured (and occuring) because there is a constant need to change (eg:Natural forces). Homosaphiens (Humans) comes into existence because of our genetic material's decision to change for the betterment (Survival instinct) . Otherwise there will be only single celled amoeba and fishes roaming in the world. Though these changes occurred over the past million of years (because of slow learning of DNA), change concept is already embedded into us through our genes. We exist because of "CHANGE". Thus embracing change is one way of achieving success.

The Altitude parameter

"The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity." - Winston Churchill

"Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars." - Frederick Langbridge

"When you believe you can-you can!" - Maxwell Maltz

"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it." – Merle Miller

1.What these quotes talks about??

2.Whether they talk about being optimistic,power of belief,being motivated, accepting Change??

3.What is the single word that represents all the above combined together ???

4.What is the most important thing in life that determines our apex of success????

The answer to all these queries is the single and most important parameter called as Attitude. Attitude is a hypothetical construct that represents an individual's like or dislike for an item (wikipedia).

We can compare the mass of iceberg to the cause of success. Phenomena related to success including hardwork,optimistic, flexibility to change is like visible tip of the iceberg (10% of the whole iceberg mass). The huge 90% part of the iceberg which remains non- visible is the attitude parameter. Only attitude supports the 10% of the top iceberg mass.

Attitude is all about how you look at a specific activity, how you approach it. If you are enthusiastic about the particular activity, then you will go optimistic, motivated, embrace the change, perseverant, hard working. Success of a person depends only on his attitude. When the person has the right attitude, then he climbs the success ladder. Research has shown that by constant persuasion, people can change their negative attitude to positive attitude.

Lets finish the argument about attitude parameter with the quotes of great people.

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character" - Albert Einstein.

"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome." - William James.

Finally to end with, Attitude determines your success altitude.

B (+) ve and Accept Change

These lines forms the center of Gita, the philosophical text of hinduism.

"Whatever happened, it happened well.
Whatever is happening, it is happening well.
Whatever will happen, it will also happen well.
What of yours did you lose?Why or for what are you crying?
What did you bring with you, for you to lose it?
What did you create, for it to be wasted or destroyed?
Whatever you took, it was taken from here.
Whatever you gave, it was given from here.
Whatever is yours today, will belong to someone else tomorrow.
On another day, it will belong to yet another.
This change is the law of the universe"

-'Philosopher' Krishna

I am sometimes skeptical about 'Lord' Krishna's existence. But i am sure that he should be a great philosopher (Philosopher Krishna) who mentioned the greatest philosophy in ones life i.e: Materialistic Change (Change in this recent world relates to many management practises). The core of the gita also mentions that you to be positive and self-motivated person with least expectation. The last one (least expectation) is the remedy for most of our sorrows.

Lets try disseminating the information. The first four lines asks us to be motivated and positive. The second four talks about materialistic properties of life. The next two liners are about the concept of materialistic change we encounter in this life and practise of least expectation to avoid the embarrasments. The last line asks us to be ready for any situation and state transitions. Yes. Change is permanent in ones life.

A single liner which will resemble the quotes will be

" Be positive and Accept change"

(Enlightening continues).................