look the beauty of the picture n u will surely get what m trying to explain:
The first lecture: glass half full or half empty?
memories of the last summers i fired to lucknow from gole market to get few words from one of my guru prof. kumar(wharton business sch)..i knew that he wont be coming india soon aftr this and me myself being a big fan of this IIT graduate(and cambridge aluminus)..coudn't stop ma self for leaving IIM-lucknow...
his words r still in mind when he was explaining about the racing bikes in the states, "Remember to look THROUGH each turn.... and if you encounter an obstacle, look THROUGH the obstacle to where you want to go. Don't look so hard at the obstacle that you crash straight into it!"
This phenomenon is called target fixation. There's a nice picture about it i have posted
I believe target fixation happens in life as well. If you only see the obstacles, you are likely to hit many of them!
When you look at your first job, what do you see?
• Do you see the glass half empty? Do you see only the humdrum details of what you will be doing from day to day till the weekend comes around and gives you some relief? Do you worry about how you will manage to put up with the boredom or with the hard work, as the case may be?or do u c the benefits u r geting from the work??
If yes, you are probably not going to do as much with your life as you could have. It's sad, but it's true. I am willing to bet on that...(m sure u wud lose)
• Do you see the glass half full? Are you excited by the bigger picture of where the company is headed? Do you feel that you can't wait to get started? Have you already identified the simple skills you plan to learn on the job that will help you in later life?
If yes, you are certainly on your way to success. I am willing to bet on that.
For my first lecture, I joined Dr. J.p kumar, professor at the wharton Business School, as a modestly-paid associate because I wanted to be near the great man and learn from him. As it turned out, those 3hours were very precious..(even though i had a small talk with him during DCS(doubt clearing session)..). I realize today that I have copied many aspects of his style of thinking. Every venture that I have been involved in has benefited from that...n even his adressing style..
N TRUELY i would say wo gazab k insan hai...hats off to him...
now m giving u few xamples my nother guru (included in my FB frnds)Sandeep Manudhane(IIT-D) took up tutoring a few children not because it was a sexy job, but because in his mind was the vision that became Professional Tutorials (now PT Education) and led to Proton and SBM as well.
Tony Nicely joined the insurance giant GEICO as an insurance clerk at the age of 18 and rose to become its CEO. Some people think he may replace Warren Buffet at Berkshire Hathaway as GEICO is an important company in Buffet's portfolio. Not bad for someone who started off as a clerk!
Mark Hurd started his career selling computers in Texas for NCR. That must have been a tough job! But he rose to become CEO of NCR. Then he became CEO of HP!
Steve Jobs started his career with Atari as a technician, trying to save money for a spiritual trip to India. We all know what he did with his life!
Jack Welch was the son of a train conductor and a housewife, and started his career as a junior engineer... at GE.
Even Prof.kumar started his career selling consumer products all over Africa if I remember right, to save money for further education in the US. That was not the kind of job that a typical mechanical engineer from IIT would have liked...
