" Never, Never, Never give up." – Winston Churchill
It is ever true –
“Nothing Succeeds like Success” .We all like to succeed in our career or
business for which we must equip ourselves with newer skills and stay
responsive to fast changing world. Sustained hard work, positive attitude, faith
in God and self and peace at home are most essential to put
in your best to achieve excellence and outshine among peers. You are also to listen carefully what others
are saying, be quick on the uptake and convey your point of view in clear and
confident manner. While effective speaking needs good communication skills to impact
your team/group or audience in a forum/conference, listening and paying full
attention to others are equally important. There are many hardworking and
sincere people who do not get noticed or people with disturbed family environment
who cannot put in their very best. You need firm faith in God and, pray to Him
sincerely. This will bring good luck to you, where your every effort will lead to
recognition and success. You must have positive
attitude to align with the vision and mission of your boss and the organisation.
This will strengthen your commitment and integrity where you never ever speak
low of your team, boss and the organisation in which you have served or serving.
Some salient points requiring attention for your success are briefly discussed
in subsequent paragraphs.
Hard
Work . You should work hard, harder and hardest to succeed in first time.
It is ever true – “God helps those who help themselves” Therefore more you
sweat, luckier you become. There is a famous saying in military parlance – “More
you sweat in peace lesser you bleed in war.” Therefore have faith in
your capabilities and keep going, luck will soon smile at you. Hardworking is
not working in short spells or in spurts but sustained efficient working
producing good results within a given time, allotted budget and available
resources. To deliver more than promised and before or on time and every time, show
your hardworking and commitment. Some salient points in support of hardworking
leading to success are given below:
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Focus.
You must stay focused on
your planned vision and concentrate all energies to achieve your goal. Any
distraction, fear or suspicion should be kept away. In any field, those who
stay focused are the winners and they get laurels and appreciation from many.
Our life is like a camera where proper focus will capture good details of the
object and the output (picture taken) will be appealing to all. If you lose
focus, things get blurred and lose relevance. Consequently it will adversely
affect your career.
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Determination.
The determination is your power; use
it as key to success. You need to be a go-getter, having ability to outperform
and get things done, which are considered the most difficult/challenging tasks.
Your seniors and those who matter to review your annual performance and
recommend your promotion/ increment will recognize this special trait and
support you. Don’t quit but stay ahead of your competitors. Whenever there is
any job cut, you will be retained since you are a determined person who puts in
extra-bit.
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Time Management. Time is prestigious, priceless and free gift of
God for whole humanity. It is not limitless, and does not wait.
It
is like a flowing river water which flows away if you keep watching and do not
jump into it to cross the river. Time elapsed and water flown away do not
return and you can just repent. You must use time efficiently and effectively for self-growth
and growth of your organization
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On-Time. It is good to be on-time and every time. But
is better to be before time for reaching workplace, or when attending a meeting
or interview or negotiating with customer/vendor or new partner. You would be
more relaxed to participate more effectively.
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Do one thing at a time. Multitasking is a useful ability in almost
every facet of life, but it can also affect your productivity. Everything you
are doing besides the task at hand, is delaying you from completing your main
task. Therefore plan to do first thing first until there is some emergency to
suspend present activity and respond. This may happen once a while otherwise
follow your scheduled program
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Networking. You may run a race
alone and may win but career or life is long journey full of various challenges and up/downs. You need a company
of supportive people and get mutual support to evolve
cost-efficient solutions through collaboration and alliances. Networking brings
synergy among people of diverse expertise to complete the race and win. While others may quit the race
halfway or just short of finishing line.
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Dependability.
Your capacity to work
sincerely without any supervision will be soon recognized as your great trait
for growth of your organization. If you are dependable, you will be popular and
most needed by the team, the seniors and the customers. This will ensure your
retention while some other may get pink slip to wait or quit.
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my
sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
Attitude.
Positive attitude acts like a magnet as it attracts co-workers,
friends, relatives and seniors. Maintain
positive attitude, self-confidence and determination while overcoming
obstacles. It is your resilience to sustain and “Don’t Quit” attitude which
will assure your success and job stability. As per numerical valuation of 26
English alphabets (A=1, B=2, … Z=26) , knowledge counts for 96%, hard work 98% and
attitude 100 %. So cheer up and maintain a positive attitude for the stability
of your job. Stay hopeful when you are going through difficult time and remain
humble when you get there. Some points related to attitude are:
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Integrity. Your
integrity towards, organization, team and job should be of very high order. Remember
wellbeing of your organization comes first and every time. The comfort and
success of teammates should come next and your own comfort comes last. Always
talk good about your past as well as present organization, your boss and your
team. It reflects your commitment and inspires your team,
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Alignment. Stay
fully aligned to the vision, mission and policies of your organization and the initiatives
of your boss. There should be no conflict or doubt in your mind about the
vision and mission of your organization.
- Listening and get listened. Be patient and listen to others during any discussion and you may pick up more points to make your viewpoint stronger. Listen to full statement of the speaker and do not interrupt midway. It shows maturity, good manners and increases your popularity among peers, senior management and customers as well as with alliance partners. People will follow your conduct and you may acquire the art of making others to listen to you as well. Listening acts like a balm and a source of great learning and improving relationship. A number of issues can be mitigated if you lend your ear and try to understand what others are saying. Often misunderstanding occurs when we do not listen to other’s point of view. If we keep pushing only our point of view and refuse to listen to others, we have shut to door to any good idea and team will feel let down.. Listen to others in such a way that they love to speak out to you and speak to them in such a way that they love to listen to you.
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Trust. A good old saying “Faith can move mountains”
is ever true. Have faith in your own capabilities, in your team, in your
seniors and your organisation This will help building mutual trust and strength to face any odds.
Physical Exercises keep Body healthy,
Meditation keeps the Mind calm, and Prayer seeks divine power to bless
our SOUL
Meditation. Despite many advances in
science and medicines for providing better health care, meditation in various
forms, continues to be the main support to those who have stress, anxiety,
depression or any other health disorder. It costs us nothing except sparing 15–20
minutes a day to sit quietly and dispel all the clutter you may collected in
your brain. Meditation enables you to throw away mental load of worries,
anxiety and fear. Every human being is born of bliss, consciousness, wisdom and
creativity. For this, meditation is the pathway. As
physical exercises strengthen and develop your muscles, meditation provides
stimulation for your nervous system to enhance performance. You will experience
good thoughts, less anger, less anxiety, minimum depression. You will be
happier, more optimistic, more energetic and faster in decision making. One does not have to isolate oneself to meditate for long hours
sitting in remote quite corner. Instead, sitting in a clam posture and blanking
you mind by focussing in the centre of
your forehead say for 15 to 20 minutes any time at home before start of the day or during lunch break at workplace. The main aim is to
calm down and relax your bran muscles.
Spirituality. Spiritual practices will bring relief from
sufferings and establish psychic equilibrium leading to peace. Faith in God and
self is important for self-understanding and discovering your latent potential
as it will encourage you to succeed. When things go wrong, or many unexpected
events take place at your workplace or in the family, faith in God and sincere
prayer will give you soothing effect. It helps you to calm down and good things
will happen soon. A
sincere prayer to God never goes vain and is always answered in form of direct
/ indeed help which can suddenly show
up when you completely surrender to God, God never lets down his followers.
“Life is a secret lease
from God and we should not allow ourselves to be bruised.
Family life is our
strength and success.” -Joseph Losery
Peace
at Home. All things being equal, peace at home is
most essential for any professional to flourish in his/her capability to
perform and excel. Bickering and cribbing among husband and wife, rude
behaviour of children, emotional stress among elders can greatly impact your performance at workplace.
In the morning, you must leave for your
job in a happy and cheerful mood and on reaching back at home, you must be
greeted by family members. It is very essential they you too must spend sufficient
time and happy moments with them.. People who leave their home in a huff after
having a bit of rough conversation remain tensed up during commuting and even at
workplace. Obviously they can’t concentrate
on their work to deliver their best. If you are living as a family, remember
you are not staying in a hostel or a hotel to confine yourself to your room.
All family members should cheerfully rejoice together and working persons
should keep away their lap tops/tablets and talk, laugh together. Playing with pets, sharing happy moments is
great stress relievers.
Home life balancing. Don’t mix office work with home life as both
are important, and you need to contribute for both but with proper balance. Do
have time to play with your family members, particularly young children and
elder members. Maintain dignity and respect for age and must recognize whom are
you talking, It matters less what you say but it matters a lot the way you say.
Be happy and make others happy. You should have time to go on holiday during
weekends and go far away from home.
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Caring and sharing with Spouse. Your
spouse is a very important part of your life, job and future. In India, men
fondly call their wives “Better Half.” If you are living as joint family, do
maintain a fine line on what you tell your parents and what you tell to your
spouse. At times, being too open and blunt can lead to rift or
misunderstanding, and that can create tension in the family. Don’t question
each other’s earning/ bank balance, trust each other and support each other.
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Love your Children. Your
children are your prize possession and their wellbeing, proper grooming,
providing quality education and support their future career is prime
responsibility of every parent. They need your time to play and chat with you
more than your money, toys or clothes. You must spare sometime to cheer them
up, appreciate their small achievements and give them rewards as gifts. You
should support their passion about choosing and leading their career. All
children want love and outings with parents and you must meet their
requirement.
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Caring dependent Parents.
All parents feel very happy when their children are having good job and leading
a quality life. They just need your happiness and love. They will be concerned
if things are not going in your favour. Therefore keep parents in picture as
what is happening around. Take good care of them and when needed they will
always support you.
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Close Relatives. Every
one praises success story of their relatives and gets closer to the winner but
only few relatives may standby when your chips are down. Therefore maintain
good relations with close relatives who always care for you.
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Holiday with family. Periodically
take your time off and go out with family and enjoy your holiday. You should
have a clean break away from your local surroundings and be relaxed to give
maximum joy to your loved ones. While on holiday with family, do not carry your
laptop and office files. This is the time to be away from daily routine, enjoy
and give pleasure to the family members. You may plan to go to some beach, hill
station or any resort/retreat. You may plan hiking, trekking, skiing, boating
or sailing, visiting national parks to
be amidst beauty of nature and enjoy water sports, waterfalls and snow clad
mountains, sunrise and sunset on a beach or in a desert. While on a holiday,
accommodate likes and wishes of family members, who too need a break and charge
up their batteries.
Humour. It act like energy pill, which gives a quick
boost when anyone is depressed/or tired at the workplace or sitting through a
long lecture/ seminar. Humour should be subtle and not hurt feelings/sentiments
of anyone. Be careful and respectful while dealing with opposite gender and
people of other religions
Dr Sarbjit Singh . Former Executive
Director, Apeejay college of Engineering.
Sohna- Palwal
Road, Gurgoan , Haryana, 122105, India
For
more information you may refer to my
book --- “career challenges during
global uncertainty” available on -- www.amazon.com
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