Vision, Variety, Velocity and Missionary zeal leads to Victory

                         Vision, Variety, Velocity and Missionary zeal leads   to Victory

“Victory is not won in miles but inches. Hold your ground, and later win a little more.”

– Louis L’Amour

To build your long term career and achieve greater heights, you must have a well-conceived vision and missionary zeal. If you are determined, you can convert defeat into victory by timely and appropriate action. Victory comes through knowing the strategy of your competitor and strike at the place and timing of your choosing. Some salient points which can help you in your climbing the corporate ladder are given following sections:

·         Vacillate. Do not keep vacillating and miss the opportunity. Instead, jump to the occasion and grab the opportunity.

·         Values. Give importance to human values and organization values and traditions. Don’t go crazy about quick success, but try to become a person of value.

·   Valuable. Keep your valuable information safe and secured. Likewise,   preserve you valuable resources, key persons and critical material to deal with any critical situation,

·      Valid.Always hold valid Passport, Visa, Credit Card, Insurance policy and Driving Licence

·      Validate. Your action and work of team should be easy to validate and determine that it meets customer requirement fully. There must be evidence/proof of action taken and the result achieved by you. Apply the same yardstick to your team.

·         Variance. During the execution of any project, campaign, or business activity, there should be very minimal variation to the budgeted activities. There will be unforeseen situations causing some deviation. It is your becoming leadership to ensure that variance is within acceptable limits of tolerance.

·      Variety. It is well said that “Change is spice of life”. Indeed, variety in inputs and processes help in creative thinking, product design and innovation. A good variety in your dresses,  food and exercises will keep you healthy and happy.

·        Verify, What you design, manufacture and deliver must be verified to ensure that it meets customer requirement fully. Similarly, any information coming in from outside sources must be verified/authenticated for its credibility. Always make decisions based on verified information and not on a hear-say.

·         Vegan.  Of late, a large number of people are vegetarian. Even in west Vegan movement is gaining momentum, Eating fresh green vegetables keeps you healthier than eating meat.  There are many top-level athletes, and sportspersons who are vegan and they perform very well.

·         Velocity. Today with easy availability of fast and low-cost internet facilities and data flowing on multi-media, data velocity  has increased many folds. You need to incorporate technology in a big way to cope up with the variety and velocity of data.

·         Viable. As a manager/team leader you must quickly examine the viability of a project or task and bring cost-benefit analysis to the notice of your seniors. A project/job which is not technically or financially viable should not be undertaken.

·         Victimize. You should ensure that no one is unduly harassed or victimized for being frank and outspoken about work environment and administration. Particularly, ensure that no one is victimized on the basis of caste, creed, religion or gender.

·         Victory for the determined. Determined and risk-taking Army General, Patton, US Army turned defeat into victory during World War II. You must maintain your perseverance and don’t give up since victory is just ahead. It is your leadership and ability to take right position and strike at the appropriate time to come out victorious.

·         View Point. Your point of view is important for the team and senior management. However, do not raise your voice while discussing in board room. Your selection of words and pitch shows your personality, maturity and impact on audience. Be cool and composed while presenting your viewpoint.

·         Vigilant. In today’s world of cut-throat marketing and tremendous uncertainty looming everywhere, you got to be vigilant about fast-changing job scenarios. It is also important to be vigilant about your competitors and business partners. This will help you from being caught by the surprise.

·          Vindictive. Never be vindictive toward your vendors, colleagues or friends. As you gain maturity and grow in your carrier you would realize that being vindictive leads to loss of control of mind and harsh decisions. This leads to animosity and rift in the team and a drop in productivity of the team. You should have larger heart to patch up and cheer up.

·         Virtual. With corona pandemic all over the world, technology has come to the aid of all to switch from physical mode to virtual mode. Education, service industry, healthcare, e-Governance are using teleconferencing , zoom meetings and skype facility.  

·         Vision. Plan your long term vision with a 5–7 years horizon and work in that direction. A person without vision could be walking in any direction without being sure of his/her destination.

·         Visualize. You need to practice technique of imagining and visualizing far ahead and be proactive. This requires knowledge and ability to think faster.

·         Vital. You must take extra care of vital resources. These are generally of high value and fewer in number. Likewise, always protect vital information as any breach/leak can give away ypu strategic plan and jeopardize business deals.

·         Volunteer. Be a volunteer to do social service or to help the needy. It is a noble cause and you should look for such opportunities and give support to society.

·         Vulnerable. Keep your self-updated about emerging  situation and you should be vulnerable  to your adversary

To read more, you may refer to my books/ebooks  “ A2Z- 26 steps for Assured Success”. and   “Career Challenges during Global Uncertainty”,  available on   www.amazon.com    or www. amazon.in

Brig ( Retd) Dr Sarbjit Singh, Former Exec Director,  Apeejay College of Engineering and Hony Advisor  School of Engineering and Technology, Apeejay Stya University, Sohna, Gurgaon, Haryana, India 122103.

Contact:  drsarbjit@gmail.com