Many of us many a time might have realized that leadership is not about a position but an attitude. It is all about making a difference to one’s own self and others. It is an inner shift, a calling, an urge, a pull, a realization and a cause that kick starts the leadership or changes journey for many. Over the years I have looked for a role model, or a story of a leader that is embedded in an experience that is life changing and learning for every aspiring leader. It might be a great idea to draw some lessons from the leadership style of successful people around us from all walks of life.
Monday 7 July 2014
Thursday 20 February 2014
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum's rags to riches story
Jan Koum, an immigrant from Ukraine, was so poor as a teenager that he used to save his old Soviet notebooks for school and queued with his mom for food stamps.
Brian Acton lost a small fortune in the dot-com bust and was rejected for jobs at Twitter and Facebook.
Now, the friends behind the hot mobile messaging startup WhatsApp are the newest tech industry billionaires.
Facebook this week bought WhatsApp in a stock-and-cash deal worth up to $19 billion and gave Koum a seat on the social network's board of directors.
Friday 7 February 2014
Make Everyone Happy !!!
You need not be concerned about money. Be concerned, instead, about joy. How much joy are you experiencing in this moment? How much joy are you bringing to this moment? The joy you experience will be the joy you bring. If you are waiting for joy to be brought to you, you do not understand what you are doing here. And if you think that joy has anything to do with money, you really do not understand what you are doing here.
There is a person waiting right now, right this very minute, for you to uplift them. Do that...and you will be rich.
- Neale Donald Walsch
Good Morning & have fantastic Sunday.
God Bless.
Thursday 6 February 2014
Story : WHERE IS GOD ?
Once a king wanted to know answers to three questions about which he had been contemplating for a long time. One day the king raised these questions in his Court Hall. The questions were:
Where is God?
In what direction does He cast His look?
What does He do?
None could answer these questions. The King then summoned with due honour a sage to his court. He asked the sage to answer these questions.
The Sage replied: "Like butter in the milk God is everywhere".
To answer the second question the sage asked for a lamp. He lit the lamp and asked the King: "In which direction does this lamp shed its light?"
"The lamp sheds its light in all the directions" replied the king.
The sage said "Likewise God is Effulgence itself and His vision is not directed to a particular place or person. He is all seeing".
The king asked: "What does He do?"
The sage said: "Since I am in a way instructing you in spiritual matters, I am in the position of a preceptor, you a disciple. So we have to exchange our places. Are you prepared for this?"
The king agreed and came down from his elevated position and sat on the seat in which the sage sat.
The sage said with a twinkle in his eyes: "This is what God does. He brings down the mighty and elevates the humble. He can make the poor rich and the rich poor. He can do anything. He is all pervading. He is all seeing and Omnipotent."
The king was very much pleased with these answers. He expressed his gratitude to the sage and honoured him in a fitting manner.
Like the king in the story, every one of us should try to understand the true characteristics of God:
*Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah. (RIG VEDA)
"Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions"
Where is God?
In what direction does He cast His look?
What does He do?
None could answer these questions. The King then summoned with due honour a sage to his court. He asked the sage to answer these questions.
The Sage replied: "Like butter in the milk God is everywhere".
To answer the second question the sage asked for a lamp. He lit the lamp and asked the King: "In which direction does this lamp shed its light?"
"The lamp sheds its light in all the directions" replied the king.
The sage said "Likewise God is Effulgence itself and His vision is not directed to a particular place or person. He is all seeing".
The king asked: "What does He do?"
The sage said: "Since I am in a way instructing you in spiritual matters, I am in the position of a preceptor, you a disciple. So we have to exchange our places. Are you prepared for this?"
The king agreed and came down from his elevated position and sat on the seat in which the sage sat.
The sage said with a twinkle in his eyes: "This is what God does. He brings down the mighty and elevates the humble. He can make the poor rich and the rich poor. He can do anything. He is all pervading. He is all seeing and Omnipotent."
The king was very much pleased with these answers. He expressed his gratitude to the sage and honoured him in a fitting manner.
Like the king in the story, every one of us should try to understand the true characteristics of God:
*Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah. (RIG VEDA)
"Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions"
Short Story : The Donkey Struggle
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, hat the well needed to be covered anyway and that it just wasn't worth retrieving the donkey. So he invited all his neighbours to come over and help him.
They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quietened down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.
They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quietened down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.
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