Thursday, October 14, 2010

WISDOMOPAEDIA! - Do & Be Seen Doing!

Things do not pass for what they are but for what they seem to be!

To be of use and to know how to show it, is to be twice as useful. What is not seen is as if it was not existing. Even the right does not recieve the deserved consideration if it does not seem right. The observant are far fewer in number who can actually delve deep into their observation, all others are decieved by appearances.

So if you can show right and display what needs to be seen, only and only then you shall attract the highest client base. Things are judged by their packaging or jackets. A good exterior is the best recommendation and indication of the inner perfection.

If you cant be perfect atleast be perfect in showing that you are perfect. Nobody is perfect. They are able to show it. He who is more perfect at showing and keeping upto it, is going to take the larger share of the market. Entrepreneurs - it's not just enough if your idea is all powerful and you are sure it will make big profits, you have to be able to show it and showcase it in a way that it clearly reflects itself as the next big thing. Majority of them go by the first look.

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Pearls of LIfe!

Some principles most of the successful people understood, followed and hence they preach. Look into any successful individual's life, you will see that they believed and followed these. Be it Bill Gates, Ambanis, Warren Buffet, Lakshmi Mittal, Larry page, Mark Zuckerberg or any one else for that matter in that shelf of stars. Here are the pearls of their life, which ornament their life story!

  • Life never gets easy. It's meant to be challenging, tough and war-like all the time, Get accustomed.
  • Everybody will never be satisfied with you, during your journey to success. If they are, then you surely are on the wrong track.
  • It's not where you are right alone counts. What counts more is where you have gone wrong.
  • World values results not just promises and commitments.
  • If you have heard - It's lonely at the top. It's lonely everywhere. It's a myth that two people live one life. Everyone has to live their own. Just that you dont find too many people sharing the same bracket or same state of life, at the top and hence it's quite evidently lonely.
  • Sleep is the break you give yourself from your work inevitably, why ask for more? Just go all out towards your dreams.
  • Hard-work is the shortest route to success.
  • If you are not focussed on details chances are high you are getting somewhere, not THERE!
  • People are not difficult, they are just different. Learn to accept them as they are, and they will start working the way you want them to.
  • Success is never going to come in search of you. You have to chase it, until you find it! Give up anywhere and you are doomed. Sometimes you may not even find it. But having traversed the path itself is christened as success.
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Which industry made them Billionaires? Does'nt matter!



One of the best videos showcasing snippets about the top billionaires. Quite an old one, but still interesting though. Its interesting to note that place, extent of education, industry they entered, their looks, caste, creed, religion etc. none mattered for their growth to enter the elite club around the world.

Its the desire, the dream, the passion they showcased for their products & business and the care for their people that counted. You need to dream and chase it until you turn it into reality and involve a huge mass of people who should touch the success they imagine in their life. World is but a place to make things happen.

Billionaires are not from another planet, they do not have god gifts. They are people who dream and dare to chase it! You can be the next one!

During your journey family can go against you sometimes, friends may get wary about your reliability levels, spouse can get into altercations with you but you have to be sturdy, strong and determined about making it there. Because even when you are one-tenth there, all those bad things end!

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Success strikes, Where failure has struck!

Each of us strive to become successful. But the fact is none of us can avoid failures. But, all of us can definitely avoid remaining failures. You become a failure the moment you accept it as the final outcome of the activity you are performing. Its like a game, the initial set of outcomes shall always carry a mojority of failures, and only then success shall follow. So your job is to happily embrace failure and ask for the next outcome and next and next until the desired success touches your feet.

But it happens that you touch one destination in your life, you rejoice and you immediately set your next milestones. So does it mean you have overcome all possible failures now. No, definitely not. Your new set of failures for helping your new level of success to reach you, will start meeting you.

So, lets understand that there is nothing called as failure, its just a learning experience and the required tool to achieve the desired success that you need to achieve. Desiring too much is not bad, but realise that should be accompanied with equal amount of patience and efforts to be input in gathering all the failures that will come before the actual success gets realised.

Hence always step up step by step. People say, one who tries to take a leap falls down, but one takes it step by step makes it really big. It simply reflects the capacity of handling failures. This capacity also increases as you keep growing in your life. And hence, a time arrives where you do start taking leaps without actually having to fall or perish, owing to the fact that the ability to embracing failures becomes high and without a sigh you invite the next one, then the next one until success strikes you.

Hence remember Success strikes, where failure has struck!

95% of the start-ups fail! Now according to the above write up it is evident, that people behind those start-ups fail to run through the patience it requires to see the extent of growth they desire to see. After some time they tend to sit down with a belief, it would never happen for them, or get content with however their businesses & life is doing!

PATIENCE PAYS! & IMPATIENCE COSTS!

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Encourage Women- be it Housewife or the MD or the President. They surely are capable of making things happen! TIME HAS CHANGED!

(A small awareness initiative from Inspiration Unlimited Team. Help this message reach as many.)

Women at work, has brought a huge change in the way the world functions. Its no more the scene that a woman is the individual who takes care of the family alone. It's proven that she too is born with a brain that functions unbiased.

God has been unbiased in a way, but the kind of evolution has brought the attitudes of women in a particular way and Men in a particular way. Its so noticeable that women bring along the traits of women into work as well, and hence there is a larger amount of family feeling in organisations. As the organisation Godrej credits the entry of Tanya Godrej to have brought about a stronger family feeling and strength to the organisation. Women have taken up various roles in organisations, from the smallest to the highest.

Women today have reached accolades and gathered adulations in all arenas including entrepreneurship. Women entrepreneurs are on the rise in India. The challenges they face are quite strong and quite natural and age old problems what women used to face - the abuses possible from the anti-social world, but they are able to overcome these with the support of the right people. With government supporting them with a lot of schemes, STRI SHAKTI, women empowerment schemes etc. Encouragement for women is high. Entrepreneurship for women has become a viable option and women are able to prove their multi-tasking abilities even here.

A lot of women are also involved in home-based businesses and other small scale activities. But whatever the case may be, a lot of women are the bread earners for the family and stand self dependent.

Pratibha Patil, Vasundhara Raje, Sushma Swaraj, Deepika Padukone, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Shilpa Shetty, Priyanka Mantri, Sania Mirza, Indira Nooyi, Sonia gandhi are only a few examples of success which women have laid down for the generation to wake up and realise. Some others have also proven to be mind-blowing supports for their better halves and have helped them carve the niche. They say behind every successful man there is the hand of a woman.

Woman has multiple roles to play today. Amidst all this she has still been successful to preserve the innocence, humility, care, hospitality and love that is attached to the word - woman!

There are bad examples as everywhere, but they are far too less to give importance to and we expect the awareness of the positives shall curb the negatives. We are on a mission to spread this message to as many people. Support us!

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Inspiration Drives Innovation!

Man has been the most creative animal amongst the fraternity. If there had to be only one word to describe the human nature and the way it moves forward We would put a million dollars at stake on the word - "Innovation" or "Change" and still be sure, We would have all odds in the gamble in our favour.

Innovation is the root for all progress, Change is the key to growth. Its change that drives mass with greater momentum until it finally subsides and reaches an equilibrium. Further change takes it to higher momentum.

We the IU team, Suggest entrepreneurs to be Change experts, Before the momentum can subside itself, introduce changes. Change can be in the product, in the company environment, work culture, symbol, color combination, marketing strategy, product line, celebrations, new offices, new markets that you open , changes in your website, new blogs, new clients etc. But CHANGE.

Each change will bring in a definite amount of momentum. At one point your business idea will capture a speed which you always wanted to see and go beyond the clutches of gravity into the space. Then if minimum things are assured, right risk calculations are done, system is followed company shall glide through the progress.

But today its a competitive world, the earlier paragraph holds true for very giant corporations if just being there is their concern, but in case you strive to be the best (which should be your motto of life) then CHANGE is must even then.

But Innovation & Change are something that are a direct result of an individual's creative mind, which are a direct result of upsurge of adrenaline rush which he gets due to the inspiration he derives from his dreams, or accomplishments that he wants to make. The root lies in inspiration, SEEK IT and YOU SHALL BLOOM!

We advise you - to take inspiration from everything you see around you, right from a small child playing to a BIG high rise building around you. Remember a walk-in restaurant inspired the Mega chain of Mc Donalds. We are loving it. They are CHANGING it!

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Inevitable qualities for a leader!

These are a few qualities for a leader to possess, if he/she wants to be a quality leader. Leadership is all about leading your team to greater heights, which happens by elevating yourself to heights.

Most leaders are bothered by this question, am I leading well. Mentors are surely the greatest help we could have got to solve this question for ourselves. But self-evaluation is as important as having a mentor. The Following is list of qualities which will help you evaluate yourself. Mark yourself monthly/biweekly against each of these qualities (out of 10). This system would help you if you ensure you are honest to yourself. It will orient your self-analysis and give it a foundation.

The following article also contains a slight hint on acquiring these qualities. Its against "Howto:" under each quality.

Qualities a leader must possess :

1. Analytical- A great leader, must have great analytical skills. He must be able to anticipate outcomes, analyse the problems, offer different strokes for different folks. What misses the eye of most is caught by a great leader.
Howto: To develop this just spend a little more time understanding things, than jumping to conclusions too quickly. Also ensure you keep solving some puzzles. That keeps your brain cells active.

2. Self-driven - A great leader leads himself. Does not need a motivator always. He knows his purpose clear and can walk as many extra miles, to achieve it.
Howto: To be self driven, Your purpose needs to clear and you need to reinforce in yourself, infinite number of times.

3. Aggression - A great leader does not always pamper his team. He knows "spare the rod, and spoil the child". But over aggression is also harmful. You need to strike a balance.
Howto: Anything that you can pretend for first 30 days, becomes your habit. If you have never been aggresive before, observe successful people who possess aggression. (It needs to be used only when required)

4. Assertiveness - A great leader is assertive in his communication.
Howto:Know your points clearly. Know your objectives clearly. Be honest. If you do these you will automatically be assertive.

5. Domineering - A great leader knows how to get things done from his team.
Howto: Its important that a leader commands respect for his commands. Never demand. You need to be domineering if you need to push your team out of comfort zone.

6. Self-Confident - Confident about his strengths and ideas.
Howto: This comes with clarity about what you sell. Know your product and the benefits of the product without slightest of ambiguity. Also understand your target market clearly.

7. Outspoken - A great leader should not be reserved. Reserved people make no leaders.
Howto: Start interacting more with strangers. Start listening more and communicate to people you know. Slowly once you get into the tune of placing your opinion in front of people without fear, you will have this quality.

8. Warm & Friendly - Professionals also want friends after all. Nothing great if a person can find a friend in a leader itself. A great leader knows to draw the line between being too friendly and too professional.
Howto: Be yourself with your team sometimes, you will make a great friend.

9. Chamelion like (in a positive way)- you must know how to adapt to situations in seconds. Hence being carried away by a particular mood for too long is not the trait of a great leader.
Howto: Upto the reader to observe and learn.

10. Good with numbers - A great leader cannot be weak at calculations. Accounts are the foundation stone of business. (ofcourse after people)
Howto: Practice daily accounting. Practice playing with numbers.

11. Problem Solver - A great leader can tackle problems like breaking open an egg. Its that easy for him. Just understand the right place to hit.
Howto: Start solving the problems of your people. Solve your own first ofcourse.

13. Flexible (not rigid) - A great leader does not keep his work timings rigid. You need to be sometimes available at odd times.
Howto: Break your mental barriers of time availability. Have true care for your team's progress.

14. Having a high sense of urgency - A great leader is not a slow coach. You need to be quick. The world is moving fast. You never cook today, and eat the following week. The issues in companies/organisations need to be sorted out then and there. Sales calls need to be made immediately. A delayed follow up call is surely a sale lost.
Howto: Keep reminding yourself about this everytime you are into activity.

15. Independent - Dependent people are not leaders. Dependent person can only lead until his source is actively leading him. Everything collapses once source collapses. Independent leaders are FIGHTERS, they know their role and visions.
Howto: Start being self dependent. Learn from mentors do it yourself. Picture yourself as an independent leader, and start practicising from, right now.

16. Strong Willed - Will power is very strong in a great leader. The ability to take decisions and stick to them until they are proven the best, is called will power. The ability to make things happen, not wait for them to happen.
Howto: YOU NEEDS GUTS. Strong willpower is inside all of us. PULL IT OUT!

17. Higher than average level street smart people - A leader should be really street smart to tackle out those extra intelligent people in the market who will try posing problems for you. Also be smart enough to elude the problems created by these people in the team who are hypocrits. Awareness about the world in general in all different fields is highly appreciated.
Howto: Just remember - "IF U R'NT UPDATED, U'LL GET OUTDATED"

18. Passionate about everything he does - A great leader can take his team through any kind of phases of the organisation/company, because passion has the power to glide things smoothly even on a nasty tide.
Howto: People love to be with people who can fill energy in them. Love what you do.

19. Energetic & ever enthusiastic - A great leader must act like a energy booster for the team. Every flight needs fuel. A leader is an infinite reservoir of positive energy for the team.
Howto: Surround yourself with such people. Be a person who follows his heart. Dont be affected by the mocking and comments of others. Know yourself. If there is a point doing something, its in doing it well and enthusiastically.

20. Possesses relaxed passion - Dont get too excited about things.
Howto: Do your homework on this. Relaxed passion is something where you are not desparate for praise neither vulnerable to comments of people.

21. Team Player - To lead a team you need to understand its dynamics, and hence a great leader is always a great team player.
Howto: Involve in the activities on the field with your team every now and then. Remember "Never do things, for your team Do it with them"

Patience - A great leader knows, Rome was not built in a day.
Howto: You are already having patience. Thats what got you to read this line.

I wish you a great future in leading. May you lead your team to the highest of the heights.

This article is the product of my journey of leading a versatile network today. My network has a huge diversity in terms of occupational backgrounds of people, their age groups, their intellect levels, place of stay etc. But the best part is we have a common vision, the growth of computer literacy of the country. We are all hardcore promoters of online computer education.(I lead an approximate active leaders team of 300+ people - through whom i manage a network of more than 6300 people).

PS : the qualities have not been listed in any order of importance. They are all important. All of them together complete a leader. If you are lacking a few of them, or are low on some of them. Its not a worry. Atleast you have got oriented and now you know what your strengths and weakness are.

Apply MINIMAX formula: "Maximise your strengths and minimise your weaknesses"

Hope this post helps you lead your team to success. Promote it to all the people you want to see grow in Life, and become leaders.

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Inspirational Quotes: Best One liners you can find on the Internet.

  • The Challenge in life is to win the war, there might be a few battles that we may lose.
  • When I walked alone, People laughed at me, Today When I am flying alone, they are jealous of me. 
  • Most of the successful people are those who gave their blood in lieu for their destinations & dreams.
  • Determination can change directions towards the desired destinations.
  • When I look back in my life, I would love to see glory and a mind blowing story.
  • There are few dreams, that man cannot accomplish and they are not a part of his syllabus.
  • Where there is not failure there is nothing called as achievement for sure.
  • People who fought for a purpose built castles in reality, those who fought for building castles died without discovering their purpose in life.
  • Time teaches the mightiest lesson : "Walk in one direction endlessly". All shall HEAL by itself!
  • When there are hurdles in life, thats when we learn to jump, until then we are just running.
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