Last Saturday (23rd May) lot of people had a great time with Dr. Aruna an Oncologist and a great role model for Life. The way she carried herself and the way she conducted herself was just mind blowing. I am and every one who attended the session is blessed to have met such a great person who survived a Cancer and living with so much courage and discipline in life.

She was so energetic and she was just emanating joy of life. She surprised everyone when she started saying “I am doctor but I am going talk about life”. What did I learn from her? I think different people had different learning but these are my learning. I am sure I cannot express everything because there was also lot of connection and feelings that was communicated.

1. All of us have been successful in life. We won the race when we were born and thats a great deal in life.

My Learning: Wow what a message to start with this was. Hitting me hard to remind me that Praveen its time you do more in life.

2. World came into existence by Imagination. For example, electricity can be used for many purposes, for light, ECG for checking if the heart if working, an oven to bake and an electric chair to kill people

My Learning: Whatever is happening in the world is by imagination and if we can stretch it wide we can do wonders.  And I am doing this every day

3.  Be aware of all things in life and thinking can Change your Life. Thinking changes everything or even the events that happen around. 

My Learning: I just found of what thought patterns I have about certain things that are not happenign in my life and I changed them. Event is not the outcome but Event plus response is the outcome and I can control the thoughts and choose the response

4. Jonathan the seagull: This is from a book where the seagull was fat and people thought it cannot fly and it started flying and was on top of the world. It is like the bumble bee. Aero dynamically speaking the bumble bee cannot fly but it does not know it cannot fly

My Learning: Be the seagull. Break barriers that you thought you cannot. So I am taking up new challenges in my life

5. There is not any hopeless things or situations that you cannot come out of if you think differently.

My Learning: Wow! thats all can I say

6. Sorrows are not sorrows in itself but its only so called sorrows which you can come out of. Do not succumb to Sorrows

7. People see me as a successful person but am I successful. If I achieve what I want then i am successful

My Learning: Never live for others. Just achieve what you want.

8. Your living is by your thoughts. Difficulties will come, but have the mental strength and dont give up at any cost

My Learning: During difficult times I will focus on the goals and move one

9. Why waste this precious life? Never compare yourself with others

My Learning: I never do that and dont want to do it in future too. I will have role models and do better than many.

10. At no point of time I thought I will not do my M.S. Thinking is the greatest attraction

My Learning: Dr. Aruna had some challenges to do her Masters in Medicine and this belief and focus made her achieve. Can’t I do that?

For all those who could not attend, I feel sorry for you and this is the best I could do.

After Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln this guy has proven to be the best! Must watch this video.

I will write more on this later!

This day happens to be the Birthday of my greatest inspiration of all times. Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. I have learnt plenty of lessons from this greatest personality and thats what is here today.

1. Dream - All you need in life to achieve is a big dream. At a very young age Dr. Kalam used to dream of flying and later he realized his dream to a great extent. Today he in fact asks all the youngsters to dream big so that they as well as the country could flourish

2. Resourefulness - Its never resources but resourcefulness that makes history. From a very small village in South India, being an icon around the globe is about Action and strong positive Belief that anything is possible

3. The True Personality - He never was too keen on wearing the best of clothes nor dressing up himself. True personality is the inner beauty and the inner strength. Probably the most charismatic person with the charming and inviting smile ever. Be yourself and you can attract everyone.One of my favorite quotes of Dr. Kalam goes like this

“Learning gives creativity. Creativity leads to thinking. Thinking provides knowledge. Knowledge makes you great.”

His entire life, he dedicated for the society. Such as selfless person with so much of love and care has the entire nation to shower their love. One thing that I always want to follow from Dr. Abdul Kalam is the 6 traits of a great leader

1. The Leader must have a Vision

2. The Leader must be able to travel into an unexplored path

3. The Leader must know how to manage success, and even more importantly, failure.

4. The Leader should have the courage to make decisions

5. The Leader should have nobility in management

6. The Leader should work with integrity and succeed with integrity

I can go on and on about this great leader. I experince him in me when I want and feel great about it and trust me that gives a great sense of achievement and satisfaction and allows to perform deeds similar to the this great icon, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Long live this great person.  Happy Birthday My Hero!

What does this 23 year old boy/man have that we do not? Records after records and beating his own. Why does he do it or rather how does he do it? Skill/Practice? I think its beyond all those. Every time during an olympics there are many who put in 4 years of rigorous practice. They have the best of Coaches, equipments for training and so on. Then why?

The difference is the mindset is what I believe. The person who reaches the fastest gets the Gold, the 2nd silver and the 3rd bronze and the 4th nothing. They are not in the history books and whats the difference, milli seconds. That decides your destiny.  So you ought to give your best and even then you get a chance not to win.

Mindset is the key difference. And also there is a lot of self fulling prophecy that works for Phelps now! Everyone is expecting him to win and resources around him also support. He would have a great mindset when the thought of Play To Win will be so high.

But few point I want to push here is

1. Success comes from 100% intensity and passion

2. Having the right mindset in every action of yours will make success easier

3. Courage and Determination must beat the fear and give the certainty that you can be on top.

Look at the picutres of all the olympic medalists, the intensity is so high and they have fun and passion is at the peak. Its true in any area of life I believe! Thats what is pushing me today to do more.

Who you are makes a difference for a better world!. This definitely is a very inspiring video. I think everyone must take responsibility of making the world a better place to live. It is not different for life. You need to take responsibility. No point in blaming or complaining about whats happening in life! It is better to take your own stride to change the world. Like the Great Mahatma Gandhi said, “Be the Change you want to see”. Change Now!