Kalam's principles of Leadership...

Dear Friends, Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar the Ex-DG of CSIR ( Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) and Dr.Vijay Bhatkar ( Ex- Director of C-DAC Pune and the man who was behind the making of India's 1st Super Computer PARAM ) were guests on a TV Channel talking about many dimensions of the life of Dr.kalam. Dr.Mashelkar said in his opinion Dr.Kalam followed 3 important principles which contributed a lot to his splendid success...Passion, Innovation and Compassion. Scientific temperament was very much the capability of Dr. Kalam, his passion for Science and Teaching ( he wanted to be a teacher besides his scientific temperament and after his retirement he pursued the same as his career till death). Innovation but obviously was his nature his passion for learning new things could fetch him the responsibility of leading India's Integrated Missile Program as his boss Mr.Tipnis said. Many developments in SLV ( Satellite launching Vehicle) programs could be contributed to his innovative abilities only. His innovative nature reflects into his Vision for a Super Power India, in his book Vision 2020he has written deeply about many fronts whereby India as country can rise to be the Super Power. He liked reading, writing, teaching, research, music etc. also shows Innovation was his nature. Compassion, humility was grounded within him till the last moment , when asked about, which achievement in his life made him more happy, he said it was the reduction of weight of the Calipers which are used by Physically handicap people. made him more happy was his answer...while going to his last lecture in IIM-Shilong he could see the guard Lavang standing for 4 hours, he has instructed his Security to ask him seat when it could not happen due to communication problem he called the guard and asked him whether he needs some rest, whether he is hungry and then started the lecture. For sure every Leadership and every individual looking for more in life in a meaningful way can replicate these principle Dr. Kalam followed in his successful life. Warm Regards, Linson Corporate Trainer,Mumbai 9323165937

conditioning has immense effect upon life and work...

Dear Friends, An egg of an Eagle was kept for hatching along with the chicken eggs...after hatching, there were Chicken birds and the Eagle bird , they were growing together for another six months. It was observed that the Eagle bird which has the innate capacity to fly was not flying at all, which was something unusual. No Chicken birds could fly hence no body around the Eagle bird was flying and since it has seen that none of them is flying right from day one, it also forgot it's own capacity and as a result the Eagle bird also could not fly. Such is the immense effect of conditioning, inner world when comes in contact with the external world gets influenced, the reflexes could be seen upon the inner world. Positive conditioning leads to positive change and negative conditioning leads to negative effect...one can not exercise control upon the happening in the external world however one can exercise fullest control while responding to those situations or one can chose to be positively influenced and not otherwise. Maturity, self conscious and spiritual growth within helps a person to chose responses to the happenings around us so that one can selectively march ahead. People with distant vision, people with focus and determination are less affected with such external developments because of their inner toughness. Celebrity entrepreneur, Richard Branson says, " However tight things are, you have to keep a bigger picture at the forefront of your mind to win". Thus with maturity and focus we can nullify the negative effect of the developments happening around us. Wishing you a great time ahead. Thank you. Warm Regards, Linson Corporate Trainer,Mumbai 9323165937

truth can be seen by innocence and courage...

Dear Friends, A king was exceedingly interested in being presentable for which he used to change his dress code every hour of the day, contrary to the notion that King is in the court, people used to say king is in the dressing room, such was his dressing mania. One day swindlers arrived in the kingdom and started promoting the idea that they can weave a beautiful dress which would be so magnificent and awesome, it can be so magical that it would locate the unfit person in his job due to it's secret weaving technique, the unfit person will not be able to see anything through it however a capable person can see it's beauty. The king heard about this and called these swindlers to meet him. The duo impressed the king with their tactical promotion and asked for a high quality fabric along with loads of gold to make it. The king has given them every support to finish the task. These guys have transported all those things to their territory and pretended as if they are working hard and very soon they would make things happen. It has been weeks time and the king was desperately wanted know the status but given the fact that the clothes may find out the unfit person in him he has asked his reliable personnel to have a look at the developments. The king's authorities went to the location and seen that only weaving machines were there and nothing was happening there, but out of the fear that they if they did speak the truth they would be held the culprit ,as not being able to see anything was a proof that the person is unfit for his profile so they appreciated the work, the clothes, the designs etc. They both reported to the king about the magnificent clothes being woven by the swindlers. On the day when the king was about to wear the dress and present it before the public through a procession the swindlers pretended as if they have done a great job by weaving the magical dress code for the king, the king was also unable to see anything but to avoid being found as the unfit person for his profile he also admired the clothes. Everybody out there admired the work of the swindlers out of the fear that they might be found as the unfit personnel, so it went on when the child out there said, hey, there is nothing, the king is wearing nothing and all of a sudden with some courage one after the other everybody started speaking the truth. The swindlers were punished for their trick. It takes innocence and courage to speak the truth, in social or organizational life many are aware of the truth but can't speak the truth...until truth is accepted honestly, the situation can't be changed. Wishing you a great time ahead. Thank you. Warm Regards, Linson Corporate Trainer,Mumbai 9323165937

paradigm shift a necessary mechanism for personal transformation...

Dear Friends, The term Paradigm was first introduced by John Kunh in his landmark book, "The history of scientific revolutions" . It is about our perceptions, point of views, it is the way we interpret the situation and people around. The impression we form is based upon the Paradigm we develop, which says the paradigm we develop makes us respond to the external world accordingly. So paradigm is the key for our response to the external world we interact on a day to day basis. The important part is our paradigm may not be the reality, we may not be able to develop a true picture of the reality, there might be a difference between our interpretation and the facts. It was initially believed that earth is the centre of the Planetary movements, Copernicus came up with his theory stating that all the Planets revolve around the Sun and the paradigm people had changed from there. Napoleon's army was depressed looking at the fact that the enemy was 10 times bigger in count and they refused to fight the battle, Napoleon could understand their paradigm and convinced them, any which way they will be killed by the enemy due to their strength however if each one of them killed 10 enemies they can win the battle. The paradigm of the soldiers changed and they won the battle. There was a Paradigm shift. Each one of us have Paradigm based upon Genetic factor, parental upbringing, environmental factors and education, there is a possibility that they might be wrong also. Through soul searching if we dig deeper into our self and correct the faulty Paradigm we might lead towards flawless results for an effective and efficient life. Honest self introspection is the key for personal transformation. Wishing you a great time ahead. Thank you. Warm Regards, Linson Corporate Trainer,Mumbai 9323165397

first seek t understand and then to be understood

Dear Friends, A man boarded the train with his son, he sat in the train and his son preferred to stand and watch the scenario around. The boy was absolutely surprised to see the train, the public and the entire thoroughfare happening around, the feelings of extreme happiness and surprise could be seen on his face and through his voice and actions too. When the train started, he used to dance looking at the trees, the hills , the river and he was radiating all his happiness for all that he was able to see around. The co-passenger was irritated by the boy's behavior, he could not control himself and asked his father, "don't your son know that they are trees, they are hills...he is such a grown up kid, is he mad or what ?". The person said, "Sir, I am sorry for the inconvenience caused to you however let me tell you that, my son has been blind for all these years, he was operated yesterday and he could see the world with his own eyes today hence he is behaving this way" .The co-passenger was all the sorry for his stand having heard this answer from the boy's father. Seek to understand and then to be understood is a principle of empathy whereby we should try to understand the point of view of the people around before we conclude and comment. Many conflicts and misunderstanding can be settled on both fronts when we all try to follow this principle in letters and spirits . Empathetic listening is a key for this to happen. Wishing you a great time ahead. Thank you. Warm Regards, Linson Corporate Trainer,Mumbai 9323165937

Dear Friends, Right from the moment we have acquired consciousness we have started making choices in many ways, the context is changing day by day as we grow however the core mechanism of making choices remains there till we are able to do so. Nature of choices we make keep changing as we grow well influenced by external and internal factors. Importance of making choices in life has much to do with our quality of life, the happiness and the unhappiness….the success and the failure…the achievements and the disappointments. Intelligent choices safeguard us and lead us to correct results to a greater extent however flaws in making the choices create complexities before us…every day we make choices personally professionally, decision making is part and parcel of life as a whole. Well thought out, well planned, well researched choices with the blend of the past experiences help us fetch positive outcomes.Nobody in life can claim to have made intelligent and correct choices always however these errors teach us to make correct choices that is why it is said life is a consistent learning process which unfolds all new challenges day by day to empower us with experiences, lessons, wisdom, maturity. Learning to make correct choices is a consistent process which matures day by day ... Dr. Kalam in his book Wings of Fire says ," Success comes through right decisions, right decisions comes through experience and experience comes through wrong decisions" ...that is when we get matured and wise enough to say we have learnt decision making and we understood life to an extent…!!! Wish you a great time ahead. Thank you. Warm Regards, Linson Philospher,Author,Trainer,Educationist, Social Activits

Zero state of mind...

Dear Friends, Silence speaks actually ,silence is the origin of critical /extraordinary thinking which gives rise to ideas ,solutions ,paths and principles...it might be a creative or a logical endeavor, it's strength comes out from silence ,the peace of mind ,the space where there exists silence within which is the 0th state of mind...while dealing with or while acting upon the challenging tasks or decisions one needs to reach this state so that the issue can be seen from a global perspective to arrive at the exact solutions or so... Scientific ideas have been originated in the spiritual state of mind where there was a connect between the sub conscious mind and the space available...the so called cosmic world...the practice of meditation or morning workouts or the refreshing methods and ways make it easy to reach the 0th state of mind...which in turn brings the best of the potential adding extra edge to the endeavor in hand...it is necessary to preserve and derive this Zero state of mind amidst challenges ,complexities especially in the modern times which is flavored with whole lot of chaos around...whether at a Strategic level or at an Execution level Zero state helps to develop an accurate focus towards dealing with the external world ... end of the day that is about streamlining performance ,potential towards speed and ease of living and moving...keep it up...!!! Warm Regards, Linson Philosopher ,Author ,Trainer, Educationist , Mumbai India. yeslinson@gmail.com,9323165937