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HR Era, Issue # 34, Apr 6th, 2003
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Contents 1. Moderator's Space
2. Training : The Only Key to Success! - by Arnold Mascarenhas
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1. Moderator's Space
Dear Friends,
Some articles from members are too long (800 words or more) for inclusion in regular issues. We shall carry them in special issues, like this one in future.
Arnold writes on how we can train ourselves for becoming more successful. This article is only for those who seriously want to develop themselves.
warm regards
Rajeev B Bhatnagar
Rajeev@...
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2. Training : The Only Key to Success! - by Arnold Mascarenhas
"I hear and I forget! I see and I remember! I do and I understand!!" is a Chinese proverb.
Child's Play
When I turned 15 , my father asked me, "Son, what is your five-year plan?" "Five year plan! I gasped. "I don't know what I'll be doing in the next 5 minutes!" He asked me, "What do you want to do in life? "I want to be happy and successful" I replied. "Well, what will make you happy?" he asked "I don't know!" I said and that ended our conversation for the time being.
At that point of life, I did not know what I wanted, when I wanted it nor did I have the slightest idea of what would make me happy. Like most young people I thought I would try different things and when I hit upon what made me happy, I would know. And as with most people I had a mixture of successes and failures. Eventually I discovered the concept that my father had being trying to communicate to me years ago:
If I know what I want and when I want it, I can then work backward to achieve my objective.
So starts the book, Big Things Happen, When You do the Little Things Right by Don Gabor.
Plan Your Growth
Do you want to make things happen? Of course you do! There is only one way to do so. Go about it in a planned manner. Start at the very beginning. First, take stock of your life. Where do you want to go? Whom do you want to become? A successful professional who is known for qualities of competence, dedication and hard work! Yes! To achieve anything in life, you have to begin well. You must make a plan for self-development and growth.
Secret of Success
How many of you have read 'The Magic of Thinking Big' by David Schwartz? This is a book that you must read. Here the author says that once you decide what you want then you must take steps to get it. You must decide that you are going to do what it takes.
Now is the time to take the first bold step. You must put a plan in action. Look at any successful student, sportsperson, athlete or filmstar. How do they achieve their goals? By following a daily schedule. They prepare hard for regular periods. For long hours following a strict discipline. Yes! they know that the secret of success is training.
Three Areas of Training
For training to be effective, it must follow three areas: First, What to Do, second, How To Do It and finally, It Must Get Results.
What to do?
The What of your personal training programme for success is built on the attitudes and techniques of successful people. How do they manage themselves? How do they overcome obstacles? How do they earn the respect of others? What sets them apart from the ordinary? How do they think?
How to do?
The How of your plan for development and growth is a series of concrete guides for action. You must read books of famous achievers and see what lessons you can learn from them. Read authors like Stephen Covey, Anthony Robbins, Daniel Goleman, Norman Vincent Peale, Dale Carnegie, and Napolean Hill. When you read these book take a pencil and notepad and write down points that you find relevant. Then later go over your notes and re-read them often. These principles will become part of your daily practice and you will internalise and make them your own.
Reaping the Results!
Finally can you get the required results?! Yes! You can! By constantly applying the principles that you have observed in successful people and your own observations from reading books of famous achievers, you will begin to shape your life to reach your goals and achieve what you want to. Broken down into different parts, your training programme will bring you a series of rewards. The reward of deeper respect from your family. The reward of admiration from your friends and colleagues. The reward of achieving something in your life.
Standing on Our Feet
You must also remember that you are your own Trainer. There will be no one standing beside you telling you what to do. You have to set your own time and command yourself to apply what you are learning. But you have everyone around you to support you.
How many of you are fond of gardening? Look at how plants react to sunshine and water. Everyone feels happy when plants respond to their care. But this is not even one-tenth as fascinating as watching yourself change to your self-administered management training programme. You feel yourself growing more confident, more effective and successful. day by day, month by month. Nothing, absolutely nothing in this life gives your more satisfaction than knowing you are on the road to success and achievement.
Discipline - Leads to Success
A very important aspect of training yourself is Discipline. Make a daily schedule and follow the time strictly. This helps you to focus on the task at hand. Set aside a fixed time for you to pursue your daily training programme. Either before you begin work or at the end of the day take a break. Look inwards and see how you are progressing. Evaluate yourself in terms of input and out put. You must be able to judge yourself objectively.
There is no short cut to success. The person who succeeds is the person who has put in the most effort. With your training, this will become a daily practice. You will always put your best effort in everything you attempt.
Remember the words of the famous athlete Jesse Owens who said:
"A LIFE TIME OF TRAINING FOR JUST 10 SECONDS."
Contributed by Arnold Mascarenhas
Arnold Mascarenhas is the CEO of Bull's-Eye Communications. He is an alumnus of the IIM-B, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and the XIC (Mumbai). His Bangalore based company conducts Corporate Training in Soft Skills, General Management, Behavioural Science, HR and Sales Management areas. Their clients include Infosys Technologies, Phoenix Global Solutions, I-flex Solutions, BAE Systems, KPMG and Ernst & Young.
He is a Visiting Faculty at the T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal. Arnold may be contacted at: arnold1@...
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