If you cannot fly then run __Martin Luther King Jr

If you cannot fly then run

__Martin Luther King Jr

The audience was endlessly applauding after astonishing speech of the guest of honour. Everyone in the auditorium was stunned by the success story of the speaker; moreover they were impressed by the list of great achievements, the persona, the command on the domain of expertise, the confidence of the speaker…however I couldn’t resist myself from hearing some pestering comments from a corner.... “How do they manage to be so successful yaar…?”……whispered someone......... “There must be some setting for sure”, added another annoying voice…although irritated with the pesky reactions of those people, a deep thought of analysis sparkled in my mind…..

why people always question about success or achievement of a person while conveniently pretending to be completely unaware of the roller coaster ride of that person about whom they are cooking ‘spicy stories’…why can’t they realize the hurdles or struggle that person might have made to reach at some highest point of achievement in their life…can we all too including those whispering crowd get some tips or mantras to be successful?....

Friends!!

Today’s topic is, “How to be at least ‘0.001 %’ achiever every day”!!

Many readers may wonder about ‘0.001 %’ and why not much. In fact that is not expected and feasible even to get transformed to be ‘100 %’ achiever so easily. It is really difficult. May it be your relationships, health, academics or professional life……

The point is, “How can we add that little magical‘0,001 %’ rise in our achievements every day?

There is no thumb rule or formula for overnight success. In fact the achievers have taken those small, significant steps consistently without rest that has led them to the highest level of authority in their field.

In this regard, I happened to read bout Kaizen. It is a Japanese Philosophy that signifies ‘continuous improvement’. It demonstrates a long-term disciplined approach to improve ourselves through small, incremental changes in our daily life to improve outcomes qualitatively. Let us discuss here if Kaizen could be effectively practiced for our personal and professional lives to incorporate that magical ‘0.001 %’ rise in our personal and professional achievements every day…..

Friends, let us too decide today , let us improve repeatedly through those smallest moves towards excellence.....and let us not stop till excellence becomes our habit. This willingness to improve, this desire to excel, this urge to reach our full potential are the keys to unlock the door to personal attainment.....

Here come some baby steps that will lead us to the Everest of success.....

1. Keep an eye on industry developments and needs

• Update yourself with top technologies that rule the industry
• Equip yourself with knowledge about agile developments trends
• Learn latest platforms and tools that are used in industries.
• Know of the present state-of-art in industries and R&D.

2. Try to be in touch of resourceful persons, successful peers. Be open to ask, do not hesitate to appreciate their good work. Be curious.
3. Be open to share your knowledge with others too. It will make you strong and confident. Surround yourself with people with whom you take up some tasks such as paper writing, research proposal drafting, attending technical conferences, workshops and seminars etc. This will strengthen your connections and network with positive people with same inclination of mind.
4. Be informed about reputed foreign university that lead their area of projects for example Stanford University for NLP and AI
5. Update yourself with popular Elective subjects and project domain of these reputed foreign university from application point of view.
6. Whenever possible, peruse some Certification courses for skill up gradation.
7. Plan your work and Work your plan. Organize your list of present achievements. In order to strengthen the same, maintain a list of short term, medium term and long term goals, Display it in your workplace so that you stay motivated every day.
8. Dynamically reschedule your goals based on some opportunity knocking your doors. Prepare your mind to flexibly switch among multiple tasks at run time.
9. Maintain the details of 40-45 hours utilization of your working time in a week. This will make you identify your potential amount of available time for self-improvement.
10. Deliver such smallest pieces of intellectual outcomes daily that may include:

• Reading popular magazines in the field of your interest.

• Get to know names of some authors who have contributed pioneering work in your field

• Get to know some popular books which are like bible for your field.

• Get to know some popular journals which publish high level of research papers in your field.

The most important of all..................

Don’t show off. You are doing self-improvement for your benefit. Don’t waste your time to prove that you are doing something great….and next time when you see any achiever….…Look at their success with a realization that they have not achieved it overnight. It has been a product of many year's struggle, and every year they have displayed gradual improvement in their achievements.

Let me debrief with my all time favourite quote.....

 

"If you can't fly, then run.

If you can't run, then walk.

If you can't walk, then crawl....

but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."

by Martin Luther King Jr

Have a great Day!!