This article will help you in choosing the lessons of success.
Lessons of life:
Well friends this review of mine is inspired by the article ***?My Lessons in Life*- By Azim Premji?.
*Azim premji the man who is responsible for turning a US$ 2 million hydrogenated cooking fat company into a US$1.76 billion IT Services organization serving customers across the globe.
About Azim Premji:
Azim Premji is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA. On the sudden demise of his father in 1966, Premji took on the mantle of leadership of Wipro at the age of 21. Premji started off in Wipro with a simple Vision? to build an organization on a foundation of Values.
Under his leadership, the fledgling US$ 2 million hydrogenated cooking fat company has grown to a US$1.76 billion IT Services organization serving customers across the globe. Wipro is today ranked among the top 100 Technology companies globally(by Business Week).
Over the years, Azim Premji has received many honors and accolades, which he believes are recognitions for each person who has contributed to Wipro. He was adjudged the **Business Man of the Year 2000 by Business India** and as the **Business Leader of the Year 2004 by the Economic Times**.
*Financial Times** included him in the **list of top 25 billionaires** who have done most to bring abut significant and lasting social, political or cultural changes(November 2004).
My Lessons in Life By Azim Premji:
I would like here to quote one od his statements that really says a a lot about his personality.
?The funny thing about life is that you realize the value of something only when it begins to leave you. As my hair turned from black, to salt and pepper to finally salt without pepper, I have begun to realize the importance of youth. At the same time, I have begun to truly appreciate some of the lessons I have learnt along the way.?
Lessons I learnt from Azim Premji
The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our strengths.
The second lesson I have learnt is that a Rupee earned is of far more
value than FIVE found?.here he shared a small incident which was as follows
?My friend was sharing with me the story of his eight year old niece, she would always complain about breakfast. The cook tried everything possible, but the child remained unhappy. Finally my friend took the child to a supermarket and bought one of those ready-to-cook packets. The child had to cut the packet and pour the water in the dish.
After that, it took two minutes in the microwave to be ready. The child found the food to be absolutely delicious. The difference was that she had cooked it! In my own life, I have found that nothing gives as much satisfaction as earning our rewards. In fact, what is gifted or inherited follows the old rule of come easy, go easy. I guess we know the value of what we have if we have to struggle to earn it.
The third lesson I have learned is that no one bats a hundred every time. Life has many challenges. You win some and lose some. You must enjoy winning. But do not let it go to the head. The moment it does, you are already on your way to failure. And if you encounter failure along the way, treat it as an equally natural phenomenon
The Fourth lesson is that we must always strive for excellence. One way of achieving excellence is by looking at those better than ourselves. Keep learning what they do differently. Emulate it. But excellence cannot be imposed from outside. We must also feel the need from within. It must become an obsession. It must involve not only our mind but also our heart and soul. Excellence is not an act but a habit.
The Fifth lesson I have learnt is never give up in adversity. It comes on you suddenly without warning. One can succumb to self-pity, wring your hands in despair or decide to deal with the situation with courage and dignity. Always keep in mind that it is only the test of fire that makes us find steel.
Here?s how he explained this:
?A friend of mine shared this incident with me. His eight-year-old daughter was struggling away at a jigsaw puzzle. She kept at it for hours but could not succeed. Finally, it went beyond her bedtime. My friend told her, ’Look, why don’t you just give up? I don’t think you will complete it tonight. Look at it another day.’ The daughter looked with a strange look in her eyes, ’But, Dad, why should I give up? All the pieces are there! I have just got to put them together!’ If we persevere long enough, we can put any problem in perspective?
The sixth lesson I have learnt is that while you must be open to change, do not compromise on your values. Mahatma Gandhi often said that you must open the windows of your mind, but you must not be swept off your feet by the breeze. You must define what your core values are and what you stand for. And these values are not so difficult to define.
Values like honesty, integrity, consideration and sensitivity have survived for generations. Values are not in the words used to describe them, as much as in simple acts. A wise man once said, ’You do not have to change the world to make a difference. If on the way to your house, you can bring a smile on the face of a crying child, you have done your bit’. At the end of the day, it is values that define a person more than the achievements. Because it is the means of achievement that decide how long the achievements will sustain.
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One more thing I would like to share with you all:
?Creativity is the mastery of simplicity?
ONE of the questions asked in Innovative Internet Marketing Solutions Interviewer said’I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question. Think well before you make up your mind!’ A
boy thought for a while and said, ’my choice is one really difficult question.’’Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this.’What comes first, male or female?’ The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on the correctness of his answer, but he thought for a while and said, ’It’s the Female sir!’
’How’ the interviewer asked.
’Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult
question!’
He was selected for IIM!
**’Technical Skill is the mastery of complexity, while Creativity is the mastery of simplicity.’**