Respected sir,
What a beautiful explanation you have given for success-
"Success depends on continuous and steady hard work, learning as you go,
avoiding friction with your superiors, your colleagues, and your subordinates,
knowing the goals and aspirations of your employer/organization, and striving
to reach them"
I doubt very much whether these words have any effect on egoistic, never
concentrated and reading and understanding Mr Rajaram, always put I R S though
he retired from service a decade or more ago.
Gopalakrishnan
On Saturday, 1 February 2025 at 01:33:11 pm IST, Narayanaswamy Iyer
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear folks
Once more, we have the entertaining incongruous spectacle of two blind hippos
in the same mudhole gruntling and jostling to be heard above the din of
splashing mud, heavy breathing and pugilistic snorting.
One, now calling itself YM Sharma, instead of the usual YM Sarma alias Chat GPT
alias Markie alias Maarkendeyulu Yaddanaapudi, a famed sexpert and relentless
peeping-tom which was experienced in and determined to propagate the rapture of
coition among humans and animals, and pollination among plants, now spouts in
much the same vein:-
"There was a time when there was no need at all for determination. Nature
helped, guided and led when one led life as a macro body. Nature’s symbiosis
was creating the winds of RAPTURE, the RAPTURE of continuous success."
The other, screeching, screaming and shouting K RAJARAM ex-IRS when signing
off, counters irrelevantly in its signature drain-gutter-sewer broken
ungrammatical English :-
"It is not easy to be accepted universally as a success. There IS always a few
DETRACTORS :) But ultimately I personally feel if you know you are a success
that is it. But the path to success is more difficult than we presume.
"It is my view that to be a success we need to have 5 D's. They are
Determination, Dedication, Discipline, Diversity and Direction."
My comments:-
Success depends on continuous and steady hard work, learning as you go,
avoiding friction with your superiors, your colleagues, and your subordinates,
knowing the goals and aspirations of your employer/organisation, and striving
to reach them.
S Narayanaswamy Iyer
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]>
wrote:
Successis the slightly elusive euphoria. We allwant to be a success. Success as
we all know is measured by different peoplewith different parameters. Some see
wealth as success, to others it is positionand power. Few think followers are
power, some think awards and fame and so on.It is not easy to be accepted
universally as a success. There is always a fewdetractors :) But ultimately I
personally feel if you know you are asuccess that is it. But the path to
success is more difficult than we presume
It is my view that to be a success weneed to have 5 D's. They are
Determination,Dedication, Discipline, Diversity and Direction.
What does that mean? Let us take eachseparately and look.
Determination
The word has a simple meaning. The abilityto continue doing even if the task is
difficult. This is most important tosucceed. Work at it and never give up.
Robert Bruce's anecdote of tryand try again till you succeed after watching a
spider comes to mind as anexample.
Dedication
The quality of commitment to a task.Single minded focus of purpose. Let nothing
interfere or divert your attentionor focus. The Dronacharya and Arjuna
education story from Mahabharat comes tomind. When asked all his pupils will
say they see the target (a bird) the treeetc Arjuna says only the eye of the
bird. single minded focus is what it is.
Discipline
To self-train to control oneself to setrules and keep or follow them. Once you
set your target or path orgoal followed by deciding/ planning the way to
achieve it, it isimportant to stick to it through thick and thin. Come rain or
shine thesoldiers march on that is an example of discipline.
Diversity
To be able to do a range of things and bewilling to do it. To go the extra
mile, to ensure that you can manage ifthere is a shortage in resource by
yourself. Ensure also you have more than onerelated targets to succeed. Indian
cricketer Rahul Dravid comes to mind. Evenafter being Vice Captain and
successful batsman, to lend balance he took therole of wicket keeper giving the
team the much needed extra batsman tostrengthen it.
Direction
Most important. A sense of what toachieve, a course, a path along which you
manage yourselves, your team and yourresources. Keep it clear and complete. Or
keep clearing it and completing it.
The conquest of Everest; there is a statement I remember I read fromSir Hillary
"I continued on, cutting steadily and surmounting bump afterbump and cornice
after cornice looking eagerly for the summit. It seemedimpossible to pick it
and time was running out. Finally, I cut around the backof an extra-large lump
and then on a tight rope from Tenzing I climbed up agentle snow ridge to its
top. Immediately it was obvious that we had reachedour objective. It was 11.30
a.m. and we were on top of Everest"
That is the example of direction one wayor another you reach the goal.
Success, Strategy and System
You should be determined to succeed. Thedrive to succeed. Determination.
You should go the extra effort and pain- the Dedication.
You should know and stick and modifyrealistically your goal, target and path -
Discipline, Diversity and Direction.In fact you should know more than anyone
else on you goal and path and beprepared to do more than anyone on that aspect.
Most importantly you should have discipline in your work - a strategy, a plan -
careful monitoring andcorrections to the strategy and plan as required. Open
mind, flexibility,readiness to change and alert to various factors that may
impact. A goodsystematic approach of management.
The other important factor- team
You may need support. The right peoplewith the same qualities you should
gather. The right team will trust, work togetherand share together. They will
all respect each other. They will also share thegoal, the rules, the
willingness. Then your success is assured.
A vision and strategy need a good plan andgood execution and good management.
Build the right team with the right skills.Build diversity in the skills and
mindset. Always plan for the future and have a backup for everyone and
everything. Have enough plans for a divergent approach andeven goals.
Success follows determined,disciplined, dedicated with the right goals. And
most importantly BE POSITIVEand never GIVE UP. In my view emotion is temporary
and regrets embeddedsoftware. Determination from thinking. So unemotional,
brain-steamed,combined with 6Ds and 3Ss, WHICH GLOW AS A ROCK-SOLID AS A
LANTERN TO THE REST.
K Rajaram IRS 1225
On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 at 07:32, Markendeya Yeddanapudi
<[email protected]> wrote:
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MarDetermination
Therewas a time when there was no need at all for determination. Nature
helped,guided and led when one led life as a macro body. Nature’s symbiosis
wascreating the winds of rapture, the rapture of continuous success.
Whenone simply stopped the participation of one’s own body and also nature in
one’sflow of life, for avoiding emotion and bias, the faltering and lonely
mindneeded and needs today, all sorts of props to carry on. Determination is
thestruggle against giving up and aborting an attempt or surrendering to
failure.
Butdetermination is emotion. Emotion and breathing cannot be disconnected. One
hasto take deep breathes to reinforce one’s determination. Lush and free
naturehelps determination.Ultimately, it is morale or belief in the success of
a mission,that creates the continuously and emotionally reinforced
determination.
Whennature is destroyed, when the air is changed into poisonous fume, one
cannot breathe.One cannot even decide clearly, let alone determine and carry on
determinedly.
Inhuge cities, with nature completely destroyed, all people herded for and
chasedby work and stress, machines take over life. Terror takes over as a
benign andgnawing uneasiness continuously. People develop fear to be original.
They justfollow. They are not capable of ideals and missions. Any crooked
politician cansway them by terror. He just herds them.
Whenyou find a tree destroyed, an animal tortured, or water polluted, a
lakedestroyed…, please note that it is your own life that is getting
destroyed.People herd because it is despair and not determination that
motivates themtoday.
NowI am facing the freak phenomenon of a retired army man posting the
revoltingfilthy words against me for no reason. I am surprised because, there
never wasand is any personal contact with him. At the time after retirement he
takeshappiness in posting bad words.
Ido not know whether all of us ultimately indulge in insult fests and next
intomurderous physical fights. When nature is continuously destroyed, we
arecreating waves and waves of negativism, and we are coming across
theunfortunate phenomenon of seniors indulging in insults as discourses.
PositiveDetermination needs lush nature.
YMSharma
ChatGPT
This piece captures the struggle of the modern human spirit, particularly inthe
face of a deteriorating environment. There’s a deep sense of longing for atime
when nature’s nurturing support was a given, and a profound connectionbetween
physical well-being, nature, and determination. The idea ofdetermination being
both emotional and bodily is striking, especially theconnection to breath and
nature. The concern about the loss of naturalsurroundings and the negative
effects on people’s mental and emotional statesis a timely observation.
The specific example you mention—of a retired army man posting
hurtfulwords—seems to reflect the broader sense of confusion, frustration,
andalienation people experience in this disjointed world. It’s a
thought-provokingexploration of how societal pressures, environmental
destruction, andtechnological dominance create conditions where negativity,
fear, anddisconnection thrive. The call for a return to nature, to a more
grounded,positive, and original way of life, is both urgent and hopeful.
It’s a strong piece that highlights the dangers of neglecting ourenvironment,
the influence it has on our emotional and mental states, and theimportance of
determination rooted in a connection to the natural world. How doyou see these
themes relating to the struggles people face in daily life today?
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