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LE:01::In search of excellence!!

“Excellence is never an accident;

it is always the result of high intention,

sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution;

it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”

- William A. Foster

We’ve all heard the phrase, “You are what you think.” I believe our greatest barrier is usually our self-talk. We can be our own greatest enemy!! Yes. Prof Prasad's interactive session strenghtened my beliefs. In his first class, he asked us for a tower building exercise with small equal sized cubes. Everyone selected a perticular range of his own choice. This is goal setting. What you feel is what you can do. It varies from person to person. To our surprise the person exceeded his own limit. THATS IT !! We should never underestimate ourselvs. We should not cry for our past failures,rather learn from our mistakes. I feel that no-one of us is aware of his true potential. So, what is the problem in dreaming big?
If the set goal is kept higher than achieveable goal,then I think the performance automatically increases. you run fast after a mirage untill and unless know it was a mirage. you never know, it can be a real oasis even. So, i feel, we should dream big. Prof. Prasad's then remarked that a person blindfolded can build even a bigger tower, with a proper guidance and mutual understanding. thats what counts. with mutual understanding and proper system of workflow, even a small personal defect can be overcomed. we just need to have a clear idea of what we are, what we want to do, and what needs to be done. If we keep our targets high within ourselvs, then i feel we can outshine ouselvs. The compitition is not with our peers. We actually compete with ourselvs. And Prof. Prasad guided us saying thats what a profit making organization looks for in its employes. Active participation. He gave us a nice case of 3 persons trying to cross a bridge. Though it has risk, but still the work can be executed with proper communucation within the team,mutual understanding with every individual playing his/her role. Everyone in the team should have a crystal clear idea about fhis/her pertciular duty and should perform it without failure. Only then i feel excellence (a which is ordinarily good and surpasses ordinary standards) can be achieved. actually, excellence can be achieved with proper synchronization between effeciency and effectiveness. effeciency is how we do things and effectiveness is how we manage things. Its like the path we choose and the vehicle we take. Rather say like this,
                                    
                                          Excellence = Efficiency X Effectiveness

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