365 Exciting Ways to Live: Excitement # 75: Learn from others!

     Learn from others

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading and the other by association with smarter people.

– Will Rogers

Have you watched profile interviews on the television channels? People who have achieved great things in life are interviewed and asked what they did and how they achieved success. We have a lot to learn from them.

Here is a project for you. Identify fifty people, whom you admire and who are available for you to meet. Imagine you are working for a popular TV channel and prepare a questionnaire for the interview session! Fix an appointment and interview them. Sincerely do this project and you will learn so much from them. You can learn great things even from ordinary people around you. One need not be a national or international personality. Even a successful local restaurant owner will have something useful to tell you. Some basic success rules are common to all, whether a celebrity or an ordinary person.

In this process, you will be achieving two objectives. One, you will become an expert in asking relevant questions. Two, you will get answers for your questions, which are powerful life lessons, which you can apply in your life!

Sincerely do this project and notice your personality grow!

(From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live')

N C Sridharan

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365 Exciting Ways to Live: Excitement # 68 : Read and Acquire Knowledge

     Read and Acquire Knowledge

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

– Sir Richard Steele

Fine tune and improve the quality of your ‘reading portfolio’. In an era of infinite and exciting opportunities, we can realise even a very ‘wild’ dream through an effective strategy. Focused knowledge acquisition should be an integral part of our success strategy. Compared to ten years ago, our competition has also grown several times and we should be intelligent enough to survive competition.

The cutting edge which will decide our success is our knowledge base, which will assume great importance in the era of perfect competition. Consider the following:

• Focus on your reading. Do not read everything and anything.
• Read with a purpose. Before reading, decide how it will be useful.
• Set aside specific time and place to read. Even if you skip eating, don’t skip reading!
• Use technology to improve your reading. Use internet, e-books, audio books, iPods etc.

·         Target your reading topic wise, form a discussion group and a study group.

Honestly audit your reading portfolio to check if it is adequate, given your responsibility and ambitions in life. Remember that knowledge acquisition is an important survival strategy and not a luxury anymore!

(From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live')

NC Sridharan

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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

 Sir Richard Steele

Fine tune and improve the quality of your ‘reading portfolio’. In an era of infinite and exciting opportunities, we can realise even a very ‘wild’ dream through an effective strategy. Focused knowledge acquisition should be an integral part of our success strategy. Compared to ten years ago, our competition has also grown several times and we should be intelligent enough to survive competition.

The cutting edge which will decide our success is our knowledge base, which will assume great importance in the era of perfect competition. Consider the following:

• Focus on your reading. Do not read everything and anything.
• Read with a purpose. Before reading, decide how it will be useful.
• Set aside specific time and place to read. Even if you skip eating, don’t skip reading!
• Use technology to improve your reading. Use internet, e-books, audio books, iPods etc
•  Target your reading topicwise, form a discussion group and a study group.

Honestly audit your reading portfolio to check if it is adequate, given your responsibility and ambitions in life. Remember that knowledge acquisition is an important survival strategy and not a luxury anymore!

(From my book “365 Exciting Ways to Live”)

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