Working with Passion

Tushar Joshi, Nagpur

tusharvjoshi@gmail.com
 Capability - 1
Think of last night
dinner…

… now can you do it

better tonight?

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 Capability - 2
When you start thinking,
you do it differently

… Passion is needed to
take action

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 Reality Show Example - 1

 There is a 4 days reality show Your Choices Are:

 1st day is same for all, but there 1. Live exactly same 4 days
are choices to make
2. Choose some pain and
 Your choices on first day will hardship
determine quality of last three
and change quality of rest 3
days days

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 Reality Show Example -2

 What will you choose? Analogy with Life:

 4 plain and same days?
 OR • First 25 years of you life
 1 day extra work, rest 3 days
• Remaining years of your life
of luxury
 Your choice

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 Knowing the Unknown - 1
 Assume paper as what you Ridicule something and It parts
worship or love away from you

 Now can you spit on it? Respect something and it will add
value to life
 Your conscious wont allow that
Choice is always available
 What is the reverse of this
concept
 Knowing the Unknown - 2
 Are you alive?
 Are you living?
 Are you choosing progress and
success?
• Doing nothing also means
choosing mediocrity
• Accepting the script as it is
means yielding control to
external factors
 Ownership - 1

Water People (Weak Self Confidence)

• When constrained • When constrained

• Stops flowing • Stops, resent, grudge

• When released • When released

• Starts flowing • Still idle, blames system,
no action
• No hard feelings
• Retained Hard Feelings
• No complaint
• Finds ways to blame
• Justify inaction

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 Ownership - 2

Things against you Are you with yourself?

• List all who are stopping you • List all the things you have
going ahead done for yourself

• List all coming into your way of • Are you really with yourself?
progress

• List all you are hurdles to your

well being

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 The Gap - 1
My Goal
 My Goals
 My Current
Position
My Current
Position

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 The Gap - 2
My Goal To bridge the Gap
• What Means?
• What Plan?
• What will I
need?
My Current
Position

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 Driving Factors - 1
• Means Easily Available • Means which are Hard
(common experience – we
choose these)
• Pride for Ignorance
• Peer support
• Everyone does and it
works
• Guaranteed Success of
recognition
• Can always blame
system
(common perception – we tend
to stay away because)
• Merit through study
• Available to few
• Need brains
• Need perseverance
• Need preparation
• No Guarantee of
success
 Driving Factors - 2
 Do you want: Are you willing for:
 Good Salary Planning?
 More Recognition Investing in effort
 Love, Appreciation, Accepting pain?
Belonging Initial discomfort
 Fame, popularity Going out of comfort zone
 Who are You? - 1
 They may tell you you are a
sheep.
 Would you believe what is told?
 Will you experiment on yourself
to find out?

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Who are You? - 2

You may be a lion!

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 Means
 Tools
 Tips and tricks of planning
 GTD, DIY, Planning

 Knowledge
 Books, Mentoring, Experience, Information Media

 Skill
 Practice, Habit 7, Continuous Improvement
 Tools
 Must possess / discover / have the tools
 GTD – Getting Things Done
 DIY – Do It Yourself
 Goal Achievement Plan
 Milestone Charts
 Rewards and wish list
 Knowledge
 Must earn, have acquire the knowledge
 Books
 Seminars, Interactions
 Newspaper, Magazines, Research Papers, Documentaries,
Movies
 Skill
 Must develop, enhance, maintain the skill
 Track skill level

 Maintain log of skills

 Improvement plan

 Implementing the plan

 Periodic monitoring the plan

 Books
 Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People - Stephen
Covey

 Getting Things Done -

David Allen

 Who Moved My Cheese? -

Spencer Johnson

 Jonathan Livingston
Seagull – Richard Bach

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This is the beginning…
Start planning now…!
Concepts to take with you…
There is a Gap between you and what you want to be.

The Gap can be bridged with tools, knowledge and skill.

Planning and improvement is available as choice.

You are capable of planning and improvement.

Ownership and passion is needed for making things

happen (Getting Things Done)
 Additional workshops
Getting Things Done – Managing Time and priorities

Habits of Excellence – Training self for extreme

Memory Training – For making study fun

Memorize Year Calendar in 10 minutes
Memorize a book in one day with passion

How to make boring subject – Interesting

Conquer boredom – Excel examinations