Perfect vision of Dr.V - An inspiration for great leadership

The Perfect Vision of Dr. V.

At the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, 82-year-old Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy has solved the mystery of leadership: He brings eyesight to the blind and light to the soul.

Read the full article at : http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/43/drv.html?page=0%2C6

You can set the same challenges for yourself as Dr. V. does.

Understand the deeper principles of work as well as your purpose in the game. Becoming a clear instrument of these aims is a declaration of power, and it draws resources - money and people -- to you.

Understand the poor, and market to them. This requires more imagination than does marketing to established markets. It requires expanding beyond the smallness of the self. It requires a shift in your view of economics and market forces. Everything you do for your personal well-being adds another layer to your ego -- and in thickening it, insulates you more from perfection, happiness, and fulfillment.

Appreciate that we are not different from the poor. We have spaces in us that are empty and ravaged. We are on the inside what the people of India are on the outside. They are materially poor; we are spiritually poor. Indians are on the outside what we are on the inside: starving for meaning, not homeless but the next worst thing -- directionless.

Learn how to sell water by the river. If you can become market-driving, not market-driven, you can create new arenas and go on to build a legacy. When we talk about new markets, we will have to call on new abilities within ourselves. We will have to acknowledge the least-developed parts of ourselves. That means going deeper than intellectual abilities to more-profound, more-basic human attributes.

Recognize that the great opportunity in world markets is to make a difference in the human sphere. Bring people things they can't imagine wanting. From this act, we too will be changed -- and maybe even enlightened. Dr. V. teaches that work can be a vehicle for self-transcendence.

Steve Jobs Message : Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

A Very Beautiful and Inspirational Speech....

What a fantastic motivational speech by Steve Jobs. In life we should have the guts to act by our own intuition.

Read the full story at : http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

The Gift of the Unknown

Powerful idea: the beautiful thing about being in the unknown is everything is possible.

You just received a giant gift: a fresh, virgin new year - utterly open to it being made into anything you choose it to become.

Forget the doomsayers. Block out the fear-mongers. Shout down those voices of mediocrity encouraging you to play small with your days amidst the dramatic changes in our world. This is a time to dream, to shine - to lead.

It's a great time to be alive - regardless of how bad your life might appear (things always get better don't they?).

You just got 12 fresh months (I needed to repeat that because it's such an inspiring thought to me). Some amongst us don't have that time. You do. You are blessed.

So what will you do with 2010? Will you spend it wisely - reaching for excellence and outright greatness, regardless of where you work and who you are?

Will this year be the year you leave behind all your victim stories about why you can't be in world-class health and lead in your field at work and love your family like there's no tomorrow?

Will this year be the year you have the courage to catch a glimpse of how extraordinary you are and then assume the personal responsibility to let that talent see the light of day?

And will this new year be the 12 months that you give back to the world, by lifting others up and by being honest, ethical and downright good?

Just wondering. Because the clock is ticking. And this very moment is a fine time to begin.

Happy New Year 2010