1. Dr. Arockia Rajasekar
Dept of Commerce
St. Joseph’s College
Trichy –

2. What is SUCCESS?
Success is a journey – Definition of being successful varies from period to period.

3. Pre civilization era… …winning food. …finding shelter
Pre civilization era… …winning food! …finding shelter! …covering the body!

4. Post Civilization era… …living in a group. …winning a woman
Post Civilization era… …living in a group! …winning a woman! …leading the tribe!

5. Pre industrialisation era… …cultivation of lands ( farming)
…developing personalised skills!
…practicing vocations!

6. Post industrialisation era… …getting decent wage or salary, …getting a decent job,

7. After 1950s… winning a decent but permanent job, usually a govt job!

8. Now - After 2000’s …Winning a job in MNCs of ICT!
… Becoming an entrepreneur!

9. #1 Lakshmi Mittal
Largest Steel Company

10. Wipro, India's second-biggest InfoTech company
#2 Azim Premji
Wipro, India's second-biggest InfoTech company

11. #3 Mukesh & Anil Ambani
Reliance group

12. Hindalco Industries - India’s largest cement producer
#4 Kumar Mangalam Birla
Hindalco Industries  - India’s largest cement producer .

13. Finally to be precise as the dictionary says:
SUCCESS is accomplishment of
an aim or purpose
Infact it is a journey that an individual needs to look into his/her values, skills, abilities, strengths & weaknessess – work on it continuously to achieve his/her goal

14. The definition of success may vary from period to period, person to person according to one’s perception –
but now the question is
HOW TO SUCCEED?

15. To be successful we should fair well in five level of intelligences
Basic Intelligence
To be successful we should fair well in five level of intelligences
Emotional Intelligence
Social Intelligence
Environmental Intelligence
Spiritual Intelligence

16. Basic Intelligence Curiosity to learn – what? Why?...
...Gain knowledge through education
Curiosity to learn – what? Why?...
Listening Ability – listen to the teachers/scholars
Reading Skill – read and browse
Human brain is the greatest computer ever invented, yet scientists say we use less than 10% of it. What would happen if we use more?

17. SUCCESS Knowledge/ Hard work + Attitude Profession / Career
Family / Friends
Wealth & Respect
Health & Happiness
Knowledge/ Hard work + Attitude

19. THE ICEBERG
HOW MUCH DO YOU SEE OF AN ICEBERG?

20. THE ICEBERG
ONLY 10% OF ANY ICEBERG IS VISIBLE. THE REMAINING 90% IS BELOW SEA LEVEL.

21. 10 % 90 % THE ICEBERG VISIBLE ABOVE SEA LEVEL INVISIBLE
BELOW SEA LEVEL
90 %

22. The Iceberg phenomena is also applicable on human beings …
KNOWLEDGE
&
SKILLS
KNOWN
TO OTHERS
SEA LEVEL
UNKNOWN
TO OTHERS
ATTITUDE

23. VALUES – STANDARDS – JUDGMENTS MOTIVES – ETHICS - BELIEFS
In other words….
THE ICEBERG
BEHAVIOR
KNOWN
TO OTHERS
SEA LEVEL
UNKNOWN
TO OTHERS
IMPACT
VALUES – STANDARDS – JUDGMENTS
ATTITUDE
MOTIVES – ETHICS - BELIEFS

24. POWER OF ATTITUDE
Let each letter of the alphabetic has a value equals to it sequence of the alphabetical order: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 S K I L 19 11 9 12 = 82 K N O W L E D G 11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 = 96 H A R D W O K 8 1 12 4 23 15 18 11 = 98 A T I U D E 1 20 9 21 4 5 =
100

25. Attitude is the key to success.
ATTITUDE IS WHAT GOVERNS ALL THE OTHER QUOTIENTS OF INTELLIGENCE !
ATTITUDE IS
EVERY THING

26. Emotional Intelligence
Lack of emmotional intelligence leads to failure and depression
Recognize your emotions
Understand your emotions
Manage and balance properly
Use emotions effectively

27. Social Intelligence
It is the ability to get along well with others and to get them to co-operate with you.
i.e. Building relationships with Social and Cultural Awareness
Communication Skill is very important
‘I’ should be made silent &
‘we’ should be emphasized

28. To be successful in achieving social intelligence
Communicate
Lead by example
Have empathy - Put yourself in others shoes
Be efficient in problem solving
Serve by love

29. Environmental Intelligence
Environmental awareness.
Updating yourself according to the given environment.
Up to date relevant and accurate information for performing our daily tasks and also plan for our future.

30. Spiritual Intelligence
Faith in Supreme Power teaches us to be more humane and humble
Love and concern for others
Truthfulness
Sense of gratitude
Forgiving attitude
Thus we have PERSONAL INTEGRITY
At any cost…
Don’t listen to self negatives
Don’t even give a try to bad habits

31. ALWAYS THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIENCE AND EGO!
WE SHOULD LEARN TO OPERATE FROM SPIRIT AND NOT FROM EGO.
Ego separates us from others and serve as a great barrier for success.

32. Important Qualities to succeed…
Have Personal integrity
Have Self Esteem
Be optimistic & Confident – I can
Be Responsible
Have a clear vision
The greatest achievements begin with one person’s vision becoming shared by many.
Leads to achieve
Short term goals
Long term vision/goal
Achieving

33. Important Qualities to succeed…
Hard work – eg. Kalam – Love for work
Organizational skills – Prioritize your tasks
Time Management
Utilize any opportunity which comes your way
Learn to communicate
Build network and team spirit
Commit to improvement always
Remember your past and learn from failures
People who work with love and inspiration will always out achieve those who work out of force or necessity
Failure is only an opportunity to begin more intelligently
– Henry Fords
Mistakes are only valuable lessons to improve ourselves

34. Plan each step and keep climbing one small step after another
Don’t look back when you are old and say: “ I could have done great things if only I weren’t so busy doing little things”
Plan each step and keep climbing one small step after another
Along your way be genuine and share with others, because ultimately the greatest thing in life will be building relationships
Enjoy your journey and finally you will have bridged the challenges of life together

36. Success is a journey and not a destination…

37. SUCCESS TESTS
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38. ALL THE BEST!