The Obama Effect !!

Congratulations to the The Next President of United States of America, Barack Obama... Well not for the fact that he is the first African American person to occupy the highest office of USA.. I believe that so many across the world over had done with their felicitations that my part wont be missed much.... I would want to congratulate Obama for having made another legacy , for bringing up "The Obama Effect"... I had often wondered that only scientist had the destiny to have a theory, principle left behind them... Like the Newton's principle, Doppler's effect etc, but there have been few people other than scientist who have had the fortune to not only leave a legacy but also stand for some thing which rekindles the human spirit...

Yes, Congratulations to Barack Obama for being the ingenious lead character of the sparkling effect "The Obama Effect"... The Obama Effect has come to have a multitude of significance.. First and foremost,it has come to represent the win of mankind over the petty socially divisive obstructions which have been restricting humans for centuries... An African American person, who before 40 yrs back didnt have the rights to take part in democratic election process, has been entrusted with the Highest authority in American society...More importantly "The Obama Effect" is the victory of the American Dream.... The belief "You can be anybody that you want to be" is a basic underlying phenomenon of American society and no matter how people are prejudiced against color/religion/country etc, it is the belief in this tenet which propels the USA in the main stream of International politics and which is the reason for USA being a super power...

People might argue that its the economic power of USA which makes it the Super-power or its military strength (for Pro-NATO minded ppl) which makes it the Kingpin... Yet, i strongly believe that not with standing the socioeconomic factors which appear to be the axis, its the incurrent attitude and beliefs of the people who form the society that ends up being the fulcrum. The hope that if you have the capability, perseverance and work hard, you can achieve your goal, no matter who you are,how you are and where you are, fuels an optimism in the minds of the men and it is this reason, that America continues to be in the center of world's stage and will continue to create World Leaders...

Here, i would like to make a small comparision of our Country,India with that of the America... Its no secret that we have a mighty long road to travel... Just because the GDP of our country is growing at a fast rate,it will not guarantee that we will be a super power...I dont want to rant about the endless things which are not working correct in our society, the corruption, the diplomatic complicated channels,the morally corrupt neta's etc... Rather what i want to focus on is the necessary things which we Indians must address as we progress along the path to being called a SuperPower.For being called a Superpower, you dont need Weapons and Money to show off...

What you need is a country with people who believe in their inherent capacity to achieve their full potential and believe in them...We need a country with leaders to show the people that Dreaming big and Achieving the same can be done by anyone, provided he has the passion and fire to achieve it... If that happens, we may/may not have an 'Obama' , but what we can certainly look forward is too a day when every citizen of India stands for a cause greater than his own and say proudly "Iam an Indian and I believe in the Indian Dream". Believe me friends, that day would be a day worth living for...!

Jai Hind.

"Belief In You"

A saying goes :

"Winners are people who build foundations with stones other people have thrown at him".

And its so true.

Many a times in our life, we face situations where, we lose confidence in ourself and question our ability to do something. Its what one can call the "Breakage Point". Iam not sure how one finds himself at that situation, but those are definitely the crucial times. At those times, one's self esteem is at the grimmest. And to make matters worse, if we have opposition at those moments from others, needless to say, we completely lose the initiative to carry on with the work.

The common-man will assume he is better off , without doing the work(whatever work he is pursuing) and he can save himself the humiliation and he can be comfy again.. But there is another category of people who carry on inspite of the insurmountable situations. No matter what others say or how the situations are , they carry on armed only with their "BELIEF" in themselves. And its that belief, that if one learns to believe in, will enable him to cross any barriers.

A wonderful video which has always motivated me to renew the "BELIEF" whenever i feel low. Iam sure you will find it too...

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

Who will be the "Roger Bannister".

Yesterday i read an article "Stronger Rupee = Stronger India" where the Author had discussed the pros and cons of the weakening dollar and strengthening rupee.,.The article also cited the action being contemplated by few software companies about making employee's work one extra day so as to offset the dollar loss.

We, who should be proud about the strengthening rupee backed by a buoyant economy, are in contrast, contemplating the possible repurcussions of this happening. The author wondered why Indians are still depending on low-level service from abroad and why instead of the immense talent pool, we are not able to come up with innovative inventions or discoveries.

Left me thinking about who will be the "RogerBannister" for INDIA, to show us our real potential and change our beliefs.

For those who haven't heard about Roger Bannister, here is a small summary about him. He is called the MIRACLE MAN. Why ? He ran a mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. Doesn't seems a big deal, Rite ??

You are right.By the modern day standards, this is not a great achievement.But at that time running the mile in four minutes was believed to be entirely beyond the limits of human foot speed. And in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail.

Physicians predicted that running a mile in 4 minutes is not possible because our body is not suited to withstand that amount of strain. It was considered to be beyond the limit of human speed. One writer* explained that the figure seemed so perfectky round - 4 laps ,4 quarter miles, 4 point oh-oh minutes,- that it seemed that God himself has established it as a man's limit.

All said and done,Roger Bannister not only set a new record but also shattered the belief that it was humanly not possible for any man to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. Ironically, less than 2 months later, Roger Bannister record was broken by an Australian athlete who ran a mile in 3 minutes 58 seconds.Since then the record has been broken, bettered many times.



The significant learning is that it was Roger Bannister who went on to show the world that what they thought was unachievable was in fact a stigma, which can be broken by changing our belief..
Similarly in our life, we have so many stigma's attached , that we do not even think of doing something just because some has said it cant be done.

If only we realise the bound-less opportunity around us and live life to the fullest, by changing our belief, Life will never be the same.

* - cited from the book -Tales of Coaching.