When I finished my MBA in 2003, I had a vision only to become a effective People Oriented HR Manager. Keeping that in mind, I did my training programmes exclusively in HR to fulfill my mission. When I joined in my first organisation I faced new environment comprising of 43 employees and at the same time I was happy that I am going to handle all HR and Admin Issues in that organisation. Days went faster and I started comparing myself with my friends were are they and how are they and were I am standing. Then I slowly started to look out for a change in my career to get better growth prospects with an attractive pay package. I started attending interviews in Coimbatore, Chennai and Bangalore. A year went and suddenly an opportunity came on my way were I proved my worth before the interview desk. I was highly excited and happy that I got an offer from a company for Eight Thousand Bucks per month. When I was going to my home town I got an opportunity to see an old man with a bigger spectacles reading a big binded old English book in the Chennai Central Railway station. I was with my friend at that time and we started teasing him for a while. We made lot of fun and we thought, what this old man will do and how he will use his knowledge at this age to read such a big books. Were that person didn't even cared about the comments passed by us. Since the climate is quite chil at that time, after half an hour the climate changed and started to drizzle. we slowly moved near him and we sat beside him and then only we came to know that he is not reading any article he was reading a Subject book. We are highly confused and completely irritated and asked him who is he...
He didn't talk to us immediately and after some time he spoke to us he introduced himself that he is from Coimbatore. And I asked him about his experience and I asked him at this age why he is reading this Subject books at this age. He responded for a while and we started to nod our heads once he started to talk. He told that his mission is to start a school when he was 27 and now started a school at the age of 57. He was not equipped with good financial background, Support from parents, public etc were he created his support on his own by getting 3 degrees and 1 Ph d., and good exposure in teaching various Residential schools with out any expectations. Due to that he earned some money and invested the same by starting a primary school. We are quite impressed about the way he expressed his experience that what are the hurdles he faced to achieve his mission. After hearing this, we started to think and asked him how everyone mission can be achieved? He told us only 2 things to achieve the mission 1. we should always think BIG good things. 2. We should always equip ourselves to achieve that BIG good things. If we are constantly thinking about that mission we dont want to run behind that, we 'll get an oppurtunity to achieve that BIG good things.
It is simple to talk were is it possible for ordinary person to achieve that in a daily basis. He smiled and then he told us a simple story. A Small boy the fifth seven siblings of a poor father, was selling newspapers in a small village to earn his living. He was not exceptionally smart at school but was fascinated by religion and rockets. The first rocket he build crashed multiple times and he made a butt of ridicule. He is the person to have scripted the space Odyssey to Indian single handled that is none other than Dr. Abdul Kalam. When a school teacher scolded a boy for not paying attention to his mathematics and for not being able to solve simple problems. Due to the constant training and effort his mother coched him in math and and finally the boy went on to become Albert Einstein. With num smile he told us A winner is not one who never fails but one who never quits ! We reached Coimbatore Junction and we went off by saying Bye. Two years left and I went for a meeting organised by Rotract Club Symphony (North) two weeks back and I don't have a place to sit and I stood there one among the crowd. After some time I saw the same person was sitting in Chief Guest Chair and today he is one of the notable role model for all the youths all over Tamilnadu. Yes the man who spoked with us in railway station Dr Subramaniam, Correspondent, Subramaniam Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore. He didnt lift himself he lifted lot of youths and also helped many youth like me to think how our mission should be framed and achieved. Now I understand what should I do and how far my thinking should be big. Will I establish an educational insitution to deal with knowledge or will I construct an educational insitute which spreads knowledge may be both.. Let see how it works....
