Uday Salunkhe: Write your own Success Story This Year

A student who has worked extremely hard, borne the tension and stress to prepare for a highly competitive exam like SSC or HSC is likely to get devastated on seeing his pathetic result .All around him are the ‘Topers’ and ‘Super achievers’, who were his peers till a few moments ago, busy ‘celebrating’ their success with their families and are glorified by the media. Soon they will be on their way to the best colleges in town and onto the paths of successful careers. And here is a failure…A looser .What is he supposed to do? Doubt, fear and depression will overcome him. His heart is dark with a sense of isolation, loss of self-esteem, and a chance rude remark from a family member will drive him take the final fatal step. Failure is a temporary setback. Success and failure are two sides of a coin. Change is a rule of nature. So Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams. Most successful people take learning from their failures and use them to build the foundation of their success stories. Relax, Rethink and Reorganize Failure is often the result of misplaced priorities. In order to get what it is you want in life you have to appreciate what you have. Analyse your strengths and weaknesses .To appreciate what you have you must see and think about in a positive manner. So remove the negative sounding words and phrases from your vocabulary, your psyche. There is something positive to be taken from every experience in life; the challenge is really to find that positive aspect. Remember when one door closes, many more are waiting to be opened. "Failed" goals serve a purpose - to re-direct us to a better path. Understand Your PrioritiesEinstein once said” Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Each one of us is born an individual; each one has his intelligence, talent, traits and attitudes. A meaningful and rewarding career is important in today’s fast changing world but it is a part of your life, it is not your life. So understand your talent, your passion, and your capabilities and then set your goals in tune with them. Take responsibility for your life .Let your thoughts and actions be the guiding force in your life. Don’t get swept away by external pressures. Be Inspired and Motivated Believe in yourself and dream. Don’t ever stop of dreaming but a dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Motivation is an internal force that drives individuals to act to achieve a specific goal. You must have a big enough 'Reason Why' in order to feel motivated. Your reason ‘why’ must provide a 'meaningful motive' ,you need to believe that your goal is attainable. Create the driving force that will propel you to achieve your goal. Develop an Action plan You need a positive attitude, enthusiasm and commitment to achieve a goal .Keep challenging and fine-tuning the various approaches to achieving the goals and you'll find a way that will produce positive results for you! Be active and work hard, always keep in mind that all else fails without action. Believe in yourself, Dream big and work hard with all the resources at your disposal and you will see that your life becomes one filled with rich life experiences. Don’t Be Shy To Ask For Help You will be surprised at the kind of people, that are right there around the corner to support you, so don’t be afraid to look for them and ask for help. They are more knowledgeable, experienced  and may even have gone through a similar trauma like yours and have come out winners .They will be more than ready to share their wisdom with you . Don’t Ever Stop, Work Hard It isn't easy at first, but don’t stop on reaching the first rung of success.Dont be complacent because that is only a beginning of a higher, bigger challenge. Successful people never stop; they keep working in spite of success or failure. In fact when they have a setback, they work with double the energy, enthusiasm, inspiration and passion and give it all they have to achieve a higher level of success. Understand Success Success is not merely a socio-economic phenomenon in a highly competitive world. , but represents a holistic and positive attitude to life. It is no longer seen in terms of a high flying jobs connected with tidy bank balances, latest cars, latest apartments, designer labels but is now regarded as all-inclusive quotient of physical, emotional and spiritual gratification


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Uday Salunkhe: The Mantra for Reaching the Peak and Staying there

"4 Ps of Climbing and Managing: Plan, Prudence, Patience, Perseverance" The first P is having a plan, which means doing one’s homework and being prepared. An expedition to Mount Everest may take up to two years of planning. So you can have an appetite for adversity, but be prepared with an actionable plan not only to set up a Business and run it successfully but also to counter the adversities that may arise in your path from time to time. Always keep it in mind that a mountaineer has to be physically fit and psychologically completely focused to climb any mountain. However, the qualities that are required to climb a mountain like the Everest may be quite different from those required to climb a lesser peak in the Rockies. Today’s Managers should pay attention to their physical Fitness and must be emotionally, spiritually balanced to cope up with the constantly changing demands of the hectic workspace. They must learn to choose the correct (not necessarily the best) equipment and other resources, understand how to navigate through opposable team mates , handle ‘first-aid’ procedures  in emergency and manage to reach the top, just like a mountaineer. 
 The second P is prudence. It is important to know one’s own limits and be able to recognise the limits of others. Many problems arise when people push themselves too far. Always be aware of the possible risks and hazards on a mountain, and knowledge and experience will go a long way in helping reduce them. Similarly study the risks of the markets, the risks of investments, and apply your knowledge so that one is able minimize those risks.  
The third P is patience. If the going gets bad on the mountain, a mountaineer will wait, and make his moves when atmosphere clears itself. One have to sit and wait through tough times like market upsets, socio-political turmoil, natural and manmade calamities. However fit and emotionally stable a mountaineer is, there is always the risk of getting disoriented at the sign of a calamity at high altitudes. Always remember that when the going gets tough, the tough get going, but at the right time and opportunity.  
The fourth P is perseverance "All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first." Ralph Waldo Emerson The mountaineer who is caught in a tight spot and may be hanging on to dear life, thinking that he cannot hang on to it anymore and has to let go. But he never gives up and that is just the moment of truth when the tide turns in his favor. Successful Managers never give up, they may take a breather, come down to a lower altitude to acclimatize but they never quit. Always know that whether it is Business or Adventure, it is not one long race but many short races, one after the other.


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Uday Salunkhe: The Mantra for reaching the peak and staying there

 ‘‘4 Ps of Climbing and Managing: Plan, Prudence, Patience, Perseverance ’’

The first P is having a plan, which means doing one’s homework and being prepared.

An expedition to Mount Everest may take up to two years of planning. So you can have an appetite for adversity, but be prepared with an actionable plan not only to set up a Business and run it successfully but also to counter the adversities that may arise in your path from time to time.

Always keep it in mind that a mountaineer has to be physically fit and psychologically completely focused to climb any mountain. However, the qualities that are required to climb a mountain like the Everest may be quite different from those required to climb a lesser peak in the Rockies. Today’s Managers should pay attention to their physical Fitness and must be emotionally, spiritually balanced to cope up with the constantly changing demands of the hectic workspace. They must learn to choose the correct (not necessarily the best) equipment and other resources, understand how to navigate through opposable team mates , handle ‘first-aid’ procedures  in emergency and manage to reach the top, just like a mountaineer.

The second P is prudence.

It is important to know one’s own limits and be able to recognize the limits of others. Many problems arise when people push themselves too far.

Always be aware of the possible risks and hazards on a mountain, and knowledge and experience will go a long way in helping reduce them. Similarly study the risks of the markets, the risks of investments, and apply your knowledge so that one is able minimize those risks.

The third P is patience.

If the going gets bad on the mountain, a mountaineer will wait, and make his moves when atmosphere clears itself. One have to sit and wait through tough times like market upsets, socio-political turmoil, natural and man made calamities. However fit and emotionally stable a mountaineer is, there is always the risk of getting disoriented at the sign of a calamity at high altitudes.

Always remember that when the going gets tough, the tough get going, but at the right time and opportunity.

The fourth P is perseverance

"All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first." Ralph Waldo Emerson

The mountaineer who is caught in a tight spot and may be hanging on to dear life, thinking that he cannot hang on to it anymore and has to let go. But he never gives up and that is just the moment of truth when the tide turns in his favor. Successful Managers never give up, they may take a breather, come down to a lower altitude to acclimatize but they never quit.

Always know that whether it is Business or Adventure, it is not one long race but many short races, one after the other.



For more information visit us Uday Salunkhe and Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Director - Welingkar Institute of Management

Uday Salunkhe: Keeping a Broader Outlook

The Corporate World demands for a genre of Managers who are Innovative in their Outlook as they deliberate upon Human, Social, Psychological needs of the users and their products and services.

Prof Dr Uday Salunkhe

The illiterate of this century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."

- Alvin Toffler

These words very aptly encapsulate the need of the executive education in the present times to update its young professionals, keeping them abreast and groomed to meet the rising dynamicity of the business world and manoeuvere accordingly leading to meaningful deliberations. Also with years in the industry, the going gets tough, fiercely competitive and globalised. One rubs shoulders with the finest of the players but then that also demands decisions, which have been well brainstormed, manoeuveres that are well planned and thoughtfully reached at.

Moving into higher strata of professional hierarchy requires a more comprehensive, multifunctional perspective in addition to an in-depth domain knowledge and simple business acumen. There is an emerging need to re train/re educate these notso-young professionals with considerable experience behind them to give them a clear focus, skills in congruence to times and industry.

The corporate world demands for a genre of managers who are innovative in their outlook as they deliberate upon human, social and psychological needs of the users of their products and services. The demand underlines the need of the executive education as it infuses a pragmatic uptake of the broader perspectives of the organizational expanding over the various sectors within the organisation.

Also such education minimizes stagnation which is one of the leading concerns in the industry and in turn also helps deal with a rising attrition rate. As the retrained rejuvenated professionals explore more profitable business propositions and surge ahead foraying into new ventures.


For more information visit us Uday Salunkhe and Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Director - Welingkar Institute of Management