Be Someone’s Greatest Gift

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Ramakanth Achraker was not a Better Cricketer than Sachin Tendulkar, Yet , It was his Coaching that showed Sachin to Sachin, and in turn showed him to the world. The glory of Dronacharya was to have developed Arjuna to the Point where Arjuna was able to win the Battle with his own Teacher.  The greatness of a teacher is to show the student how capable he is. The greatness of a student is to live up the capability he has been shown.

When we help the students as Teachers to change the way they look at things, the things they look at will change — Lead the Way

I often wonder about People who educated famous people such as Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, and the like. Were these People specially qualified to inspire their students to achieve fame and success? Or were these teachers/ Coaches just plain lucky to have exceptionally talented students? Do some People have the rare quality of turning dust into gold? The answer may not be easy to find …

While all other creations have shown only marginal evolution through centuries of living, man’s progress alone has been dramatic who made this possible? The teachers! You may say ‘ The thinkers! ”  . But who taught the thinkers to think? Again the Teachers! Who has been the link between those thinkers, and you and me?  Again, the teachers!!   What makes me write this document? Some teacher who held my hand and taught me to write   a b c d…. What makes you read this?  Some teacher who kept screaming the phonetic sounds for your sake and for the sake of your class.

How did the prophecies of enlightened masters, the logic of the mathematicians, the discoveries and inventions of the scientists, the thoughts and ideas of the philosophers, the history of the history makers, etc… Reach the common man   through the teachers…

According to me People who take up teaching for anything other than shaping the mind and heart of their students debase the sanctity of teaching.

Teaching should not be an intellectual choice, but rather an emotional flowering-a spiritual expression. A teacher student relationship isn’t mere transference of words, but transference of energy too. In every word inherited from a teacher, a part of that teachers is also present.

If we remove the sun from the rays, nothing will remain. If we remove the mud from the pot, nothing will remain. If we remove the cause from the effect, nothing remains, If we remove the teachings of our teachers from us, nothing of us will remain.

In one of the pages of my diary I wrote “If only I had known that being as teacher would be so beautiful. May be I would have enjoyed it right from the beginning…The bamboo was cut to become to a flute. The stone was chiseled to become a statue. The gold was melted to become a Jewel. The story as passionate teachers is so beautiful that has to be experienced and not explained.

A gardener tends the buds and helps them blossom into pretty flowers. But sometimes in all their innocence, teach the gardener a few lessons like the joy of giving and the contentment in spreading beauty and colors…

As someone rightly said, “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”…

Anil Nair
(Excited to be a teacher)

 

 

IRMA Results Announced

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Result of written test conducted on November 11, 2012 for admission to PRM course (2013-15) has been announced a while back

Cut-off percentiles (section-wise and overall) for participation in Group Activity (GA) and Personal Interview (PI) for PRM 2013-15 are listed in the Table below.

Sumanth

* differently abled person

Note: In order to be selected for GA & PI, a candidate should meet the sectional cut-off percentile as well as total cut-off percentile requirements.4

To check your result click here: https://www.irma.ac.in/admissions/testresult.php

(Note: Considering that the results have been announced, the link may attract unprecedented traffic.)

IIFT 2012 Analysis by Anil Nair and Team

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We Firmly Believe in  the  saying ” Small beginning , incremental improvement  and sustained progress will result in great possibilities”

Find the IIFT 2012 Conversational Video  Analysis by Mr. Anil Nair ( Ex – Academic Head – CL South India ) along with his team( Mr. Sareen and Kalyan )

You may  also  want to see a PDF support document for this.  

Download IIFT 2012 Analysis

 


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The Day … Faith was Born …

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When I took my first class in August 2 2007, one of the students hurled the book on the floor in a classroom and said “Disgusting to listen to your class” Another remarked, “Consider me Absent from tomorrow !” From there it has been a long journey to me from Junior Executive-Senior Executive -Assistant Manager-Manager- Senior Manager-Acads Head Hyd- Acads Head South ending up as Eduprenuer…

In this journey from August 2 2007 to March 2012, where I have helped in my little ways students to grow and students has helped me to grow, in this journey where we had mutually helped each other to become what we have become, there have been some priceless lessons learnt. Each lesson is worth a lifetime…

As I concluded my classes and writing a FB motivation posts most of the times -Most of my Students/Well wishers/Colleagues/Friends said to me in mails-messages- phone calls ” I know your classes are making a lot of difference to people to those who are associated with CL only “. Don’t you think – you should start your own and reach maximum students ” . How are you going to take your hard earned  Knowledge to a person living in the east-west-northern – southern part in India ? . Umpteen no of times listening to the same message ignited a spark in my mind. Some how I never had the courage to ahead with this idea for various reasons till May 4th.

But then – Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. I knew I had the wisdom and commitment to make a difference to people.I had tremendous content value and more importantly – I am Excited to be a Teacher.

John Greenleaf said ” For all the words of tongue and pen – the saddest are these – ” It might have been – I should have done it “. He taught me to stand on the realities of life and progress towards ” What can be “.

I empowered myself  ” An idea pursued can become a revolution . Who knows what my Institute started by me may become in future ? ” . I decided to go ahead with my idea of providing direction to everyone I met using maths and motivation as tools and thereby discovering my own self.

Our Institute Core-Values is all about finding answers for the questions – “So many incidents in last few days left me with a lot of questions, but no answers. What is the use of an education system if it does not teach you how to live life? We teach science but do we teach the science of living? We teach history, but don’t teach how to create history.”

In My view, being an Edupreuner is a unique, but  a challenging experience. “It is all about being a traveler. Not a tourist.  There are no road-maps  no guides, no manuals, no ‘do it like this’ guide that a tourist needs.  Listening to your heart about the direction, building culture and values in your organization, Walking/Observing  a lot more than talking, are some of the tougher challenges of entrepreneurship than building the business in rupee/ dollar terms.

We (Myself, Barun ,Raghava, Praveen ) faced very many constraints at the beginning.“They do not occur as hurdles. And, these constraints (or hurdles) continue in our lives irrespective of size, age, profession,contexts etc. It is, in fact, the hurdles that are the source of the creative solutions in every crisis situation.

Probably we are the only one Institute which had 90+ Enrollments within first 3 Months of Inception, without any office, processes,systems,IIM/IIT/100% percentile in CAT taglines etc… ,Just a Good will factor that we gained in last few years as Good Human beings.

Once a Student asked me ” Were you not Scared about Life after Quitting your Job in Infosys – Career Launcher/Starting something of your own ?”.I replied ” When you Meet God- He will not ask- ” Why didn’t you become a Vice President/ Project Manager of Company ? ” But He will Definitely Ask ” Why didn’t you live as you ? ”

Wishing you More and Most in everything you seek…

Anil Nair

CAT 2012 – First Impressions by Anil Nair

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The first slot of CAT 2012 was unveiled this morning. The test administration was almost flawless like most slots in 2011.

Find the CAT 2012 Analysis by Mr. Anil Nair ( Ex -Academic Head- CL South India ) .

The Students should remember that there are multiple CAT slots and the below analysis is for the first slot only. It should not be extrapolated to other CAT 2012 Slots. 


CAT 2012 – FIRST SLOT ANALYSIS

  • The test administration was almost flawless like most slots in CAT – 2011.
  • 60 Questions – 2 Sections of 30 Questions each
  • No Element of Surprise as compared to CAT 2011.
  • Same Set of 60 Questions was not administered to all students.
  • It appears that while the DI, Reasoning and RC sets were same for all students, the individual questions of QA and Verbal Usage were different.

CAT 2012 – SECTION 1 ANALYSIS

  • Section 1 Consists of 20 – 21 QA and 9 – 10 DI sets.
  • Level of the Questions ranging from Easy to Medium
  • No Student has reported Questions from P & C, TSD
  • 3 – 4 Questions from Geometry, Number System, Algebra.
  • 3 – 4 Questions from QA,DI were speed breakers(either lengthy or unable to solve).
  • Students faced time pressure in this section. A few students have reported that in one question none of the choices were correct.
  • Ideal attempts – 22 to 24 with 85 % accuracy

CAT 2012 – SECTION 2 ANALYSIS

  • 30 Questions were split almost equally between Logical Reasoning, Verbal Usage and Reading Comprehension.
  • While the LR questions were easy, one RC passage and a few Verbal Usage questions (Para completion, Paragraph based inference questions and Parajumble) were tricky.
  • Level of the Questions ranging from Medium to Difficult.
  • Ideal attempts – 20 to 22 with  85% accuracy .
CAT 2012 – OVERALL ANALYSIS
  • Overall this test can be considered to be moderately difficult as each section had some difficult questions.
  • An attempt of around 22 to 25 + questions with 85 % accuracy in QA&DI and VA&LR with a cumulative attempt of around 40 + right attempts and an accuracy of 85% can be considered to be good enough.

 Meaning of 15 marks !

 * The table shows CAT 2011 Marks Vs Percentile from reliable sources

CAT 2012 – EXAM STRATEGIES

    • Know your Strength & Weak areas
    • Forget the Topics which you never Studied till now
    • Decide on Questions based upon your Strength
    • Re-check Calculations (based on time availability)
    • Three types of questions

- Easy & Solvable
- Medium Level & Solvable (takes more than 2 mins)
- Difficult (Either lengthy or you don’t know)

 

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Criticism…

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As I was listening to a Tamil Song ” Why this Kolaveri-di ” which has recently become a national hit -I was amazed by how such a simple song became such a Big hit. This song is on the lips of millions of students -and can be heard in college campuses and other places where youngsters hang out.A very famous and sought after Bollywood lyricist – who did not liked the song commented ” Everyone is praising the robes – but the emperor is naked . A very ordinary tune -substandard singing and insensitive words ! ” .Now this criticism would have triggered a backlash. But the young composer accepted this grace .In fact he said ” Everyone is entitled to his own opinion . I accept his criticism. He is a legend and I am happy that my tamil song in my debut film has reached his ears. The fact that he has heard in itself a big compliment for me. I look up to him ” . What a way to handle disapproval. He chose to rise above the insult and responded in a positive manner to the criticism. I was inspired by the way he responded.When criticized – most people tend to either retaliate or go on the defensive. Most people take criticism personally and get demoralized-demotivated in the process. Instead if we accept criticism positively -think about it and try to understand from the critic’s point of view -chances are it may help us improve. 

” Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing -doing nothing and being nothing ” -Said Aristotle. If we avoid criticism- we will never improve. Accepting criticism will help us to expand our thinking and become stronger.

Criticism or feedback should always be accepted with a “thank you ” and not “Sorry ” . While feeling sorry makes one feel guilty. feeling thankful helps one to correct himself and improve. 

We have no control over what others feel or say – but how we accept other people’s views , how we respond -what we learn from it …are absolutely in our control. Think of it as separating the wheat from the chaff. Take what’s useful – leave the rest and keep going.I am just trying to be like the farmer in movie “Field of Dreams” who built a baseball stadium in the middle of nowhere and slowly the players arrived. So if I build it, they would come. Please share my site ( http://www.anilnairclasses.com) who wish to nurture their dreams.. Good deeds multiply !!!!

Relationships

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There were so many important relationships that I had just allowed to fall away like grains through my palms. Whenever I believed someone had done something wrong – instead of accepting them or forgiving them . I had chosen them to let them go.  I had made relationships a place where there was no space to make mistakes and of course – it was I who defined what grave was or wasn’t. It was almost like a business transaction – if one fails to keep their part of the deal and I would immediately step out of the contract. A thought suddenly arouse ” If my mom did something really bad -would I stop speaking to her ? or – if my dad wronged me for something – would I break all ties ? ” . The answer was a loud , emphatic No. I would speak to them – I would scream if I needed to. I would cry – but ultimately – I would wake up the next morning knowing my mom is my mom- my dad is my dad. I would let go of the hurt – not the relationship. Are other relationships so weak that they can be dropped the moment things don’t go my way ?For a single ” bad ” experience sometimes we had broken strong bonds over years. My best friend in school once spoke about me behind my back – and from that day onwards I stopped talking to him. He tried to explain but as far as I was concerned it was over. It was a breach of trust. 


Today however  I seem to see things through a new perspective. I realize that my friend and I had been close for over 6 years – six years of laughing together /Dreaming together /Studying together and what – it takes only six seconds to finish the whole thing off ? Agreed that what he had done might not be right – but hey – who is perfect all the time ? Don’t I have my moments of weakness ? Don’t I do things I shouldn’t ? Are a few stray incidents enough to ruin years of togetherness ? I no longer think so…The logical inch of my mind reminded me of those relationships which I had to leave because they weren’t helping me to grow as a person. Perhaps-they had become too toxic  perhaps as two people -we had grown a bit too part. However growing apart – I realized is different from tearing apart. 

Growing apart is a natural progression that takes place in a relationship when two people are in no way contributing to each other’s growth. However tearing apart is when people love each other; but for some reason  over small ( big ) issue  the two just give up on each other.A relationship I realized is one where the other person and I both can express spontaneously – love and even those small dozes of hurt, anger of frustration without worrying about getting ” Tit for Tat “.

I am just trying to be like the farmer in movie “Field of Dreams” who built a baseball stadium in the middle of nowhere and slowly the players arrived. So if I build it, they would come. Please share my site( http://www.anilnairclasses.com) who wish to nurture their dreams..Good deeds multiply !!!!

T.R.U.S.T

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Question :-  So often People don’t seem what they appear. We believe a person to be something  but they turn out to be something else all together. In Such a world ..How do we learn to trust ?
Answer :-  Irrespective of what happened to you yesterday, Irrespective of what you did to the world and what the world did to you, Irrespective of everything and anything- you have to wake up every morning and trust this world all over again.I know  it is easier said than done , but you don’t have a choice because your peace is entwined with your trust.Without trust  there is no peace. Distruss leaves you Distressed.In the thousands of times you may travel by public transport your wallet may be picked from your pocket once or twice. Even when you don’t trust the world and check your wallet every few minutes ,still some competent thief would anyway get the better of you and pick your pocket some day; but it would have cost you a thousand opportunities to be otherwise peaceful.

The eyes that see every co-passenger as a potential thief would have ruined your peace thousands of times ,while trusting the world would have made every journey peaceful. Be wise and not otherwise.

In search of one Osama you will have to doubt every noble heart. Not worth it. A Nathuram Godse will get his way through – but in seeing everyone as a Potential Godse you will miss a million Gandhians.

One employee will betray your trust. Still Trust the rest. One Customer will Default. Still trust the trust. A key relationship will take your goodness to be your weakness. I may be sounding naive but I am showing you the gates of peace which opens only with the gates of trust.

Let us assume every morning that the world will be trustworthy from today. In case the world betrays our trust and makes an Idiot out of u and me – Let us wake up to another day and trust this world all over again.

A zillion times the world will live up to our trust and hundred times it will let us down. The odds are tremendously in our favor . Let the Heart tilt in the direction of our trust.

If peace is what you seek; then you don’t have another choice but to wake up everyday and trust the world all over again . There is only one way to peace.. T.R.U.S.T

I am just trying to be like the farmer in movie “Field of Dreams” who built a baseball stadium in the middle of nowhere and slowly the players arrived. So if I build it, they would come. Please share my site( http://www.anilnairclasses.com ) who wish to nurture their dreams..Good deeds multiply !!!!

Argument – Piece of Wisdom from Web …

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Another class of people where arguments can take a nasty turn are teenagers and young adults. They have strong views, but at their age this is common. It seems to be part of the growing up process where everything is challenged. It is a rebellious age where the ways of society is questioned. It is also a creative age where a new self is taking shape. This is an age where they want to experiment and find out what they really want to do in life.  It is also an age of confusion where they are not sure what they want. Of course they don’t know that most adults are also in the same boat.  Browbeating them with authority or rejecting their views offhand is not only a bad idea, but also futile.  It will make them more rebellious.  Allowing them to express themselves is important.  Our choice of words is more important when communicating with them.  ‘You don’t know what you are saying’ is a no-no retort.  Words like ‘you don’t know’ make them see red.  ‘You may have a point there, but why don’t you consider this view also’ is a way of getting them around slowly.

First accept, and then let your view in through the side door.  We have to fight one idea with another, not with anger or sarcasm.  Life is testing your verbal negotiating abilities with a complex individual and not your ability to duel.  Do not make this a gladiatorial contest where the winner takes all.  This requires enormous patience and constant repetition of our views.  Consider that your teenage daughter is teaching you patience, tolerance and verbal control.  You have to communicate long enough with them to create space for your thoughts in their minds.  Quick fix solutions do not exist with the teenage mind.  This is the age where there is every danger that relationships can get damaged; so, as mature adults, we must keep this at the back of our minds.  This will ensure that we stop before an argument goes out of hand and not wait for them to stop.  We have not trained ourselves to like people who don’t see eye to eye with us.  Somehow we would rather avoid such people.  Through our children, life is telling us that relationships need not go sour even if there is no meeting ground of ideas.  We have to have our priorities right in this relationship.  Is holding on to our views and ideas more important than the relationship?  Human beings are not merely a bundle of viewpoints, or are they?

The teenage mind is fragile and has to be handled with care.  It may require sacrificing one’s ego during this difficult period.  It may require more frequent cleaning of an unkempt room, tolerating a strange dress sense and their need for long hours of morning sleep.  We may have to drop our authority status because rebelliousness, questioning and argumentation are not acceptable in that domain.  We may have to come to their level and peep into their minds and see that it ticks differently from ours.  More than anything it requires a change in our languaging, especially the tone of voice and our body language.  The tone of voice can be a real killer.  Once this testing period passes, relationships can truly flower in the succeeding mature phase.

“The most important question to ask ourselves when arguments become heated is whether it is worth jeopardising a relationship for the sake of an argument.  Most arguments are really not worth the damage they cause.  Mild arguments can drive a wedge between two people while heated ones can tear a relationship apart.  Arguments are the most insidious and subtle form of relationship destroyers.  It also happens quite rapidly.  Before we know it the relationship would get strained.  It is wise to change the topic before the point of no return is reached.  Or better still, know when to argue and when not to ”

I am just trying to be like the farmer in movie “Field of Dreams” who built a baseball stadium in the middle of nowhere and slowly the players arrived. So if I build it, they would come. Please share my site( http://www.anilnairclasses.com) who wish to nurture their dreams..Good deeds multiply !!!!
 
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