From childhood to old age, an individual plays many roles, akin to a large and
intricate story. A student may become a degree holder, who ends up becoming
an employee, who in turn may become a manager, and similarly a director;
essentially creating an unending journey that traverses many roles.
Our personal lives contain a similar pattern as we take on multiple roles and
personas as our environment dictates, with a brand new set of challenges.
In both of these slices of life, the driving motivation that spurs an individual on is
"success". The definitions of success change as easily as the roles we take on;
the satisfaction derived from these successes also depend on our situation and
how we perceive it.
The 'H' Factor is a useful and interesting thought process which retains its validity
for any age or role. Regardless of the size of the goal we wish to achieve, there
is a need for three H's to be synchronously working together. Head, Heart and
Hand. There is quite a bit of discussion regarding the spiritual level of life, but
many find it difficult to assimilate and relate to these various factors, so I shall
attempt to simplify the life equation
Each milestone that we thrive to achieve starts with solid reasoning. The brain or
the head plays the most important role in determining our conviction. You,
yourself first must be convinced with the idea of the job in hand. It is rightly said,
logic should be a backbone of the goal we are trying to achieve. A sharp decision
on differentiating between meaningful and meaningless can make or break a
person’s life. This implies to our career, family, financial and professional
decisions. So keep your head in place is a golden rule for success.
Second ‘H’ makes your objective alive and that is determined by the heart. We all
hear it so often that ‘Do it by heart’ but we hardly do so. The highest level of
involvement can only be seen when we can not see between the art and the
artist. Everyone is talented and is blessed with various strengths but the heart is
the biggest factor in determining the conversion of strengths into achievements.
The climax of this tussle is the last ‘H’ - the hand. Just do it. Only planning and
involvement will remain static if you never work on the ground with all the tireless
efforts.
Vivekanand once said ‘ By playing football instead of reading Geeta, you can be
closer to heaven’. Maharshi Karve, baba Amte, Narayan Moorthy, Steve Jobs
there was one thing common between all these achievers and that was the ability
to work hard and pushing the limits. Everyone had a dream, a plan but finally
power to work to the fullest and not stop decided the successful stories of these
great leaders of the world.
Dear friends, life is full of challenges and we can definitely overcome these
hurdles by analysing them using the golden rule of ‘H’ factor. Let us make a
philosophy of life - Clarity in thinking, purity in heart and spontaneity in action.
Wishing you all a very happy life ahead.
Prof. Manoj
intricate story. A student may become a degree holder, who ends up becoming
an employee, who in turn may become a manager, and similarly a director;
essentially creating an unending journey that traverses many roles.
Our personal lives contain a similar pattern as we take on multiple roles and
personas as our environment dictates, with a brand new set of challenges.
In both of these slices of life, the driving motivation that spurs an individual on is
"success". The definitions of success change as easily as the roles we take on;
the satisfaction derived from these successes also depend on our situation and
how we perceive it.
The 'H' Factor is a useful and interesting thought process which retains its validity
for any age or role. Regardless of the size of the goal we wish to achieve, there
is a need for three H's to be synchronously working together. Head, Heart and
Hand. There is quite a bit of discussion regarding the spiritual level of life, but
many find it difficult to assimilate and relate to these various factors, so I shall
attempt to simplify the life equation
Each milestone that we thrive to achieve starts with solid reasoning. The brain or
the head plays the most important role in determining our conviction. You,
yourself first must be convinced with the idea of the job in hand. It is rightly said,
logic should be a backbone of the goal we are trying to achieve. A sharp decision
on differentiating between meaningful and meaningless can make or break a
person’s life. This implies to our career, family, financial and professional
decisions. So keep your head in place is a golden rule for success.
Second ‘H’ makes your objective alive and that is determined by the heart. We all
hear it so often that ‘Do it by heart’ but we hardly do so. The highest level of
involvement can only be seen when we can not see between the art and the
artist. Everyone is talented and is blessed with various strengths but the heart is
the biggest factor in determining the conversion of strengths into achievements.
The climax of this tussle is the last ‘H’ - the hand. Just do it. Only planning and
involvement will remain static if you never work on the ground with all the tireless
efforts.
Vivekanand once said ‘ By playing football instead of reading Geeta, you can be
closer to heaven’. Maharshi Karve, baba Amte, Narayan Moorthy, Steve Jobs
there was one thing common between all these achievers and that was the ability
to work hard and pushing the limits. Everyone had a dream, a plan but finally
power to work to the fullest and not stop decided the successful stories of these
great leaders of the world.
Dear friends, life is full of challenges and we can definitely overcome these
hurdles by analysing them using the golden rule of ‘H’ factor. Let us make a
philosophy of life - Clarity in thinking, purity in heart and spontaneity in action.
Wishing you all a very happy life ahead.
Prof. Manoj
