In pursuit of completeness – Happiness unlimited!!
By: Hemant Dhariyal, Education Edge
Head
meets Heart here, Talent meets Opportunity here.
Dear
friends,
Since inception of Education Edge, we have continued to grow at a rapid pace.
Balancing growth and staying in touch with everyone at times has been
challenging. There may have been missed connections but make no mistake, no one
has been forgotten and most importantly I have tried my best to ensure that no
one is left behind.
Hard
work, unwavering desire to keep moving forward, removing hurdles from the
success path and increased motivation after each setback is what has led to a
stable compass in our lives. One aspect has been common amongst us – developing
understanding of the complete life cycle of anything that we undertake in our
lives and ensuring we reach the desired outcome.
Aristotle said,
"Whole is better than sum of its parts". Learning will complete us
and the demonstration of this learning will make us unique. My true measure of
success is when most of you will fulfill their dreams. Every night when I go to
bed, for a moment, I think about you all, each one of you. I dream about
all of you finding your destinations – where ever and whatever those are.
Business Analysis and project management may very well be short term goal for
some of you. For others it may be passion. If it's passion go crazy at learning
it and if it is a short term goal, still get mastery as this may be that step
towards your final destination.
When
I worked in silo, I was not so successful, and then with time, I have learned
to spread my wings, created true relationship, collaborated and created
positive energy. The true character of a magnet is it’s pull. Our
magnetism is the knowledge and it will pull attention towards us. You
all have listened to me, sometimes I sound tough and I feel bad for being so
assertive. But then I hope you will understand that I am trying my best to
create a baseline of knowledge and trying to ensure that all of us stay together
in-line with the big plan. When I was in the US, there was federal government
program and it said something like "No kid left behind". This is my
motto too. In the coming weeks, we will start sprinting towards our goal,
I will make sure that this sprint does not turn into a marathon.
So
open your mind, trust the process and prepare yourself for the flight of your
life, fly with me under my wings and then soon, my hope is you will spread your
wings and take a few under your wings too. The goal of a business is not just
making money, it's also helping people. I have practiced it and even during
major crisis in my life, never steered away from this principle. As recently as
few years ago my bank balance was negative and in my pocket I had $117. It was
8:30 in the night and I was in a workshop with some of you. I could not just
let everyone sit in the class hungry just because I had to finish a session.
How could I, when one of you taught me "Never to eat alone". That day
I went home with a balance of $37 in my pocket. Was I stressed? May be, but had
faith, actually increased faith on the hard work and knowledge that I had
gained through the years. Goodness creates happiness and opens the doors of
possibilities that you never would imagine otherwise.
In
Pablo Picasso words "everything that you can imagine is real". But
that will only happen when we will nurture our minds with great thoughts and
seek not to change the world, but choose to change our mind about the world.
What you see reflects your thinking and your thinking reflects your choice
of what you want to see. One thing I always stress on is to read books about
the great innovations and changes. It will create a great mindset to start your
journey from good to great.
Last
Friday, one of my student who is successfully employed with a Bank for over a
year, told me that I must be very happy in my life. I paused for a while,
and at that moment I realized how happy I have been with my
life. Last 5 years have been a great learning experience for
me. I have been getting up every morning with
determination and going to bed with satisfaction.
With
each one of you finding work, my happiness grows. My dream gets bigger. I
relish your success with you and then in my own silence. I appreciate your
courage, motivation and the desire to change something in your life. This
lesson of life will be incomplete for me if you did not find me and I did not
connect with you. In last 2 years I have interacted with over 300 students. You
have taught so much more than I can ever give you. I have had over
300 life lessons from you. I sincerely hope that in the end there will be some
takeaways for you all too.
Wake
up to your dream, work hard for it, decision it and action it in a way that
there is no tomorrow. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes
sweat, determination and hard work. Character is what emerges from all the
little things we were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.
I
am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of
it. We all complain about how bad things are, but we never step out of
the comfort. Striving for success is like trying to harvest where you haven’t
planted. Instill the will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach
your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal
excellence.
The
greatest principle on success is if we persist long enough we will win.
Finally,
this is what I have to say to you - our greatest glory is not in never
falling, but in getting up every time we fall. Learn from the failures and
try never to repeat it again.
The
constraints of the past are behind us and the foundation of future are firmly
in place. In the words of Paul Whiteman “The Orchestra have tuned their
instruments, baton has given signal” to this if I may just add “it’s now time there
is a new symphony in play”
Thank
you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness, inspirational thoughts and help
when I needed the most.
I
remain yours truly.
Hemant Dhariyal
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