MAXIMIZE YOUR LIFE

BE BRILLIANT IN EVERYTHING YOU DO

BE BRILLIANT IN EVERYTHING YOU DO

By Shyamal Sengupta

From jungle days to this space age , it has been a journey of the conquests of human mind . The empires of the future also belong to the human mind . Two hundred years from now , everything that we are doing today will be done in a different manner . Innovations will change the method of working . But why are we waiting for others to give us the new ideas ? Why can’t we originate the ideas in whatever we do ?

Plan before you do anything . Look before you leap . But not logical planning , imaginative planning . Think different . Think new . Think something nobody has thought before . Make it a habit . Think before every action  : whether you are doing something small or something crucial and huge , whether you are working for yourself , or for your family and friends , or for society , or for your business and career . The more you do this , the more creative your mind will become , and everything you do will become more imaginative as a matter of habit .

Before every action , sit with pen and paper for original thoughts . You can develop your own methods to generate creative concepts . Here are some suggestions however : you may use one or a combination of them .

Take an aerial view . Look 360 degree at the entire matter . As you look at every nook and corner of the matter , you may develop some original viewpoints .

Think how a doctor will look at the situation , how an engineer will view it , how a banker will see it , how a policeman will look at it , how a businessman will perceive it . Look at it from various angles and get different perspectives . Various dynamic thoughts will begin to occur in your mind .

Use the  5W1H  method which stands for WHAT , WHEN , WHY , WHO , WHERE and HOW . Ask yourself as many questions as possible with these words about the task in hand and you will be generating many new ideas .

Think about the work , what has been its past and its history ,  how it grew over time and where does it stand today , where is it going and where is it likely to reach in future . As you focus on the timeline , a new way of doing the thing might flash in your mind .

Think how the work can benefit you more or how can it generate extra side-benefits . With a little innovative handling , it may additionally benefit you , or your near and dear ones , or the society , or your business , or the organization that you belong to .

Think different . Stretch your mind . Demand new ideas . Reject the usual methods . Think weird . Think silly . Think stupid . Think upside down . Subtract something .Add something . Make unusual combinations . Make it Big . Make it small . Soon you will have plenty of ideas .

Look at the list of all the ideas that you have generated . Pick up those ideas which will be useful . Now take action . Your action will be original and brilliant . If you use this method every time , you will excel in everything that you do .

How much time you should give to this exercise will depend upon how important is the task at hand and how much time is available . The more time however you give to this exercise , the more brilliant your performance will be .

Practice it regularly and you will have a better and more useful personal and social life . Practice it always : you will have a promising business and a brilliant career !

GUIDING FOR SUCCESS 3

GUIDING FOR SUCCESS 2

Guiding You For Success

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HIT THE BOTTOM .

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HIT THE BOTTOM .

Have you ever suffered from deep emotional trouble ?

Do you desire to be mentally strong , so that you can be a pillar of strength in every crisis ?

We all travel in life through emotional circles of ups and downs . When we are up and happy , life is easy . When we are down in pain or crisis , life is difficult .

When in trouble , we must realize that this too is a passing phase of life . If we are in midnight , the dawn is not far away !

When we are in a war , we are not defined by our victory or defeat : we are defined by the valour with which we face the war . The world salutes Rani Laxmi Bai , Rana Pratap , and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose .

Crisis is the time when we have to establish our character . When we are losing a battle , we don’t need an Army General who will begin to weep : we need a General who will pounce back , turn the table and try to give us a victory .

If you know how to stand like a rock in the face of a disaster , then you are a leader . The entire world then needs you . You will be a pillar of strength for your family . Your organization will give you higher and higher responsibilities and depend on you . You will be an asset for the country , and you will be a blessing for the human society !

Crises come and go , as if in a cycle , in personal life , family life , work life , as well as in social life . We all are looking up for persons who can see us through these adversities . We need iron men . Rise and be one of them .

“ The greatest weapon on earth is the human soul on fire ! “

MY STORY

MY STORY

I am Shyamal Sengupta , the founder and owner of  DARE TO WIN . My first name Shyamal stands for the body-complexion of Lord Krishna . My surname is Sengupta and my mother-tongue is Bengali , though I am brought up in Delhi , the capital of India .

I am an Executive Coach and a Corporate Trainer .

As an executive trainer , I help top executives who are struggling to co-ordinate the working of all the departments under them to maximize profits and to achieve the organizational vision and goals . For that I work with these executives to determine the core areas that they need to focus upon , and accordingly we then decide that what should be the immediate central goal of the organization , say for the next six months to one year . In tune with that , an action-plan is drawn with measurable targets which are time-bound .

As a Corporate Trainer I help those employees who want to strengthen their competence , develop their career , and want to contribute more to the growth of the organization where they are working . For this I find out the strengths of the employee and how he can make full use of that to build his career as well as to contribute to the progress of the organization . Then we trace out the weaknesses of the employee , particularly in such areas as team-playing , leadership , conflict resolution , problem solving and decision taking , goal achievement etc. A step-by-step training program is then designed so that when the trainee goes through it , he may get over his weaknesses .

But how did I come to specialize in this business of coaching ?

I was 17 years old doing Economics Honours from Hindu College , Delhi University . Once in Connaught Place market I came across a book How To Win Friends by Dale Carnegie . As I read the book , I was fascinated . Soon I read another book Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill , and I was captivated . Purchasing and reading self-development books became a hobby and a fancy for me . Yet I was not even remotely thinking of making it my professional career .

Soon I joined State Bank of India ( SBI ) as a Probationary Officer . SBI is a huge Bank , a Fortune 100 Company with a global identity . When I was two promotions and a few years old in SBI , I was selected for the Training Wing in the Bank . I went through Faculty Development Program and was placed as a Trainer after the successful completion of the course . I began teaching Banking subjects to the staff of the Bank . Soon I was handpicked for being trained in Behavioural Science ( B.S. ) by the Bank ( my wide reading of self-development books over years also contributed to my selection for this special and covetable training ) . I went through three phases of intensive training in B.S. in the apex training college of the Bank in Hyderabad . After successful completion of the course I was certified by the Bank as a qualified B.S. Trainer . I then began to train the Bank Staff exclusively in B.S. subjects . This was a turning point in my life : so far I was reading the best-sellers in self-development and applying the learnings for personal growth . I did not know how to impart my ideas to train , coach and develop others . Now , in B.S. I was grilled and trained and strengthened inch-by-inch in how to shape , groom and build my students .That was a major shift !

After a four years stint in the Training Wing , and a very rich and wide experience in coaching huge number and variety of people in B.S. , I was transferred as the Branch Manager of Jehangirpuri Branch in Delhi . I thought long and hard , as I realized that I wanted to be a speaker and a coach for the rest of my life . I put in my papers not knowing exactly how I will launch myself in my new life . I was not sure , and my passion was the only torch-light which led me ahead . In a few months’ time , on Bengali New Year’s Day in 2002 , I launched Dare To Win ( Center for Business Coaching , Management Skills Training , and Personal Counseling ) .

Soon I was being invited by the Training Centers of all Nationalized Banks as a Guest Speaker to address their important staff on various important topics in Behavioural Science . To build on my qualification I did International Courses on Ontology , Life Skills , and Psycho-orientology . Top National Educational Centers and Institutions also began to invite me to groom their final year students . Companies and Corporate Sector were the next to notice me and to invite me to work with them . As time marched on I did a post-graduate diploma course in Psychological Counseling to have a deeper understanding of the working of human mind , followed by a post-graduate degree course in Psychotherapy .

All this while , with 18 years of profound experience in this line , I never told my story to people . Friends suggested to mark my presence on You Tube . I decided to put up my story on my Blog first . Then I will go to You Tube with my story to begin with . I will upload at least one video every month thereafter for my viewers . I will keep the videos short , compact and to-the-point . The videos will be made to help the viewers lead a better life , to raise their level of competence , and to become better human beings in their personal lives .

Meet you soon on the You Tube platform !