SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS:
By Mr NAGARAJU K B
Mr Nagaraju K B visited Amrita School of
business to speak on a topic that is
becoming very pertinent in today’s corporate world. The topic was “SUCCESS and
HAPPINESS” .
SKH, the seminar hall of Amrita School Of
Business saw a large number of students from both 1st and 2nd
year MBA waiting in zeal and kindling fervor to listen to the
speaker.
Mr Nagaraju K B pursued B.E from University of
Madras and PGDM on Operations and Marketing from Indian Institute of
Management, Calcutta. He is currently a management consultant and has worked in
top companies which include TVS Logistics services limited, Lenovo India
private limited as Chief operating officer and VP-Supply chain operations
respectively. He has a rich professional experience in supply chain and
logistics.
SUCCESS IS…..
Mr Nagaraju K B’s insightful speech began with
first explaining the young-fresh MBA pursuers about the idea behind finding
success which according to him can come through TRIAL AND ERROR – By risks and
experiments or by ACHIEVING GOALS.
SUCCESS according to him was about satisfying the inner and outer
perspectives of oneself. The inner perspective could be Happiness and Fulfillment. Outer perspective included fame, fortune and meaningful work.
HAPPINESS…..
The next part of the topic – HAPPINESS now came
into the picture. Happiness, a positive emotion can mean different things to
different people. It can be a deep sense of joy connection or can happen due to
‘pleasure’ or ‘gratification’. He explained the concept of MOMENTARY HAPPINESS
which is the overall evaluation of one’s own life situation. The concept of
‘FLOW and GROWTH’ which means that as a person grows, he/she becomes
increasingly productive and responsible, was also discussed. He strongly put
forward his view that – ‘MULTITASKING IS A MYTH’. One has to focus on one task
with full attention and then go onto the next task for lasting success and
happiness.
“Managing and living up to the expectations
also has a significant role to play in happiness. People indubitably feel happy
when they manage their expectations. There is also a ‘Genetic
Disposition’. People have a set score to
which they always revert. “
The next interesting part of the session
revolved around ways to increase one’s overall happiness. They included (A)
making health a priority (B) achieving long term goals- ideally difficult ones
(C) Investing more in relationships (D) making enough money (E) Doing good
deeds and (F) exploring the world-starting with one’s own country. The past
also has a role to play in increasing our overall happiness. It could be done
by fueling positive emotions about past satisfactions, gratitude and adopting
the idea of ‘Forgiveness’
Mr Nagaraju K B rightfully put forward these
inspiring phrases –
“DUMP THE NEGATIVE BAGGAGES, MOVE ON WITH THE FUTURE”
“DUMP THE NEGATIVE BAGGAGES, MOVE ON WITH THE FUTURE”
and
“THERE IS NOTHING
CALLED FAILURE. IT IS MORE OF A MISTAKE”.
“Future’s part in increasing the overall
happiness included dealing with negative emotions of future which may be
anxiety, believing in oneself and focusing on effort and not result.”
ULTIMATE HAPPINESS is a goal every individual
forever works on and there is no magical recipe to achieve it. Putting in the
words of Mr Nagaraju K B - Ultimate happiness is a sense of meaning that comes
from serving a purpose larger than oneself. It comes when one manages to strike
a relationship between oneself, others and the work. ‘SOMETHING LARGER THAN
ONESELF’.
“Success also has an outer perspective to it.
Culture and family are a great influence on how we view success. Parents,
siblings, coaches, Media bombard us with suggestions of what success means.
THESE IDEAS ARE INVISIBLE AND LITTLE DEBATED”.
SUCCESS, he says, has today become a rush for
more of everything. “The media, rat race to achieve everything and peer
pressure has pushed us to become money making machines”.
“YOU CANNOT BE ON PAGE 3 FOR A LONG TIME,
UNLESS YOU ARE DOING A SUSTAINABLY GOOD JOB!!” – Mr Nagaraju KB.
The next part of seminar brought forward the
relationship between job decisions and Happiness. Criterias for job decisions
can be money growth, work-life balance and sharing-mentoring.
ACHIEVING SUCCESS:
He gave the following formulae for achieving
success – (A) discovering and building capabilities (B)motivating oneself (C)
developing confidence (D) building relationships.
In the last phase of the session, the speaker
revealed the FOUR DIAMONDS needed
for SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS – interest and
passions, talents, past experiences, personality strengths.
Mr Nagaraju K B winded up the session by saying
that Success requires confidence and confidence also brings in a lot of
happiness.
The students then put forward their questions
which were in detail answered by Mr Nagaraju KB. Some students rigorously took
notes and were all smiles on getting a
clearer picture on ‘SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS’ and looked forward to adapt the
principles of Mr. Nagaraju
- Shruti Khaitan
(team colloquia)
