School Souviner Final Draft

BHPV SCHOOL
MEGA REUNION
1978-1993 Batches
What got you here will
take you there
Each one of us tasted success at some stage of
our life and based upon which we create goals or
dreams for the future. Two questions come to my
mind, what got us here will it take us there?
Should our goals be fixed based upon our
success or failures?
Symptoms for Success - overconfidence, know it
all attitude, Contentment, comfort zone and
higher ego. Failure breads Hunger for success, I
need to know more, creative for new solutions,
grounded and humility. Reason for that thought
process was my experiences during the
childhood days. In BHPV township only two
categories of persons are recognized either you
are an engineer or a doctor. We are three siblings
and I was in the none of the above category.
While both my Elder and younger brothers are
engineers. Based upon marks obtained in 10th
grade only option available for me was to join
B. Com. True to the degree had to be Calm. What
after B. Com based upon marks I have got post -
graduation admission was out of question that
was the time when someone suggested I join CA.
Only consolation was atleast for three years I can
proudly say that I am doing CA. As the saying
goes that there will be turning point in everyone
life, that was my time. My handwriting was so bad
that the examiners decided not see it once again
and passed me in first attempt. I was basking in
this glory and joined A.F. Ferguson in Mumbai.
Put in lot of hard work 15 hours a day and
ensured that my team finished all the
assignments were completed on time. I was
expecting that I would get either a big increment
or promotion during evaluation time. To my
shock the rating given was “Average- Needs
improvement”. Immediate reaction was to give
my resignation letter but on second thought
wanted to give a piece of my mind to my boss.
After our discussion, I realized that when I was
trying to make my team mates job perfect, they
saw it as breathing down their neck, when I gave
them opportunity to work independently it was
thought that I was ignoring them, when I tried to
coach them they saw it as arrogance. It is not
what you say but how you say that really matters.
I realized that what got me here will not take you
there.
I joined public speaking platform called
Toastmasters to learn the methodology of “How
to say”. I thought I was a good speaker but it only
took them a couple a meetings to teach me that
still there is a long way to go. Through
perseverance, persistence and practice learnt the
skills from my mentors and became one of the
most sought out speaker of the club and was
invited to other clubs on speaking assignment.
That was an eureka moment of my life that I have
became a master of “How to Say”. Observing my
high confidence levels, my parents decided that it
was the right time for my marriage. First six
months showed off my skills of how to say, when
to say, where to say and my wife was floored.
Seventh month onwards nothing seemed to
work. That was the time I realized that what got
me here will not take me there.
1984 Batch
Singa Raju
What happens when your wife loves you a lot?
You try to find an excuse for a break, that was
what I exactly did, enrolled myself for one of the
yoga retreat program. We were supposed to do
meditation for which myself along with my friend
sat on the river bank. Suddenly I felt that
something was hovering on top of my head, I saw
in the water reflection that there was a hawk
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