Breaking the Barriers!

Barriers to Success

• Negative Programming

• Guilt

• Doubt

• Fear

Belief Formation Process

ImpressionsImpressions

ConclusionsConclusions

ConvictionConviction

BeliefBelief

OpinionsOpinions

ExperiencesExperiences

Think about this

• 80% population has only 20%

wealth and 20% population has

80% of wealth

• All things are created twice -

Once in our mind, later in the

physical world

THIS WAS A MAN WHO

• failed in business at the age of 21 ;

• was defeated in a legislative race at age 22;

• failed again in business at age 24;

• overcame the death of his sweetheart at age 26;

• had a nervous breakdown at age 27;

• lost a congressional race at age 34;

• lost a senatorial race at age 45;

• failed in an effort to become vice-president at age 47;

• lost a senatorial race at age 49; and

• was elected president of the United States at age 52.

This man was Abraham Lincoln

Mohd. Asif Iqbal Suman Rath

A visually challenged HR professional whose achievements surpass those of many of us

• Senior Consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Worked with Nandan Nilenkani on UID project

• Met the former President of India (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam) to discuss technology initiative which would benefit blind/ visually impaired community.

• Won the State role model award in the disability community by governor of West Bengal on December 3, 2007

• National award constituted by President of India for outstanding disabled employee on December 3, 2008

• First blind commerce graduate from St Xavier’s College Calcutta and first MBA(HR) from Symbiosis Center for Management & HRD (SCMHRD, Pune)

Mohd. Asif Iqbal

A visually challenged HR professional whose achievements surpass those of many of us

• Consultant People and Change Practice at PwC

• Alumnus of TISS

• He will soon be at Harvard

Suman Rath

Food for Thought

Every experience you have is designed to make you stronger.

If you believe even in that which you cannot see, your reward will be greater than what you can imagine

Their experiences have several lessons for us, as individuals who strive to achieve a lot in our career.

It also provides incontrovertible proof ofwhat people are capable of, and how we under-rate others' potential.

Exercise: Make a list of all your fears & phobias

Using Fire Eating as a Metaphor to break your barriers

Metaphor

Breaking the barriers by the team eating Fire!