Month: June 2017

It was really worth the wait of looking forward to a LIFE class. I really wish if something like this would have been taught to us earlier in student life then a lot of time and energy could have been utilized in doing the better stuff than those invested in trials and errors of merely trying to get by our lives dealing with its issues.

Nevertheless better late than never. So, first of all thanks to Sir and Ma’m for imbibing a program like this as part of our professional development which actually leads to development at personal level too and thanks to our Facilitators Mitali Ma’am and Tasneem Ma’am for being good listeners and facilitators. I had goosebumps hearing the challenges faced by my colleagues and amazed at the thought as to what all one can go through and still go on living so normally, so humbly so ferociously. So I would even go all out to salute each one of them to live it all courageously. It was an eye opener and just helped me to put my life and issues in perspective, yes in the right perspective that I, me, my life and my problems are not the center of the universe and that it is in every way possible to go beyond them and resurrect to a better place, person, situation or a better life. So it was a good lesson in itself, a precursor to the Habit 1: Be proactive leading me to be In Awe of The Human Spirit.

I am glad to be a part of Fountainhead School wherein nine days in a year are religiously dedicated to personal development which can help us grow not just in our workplace but in general in our everyday lives to solve the paradigms that we have in our lives.

The principles are easy to understand but like all best and simple models, it is difficult to apply and practice. The desire of a paradigm shift triggers introspection in varying degrees and entails serious changes in the thinking process and acting patterns.

I am eagerly waiting to explore and discover how we will analyse the seven habits and apply them in various ways in our lives!

Someone rightly said that ‘Never judge a book by its cover’ and it’s perfectly applicable for the life class sessions I attended. To be honest, before the start of the sessions, I was skeptical about it and had thought that it would be a mundane and futile session but I was wrong. It turned out to be a very fruitful exercise and the learnings and sharing from the classes gave me a new insight about life and helped broaden my horizon. It made me understand about the paradigms which we carry with us all through the life and its impact on our lives. We also discussed our problems which could be professional, financial or personal and its possible reasons and solutions. We then categorized them and discussed them individually. We also understood the difference between character and professional ethics and figured out how character ethic is more important to achieve success in life than professional ethic. After that, we learned about Maturity Continuum and how it varies from Interdependence(We) to Dependence(You). At last, we discussed P(Production) and PC(Production Capability) Effect and Balance in life. Overall it was an enlightening experience and session which was conducted well by our Life Class Mentors and I am looking forward to our next life class session.