Strength...!

Dear All,

To this point we have discussed lot of concepts, philosophy and principles at this place. From today we will try to learn SEVEN important life lessons – each a day for the next week. These lessons were the part of a discourse by Mr. Azim Premji, who I believe doesn’t need any introduction, to an enthusiastic and aspirant audience of college youngsters. He didn’t miss to add how greatly he appreciated those lessons. I hope we will also find them useful in our respective endeavors…

The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our strengths. There is an imaginary story of a rabbit. The rabbit was enrolled in a rabbit school. Like all rabbits, it could hop very well but could not swim. At the end of the year, the rabbit got high marks in hopping but failed in swimming. The parents were concerned. They said, 'Forget about hopping. You are, anyway good at it. Concentrate on swimming.' They sent the rabbit for tuitions in swimming. And guess what happened? The rabbit forgot how to hop! As for swimming, have you ever seen a rabbit swim? While it is important for us to know what we are not good at, we must also cherish what is good in us. That is because it is only our strengths that can give us the energy to correct our weaknesses.