Years back, during initial days of my work-life, I travelled to a small place pretty faraway…! To go to the institution where my seminar was booked, I and one of my colleagues even had to take lift in a truck!
I remember asking the driver all sorts of silly questions like “Don’t you get bored?”, “Why do you write these funny lines behind the truck?”, “Who taught you how to cook?” etc.! But I also asked a question whose answer made indelible impression on my approach to life…
When I asked him “I have observed that truck drivers normally give side to other vehicles pretty willingly. Why?”, he almost spontaneously said “Sir! Jo lambe safar pe nikalte hain, wo chhoti daud mein nahin padte”!…
Many of us live life as if it is a race and we have to reach somewhere… beyond others…before others! And this tendency is born out of one fixed-notion of success that the society had created in our minds during our formative years! Society positioned ‘success’ as a comparative term while in truth it is a standalone concept…and it is everyone’s birth-right to decide one’s own definition for it!
Well! In English, ‘Good’ is a positive word, ‘Better’ its comparative form and ‘Best’ its superlative! … When we had not invented language, life didn’t have any positives, comparatives & superlatives; back then ‘Better’ was not a word…it was a way of living! We didn’t judge, compare or certify, we simply tried ‘more and different’……Today, we know it as Evolution!
Let’s not succeed… Let’s ‘Evolve’!
About Sandeep Atre
Dr. Sandeep Atre:
• Counseling Psychologist and an internationally recognized ‘Emotional & Social Intelligence’ Expert, with experience of more than two decades in helping people ‘sort out’ and ‘excel in’ intrapersonal and interpersonal matters. He holds a PhD in Management and a Master’s degree in Psychology (www.dratrecounsels.com).
• Founder of Socialigence – a venture specializing in development of ‘Social & Emotional Intelligence’ and its offshoot interpersonal skills through workshops and an award-winning online course rooted in neuroscience and psychology (www.socialigence.net).
• Author of two books related to his domain, namely - “Understanding Emotions Logically” and “Observing Nonverbal Behavior”; and third book on various aspects of life, named “Two Paras of Everyday Wisdom”. Moreover, the collection of his Nazms and Ghazals is published as a book titled “Baat Jazbaat Ki”.
• Corporate Trainer, with experience of close to two decades. Has conducted 150+ workshops/sessions for 50+ organizations & institutions like CSC, Cummins, Piramal, Ranbaxy, Lupin, Bridgestone, Michelin, Eicher, Maruti, Force, Idea, Airtel, NBHC, SBI, HDFC, L&T, Zydus, Thapar University, Banasthali, Narsee Monjee, Symbiosis, IIFM Bhopal, Azim Premji University, Nirma, Welingkar & IBS Hyderabad.
• Co-Founder and Director of CH EdgeMakers – a leading ‘Coaching and Training’ organization of central India for more than 24 years. He has trained close to 100 thousand students for ‘Soft Skills’ & ‘Entrance & Recruitment Preparation’ (www.ch-india.com).
• ‘Management Speaker and Orator’. Has featured at platforms like TEDx, IIM, IIT, NIT, CII, YI, CII-IWN, TCS, IMA, ICAI, ECA, ISHRAE, NEN, Sahodaya, Aditya Birla Education Academy, Round Table, LinkedIn Local, Rotary International, MP State’s Teachers’ Training, Academic Staff College DAVV, Police University Rajasthan, Police Training Academy Indore & more than 100 institutions.
• Member of noted associations and boards. Has been an ‘Executive Committee’ member of Indore Management Association. Associate Editor of IMA publications. Governing Council Member of Banasthali University’s SBBJ Centre for Research in MSME & Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Women. Executive Member of IMS, DAVV Alumni Association. Member of Rotary International’s ‘Group Study Exchange’ team to Minnesota, USA. ESI Coach with FWSA Australia.
Note: For glimpses of work, watch YouTube Channel ‘Dr. Sandeep Atre at Socialigence’.
