Becoming Better, my favorite presentation, has been specially redesigned for the 107th Meeting, organized by the Sri Shiridi Sai Baba Sansthan, Shivam Road, Vidyanagar, Hyderabad, being held on Sunday, 24th May 2009. Every fourth Sunday, personality development programmes are conducted from 2 pm to 5 pm. I feel honoured to have been invited to share my views with the august audience. Lion Sri K. Sai Baba, the President of the Sansthan, is committed to motivating the society in general, and the youth in particular, to develop their all round personality. Becoming Better, aims at motivating people, irrespective of their age, stage, status, gender etc. Unless people get motivated, we cannot hope to have inspired and contributing citizens. I have prepared, as a supplementary presentation, ‘Quotable Quotes and Comments to tune your mind to Becoming Better’ and also another presentation, specially for this occasion, titled “Welcome” – and I request you to view all the three presentations, treating them as one set.

1. Becoming Better Special Edition for Sri Shiridi Sai Baba Sansthan, Hyderabad A humble presentation by Prof. V. Viswanadham

2. not knowing and knowing which is better ?

3. knowing and using which is better ?

4. using and learning which is better ?

5. learning and absorbing which is better ?

6. Thus, the journey is from not knowing ~ knowing knowing ~ using using ~ learning learning ~ absorbing

7. absorbing is becoming which is better ?

8. becoming is becoming better

9. becoming better c o n t i n u o u s l y

10. we all know that ! Just tell ... How to begin ? How to sustain ? how to achieve ?

11. This presentation on Becoming Better is a humble attempt to MOTIVATE you to achieve that. PROF. V. VISWANADHAM

12. Move from "learning to look" towards "looking to learn"

13. Convert "lessons learned" to "lessons implemented"

14. Shall we now begin our session on becoming better !?!

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20. EVERYONE HAS MULTIPLE ROLES TO PLAY 1,00,000 crores of neurons to be put to use PERSONAL LIFE HOME LIFE FAMILY LIFE WORK LIFE SOCIAL LIFE BECOMING BETTER will improve all aspects of your life

21. 1. WHERE ARE WE NOW? 2. WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO ? 3. HOW WILL WE GET THERE ? WAKE UP ! TAKE UP ! MAKE UP ! COME UP ! WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL, OR AN INSTITUTION, OR A NATION . . . 3 Qs

22. LIFE LEARN TO LIVE LIVE TO LEARN LOVE TO LIVE LIVE TO LOVE LOVE TO LEARN

23. YOUR LIFE NEEDS SELF MANAGEMENT SELF- MGT. LIFE MGT. MIND MGT. DEV. MGT. L = T T = Q L = T = T = Q = P = E P = E

24. L = E THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

26. Physically – Active Mentally – Alert Intellectually – Inspired Spiritually – Awakened Emotionally – Balanced Morally – Strengthened Socially - Relevant So as to be a POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE and CONTRIBUTING CITIZEN OF THE SOCIETY. BECOME A SEED – AFFECT ETERNITY – AWAKEN DIVINITY MAKING LIFE SOCIALLY RELEVANT LIFE

27. MOTIVATION LEADS TO EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE LEADS TO SUCCESS ENTHUSIASM EXPERIMENT EXPERIENCE EXPERTISE EXCELLENCE 5 Es

29. " BE GOOD AND DO GOOD " GET INSPIRED - SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

30. M. A. D. E. HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED SELF - MOTIVATION, SELF - ANALYSIS, SELF - DISCIPLINE & SELF - EVALUATION AS THE KEYS THAT UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF BEING EFFECTIVE ?

31. MAINTAIN A PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT RECORD KEEP TRACK OF YOUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

32. DEVELOP : LEARNING SKILLS STUDY SKILLS NOTE - TAKING SKILLS NOTE - MAKING SKILLS MEMORY SKILLS COMMUNICATION SKILLS PRESENTATION SKILLS ANALYTICAL SKILLS PROBLEM - SOLVING & DECISION - MAKING SKILLS

33. DEVELOP : GOAL - SETTING SKILLS SELF - DEVELOPMENT SKILLS CREATIVE SKILLS INTER-PERSONAL SKILLS TEAM BUILDING SKILLS LEADERSHIP SKILLS, etc. AND WHAT ELSE ?

34. Develop & Practice VALUES

35. LEARN TO LOVE TO BECOME A BETTER HUMAN BEING

36. YOU ARE YOUR ........ THOUGHTS BE AWARE OF . . . & BE CAREFUL ABOUT . . .

37. W. A. T. C. H. W = WORDS A = ACTIONS T = THOUGHTS C = CHARACTER H = HEAD & HEART

38. STRENGTHEN YOUR STRENGTHS CONTINUOUSLY CONTINUOUSLY WEAKEN YOUR WEAKENESSES With Self-management and Positive Attitude

39. LEARN TO DEEPEN WIDEN & SHARPEN YOUR LEARNING SKILLS

40. HOW CAN WE BECOME BETTER ? 2 FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS THAT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

41. AT LEAST 1 % OF OUR TIME TO BE INVESTED IN GOOD READING SO AS TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE FUTURE 24 hours X 60 minutes = 1,440 minutes

42. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS : CONSTANTLY & CONTINUOUSLY REVIEW PAST PRESENT FUTURE

43. 3 Ps Prioritization Positive attitude persistence

44. GOAL SETTING . . . . . IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT SECURING SUCCESS : MAKE GOAL - SETTING YOUR FIRST LOVE

45. FINALLY . . . Yoga, Pranayama & MEDITATION TO KEEP GOING AND G R O W I N G …

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