This document discusses themes and values for entrepreneurship. It defines a theme as the central idea behind any story, company, etc. and explains that themes can be found everywhere. Developing impactful themes involves unique perception, observation, identification, and exploration. Values are also long-lasting perspectives that greatly influence actions and decisions. Developing strong values involves being raised with certain values, keeping them simple, continually refining them, and ensuring they are followed. Overall, themes may change but values will last much longer.

1. Philosophy for
Entrepreneurship

2. Theme & Values
Lecture- 02

3. THEME
01

4. ❖ The theme is all about the central idea
behind any story, essay or a company.
❖ We can find themes everywhere and in
every single thing.
❖ A theme by definition is open-ended as in
a recurring theme.
All about theme

5. “In most of Shakespeare’s plays, the
themes would revolve around the fight
for money, power or love. ”
“”

6. Merits of crafting
themes
❖ Facilitates thinking at a higher plane
❖ Holds things together and helps you find a purpose
❖ Acts as a North star – a guiding light
❖ Ensures channelising of our energy
❖ Improves your performance by embracing failures
and mistakes
❖ Auditor of all actions
❖ Keeps you going as it appeals universally (evolving
…improvement)

7. Steps to develop impactful theme
•A unique perception sets
the foundation of the
theme
Perception
Observe certain kind of
needs and possibilities to
carry out that thing.
Observation
Identification of strands
of the themes.
Identification
Keep exploring various
strands with a trial and
error method.
Exploration

8. “I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt
that my body was without boundaries, limitless;
that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at
all—and it intoxicated me. I was drunk from the
overwhelming energy that I’d received. That was
the moment I knew that I had found my
medium.”
- Maria Abramovich

9. VALUES
02

10. ❖ Certain unique perspectives will last long
❖ Theme by definition should be
long-lasting
❖ Values are most long- lasting ones
All about Values

11. Who sow the seeds of values in our lives?
Parents & Family
Schools &
Colleges
Society &
Religion
Values

12. Diving deep into the
ocean of values
❖ Values are like Pole Stars who keep guiding us.
❖ The actions and decisions are greatly
influenced by values.
❖ Awareness keeps shaping them
❖ Values make a person more kind and empathic
❖ Values are powerhouses needed to execute our
objectives.
❖ A double-edged sword

13. Steps on how to inculcate values in our lives
If you don’t follow them they are not
really your values.
One gets raised with certain set of
values
Keep it simple don’t have more then
4 - 5 values which are synergetic for
your theme.
Keep refining them

14. ❖ Values are very powerful
❖ Choose wisely and sow them
❖ Perceptions might change
❖ You would adopt a new theme
❖ But, your values will long last
Final Thoughts on Values

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