Thoughts such as, what does success mean, what it is all about and what its different facets are, may enable the facilitator understand it better. Some such thoughts about success are given below.)
1. Success is victory, triumph, winning.
2. Success is the achievement of one’s goals and objectives.
3. It is the accomplishment of the tasks and targets that one sets.
INTENT
(The objective of the facilitation process is to help each participant explore the topic for himself, individually and independently. Following are some of the objectives of the session.)
1. To understand what is success
2. To understand what is failure
3. To analyse what determines success
4. To explore whether one’s success impacts oneself, people, nature and environment, things or situations
5. To explore whether success is own or any external factors contributes to one’s success
6. To analyse how one responds to success , how one responds to failure
7. To explore how others respond to one’s success, how others responds to one’s failure
8. To explore whether it is possible to succeed even after failure
9. To explore how one manages one’s success and failure
QUESTIONS
(These are some leading questions that the facilitator may contemplate on for understanding and connecting with the topic.)
1. What does success mean?
2. Does success mean the same to everyone? Why?
3. Is it necessary to succeed? If yes, what can enable one to succeed?
4. Does anyone else play a part in one’s success? If so, in what manner?
5. Does one's success have any effect on the society? If so how?
6. How does one behave when one succeeds and how does one manages when he fails?
7. Does one get emotionally affected by success or failure? If yes, how?
3. Many days went by….
One day the teacher
announced that since
Roby and a few others
were playing really good,
they would be performing
at a concert very soon.
Roby’s mother enrolled him into a piano class...
Roby was very slow in learning but he never missed
his piano classes.
4. His teacher was surprised
because for the last three
months Roby had not
missed a single class.
Roby was very excited.
But soon after that, Roby did not come for the piano
class.
5. After that Roby never came for piano classes.The
teacher tried to enquire about him from the other
students.
She found out that his mother was ill and so he has
to be at home to take care of her…
Eventually, she forgot about Roby and got busy in
organizing for the concert in the town.
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6. A week before the concert, the teacher
received a call from Roby who wanted to
take part in the concert…
The teacher was
surprised to receive his
call after such a long
time.
Roby begged her to
give him a chance to
take part in the
concert.
7. She agreed with great reluctance… She listed him to
play last, hoping that he will change his mind at the last
minute.
Finally the big day came.The hall was packed.All the
performances went off well.
Finally, it was Roby's turn to play and his name was
announced…
The teacher was really nervous since Roby's
performance could spoil the whole evening's brilliant
performances.
8. As Roby started playing, the crowd became silent…
His piece was mesmerizing…
Everyone was amazed at the skills of this little child.
9. The whole audience
applauded his
performance with a
standing ovation.
The teacher asked
Roby as to how he
played so brilliantly
even though he didn’t
attend any classes…
10. To this he said,“When my mother learned of the
concert, she was shocked that I would not be
participating…
She wanted me to be a part of the concert…
But I was scared.
12. She said that if I have confidence in myself and know
that I have practised enough, thingsWILL work and I
need not fear.
That confidence and belief in myself is what has made
me achieve success…
