contributors personality development

2. PRESENTERS :
• ZALA MAYANK (141240106074)
• MUDDASSIR BORA (141240106075)
• PATEL KEYUR (141240106076)
• SAIYED MOHNISH (141240106077)

3. WHO IS A CONTRIBUTOR ?
•One who makes a difference in the lives of people around him
•One who thinks of giving something
•Promotes win - win situation
•Believes in man-making rather than polishing only the outside
(when there is nothing inside)
•Thinks of “we” and not “I”

4. INTRODUCTION
• Contributors approach the various situations in their life and work place with a unique mindset. This mindset we
call, the ‘Contributor Mindset’.
• The first aspect of the Contributor Mindset is the Contributor’s willingness and capacity to find solutions
• When faced with a challenge, the Contributor’s first response is
• “Can we find a solution?”
• But this is not all. The Contributor also “finds a solution”.
• Contributor develops the capacity to find solutions through continuous practice and learning from other
Contributors

5. CONCEPT EXPLORATION

6. * Do Not Keep Rigid Mindset

7. Rigidityexists in society in form of
People – Henry Ford on Model T.
“Available in any colour as long as it is black”
System – Bureaucracy at work place
BSNL : Bhai Saheb Nahi Lagega
Ideas (very critical !)
“Nobody can pass the sound barrier”
“Everything that can be invented has been
invented”
“Our culture is doomed.”

8. * Think Of Alternate Solutions/Ideas

9. Generating new possibilities is the first step in creating innovations.
HOW do you discover and create possibilities?
• Start with yourself
• You probably have millions of good ideas located right there
in your head, already. You just have to get hold of them and
pull them out.
• Learn about community
• You need to gather enough information to form an overall
picture of people's interests, struggles, similarities, values,
and differences

10. • Think about the future
• we can make some educated guesses. And those guesses may
help us figure out next steps that work for our communities.
• Get beyond hopelessness
• difficult time being creative and thinking about new
possibilities
• Be courageous
• In order to be creative you may have to be courageous. You
may have to dare to think in ways that are different from
others

11. Don’t Give Excuses

12. When facing a problem
• Non – Contributors give all type of excuses whenever
some problem crops up which they know is going to push
them to the extremes.
• For them, the glass is ‘always half empty’.
• Contributors, on the other hand, have a Will-Do attitude
(not just can-do). The glass is ‘always half full’ for them.
• Having a such an attitude is actually about making a
decision to look to the solution rather than just the
problem.
• How to cultivate a ‘can-do’ attitude?

13. Can-Do Attitude of a Contributor
• I can do everything, if its important enough for me to do.
• I may not do all at once but I can do everything.
• I may not be best at everything but I can do everything.
• There will be limitations but I can do everything.
• I’ll need help but I can do everything.

14. Ratan Tata
• Ratan Naval Tata is the present chairman of Tata Sons and
therefore, Tata Group.
• He is also the chairman of major Tata companies.

15. •He had determined to set up a plant for Tata Nano in
India.
•He faced major opposition and struggled with The
land acquisition controversy, acquisition of the
proposed Nano factory of Tata Motors at [Singur]
in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
•Despite of all the problems faced by him, he didn’t
lose hope and soon found a growing opportunity in
Sanand, Gujarat.
•His major concern all the way was not just his own
profit but comfort to the middle-class.

16. Fear Of Failure

17. Case Study 1: THOUGHT OF LIGHT
•In 1879, Edison discovered that a
carbon filament in an oxygen-free
bulb glowed but did not burn up
for 40 hours.
• Edison eventually produced a
bulb that could glow for over 1500
hours.
Thomas Alva Edison

18. Meaning of Failure

19. Case Study 2: Henry Ford failed

20. Ford’s failures at a glance
• He “burned” through all the money from his first group of
investors without producing a car
• He eventually produced a car and raised another
$60,000 in share capital, but his Detroit Auto Company
went bankrupt
• In the 1920s, Henry Ford refused to update the Model T
car, leading sales to fall dramatically
• Ford tried to launch a political career, but never
succeeded

21. Contributor’s Mantra for “SUCCESS”
"Failure is simply an
opportunity to begin
again, this time more
intelligently."
- Henry Ford

22. We need not look very far…
• We have recently witnessed some brave, brilliant Indians who
displayed the essential qualities of a contributor.
• They crossed disciplinary boundaries and gave up comfortable
positions in their lives to contribute to their nation’s well-being.

23. Arvind Kejriwal:-
• Joined Tata Steel right after his graduation from IIT Kharagpur.
• Voluntarily resigned from the IRS (Indian Revenue Service) as Joint
Commissioner in IT Dept.
• Founded Parivartan, a Delhi based citizens’ movement.
• Started Public Cause Research Foundation.
• Spearheaded an awareness campaign for RTI across India.
• An active participant in the movement for the enactment of Jan Lokpal Bill.