Inspiration works wonders. Getting inspired, is the beginning for success and achievement. This is a lecture given to the students at the Induction programme, organized for the Saifabad Science College, Osmania University, Hyderabad. The talk was in English, but to suit the convenience of the audience, their background, Telugu and Hindi were liberally used. Becoming a Better Student, is the minimum that every student must aim at. The students must hope to become positive, constructive and contributing citizens of the society. Two power point presentations were used: 1. Inspiration, gathered from the presentation of Tom Peters and 2. Becoming a Better Student. These presentations can be viewed at: www.scribd.com [please search for Prof. V. Viswanadham and locate the item]. You can also find these presentations at www.slideshare.net/viswanadham .Your feedback will be highly appreciated. Another useful presentation, titled Some Hints on Study Skills, could not be used, due to power shutdown. In case you are interested, you can also find this power point presentation, at the indicated sites above. You can also listen to the talk on this topic, given elsewhere, by visiting www.archive.org [please search for Prof. V. Viswanadham and search for the required topic].

1. Inspiration!
based on slides
gathered from
www.tompeters.com
Adapted with grateful thanks :
Prof. V. Viswanadham

2. 1.Every night,
write a list of the things
that need to be done
the next day
2. Do them

3. The secret
of getting ahead
is getting started

4. Action
is the only
foundational key of
all success

5. Blame nobody
Expect nothing
Do something
YOURSELF

6. Do
what needs
to be done

7. Do
Your
Drills
Develop
Your
Skills

8. Start Now
Decide Now to
Develop
Your
Skills

9. The paradox of
innovation:
whoever makes
the most mistakes
wins

10. Fail
Fail again
Better
Fail

11. Fail faster
Succeed
sooner

12. The secret
to having good ideas
is to have
a lot of ideas,
then throw the
bad ones away

13. You miss
100%
of the shots
you never take

14. Human
creativity
is the ultimate
economic resource

15. A year from now
you may wish
you had
started
today

16. One who does
less than
he can
is a thief

17. “Life is either a daring adventure,
or nothing.”
--Helen Keller
“Dream as if you’ll live forever.
Live as if you’ll die today.”
--James Dean
“The deepest human need is
the need to be appreciated.”
--William James

18. “Never doubt
that a small group of
committed people
can change the world.
Indeed it is the only thing
that ever has.”
--Margaret Mead
To live
is the rarest thing in the world.
Most people exist, that is all.
--Oscar Wilde

19. “It is not
the strongest of the species
that survives,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one
most responsive to change.”
--Charles Darwin
“If you don’t like change,
you’re going to like
irrelevance even less.”
--General Eric Shinseki

20. “A man without
a smiling face
must not open a shop.”
--Chinese Proverb

21. Nothing
is so contagious as
enthusiasm --S.T. Coleridge

22. You must
BE the change
you wish tosee
in the world

23. You need a
To-do List
Also a
To-don’t List !

24. The problem
is hardly ever the problem.
The response
to the problem
invariably ends up
being the real problem.

25. You can make
more friends
in two months
by becoming interested
in other people
than you can in two years
by trying to get
other people interested
in you

26. Make a list of
all things done to you
that you disliked.
Don’t do them to others. Ever.
Make another list
of things done to you
that you loved.
Do them to others. Always.

27. Excellence
(not optional)

28. Change the world
Accept nothing less
Dream!
The only worthwhile reality

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