Dr. Abhay Shete outlines six essential steps for achieving success, including skill acquisition, strategic planning, and fostering social relationships. He emphasizes the importance of efficiency, healthy habits, and managing distractions, as well as maintaining a positive public opinion and a focus on personal goals. Acknowledging that success is a process, he encourages individuals to remain humble, seek support, and continuously learn from failures.

1. Dr. Abhay Shete
MD, LLB
MSc (Psychology)
MSc (Sociology)

5. Success is created and doesn’t happen overnight
There are six steps to successful living
 Acquiring of Skills
 Strategic planning
 Relatedness and being with people
 Forming positive public opinion
 Being aware of Time
 Seeking His Blessings

6.  The first steps is being proficient in your work.
 There is no excuse for being inefficient.
 Efficiency needs sincerity and hard work.
 Be focused. Eat well, sleep properly and do regular
exercises.
 Nurture healthy habits. NO SMOKING
 NO ALCOHOL
 Manage your emotions properly especially towards
opposite sex.

8.  Each and everyone has to plan for their careers.
 Only you will be aware of the requirements of the goal
you are seeking.
 A stitch in time saves nine.
 Avoiding distractions – FB, Watsup, SMS and chatting
during reading hours is important.
 You can keep the cell on silent mode when you are
reading.
 Playing and excelling at sports is also important.

10.  Everyone has to learn to live within the group.
 It is an art that has to be cultivated.
 We need friends and seniors who can help us and
support us.
 Do not stay alone and encourage those not mixing to
come forward in the groups.
 Learn to handle differences – agree to disagree.
 Learn to control anger.
 Praising gets you more value than criticising.

12.  Public opinion has to be created.
 You are being watched by people around you.
 Your ability to fight the distractions is being tested.
 You need to handle your physique, thoughts and
actions properly so that a positive opinion is created.
 Learn to say No when you want to say No.
 You can not please all the people all the time.
 It doesn’t mean that you have to please people to form
good opinion.
 You have to stay firm on your convictions.

14.  Being aware of the time is crucial for success.
 If the conditions are favorable the person may get
results. In case of failure, one must study the factors
that resulted in failure and start again.
 Our expectations from ourselves and others are
dependent on the surroundings and hence the study of
time is important.
 However one must not blame stars for any failure.
Though the conditions may not be favorable at
present, they improve as time passes.

16.  One has to remember that 99% of the results depend
on the first 5 steps. The remaining 1% is by way of
blessings.
 Seeking His Blessings make us humble and down to
earth. It is very easy to get carried over by success.
 By praying and joining hands one can remain
connected to the supreme powers.
 One can be atheist and yet remain humble by
acknowledging the powers of Universe.
 Seeking help becomes easy once we learn to pray.

18.  Stay Focused on your dreams.
 Keep distractions to minimum.
 Cultivate healthy habits leading to healthy body and
mind.
 Cultivate healthy relationships – learn to respect.
 Develop good emotional quotient by creating positive
emotions.
 Be part of a group that is conductive to your
development.