Guest Editorial
THE 'A' FACTOR
4 No. 2006 e u Iss July 1 e& Jun Year
Mr. Anupam Dey
I
have gained a lot from reading and from my interaction with bright young doctors who have achieved great success in life. My fascination for these success ridden people has revolved around how they have achieved it .You see I was in search of a formula for success and my interaction with these top knotch doctors revealed one thing - Attitude. Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, its not 'A' for Apple but ‘A’ for Attitude that led them to success. The World around us is replete with examples of people who have made it big in life due to their attitude.
FAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America. In spite of a poor background with several adversities he became great, because his attitude was always right, rich and genuine. He did the unthinkable by abolishing slavery that, 15 Presidents before him couldn't think of.
FHenry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company that till today rolls out beautiful cars like the Ford Ikon, had loads of attitude to take him to the top of the automobile industry. Ford's first automobile company went bankrupt; his second company failed too - but he didn't give up. The third Automobile Company was a global success.
FSachin Tendulkar is the biggest and most relevant example of attitude-laden success. While every cricketer dreams of being the best in his time, this boy dreamt a little more - of being the best there ever was, even as a little boy, playing in the park. He was introspective, quite critical of every shot he played and every century he scored. At 16 he debuted for India and is today the only batsman ever to be compared with the great Sir Donald Bradman universally. Looking at these examples closely you will come to realize that each of them had an attitude laden with positive thinking, learning from mistakes, persistence in the face of adversity and the ability to keep revising and refreshing their goals. In today's world, there are many with good personality but with negative attitude. Even you and me go through such phases in our lives. As a student of medicine, I have gone through phases where I have lacked the attitude punch and believe me these phases have been quite nightmarish because though I've had the skills and the knowledge, without attitude somehow the success urge hasn't been enough. It's likewise on the spirituality front too. You suddenly lose the power to grow spiritually and reach to the level of resigning yourself to depression and sin. The good news is that all is not lost. Attitude can be regained back. You just have to log in to the website called God, sign in as a member if you haven't yet and then download it for free, so that whenever in future to go out into the big bad world, the attitude factor stays with you like an Anti virus. QUOTE OF THE ISSUE “Wisdom Preserves The Lives Of Its Possessors” Please send your Suggestions & Articles for the next issue of CANDLES to “Mr. Chiradeep Patra, 11A/1A, Surya Niketan Housing Complex, Mahe ndra Chatterjee Lane, Kolkata – 700 046; E- Mail – thecandles@sify.com; Mobile: 09830930379.” All the articles should reach us at least one month in advance. The publisher reserves the right to edit, publish or reject the submitted