“One Lucky Boy-Short Story” – M. Ganesh Sai

Once upon a time there a boy by name Ken. He was born in a city. He was a humble boy with great knowledge. He always thought good about others. He was often surrounded by his friends. One day one of his friends, Tony told, “Hi Ken! My father told me yesterday that we don’t know what life is all about?” Ken exclaimed and asked Tony, “Why did your father tell like that?” Tony responded by saying, “I threw the chair and broke it by mistake.” After thinking for sometime Ken enquired Tony, “What does the chair have to do with the life?”  Tony ridiculed and said, “I don’t know? And my father’s comment made me laugh.”  

 

Ken didn’t know what life was all about. He appreciated to be independent all the time. So he went to his father and asked, “I want to go on a tour and I’ll be back by three days.” His father agreed with his proposal. He started his journey and went to various places to find out what does life mean? After his long journey he was exhausted. He was hungry and did not have money to buy and eat. He approached a shop and asked for food. The shop keeper asked him to give money. Ken responded with a weak voice, “I don’t have money?” The shop keeper shouted at him by saying, “Without money you can’t get food. Who are you and why I should give you food for free?” Ken remained silent and fainted.

 

Ken woke up and looked all around the place and got astonished. He came out of the room and was deeply thinking about screaming by the shopkeeper.  A person came from behind asked, “Are you ready?” He turned around and realized that it was his father. He replied, “No dad.” His father asked, “You said that you would go on a tour for three days.” Ken smiled and said, “Now I got my answer and I don’t need to go anywhere.” His father said, “OK” and went off. Ken smiled and told himself, “I had a dream…” He went to Tony and said, “Your father was trying to say you that you don’t know the value of money.” Tony replied, “I got it now, thanks my friend.” Ken also understood the value of life and led his life happily forever.

 

The moral of this story is that we should know the value of life.  We are often blessed with certain things in life such as assets, money and comforts but there are people who are deprived of the same.  Sometimes they may struggle for basic necessities including food. We should be thankful to our parents for giving everything to us on platter. In this story, Ken was lucky to know the value of life without experiencing any hardships. This doesn’t happen to everyone. Hence, know the value of your life and enjoy every moment.

 

M. Ganesh Sai

Founder, MGS Leadership Consultants, India

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Publication of M. Ganesh Sai’s Book – Short Stories to Share: Get Inspired

Dear friends,

I would like to share the successful publication of my authored book titled – “Short Stories to Share: Get Inspired”. World’s 9th Leadership Guru, Arthur F. Carmazzi wrote foreword for this book. Here are the details of the book:

Publisher: Galgotia Publications Pvt Ltd
ISBN 978-81-7515-634-0
Price: INR 100/- (Paper Back)

About the Book:
“The short story is like an old friend who calls whenever he is in town. We are happy to hear from it; we casually fan the embers of past intimacies, and buy it lunch.” – R. Z. Sheppard

This book is a collection of short stories and articles emphasizing on morals and values. It contains well punched messages at the end of each story leading to lasting impression in the minds of the readers. It focuses on success, attitude, friendship, leadership, motivation and inspiration.

The book deals with honesty and integrity, and backs with short story so that readers can connect quickly with the content and get inspired. It sends a strong message that truth that alone triumphs at the end.

It is an inspirational book. You can easily toss the book into a briefcase or purse and read here and there as time allows.

The book is useful to students from kinder garden (KG) to post graduation (PG) and to all those who have flair for inspirational books.

I would appreciate if you could read the book and provide your valuable feedback.

M. Ganesh Sai
Founder, MGS Leadership Consultants, India
Email: mgshyd@gmail.com
Blog: http://mgshyd.wordpress.com
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Do We Need Another Mahatma Gandhi?

“Future generations would wonder if such a person really walked this earth in flesh and blood” – Einstein

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is known as father of our nation. He was born on October 2nd 1869 to Karamchand Gandhi and his father’s fourth wife (Putlibai). Gandhi was a clam, shy and decent boy and at certain point of time he got used to few bad habits but afterwards reformed. He married at the age of thirteen to Kasturba. On September 1888, when he was 18, he left India, without his wife and newborn son, in order to study and to become a lawyer in London.

After going to England he changed a lot by buying new clothes, learning new language, improving accent and also went for dance and violin classes. After sometime he thought that it was all was wastage of time, money and energy. He started acquiring knowledge. After completing his studies he returned to India. He thought of practicing law in India. Gandhi noticed that he was lacking knowledge of Indian law. He was given an opportunity to take a case in South Africa. He again left his family for South Africa. In South Africa he was thrown out of train from first class compartment despite having valid ticket. That incident changed his entire life fighting against discrimination. In South Africa he fought against unjustified laws. That was the place where he had started the non-violence movement for protesting against injustice. He was jailed many times for making non-violent protests.

After he returned India he began fighting for India’s independence. The British arrested Gandhi and subsequently released. After several great struggles and sacrifices for many years we finally got independence in 1947. On January 30th 1948 when he was attending a prayer meeting he was assassinated.

Gandhi was the symbol of truth and non-violence. He was a great leader who inspired many leaders internationally. After independence our country has prospered in various fronts and still much needs to be achieved. Presently there is corruption that has become like a cancer to Indian society. The present politicians have become more selfish and are busy in filling their private coffers. Therefore, we need another Gandhi who can check corruption and make India as a peaceful and prosperous country in the world.

Is the Future of Facebook Bright?

“In reality, we wouldn’t share your information in a way you wouldn’t want … The trust you place in us as a safe place to share information is the most important part of what makes Facebook work.” – Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is the founder of Facebook. He is a Harvard dropout. He created facebook by investing his time through his passion towards technology. Currently Facebook is well known globally as a social networking site. Most of the people use Facebook because of multiple benefits and features it provides to users. Here are the few of them.

• Users have to login by having an account from another sites to get protected from hackers.
• Users connect with all. They can chat, write status, post comments and upload photos and videos. They can tag the photos to friends to share their view.
• Users get notification which means they get comments from other users about photos and status.
• Users can create groups to promote themselves and share several things.
• It contains privacy and account settings to change password, id and to edit profiles.
• With profiles friends get know favorites in music, books, quotes, movies and many more.
• Users can get entertainment and education – edutainment through apps.
• It contains news feed, in which users go through the recent posts of their friends.

Facebook is the best social networking site and the fastest growing one in the world. As everything has certain demerits it has one – that is people spend lot of time with this social networking site and getting lost in a different world. The competitors for this are Google, Yahoo and twitter. Despite stiff competition Facebook has grown with huge user base through constant innovation and is set to take on the world.

Protect Environment – M.Ganesh Sai

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed” – Mahatma Gandhi

 

Environment is all about combination of air, water, soil and materials for the human beings and other living organisms. These days the food we eat is adulterated, the water we drink is contaminated and the air we breathe is polluted. This is the sorry state of earth today. These pollutions are created by human beings. God has gifted us with beautiful nature and we exploited it for our selfish ends recklessly thus paying heavy price currently. There are various types of pollutions created by human beings such as Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution etc., Apart from these pollutions ozone depletion is another cause for concern for all of us.  Let us look at various types of pollutions:

 

Air Pollution:

It is caused due to the gases like sulphur oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide. Those are due to smoke, dust and liquids. It has several adverse effects on mankind. Here are the few steps to control:

• Reduce usage of automobiles that emit gases.
• Plant trees near your home and industries.
• Use low sulphur coal in industries.

 

Water Pollution:

Presently the water we drink is contaminated. Contamination is done when industries discharge toxic and radioactive material into water. It kills the aquatic animals and makes water unsuitable for drinking. Sometimes ships carrying oils travelling in oceans may sink due to the spread of oils in water.

 

Noise Pollution:

We hear various sounds everyday. The sound may be enjoyed by few and not by others. The unpleasant and unwanted sound causes noise pollution. The noise pollution is caused by vehicles. The rising decibel level in urban areas is a cause for concern for all of us. The other main cause of noise pollution is during various festivals such as  Diwali. Diwali is the festival of light. This festival is meant for the reunion of entire family. People celebrate this festival by bursting crackers. It causes noise as well as air pollution. Crackers are disturbance for old people and infants. It might even cause heart attacks, headache to old people. So we should limit the usage of crackers. Here are the steps to check noise pollution:

 

• The noise making machines should be kept in containers with sound absorbing materials.
• People should try to reduce the use of vehicles.

The combinations of different types of pollutions lead to ozone layer depletion.

 

Ozone Depletion:

Within the stratosphere around 15-35km above from earth ozone is located. The combination of triatomic form of oxygen is called ozone. Industries which were once considered a boon now became a bane because of releasing toxic gases in air which leads to formation of holes in the ozone layer causing ozone depletion.

 

Effects of Ozone Depletion:

• Ozone depletion in the stratosphere results in Ultraviolet (UV)-B radiation falling on the earth. It causes skin cancer. The skin cancer doesn’t cause death but leads to many problems.
• The absorption of UV rays will damage the eyes causing irritation.
• The crops will be decreased.
• The UV rays not only cause problems for the human beings but also to animals and plants also.

 

Tips to Tackle:

• Protect your skin by using skin cream.
• Use sun glasses and hats to protect your eyes and body.
• Minimize Chloro Floro Carbons (CFC).

 

Greening earth should first start in the minds of the people from childhood itself so that they will follow rest of life.  Besides, protecting environment is possible with the cooperation of government and people. Only when government takes right legislative measures and people follow it strictly we can expect a clean environment ensuring ecological balance. Hence, it is time to shift our emphasis from economic efficiency to sustainable quality of life so that we can leave a legacy to next generation.  Arnold Schwarzenegger rightly remarked, “We have to show leadership in protecting our environment so that we have a future for our children and grandchildren.”

 

Is Technology A Boon Or A Bane?

“Technology… is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.” – C.P. Snow, New York Times, 15 March 1971

In ancient days people didn’t know anything about technology. However, the current generation not only knows about technology but also knows the usage of technology. Even children began learning quickly and using it productively. The influence of technology has become so strong that people cannot survive without technology. Due to the growing literacy levels most of the people update themselves technologically to stay ahead of others. Technology includes from pin to plane. People use technology the moment they wake up from bed through their alarm clock to till they sleep by watching television.

Pros and Cons
Technology is both a boon and a bane and it all depends on how people make use of it. It brought several comforts as well as complications to mankind. Internet has revolutionized and made the world small by integrating entire mankind as one. People are used to technology and are in no position to get away with it. These are the pros of technology. However, it brought several complications such as disease and health hazards. Man has become lazy due to technology resulting into neglect of health. People got into rat race and started getting pressures. When technology is used properly it is a pleasure and when it is used improperly it becomes a pressure. Hence, everything depends on man how he takes and uses it.

Man proved himself as superior to animals through his intelligence and reason. He has proved that everything is possible through his imagination and innovation. He kept updating and inventing new technology thus adding value to himself. For instance, the current iPod was developed by Steve Jobs who is synonymous with innovation in the world. He made it happen by working hard constantly for four hours a week, 50 weeks a year for 12 years, brainstorming with software, hardware and various design experts to come up with the most brilliant ideas. It is amazing example of man’s quest for knowledge and innovation to make things simpler and life better. To conclude, everything depends on how people make use of it and so is the case of technology. Hence, the ball is in your court whether you want to use technology for constructive activities or for destructive activities.

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Soft Skills

One fine morning when I was busy with my studies my father came from gym and relaxed himself. After sometime he asked me about something. I was writing my notes and listened to him and replied by looking at my notes.

Subsequently he asked me, “Did you understand to what I said?” I couldn’t express it at all. He told me, “This is not the way to respond when your father was asking you about something.”

My father observed my body language and said that I had to improve my listening skills and advised me to adhere as follows when someone communicates.

• Whenever speaker says something the listener has to maintain eye contact and demonstrate willingness to listen as it encourages the speaker to communicate.
• The listener has to open his mind without any pre-conceived notions. There must be occasional nodding of head when the speaker speaks. As per the content and situation the listener must maintain smile and warmth to appreciate the speaker.
• Not paying attention to the speaker tantamount to disrespect to the speaker.

Finally my father said, “This is nothing but soft skills.” I thanked my father for enlightening me about soft skills.

Choose Your Destiny – Short Story

Once upon a time there were plenty of animals in a desert. The temperatures in the desert shot up alarmingly due to climatically changes. Most of the animals were at the verge of extinction. One of the animals, leopard came up with an idea of shifting to safer place for survival.

Leopard led from front with lot of struggles and carried the rest of the animals. On their way they faced several challenges and they found cactus plants on the way as hurdles. They cleared the cactus plants and moved forward. During the journey the animals were getting restless and tired. Having observed this, the leopard motivated by raising their confidence levels. Finally, they found a suitable place where they found water with wet land. And they settled happily.

The moral of this story is that we face several challenges in our life. We must find suitable solutions to overcome them. The leopard led from front like a real leader and set right direction to others thus ensuring the survival of all animals.