The Idea of doling out Awards by different organizations and for various Reasons are based on the principles and virtues discussed in the following article by Dr Marko Saravanja:
Delayed gratification
Delayed gratification is the act of postponing a reward or
satisfaction. Research has shown that successful people have
the ability to delay short-term reward for long-term gain.
Professor Walter Mischel from Columbia University conducted
experiments to assess the ability of four-year-old children to
delay gratification. Children were given one marshmallow and
told that they would get an additional one if they did not eat it
within 15 minutes. Tracer studies, conducted later on, showed
that those children who were able to delay gratification were
more successful in school, business and life.
Indeed, self-discipline and an ability to wait are vitally
important qualities that determine long-term success in both our
business and personal lives. Saving money, university studies,
sacrifices at work and in the family – these are all examples of
delayed gratification. The greatest leaders, strategists and
businessmen had this quality – they have all been able to
sacrifice short-term pleasures for long-term goals. Nelson
Mandela, Warren Buffet and Mahatma Gandhi are some great
examples from recent times. Let your greatest gratification be
delayed gratification. Awaken your potential knowing that the
power of delayed gratification is within you.
Sacrifice
Success in life comes through sacrifices – not merely one or
two, but many. Sacrifice is the ability to give up a personal
need for a more important organisational priority or a greater
societal cause. Every time we make a sacrifice, we earn credits
that accumulate and repay our investment multiple times in the
future. The evidence can be seen in the lives of Mother Teresa,
Gandhi, Mandela and every other truly great leader.
Unsuccessful people are not capable of making sacrifices. They
are self-centred – driven by fear and greed. They have a
mentality of poverty and entitlement – they think that their
organisations always owe them something. As employees, they
are cynical, always complaining, assigning blame, and
poisoning others.
Sacrifice requires the courage to give up short-term pleasure for
long-term success – and to be different from the majority.
Sacrifice requires compassion, a proactive attitude, and a
spiritual wisdom that recognises the transitory nature of worldly
pleasures. Look at great business leaders: how many lonely
extra miles did they run? How many sleepless nights, late hours
and working weekends did they endure? How many family
sacrifices did they make and how many other sacrifices did they
make which no one ever noticed? In life, in order to go up you
have to give up. If you are rich, give your wealth and if you are
poor give your heart. Awaken your potential, knowing that the
power of sacrifice is within you.
Altruism
Altruistic actions lead to success. All great leaders were
altruists – they worked genuinely for the well-being of others.
And they became great because of others. Altruism is about
selfless behaviour, benevolence, generosity and compassion in
action. True altruism is when the motivation for helping others
comes out of one's own heart – and not because of an
expectation that a favour will be returned. True altruism is
anonymous. Selfish behaviour is driven by negative energy and
leads to contraction, narrow-mindedness and misery.
Altruistic behaviour generates positive energy and leads to
freedom, expansion and happiness. Good actions create good
reactions and bad actions create bad reactions – this is a law of
the Universe. According to Steven Covey, our life progresses
from dependence to independence and finally to
interdependence. As we mature, we realise that everything in
this Universe is interdependent.
We realise that our happiness depends on the people around us
and we exist because of others – we realise the great wisdom of
Ubuntu. When we are gone, we will not be remembered by
what we had but by what we gave and how many human lives
we touched. The divide between the rich and poor is greater
than ever before. Therefore, as individuals, business and
government, we must do much more for the poor and
vulnerable. Choose a person, project or community you want to
help and serve them selflessly. Only through action can we
create long-term collective prosperity and peace.
Choose to live in the light of altruism instead of the darkness of
selfishness. Awaken your potential knowing that altruism is
within you.
Struggle
There is no great person on this earth who achieved greatness
without struggle. Sir Richard Branson, Nelson Mandela, Oprah
Winfrey and all the world's great CEOs, warriors, scientists and
politicians had to struggle to achieve their success in life. Each
had to withstand suffering, risk and pain. Success in life has to
be earned and deserved. It has to be won in life's daily
battlefields by conquering fear, uncertainty and temptation; by
remaining true to one's mission and by staying on the road less
travelled; by sacrificing short-term pleasures for long-term
goals; by persevering and enduring hardship; and by inspiring
others and enduring hardship; and by inspiring others along the
way.
Struggle is the essence of life, so do not try to escape it.
Welcome struggle as an opportunity to develop, and your
challenges will cease to be hardships. Only through constant
struggle can we continually learn, change and develop. Only
through struggle can we conquer our fears, achieve freedom and
extend our boundaries of possibility. Let struggle be your way
of life. Fight bravely. Love fiercely. And history will remember
your legacy.
Proactiveness
Proactiveness breeds success. Proactive people get up, act and
solve problems while reactive people do nothing but complain,
whine and moan. Proactive people are solution focused while
reactive people are problem focused. Proactive people see
opportunities while reactive people see difficulties. Proactive
people create while reactive people destroy. Proactive people
are special human beings – they talk little and do a lot, they are
driven by a higher cause and not by ego, power and money.
They lead by example, they walk the talk and they are true role
models – quietly admired by their followers. Proactive people
thrive on a positive energy generates more positive energy. One
rotten potato spoils the whole bag. Where reactive people
poison their colleagues with negativity, proactive people
inspire, enthuse and excite the people around them.
Smell the roses and appreciate their beauty instead of focusing
on the thorns. See the half-glass of water as half-full instead of
half-empty. Take control of your future – do not give your
power away. Stop complaining and blaming others, take
responsibility, get up and act. Change your life and you will
change the world around you. If we all do it, our world will be
a better place in which to live. Be proactive, progressive and
professional. Be productive, prompt and proper. Be profound,
prosperous and prominent. Awaken your potential by choosing
to be proactive.
It inspires me to think that you may embark on a journey of
self-actualisation. Even more inspiring is the thought that, once
you achieve success, you may choose the path of serving
humanity. May you awaken your potential, knowing that
everything you need to succeed is within you.
You'll however agree with me that all those virtues discussed by Dr Mark are based on Discipline.
If you can't Discipline yourself, then forget about Succeeding and Success in this life!
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone!
Delayed gratification
Delayed gratification is the act of postponing a reward or
satisfaction. Research has shown that successful people have
the ability to delay short-term reward for long-term gain.
Professor Walter Mischel from Columbia University conducted
experiments to assess the ability of four-year-old children to
delay gratification. Children were given one marshmallow and
told that they would get an additional one if they did not eat it
within 15 minutes. Tracer studies, conducted later on, showed
that those children who were able to delay gratification were
more successful in school, business and life.
Indeed, self-discipline and an ability to wait are vitally
important qualities that determine long-term success in both our
business and personal lives. Saving money, university studies,
sacrifices at work and in the family – these are all examples of
delayed gratification. The greatest leaders, strategists and
businessmen had this quality – they have all been able to
sacrifice short-term pleasures for long-term goals. Nelson
Mandela, Warren Buffet and Mahatma Gandhi are some great
examples from recent times. Let your greatest gratification be
delayed gratification. Awaken your potential knowing that the
power of delayed gratification is within you.
Sacrifice
Success in life comes through sacrifices – not merely one or
two, but many. Sacrifice is the ability to give up a personal
need for a more important organisational priority or a greater
societal cause. Every time we make a sacrifice, we earn credits
that accumulate and repay our investment multiple times in the
future. The evidence can be seen in the lives of Mother Teresa,
Gandhi, Mandela and every other truly great leader.
Unsuccessful people are not capable of making sacrifices. They
are self-centred – driven by fear and greed. They have a
mentality of poverty and entitlement – they think that their
organisations always owe them something. As employees, they
are cynical, always complaining, assigning blame, and
poisoning others.
Sacrifice requires the courage to give up short-term pleasure for
long-term success – and to be different from the majority.
Sacrifice requires compassion, a proactive attitude, and a
spiritual wisdom that recognises the transitory nature of worldly
pleasures. Look at great business leaders: how many lonely
extra miles did they run? How many sleepless nights, late hours
and working weekends did they endure? How many family
sacrifices did they make and how many other sacrifices did they
make which no one ever noticed? In life, in order to go up you
have to give up. If you are rich, give your wealth and if you are
poor give your heart. Awaken your potential, knowing that the
power of sacrifice is within you.
Altruism
Altruistic actions lead to success. All great leaders were
altruists – they worked genuinely for the well-being of others.
And they became great because of others. Altruism is about
selfless behaviour, benevolence, generosity and compassion in
action. True altruism is when the motivation for helping others
comes out of one's own heart – and not because of an
expectation that a favour will be returned. True altruism is
anonymous. Selfish behaviour is driven by negative energy and
leads to contraction, narrow-mindedness and misery.
Altruistic behaviour generates positive energy and leads to
freedom, expansion and happiness. Good actions create good
reactions and bad actions create bad reactions – this is a law of
the Universe. According to Steven Covey, our life progresses
from dependence to independence and finally to
interdependence. As we mature, we realise that everything in
this Universe is interdependent.
We realise that our happiness depends on the people around us
and we exist because of others – we realise the great wisdom of
Ubuntu. When we are gone, we will not be remembered by
what we had but by what we gave and how many human lives
we touched. The divide between the rich and poor is greater
than ever before. Therefore, as individuals, business and
government, we must do much more for the poor and
vulnerable. Choose a person, project or community you want to
help and serve them selflessly. Only through action can we
create long-term collective prosperity and peace.
Choose to live in the light of altruism instead of the darkness of
selfishness. Awaken your potential knowing that altruism is
within you.
Struggle
There is no great person on this earth who achieved greatness
without struggle. Sir Richard Branson, Nelson Mandela, Oprah
Winfrey and all the world's great CEOs, warriors, scientists and
politicians had to struggle to achieve their success in life. Each
had to withstand suffering, risk and pain. Success in life has to
be earned and deserved. It has to be won in life's daily
battlefields by conquering fear, uncertainty and temptation; by
remaining true to one's mission and by staying on the road less
travelled; by sacrificing short-term pleasures for long-term
goals; by persevering and enduring hardship; and by inspiring
others and enduring hardship; and by inspiring others along the
way.
Struggle is the essence of life, so do not try to escape it.
Welcome struggle as an opportunity to develop, and your
challenges will cease to be hardships. Only through constant
struggle can we continually learn, change and develop. Only
through struggle can we conquer our fears, achieve freedom and
extend our boundaries of possibility. Let struggle be your way
of life. Fight bravely. Love fiercely. And history will remember
your legacy.
Proactiveness
Proactiveness breeds success. Proactive people get up, act and
solve problems while reactive people do nothing but complain,
whine and moan. Proactive people are solution focused while
reactive people are problem focused. Proactive people see
opportunities while reactive people see difficulties. Proactive
people create while reactive people destroy. Proactive people
are special human beings – they talk little and do a lot, they are
driven by a higher cause and not by ego, power and money.
They lead by example, they walk the talk and they are true role
models – quietly admired by their followers. Proactive people
thrive on a positive energy generates more positive energy. One
rotten potato spoils the whole bag. Where reactive people
poison their colleagues with negativity, proactive people
inspire, enthuse and excite the people around them.
Smell the roses and appreciate their beauty instead of focusing
on the thorns. See the half-glass of water as half-full instead of
half-empty. Take control of your future – do not give your
power away. Stop complaining and blaming others, take
responsibility, get up and act. Change your life and you will
change the world around you. If we all do it, our world will be
a better place in which to live. Be proactive, progressive and
professional. Be productive, prompt and proper. Be profound,
prosperous and prominent. Awaken your potential by choosing
to be proactive.
It inspires me to think that you may embark on a journey of
self-actualisation. Even more inspiring is the thought that, once
you achieve success, you may choose the path of serving
humanity. May you awaken your potential, knowing that
everything you need to succeed is within you.
You'll however agree with me that all those virtues discussed by Dr Mark are based on Discipline.
If you can't Discipline yourself, then forget about Succeeding and Success in this life!
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone!
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