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What does
SUCCESS
MEAN to you?
EVERYONE
HAS A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF SUCCESS.
BUT
HOW DO THE PROFESSIONALS AT THE TOP OF THE
LADDER
VIEW THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS?
Time
was when the world had animmutable definition of success a good
family
, enough income to run the home and some repute in
society
. These days, most of us measure our accomplishments against
those
of our peers, because that's what we witness closely . But truth
be
told, one man's success may be another man's mediocrity . And at
the
end of the day , it is as relative as what makes one happy and content.
When
it comes to a conversation on success, it makes sense to ask the
people
who've already achieved it. So we asked a few CEOs and
company
heads to rate the following three aspects in order of importance,
as
measures of their success:
1.
Money possessions;
2.
Titles influence;
3.
Friends family admirers.
Unanimously
, all of them rated family and well-wishers as top of their list
and
money at the bottom. Influence and the power to make a change were
secondary
for all of the five leaders we spoke to. It would seem that people
do
think alike, after all. One reasoning that we may apply is that money
only
matters in the initial stages of one's professional life.Later, when you
have
achieved all the basic needs of life, it is the love and support of the
people
around you that keep you going. But for Ambarish Dasgupta, partner
and
head, manage ment consulting, KPMG in India, organisational success
comes
before individual success. “ A CEO's success is often measured by
his/her
capability to have a clear point of view; hisher ability to be
forward-thinking
even though in some cases, it may conflict with the
short-term
goals; hisher ability to make himselfherself convincing and
make
hisher thoughts owned by hisher bigger team,“ he says.
A
business leader will always see success differently from a professional
at
the lower rung of the ladder.Manoranjan Mohapatra, CEO, Mahindra
Comviva's
response demonstrates this fact, “It is imperative to be able to
create
business leaders within the enterprise. Stronger talent in turn increases
your
chance of greater shareholder value. True demonstration of success
lies
in the creation of future leaders through clear career direction and
guidance.
Success for me is the credibility that I have built over time for
my
employees, customers, shareholders and stakeholders.“
However,
having personal benchmarks for success is vital to weathering
the
ups and downs that one's career and enterprise may go through.“Success,
to
me, is sustaining the ability to constantly evolve for the
better.
The ability to handle criticism and using it constructively to build your
potentials gives mileage to your
accomplishments. I measure my success
based
on the challenges I have overcome in my professional career and
the
opportunities that I have explored,“ avers Sushil Mantri, cd MD,
Mantri
Developers Pvt Ltd.
Some
would say that success is more a feeling than a quantifiable commodity .
As
Pradipta Sen president India, Middle East & Africa at Emerson says,
Success
is a sense and state of well-being. I feel successful when a customer
thanks
us for our extra effort, when an engineer in our team comes up with
a
new solution, or when everyone in a plant achieves 365 days of safety .
I
feel successful every time we are chosen over others for providing a solution
and
thereby contributing to the well-being of the world we live in.“
This
sentiment is echoed by Vikaas M Sachdeva, CEO Edelweiss Asset
Management
Limited, “Success to me means the ability to change things
for
the better in whatever way one can. Admiration, titles and financial
stability
will follow. Alternatively, when you see the lives of people
changing
for the better around you, it makes you feel responsible for
their
success and therefore, yours.“ These insights from CEOs have a
deep
significance for professionals at any stage of the professional lifecycle.
Rather
than chasing plum packages alone, striving to find environments
where
one feels respected and valued, may be the key to a successful career.
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Ankita
Shreeram TAS8APRA15
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