Things have been rolling fast as I have recently joined a healthcare IT company. It was a long wait as most graduates had to go through during this economic downturn. As every new joiner, I am very excited about my new role as a software specialist and motivated to learn and excel in my class of trainees. It’s a challenge learning the vast features our product has to offer our clients. I am amazed to learn how things are changing and becoming more streamlined in the healthcare sector. In one of our class assignments, we were asked to prepare a research overview of the various medical specialties. I developed a liking for research and presenting it to my class since my mba course work days. It was due in a week. Being task oriented I was prepared in advance. To my surprise, we had a senior management walk in for a product training lecture and randomly ask people to present if they were ready, although it wasn’t due that day! I was the only one prepared and went for it, although I had a few details to take care of on one slide. This may not be a big deal for most, but for me it was a live example of one of my reads by Gordon A. MacFarlane, where he mentions that success comes when opportunity meets with preparation. For me, success was a sense of satisfaction I had by the end of the day.
Take home from Gordon-
Excellence is a result of
caring more than others think is wise,
risking more than others think is safe,
dreaming more than others think is practical,
expecting more than others think is possible.
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I think all 3 are complementary to each other. Success motivated you to aim for excellence. However, failure also motivates you further because of the excellence in your attitude.
Overall, I think all 3 are needed if one wants to reach the top.
Well said Vivek
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