Prepare What are values?

Different types of values Different sourses of values Need for Value inculcation Other values from the text book Self Assessment Self Assessment is the process of critically revewing the quality of ones own performance and provision Self Assessment is the first step of the career planning process. It is the process of gathering information about yourself inorder to make an informed career decision. A Self Assessment should include values, interests, personality and skills Exercise: SWOT Analysis Self Motivation Self Motivation is the ability to satisfy a desire, expectation or goal without being influenced to do so by another person (or) It is the intiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another supervision Quotes: Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning Winston Churchill If you believe in yourself, things are possible Shannon Macmillan (former American Soccer player) Story: Wilma Rudolph was born in a poor family in Tennessee. At the age of four, she had double pneumonia with scarlet fever, a deadly combination which left her paralyzed with polio. Her family could not afford good medical care. She was from a large family. She was the 20th child of 22 children. Her father was a railroad porter and her mother was a maid. Her mother decided she would do everything she could to help Wilma to walk again. The doctors had said she would not be able to walk. She took her every week on a long bus trip to a hospital to receive therapy . It didn't help, but the doctors said she needed to give Wilma a massage every day by rubbing her legs. She taught the brothers and sisters how to do it, and they also rubbed her legs four times a day.

By the time she was 8, she could walk with a leg brace. After that, she used a high-topped shoe to support her foot. She played basketball with her brothers every day. Three years later, her mother came home to find her playing basketball by herself bare-footed. She didn't even have to use the special shoe. A track coach encouraged her to start running. She ran so well that during her senior year in high school, she qualified for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. She won a bronze medal in the women's 400-meter relay. In 1959, she qualified for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome by setting a world's record in the 200-meter race. At the Olympics that year she won two gold medals; one for the 100-meter race and one for the 200-meter race. Then she sprained her ankle, but she ignored the pain and helped her team to win another gold medal for the 400-meter relay! She retired from running when she was 22 years old, but she went on to coach women's track teams and encourage young people. She also started the Wilma Rudolph Foundation to help poor children She died of brain cancer in 1994. Even though she is no longer alive, her influence still lives on in the lives of many young people who look up to her. Self Confidence Self Confidence is essentially an attitude which allows us to have a positive and realistic perception of ourselves and our ability. It is characterized by personal attributes such as assertiveness, optimism, enthusiasm, affection, pride, independence, trust, the ability to handle criticism and emotional maturity Quotes: One important key to success is self confidence. An important key to self confidence is preparation Arthur Ashe ( Social Worker) Know yourself and you will win all battles Sun Tzu ( Chinese Military general) Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly Robert F. Kennedy Story: Oprah winfrey ( television anchor) Jim Carrey ( Veteran Actor and Comedian)

Self Discipline Self Disciplineis the ability to reject instant gratification in favour of something better. It is the giving up of instant pleasure and satisfaction for a higher goal. It is also the ability of the individual to stick to actions, thoughts and behaviour, which lead to improvement and success Quotes: If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self sufficient you will thereby be atleast vulnerable to injury from the outside Critias of Athens ( Uncle of Plato & philosopher) If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self Napoleon Hill ( Advisor of Franklin D Roosevelt) Self Reliance The greatest virtue that one should try to cultivate is the habit of self-reliance. A man who relies upon himself wins a sort of glorious independence. For he has not to wait to be helped by others The history of human achievement is, indeed, a record of what man can do by himself. Great heroes, great scientists, great businessmenthey were all self-made men. Michael Faraday began as a bookbinder but came to be one of the greatest scientists of the world. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (the Bengali Scholar) was a poor Brahmin's son but he made himself the most honored man of his age by dint of own efforts. The most precious lessons one should remember: 1. 2. 3. 4. Rejection should never stop you Failure is not a problem at all People who reject you know nothing Believing in yourself is the key to success in life

Determination It is the act of making up your mind about something (or) The quality of being determined to achieve something by pursing a certain goal with energy and focus. Quotes: The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a mans determination Tommy Lasorda (Major League Baseball Player)

 Determination is the wake up call to the human will Anthony Robbins ( American Self Help Author) A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard workColin Powell ( American Statesman) Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough -Og Mandino ( American Author) Story: This is a real life story of engineer John Roebling building the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. The bridge was completed in 1883, after 13 years.

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before. Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge. The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was also injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to talk or walk. We told them so. Crazy men and their crazy dreams. Its foolish to chase wild visions. Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever. He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task.

As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment. It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife. He touched his wifes arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again. For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wifes arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one mans indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do. Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal. Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realized with determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are. Ambition An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power. It is the object or goal desired. Quotes: Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.- Elvis Presley Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.-Oscar Wilde Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.-William Shakespeare Story: Story of Napoleon the Great He was called The Organised Victory. He once said I cannot sleep when I have plans in my head that are not yet on maps. Even to carry out the slightest thing he plans it several times and foresees every eventualities.

He said I am the God of battles. I have 50,000 men, add myself and I have 150,000. He cannot be classified as a good man but certainlyas a strong man with strong will power and determined ambition.

Where The Mind is Without Fear

Rabindranath Tagore's writing is highly imagistic, religious and imbibed with his love of nature and his homeland. RabindranathTagores poem, Where the Mind is Without Fear ,included in the volume called Naibedya, later published in English Gitanjali is a prayer to a universal fatherfigure, presumably, God to elevate his country into a free land. The World of Freedom, which Tagore envisions for his countrymen, can only be attained if we possess a fearless mind. Only a fearless mind can hold its head upright. So attain true freedom one has to have a mind which is Without fear. A free country means where one can acquire knowledge in all freedom of choice. The big world of man is fragmented or restricted to small mutually exclusive compartments. The poet says that our minds, instead of being engulfed in such prejudices and narrow superstitions, must be enriched by thoughts and actions, which are worthy and beneficial for the sake of our country In an ideal free country everybody speaks his/her heart clear, where actions flow in the form of various streams moving from success to success, where petty conventions do not stagnant the course of judgment. Tagore entertains a system of thought that emphasizes the role of reason in obtaining knowledge. He also attempts to tie various perceptions of the world together in some way. The world should not become fragmented through internal strives and feuds. The mental make-up should be free from the superstitious, narrow and gloomy practices. The poet, finally, conceives of a situation, where the mind is guided by the divine one to awaken ourselves from the errors of our commitments.