MY TALK @ youth conference - PUNE:

1. Change management

4. 11stst
Idiot: Raju Rastogi (Idiot: Raju Rastogi (Sharman JoshiSharman Joshi))
• Born in a poor family
• Burdened by his family's
expectations
• God fearing
• Interested in engineering
but still fails
• Degree = job = Money =
success

5. 22ndnd
Idiot: Farhan QureshiIdiot: Farhan Qureshi R. MadhavanR. Madhavan))
• passionate about wildlife
photography.
• Family pressurizes for degree,
is the only route to rise above
this.
• Degree = job = Money = success

6. Not So Idiot: Chatur Ramalingam, (Not So Idiot: Chatur Ramalingam, (Omi VaidyaOmi Vaidya))
• Believes in mindless
memorizing
• Degree = job =Money = success
• Symbolic of our indian
education sytem

7. Indian Education SystemIndian Education System
 Not aiming for Academic
excellence
 Factories of churning out degree
holders : (BA – MA – PHD)
 Exam oriented: MARKS” as Rewards – Mistakes / Risks are
stigma
 All over the world Education hierarchy of subjects: science -
maths – arts
 Why don’t we raise ours kids to be entrepreneurs?
 Learn for a cause and not for
applause. e.g. sankrit
 Motivate the students to be original
and innovate in their field
 Killing creativity: preparing for
unpredictable future
 Shakespeare / Steve Jobs / Bill Gates

8. Not So Idiot: Veeru Sahastrabuddhe (Not So Idiot: Veeru Sahastrabuddhe (Boman IraniBoman Irani))
• or Virus, the dean of the
institute
• shows a very typical
leadership.
• own principles, values and
ideology
• Folow the symbolic of our
Indian society (parenting)

9. LIFE IS A RACE……LAGE RAHOLIFE IS A RACE……LAGE RAHO
• Degree is a ticket to
neighbour’s envy and
parent’s pride.
• Follow the herd
• Win the race or vanish
• Ideas / dreams / passion are
challenged
• if he works as opposed to
the worldly norms or in a
different manner, he is an
idiot
• Tutors for: - Tendulkar /
Pasco

10. • “to be born as an
average person is not
a crime but to die as
an average person is
more miserable”
• Do what you love; love
what you do
• Interest, desire and
self- motivation
• When hobby becomes
passion and passion
becomes profession
• Satisfaction, pleasure,
joy, love and fame will
be the outcome.

11. THE Idiot: Rancchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad "Rancho" (THE Idiot: Rancchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad "Rancho" (
Aamir KhanAamir Khan))
• Studies for the joy of it.
• He plays the fool. But he
still tops the tests.
• Everyone learns but no one
applies.

12. BREAKING MYTHSBREAKING MYTHS
• Success = No. Of Degrees
• Success = Job in U.S.
• Success = Money
• EVOLVE /TRANFORM THE SOCIETIES OUTLOOK
• Education reforms – paradigm shift

13. Lesson extrapolatedLesson extrapolated
• Follow passion - Money
follows
• Passion leads to excellence
• Do different things
differently
• Stay hungry stay foolish:
• Time is limited, so don’t live
the life of others:
• Live before you die:
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• Takes courage to stand up
and look an idiot – signs of
a leader

14. CHATUR CHAMATKARI ORCHATUR CHAMATKARI OR
BABA RANCHOD DASBABA RANCHOD DAS
Disclaimer*
Choice is yours: being a machine, or being an
idiot.
Being a leader or being a follower
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15. HOW TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS
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18. Observations by an idiotObservations by an idiot !!!!

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