If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the
shoulders of giants - Sir Isaac Newton
No scientist has developed anything from scratch to the fruition of any idea. One scientist takes the idea developed by his/her predecessors, add something to it and pass it on to future generation for further refinement. This is how science is developed.
I strongly believe that this method can surely work for any domain of one's life. Be it in business, politics, arts, languages, social causes ...... there are some greats in the past who struggled with the very problems you are facing right now, they have found their way of dealing with them and they show you through their biographies that you are not alone. If you like their solutions to the problems at your hand you can directly apply them. Even if you don't like them, it is still fine. At least you know that they can be solved and their solutions can actually motivate you to find your own way tackling things.
Biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and diaries are the places where the precious values of life are hidden. As you read the biographies of greats, you would, at least on some occasions, feel that there are many similarities between you and the great person you are admiring. It somehow gives a belief that you can also be great - If they can do, I can also do it. This kind of company with great personalities makes you one.
As we learn what these great personalities did in the face of tumultuous situations, how they gathered themselves in the most uncertain situations, what values and virtues helped them sail through all the difficulties, we are no longer the same person as we were before the reading. They instill in us the sense of purpose and our lives will assume different meaning.
Many inventions are motivated by the reading of biographies. They can be source of innovative solutions in any spectrum of our life. We as human being don't like someone telling us what to do and what not to do. If same things are embedded in an interesting story, we are very likely to absorb it. Biographies are thriller stories with gripping twists and awe effects. Aristotle taught stories of great leaders to Alexander which eventually made him the Alexander the great.
Biographies are the journeys which enable you to travel through space and time to different parts of the world and history and it is a known fact that travel helps in self discovery. This way of self discovery is far more satisfying and has a lasting effect. You frequently come across situations in your own life which seem to be replicating the events in the biographies and they create a sense of déjà-vu.
Biographies also help you see the world with a new perspective which makes your life enriching. More importantly, they work as your mentors and guides in your exciting ride through your life.
I strongly recommend that the young adults, the future leaders, must read biographies, life stories of some great personalities or the stories they wrote. Reading such books can be most rewarding and enriching. I would like to recommend some personalities, which on any account is not exhaustive.
Business: Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Thomas Alva Edison, Indra Nooyi, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sheryl Sandberg, Tony hsieh, Angela Ahrendts, Dheerubhai Ambani, Ratan Tata, Reed Hastings etc.
Arts: Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Johan Sebastian Bach, Amedeus Mozart, Van Beethoven, Charlie Chaplin, Kishore Kumar, Rajni Kanth etc.
Literature and Philosophy: Plato, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austin, J K Rowling, Salman Rushdie, Arundati Roy, Amartya Sen, Manmohan Singh etc.
Social Cause: Raja Ram Mohan Rai, Ishvar Chandra Vidya Sagar, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Mother Teresa, Malala, Barbara Mikulski, Susan B Anthony,Gwen Howard, Baba Amte etc.
Kings and Politics: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Adolf Hitler, Shivaji, Akbar, Narendra Modi, Barack Obama, Marcus Arelius, Nepoleon Bonapatre, Jhansi Laksmi bhai etc.
Unfortunately our school curriculum does not include such books.
No scientist has developed anything from scratch to the fruition of any idea. One scientist takes the idea developed by his/her predecessors, add something to it and pass it on to future generation for further refinement. This is how science is developed.
I strongly believe that this method can surely work for any domain of one's life. Be it in business, politics, arts, languages, social causes ...... there are some greats in the past who struggled with the very problems you are facing right now, they have found their way of dealing with them and they show you through their biographies that you are not alone. If you like their solutions to the problems at your hand you can directly apply them. Even if you don't like them, it is still fine. At least you know that they can be solved and their solutions can actually motivate you to find your own way tackling things.
Biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and diaries are the places where the precious values of life are hidden. As you read the biographies of greats, you would, at least on some occasions, feel that there are many similarities between you and the great person you are admiring. It somehow gives a belief that you can also be great - If they can do, I can also do it. This kind of company with great personalities makes you one.
As we learn what these great personalities did in the face of tumultuous situations, how they gathered themselves in the most uncertain situations, what values and virtues helped them sail through all the difficulties, we are no longer the same person as we were before the reading. They instill in us the sense of purpose and our lives will assume different meaning.
Many inventions are motivated by the reading of biographies. They can be source of innovative solutions in any spectrum of our life. We as human being don't like someone telling us what to do and what not to do. If same things are embedded in an interesting story, we are very likely to absorb it. Biographies are thriller stories with gripping twists and awe effects. Aristotle taught stories of great leaders to Alexander which eventually made him the Alexander the great.
Biographies are the journeys which enable you to travel through space and time to different parts of the world and history and it is a known fact that travel helps in self discovery. This way of self discovery is far more satisfying and has a lasting effect. You frequently come across situations in your own life which seem to be replicating the events in the biographies and they create a sense of déjà-vu.
Biographies also help you see the world with a new perspective which makes your life enriching. More importantly, they work as your mentors and guides in your exciting ride through your life.
I strongly recommend that the young adults, the future leaders, must read biographies, life stories of some great personalities or the stories they wrote. Reading such books can be most rewarding and enriching. I would like to recommend some personalities, which on any account is not exhaustive.
Business: Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Thomas Alva Edison, Indra Nooyi, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sheryl Sandberg, Tony hsieh, Angela Ahrendts, Dheerubhai Ambani, Ratan Tata, Reed Hastings etc.
Arts: Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Johan Sebastian Bach, Amedeus Mozart, Van Beethoven, Charlie Chaplin, Kishore Kumar, Rajni Kanth etc.
Literature and Philosophy: Plato, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austin, J K Rowling, Salman Rushdie, Arundati Roy, Amartya Sen, Manmohan Singh etc.
Social Cause: Raja Ram Mohan Rai, Ishvar Chandra Vidya Sagar, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Mother Teresa, Malala, Barbara Mikulski, Susan B Anthony,Gwen Howard, Baba Amte etc.
Kings and Politics: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Adolf Hitler, Shivaji, Akbar, Narendra Modi, Barack Obama, Marcus Arelius, Nepoleon Bonapatre, Jhansi Laksmi bhai etc.
Unfortunately our school curriculum does not include such books.
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