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A Magzine to extend the learning curve, expand the frontiers of knowledge and its applicability; utilize the skills in the best interest of the society, team and self. This Magzine is a student magzine by the student of IIPM hyderabad under the club of IIPM Crucbles. Crucibles Is a team which formed on great ideas and extended vision. It is not just for self-enrichment but also for self-contentment while helping out the fellow members in climbing up the ladder.TRANSCRIPT
From the desk
Dear Reader,
This issue focuses on Life. To befit a topic as alive as life, I could think of amongst many Oprah and the way she
has lead her life. Her choice of not blending in is inspiring.
Sourced from http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/oprah-winfreys-3-steps-for-success/ is her speech at
Spelman College in Atlanta on May 20. The ultra-successful Oprah Winfrey who presides over her own television
network, among other things, spoke about the importance of knowing yourself and what your contribution will be.
She mentioned having grappled with her own identity as a talk show host, business woman and entrepreneur, only
to realize that she was more than her occupation.
Though Winfrey offers a rare kind of success story, what drives her can surely inspire many would-be
entrepreneurs out there. Here are Winfrey’s three tips for how to succeed in life — and in business:
Knowing who you are: Being able to answer this question who am I? And what do I want? I don’t want to just be
successful. I don’t want to just make a mark or have a legacy. The answer to those questions is I want to fulfill the
highest and truest sense of myself as a human being. You must have some kind of vision for your life. Even if you
don’t have a plan, you have to have a direction of where you want to go. Is there a plan, or are you just driving?
You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life, or life will just drive you.
You must find a way to serve: Martin Luther King said that not everybody can be famous but everybody can be
great because greatness comes from serving. The real truth is that it takes service and significance. If you look at all
the most successful people in the world — whether they know it or not they have this paradigm of service. I made a
decision that I was no longer just going to be on TV. But instead, I’d be a platform for good. Using television as a
service changed my career exponentially. You can follow suite, by using whatever it is you produce as a way of
giving back to the world. When you shift the paradigm to service and you bring significance to that, success will
follow you.
Always do the right thing. Always be excellent. People notice: You go to Taco Bell and someone gives you
extra napkins and sauce. That’s right, even at Taco Bell, excellence is noticed. Everyone talks about building a
brand; I didn’t even know what that was. What I recognize now is that my choice to do the right thing, the excellent
thing, is what created the brand. When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. We want to be unforgettable
and not forgettable. That’s achieved by doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you’re doing it.
Happy Reading!
Prof. Shirani Nayar
Dean-Academics
IIPM Hyderabad
Editorial desk
Hi Readers,
Look out for any good organization or a great company; you can definitely see a good leader behind the
growth of that particular organization. Remember the words of Gandhi: “Leadership at one time meant
muscles, but today it means getting along with people”. No institution can survive with geniuses and
supermen. To make sustainable organizations, what we need are average human beings with better work
oriented attitude.
CRUCIBLES, in our efforts to make it a sustainable model, have expanded our team, through a unique
way of finding out the next level of leaders, to make it thrive for the years ahead. Our efforts in finding
out the new ‘TRUE CRUCIBLES’, fetched us fourteen new AVENGERS. We welcome them to make a
roller coaster drive called Crucibles, by shouldering the responsibilities with them. Our next issue will
have the hands on touch of the new creative ideas of new members.
In life we may face many problems. So also, we enjoy the happiness, sorrow and obstacles in our journey
called LIFE. This month, our cover page of this mouthpiece magazine is based on LIFE. Life teaches us
many lessons. We will have many ups & downs in our life’s graph. Even if we sink we need to jump up
like a mermaid to breathe the last drop. Life’s vagaries make us sink in an ocean. Hard-work, passion to
survive and do things differently makes a human being to be like a beautiful mermaid.
A hearty welcome to the new guys who got selected in CRUCIBLES
Enjoy reading!
Warm Regards,
Susmitha Chaudhary
Head-Editorial
Life, Fate and Dhoka
Hi friends,
Hope you all are doing well in your
space. I would like to thank crucibles for giving
me this opportunity to pen down my thoughts.
This edition is dedicated to ‘LIFE’. So when I
was asked to write something on this I started
with, “Let’s see whose life I can write about?” to
be more precise, “Whose life am I most
concerned with?” It occurred to me that the
question is rhetorical and the voice within me
said “Yes you idiot it is rhetorical, you are most
concerned with your own life, no matter how
generous you are in your views about
selflessness and sacrifice.” Since the subject of
post mortem was pinned I started the dissection.
In cinematic style I went into my life’s flashback
without being hit by a stick on my head,
although I have always wondered, “Can it help
me remember my college lectures.” and if I can
use this trick in exams? Anyways coming back
to the topic, I started evaluating my life since my
10th
class because that’s when I faced my life
first dilemma: “Math or Biology?” but let’s not
get into detail because it will make this article a
small biography. But to sum it up, I breezed
through my school, enjoyed my college with all
the emotional up’s and downs, I was never in the
creamy layer so never whipped myself to study
too hard and then came the time to face the real
world.
I landed in my first job which gave me a sense of
achievement and pride but as I went about my
job, I didn’t do anything significant or different
except for the occasional above average
performance for which I got a pat on the back
from my manager and was happy for that. Then I
changed my job for better position and salary
and this was the time the real test of my
character started, courtesy “Recession”. I lost my
promotion and ultimately lost my job.
And there I was crying like a baby over spilt
milk, surrounded by friends cursing the
company, system, government and what not. I
guess the only things we left out were an
obituary and a 2 minute silence for my dead job.
After all the mourning we decided to return to
our homes, on the way I stopped at a signal a kid
came to me begging and I felt pity for his
condition but then something struck my mind,
and I thought “Did I not put myself in the same
situation few moments ago.” I was the subject of
pity and wanted to be pampered and consoled by
everyone around. After all I was not the only
person or the first person in the world to lose my
job. Again I started asking myself “Should I
react the way everyone else would?” and share
their fate.
So after reaching home I pondered over the
situation and started thinking about the reasons
why a company would or would not keep me and
wrote down some questions for myself, “Was I
the most dedicated and hardworking employee
of the company or the department or the team?”
and the answer was “No”. I was an average
performer and mediocre people don’t make
difference in the world, not even in their own
world. I never learned anything new, never
updated my skills and didn’t do anything
different in the job. I was just happy to go
through Monday to Friday with as less pain as
possible, party on weekends and then blame my
situation and responsibilities for not giving me
enough time to improve. That’s when I realized
the meaning of the quote, “Luck is when
preparation meets opportunity.” I prepared
myself for doom and at the very first opportunity
my efforts paid off.
At that moment I made a promise to myself and
challenged life, “If you bury me in land I will
become diamond, if you drown me in sea I will
become a pearl, if throw me in the sky I will
become a star, but if I am the creator of my own
destiny I will not go down without a fight.”
Warm regards,
Punmeet Kumar Gupta
(Equity Researcher with 7 years of experience)
If you bury me in land I will become diamond,
if you drown me in sea I will become a pearl,
if throw me in the sky I will become a star,
but if I am the creator of my own destiny
I will not go down without a fight.
FAIRYTALE It Happens
Not everyone has the path of flowers, not everyone has a happy life, not everyone can do the
things which they dream about, but everything depends on us in the way we grab the chances on the way
we dare. Of course, sometimes we should compromise with the situations but it is our life and we are the
authors of our lives. I want to tell a story.
Once upon a time there lived a girl who had many dreams and thoughts. One of her
dreams - her dream prince whom she loves from her childhood. During her graduation she thought of
getting in contact to him but she doesn’t know how to get his contact and she don’t know where he is,
she came to know from her parents that he is studying somewhere and he is doing well. Luckily one day
she came to know one of her cousin sister is in touch with him. She felt very happy but she came to know
that her cousin sister has an interest in him and felt very bad. So she decided to forget him and kept
herself busy with life one day she listened form her cousin sister that he is in love with another girl. But
she still had a hope that one day her dream will come true. Unfortunately he came in contact through face
book which was a turning point in her life. First day she texted him with an excitement. Days are going
on and one day suddenly her best friend passed away and she is not in contact with anyone. After many
days she became a normal person and then suddenly she saw his message inbox from him and she felt
happy but she know that he is in love with another girl and she decided in her mind to change the
feelings. The way he speaks shows his interest on her but she want know about his love and she asked
him one day about his love and he said that he lied with her cousin sister because he don’t want to hurt
her so he softly rejected her. By hearing this she came to know that yes he is not in love with anyone and
she said the feelings in her heart she took the chance on that day and that is the first time she asked him to
call her and gave her number. By hearing his voice she felt very happy and he is very shocked to know
that she loves him. He didn’t said yes or no they used to speak and to take care of each other one day he
said those three magical words she is waiting for I LOVE YOU too and yes that is one of the precious
days in her life , she never saw him after her childhood but she dreamt about him and finally they both are
together and he came back to India on a vacation and they planned to meet on one day nearly after 10
years she is seeing him and yes they both met and the butterflies in her tummy started to fly. she still
remember that because he is such a precious person in her life waiting from her childhood. So fairytales
do happen because this is not a story it’s my fairytale happened to me and is so happy with my prince.
This is just an example guys, never lose hope on anything or on a person you love one day it will become
yours if you really try for it and dare for it.
Anonymous
(on writer’s request)
Get Great At Life
I'm 23 yrs. old. So I'm at quarter time
filled. Assuming I live until I'm 80 (and that’s a
big assumption, because I've learned that the
only thing you can expect in life is the
unexpected). I've become more philosophical
these days. I'm less willing to waste time, less
willing to listen to negative people and less
willing to miss an opportunity to be loving. I've
also started reading obituaries.
When I read of the lives others have
lived. I'm offered clues on what's most important
in life. Obituaries of life well lived actually
shares consistent themes, I have discovered.
Family, Friendship, Contribution to community,
the need to take calculated risks etc. I've yet to
read an obituary that says, "He died peacefully in
his sleep surrounded by his lawyer, his
stockbroker and his accountant." To lead a
beautiful life, I suggest that you need to ask the
kinds of question that will provoke you to think
deeply and connect with what matters more. I
believe in a quote, quoted by Sir Dale Carnegie
which says "Good questions lead to excellent
answers and greater clarity. Greater clarity is the
DNA of authentic success and personal
greatness.
Here are the five big questions that I
hope will cause you to go deep and become more
philosophical about what truly counts in your
life. Most people do not discover how to live
until it's time to die. But by then it's too late. Ask
yourself these five questions today. Imagine that
today is the last day of your life and you are
lying on your deathbed. Then ask yourself:
1. Did I dream richly?
2. Did I live fully?
3. Did I learn to let go?
4. Did I love well?
5. Did I earn some tears?
My hope is that the answers you arrive at will
help you to live with more authenticity. Would
conclude with the quote "You cannot hit the
target you can’t even see", like wise you can’t
solve the problem which you never come across.
(Mr. Rohit is a guest writer from
Aurora College)
Regards,
Rohit Tiwari
Mr.Rohit is a guest
writer from Aurora
College
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Assets of life
“Assets of life” means the people you have
earned in your tenure of life. In this balance
sheet your assets should not be equal to liability
es but always double than it, or no liabilities just
creating more and more assets and living your
life with full excitement, being happy and
making other people happy.
In life’s balance sheet your assets are your
relations which you have earned, not your blood
ties relations but basically your friends, you
know that God has created these friends where
we can choose our own relations, your friends
can be strict with you and become your daddy or
the person you look up to, or your mother who
cares for you or your sister who pampers you. So
I just want to say “friendship is that
emotion which you can carve for yourself”.
The four letter word “life” is so deep, it has so
much to say and do. Friends are those with
whom you created memorable moments together
which will be remembered forever, may it be a
happiest moment or the saddest, but just creating
some "aww" moments. These are the people
whom you can rely on.
This article is dedicated to all my
besti's...!!!!!!!(Best friends forever)
I am 23 and in this tenure of my life, I met many
people. Lived with them enjoyed, cried, shared a
lot of emotions, best and worst moments, and
through this article I recall each and every
person who created a mark in my life.
You guys have made my life worth living and
thanks for being there and making it memorable.
Today life has become so fat and busy that we
are not getting time to talk to our friends. Just
take out one minute from the busy schedule and
thank your best friends, and it’s worth the
happiness.
I am thankful to god that it’s been 7 years in
Hyderabad and I’m still in contact with all my
best friends, may it be from my school,
intermediate, degree, tuition and PG they are still
with me taking care of me and making my life
lovable and remarkable.
Warm Regards,
Taranpreeth Singh
IIPM/PGP/FW/10-12
“A MONSTER IN US”
This might sound like a controversial topic
but let me clarify it. These lyrics have been
adapted from a song “Monster”, part of the latest
album of an American gospel rock band, Skillet
“The secret side of me I never let you see. I
keep it caged, but I can't control it.
So stay away from me, the beast is ugly. I feel
the rage and I just can't hold it.
I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin. I
must confess that I feel like a monster.
It's hiding in the dark; its teeth are razor sharp.
There's no escape for me, it wants my soul, and
it wants my heart.
No one can hear me scream; maybe it's just a
dream. Maybe it's inside of me, stop this
monster.”
We are living in a civilized world and what
I have just said or I’m about to say might seem
really contradictory. Any layman would only
think that people had monstrous capabilities
during generations past when they were beastly
and were rebellious primarily because of age old
traditions/beliefs and because they were
ignorant. However, I believe that through
personal experiences of mine, it is true that at
some point(s) in our lives, we do exhibit the
beast inside of us. For example, I was sitting
quietly in class during my tenth when a teacher
entered, said something, which disappointed us
and as she left the class, I raised my hand against
her (not to be violent but to show my
disapproval) in a fit of fury.
This was spontaneous which I didn’t even want
to do and faced serious consequences. It further
happened on a couple of other occasions and it
showed that though I respect people and am not
a violent person, the beast inside of us is
powerful and needs to be contained. Hence, it
requires a lot of self-introspection, together with
a power much greater than our human capability
to try and keep it under cover.
Thank You.
Warm Regards,
Benjamin Taylor
IIPM/11-13/FW
New faces of Crucibles