Get help to succeed

We cannot get support till we are genuinely caring towards those who work for us or around us. We have to win their respect. And in modern setups, seniority is no more the barometer. We all

want to succeed and often think that it is something we got to do ourselves. Success is impossible if others do not help us. We cannot get support till we are genuinely caring towards those

who work for us or around us. We have to win their respect. And in modern setups, seniority is no more the barometer. It is whether you have both the ability and the knack of carrying people

with you. Can you inspire? Can you get those around you to deliver the best? Do you rate high on the likeability index? Are you willing to learn even from your juniors?  If you want to get

on to the path of success, learn to love people. Genuinely. Not as a PR exercise. They will go out of their way to ensure you succeed. Use opportunities where you can genuinely use praise to

motivate. Leaders always take the lead in reaching out to others as they value relationships. No wonder they climb the ladder faster. They see the importance of building friendships to

gather more experience of life and to help others to help them succeed. But most of us instead try and avoid people. In the process, we are avoiding opportunities.  A dear friend who is in

the oil drilling business was travelling in his car near Bandipur in Karnataka when it broke down on a hot summer afternoon. He stood next to the car in the sweltering heat as his driver

fiddled with the engine. An old man who lived across the road, invited him into his hut saying that it would be cooler. They were soon chatting like long lost friends.  When the car was

fixed, my friend asked him if he wanted him to do anything for him as he was so grateful for the hospitality. The old man said that his son had just graduated from an engineering college but

had no job and if he could help. “Ask him to send me his CV,” my friend said. Today, the young engineer works in the US in my friend’s oil drilling firm. No one ever lost out for being

genuinely good. _The writer is a journalist and corporate trainer_