This document discusses strategies for achieving personal and professional excellence. It defines excellence as combining success and effectiveness through persevering for quality performance regardless of supervision. The document emphasizes developing one's potential and taking responsible risks to overcome fears of failure. It stresses measuring progress towards goals, learning from mistakes, and sustaining motivation through regular accomplishments and self-care. Overall, the key to excellence is giving one's best effort continuously.

1. Towards Excellence
Personal & Professional

2. Latin-”Persona”
Personality
 That which shows one member of a group as being different
from other members of the same group
 An organized human whole which acts towards the
fulfillment of a purpose
 Sum total of all the impressions/tendencies that an
individual has inherited and of those he has acquired by
experiences
 Personal and distinctive brand image

3. Resources

4. Human Resource Development (HRD)-Obligation of the institution
Human Resource Management(HRM)-Privilege of the society
Human Resource Development
Education is defined as a process of
 Providing a fertile soil & facilitating the holistic development of
the child through mentoring
 Orientation to life, providing for wholesome growth through
meaningful and relevant exposure, enrichment & empowerment
 Realization of potential endowed with
 Conversion of capacity into capability

5. Success
 Progressive realization of a worthy goal
 Achievement of set goals that are visible and measurable
 Credentials(e.g.)degrees,certificates,resume
Effectiveness
 Degree & quality of performance (e.g.) Personal interview
Excellence
 That which combines success and effectiveness

6. Definition
 Helps one to make the inherent potential perceivable and
measurable
 One’s certainty that one could not have done better while
finishing an assignment
 Going beyond one’s anticipated performance
 A constant perseverance for quality in performance with natural
distinctiveness & commendable consistency-whether supervised
or not
 A passionate involvement for personal gratification and not
inspired by recognition or reward
 Being the best in the context of one’s potential endowed

7. Outcome
A Paradigm shift from
 Mundane routine to exciting creativity
 Stale monotony to fresh insight
 Complacent comfort zones to risky adventures
 Narrow exam-oriented approach to wholesome growth of
the child
 Mediocrity to excellence

8. Why
 Increases productivity
 Fosters teamwork
 Solves problems
 Improves quality
 Creates a congenial atmosphere and work-culture
 Breeds loyalty
 Facilitates better relationships
 Reduces stress
 Makes one lovable

9. Why
It leads to
 Bitterness
 Resentment
 A purposeless life
 High stress levels
 Ill-health

10.  Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it
 Excellence comes when the performer takes pride in doing
his/her best
 The quality of the work and the quality of the worker are
inseparable
 The feeling of a job well done is a reward in itself
 Half-hearted effort doesn’t produce half result; it produces no
results

11.  It is better to do small things well than do many things poorly
 To inculcate in students a desire for excellence-While finishing
an assignment one shouldn’t feel one could have done it better
 To persevere for the first best-excellence
The second best-mediocrity

12.  Reluctance to take risks
Irresponsible and rash behavior is not risk taking
Responsible risk-taking is based on
 Positive attitude
 Knowledge & Understanding
 Skills
 Competencies
 Discernment and clarity
 Confidence
 Resourcefulness

13.  Unwillingness to plan and prepare
 Desire for Instant gratification
 Lack of conviction
 Lack of persistence
 Looking for short cuts
 Lack of priorities
• Essential
• Desirable
• Wasteful
Life is like a ten speed bicycle, most of us have gears we never
use

14. Fear of
 Failing
 The unknown
 Making wrong decisions
 Rejection
 Criticism

15. Reasons
 Having unrealistic expectations
 Not knowing what it really takes to succeed
 Pre-mature obsession with perfectionism

16.  Understand and expect that at times you will fail.
 Don’t take failure personally
 No one succeeds all of the time, probably not even most of
the time
 Remember that failure has produced many successes
 Appreciate the benefits of failure
 Believe in yourself

17. Sets the pace for professional growth and development
Nurtures valuable experience and insight
Results in flexibility and open mindedness
Uses an opportunity to redefine one’s goals or set upon a
new path, if necessary
Finds more ways of being creative and sharpens your
problem-solving skills
Increases one’s self-worth and self-confidence
Builds strength of character and focus

18. Measures to sustain
Decide what you want
Finalize your long term goals
Workout your short term goals
Identify practically possible strategies
Learn to break up into smaller units
Keep track of your progress
Post motivating materials visually
Draw inspiration from the end result
Replenish your resources
Make it a part of your nature

19. How to build
 Acknowledge your uniqueness
 Persevere to realize your potential
 Give it your best
 Celebrate your strengths
 Address your weaknesses and inadequacies
 Reinforce your positive attitude
 Cultivate your spaced- out planning

20. Accomplish something concrete in regular intervals
Overcome your obstacles
Sharpen your skills and competencies
Sustain your self motivation
Treat every new initiative/assignment as an opportunity
for development
Identify and confront your fears
Take good care of your health

21. Related to Self
Know yourself
LoveYourself
Be true to yourself
Related to CriticalThinking
Having a personal value system
Perspective
Have an open mind
Sense of humor
Resilience
Acceptance

22.  Has improved self confidence and a healthy self
concept
 Is more in touch with realities
 Is able to communicate effectively with others
 Enjoys more fulfilling relationships
 Has more stability and control over life

23. “Success comes in Can-
Failure in Can’t”

24. “Your mind is the ruler,What you think you
become”