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FodOO’s ‘Be Tempting’ Fundas

“What does it take to be successful?”
“How do we build a magnetic personality?”
“How do we actually become tempting to recruiters and everyone?”
“What does it take to excel at campus placements?”

To put simply and succinctly, the FodOO ‘Be Tempting’ Fundas equips
you with all the tools for “strategies that enable you to enhance your life in
all domains"

The following ‘Be Tempting Strategies’ might act as eye openers and
expose you to something new altogether or it might simply reinforce
something which you already know but never followed due to lack of self
drive. Success takes efforts. Whatever you would learn here would just
be a tip of the iceberg and the real change in your personality would only
come when your practise these strategies with utmost conviction and
passion.

If you find yourself enjoying, laughing, thinking and being challenged by
what you read and participate in, be sure you have already stepped on
the road to be the most tempting talent of your batch.

Just follow these strategies unconditionally and prepare to be awakened
to a reality of success!

Go Ahead! Be Tempting!

Be a FodOO
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FodOO Be Tempting Funda # 1

Overcome Shyness
Human Being is a
Social Animal
There are many people who suffer from shyness and are unable to
represent themselves fully in front of others. Shyness can bring The way we have been created by the
Almighty, speaks volumes about how
problems in personal and professional life where it is necessary to
we should respond and reciprocate in
interact and exhibit your feelings and thoughts. This is typically this world. We have been given eyes to
what happens with a lot of engineering students. A lot of see, ears to hear and a tongue to
engineering students, by nature or due to over academic speak. We need to communicate
indulgence, are shy and generally do not open up much. verbally or non-verbally with all the
. stimuli in the environment to develop
The Result? They do not interact much with their friends, do not totality in our personality.
participate in college activities, do not share their problems with
faculty and sometimes suffer from a peculiar sense of insecurity How do we define a ‘Pleasing
and become under confident. As a consequence they are not able Personality’?
to experience overall growth and lack profusely in team skills,
Napoleon Hill describes a pleasing
interpersonal skills, communication skills, enthusiasm, self drive
personality as the personality that
and pro-activeness. They are unable to develop a magnetic attracts. He says that “your personality
personality by the time they graduate and tend to become least is the sum total of your own
tempting and unattractive with lesser prospects of a wonderful characteristics and appearances that
campus placement. Thus if shyness is a predominant feature of distinguish you from all others. The
your persona it will surely hamper your academic life and clothes you wear, the lines in your face,
subsequent transition to the corporate world. the tone of your voice, the thoughts you
think, the character you have
To be a FodOO and to be successful at campus placements and developed by those thoughts – all
to be tempting to recruiters, you should immediately get rid of constitute part of your personality.
shyness and become an extrovert. Speak to people, learn to
express yourself and reach out. Don’t be afraid of rejections. Also,
remember interaction is the best from of information. Be social and
participate in various activities in multiple domains and prove your
mettle. Discover yourself! Take feedback and give feedback.

OPEN UP!



Unlearn
Do You Smell
Coffee Beans?
Confused? Why do we need to unlearn something that we have
learnt? What do we mean when we say “Unlearn?” Great How often have you been to a shopping
Question! Unlearning is the process of subtracting the negative mall and bought some fragrance for
yourself? What is that one thing that the
programming you have imbibed and have eventually believed in,
salesman at the counter keeps
simply due to repetition. repeating after every fragrance that he
exposes you to?
Whatever we have learnt is not always correct and hence we
.
should be ready to unlearn the programming that doesn’t fit our He makes you smell coffee beans.
success goals. This could be true for the way you have learnt Why? Because after every fragrance
basic programming skills or the way you have learnt to solve that you smell, the sensory cells of your
Sudoku puzzles or the way you have leant to play a guitar or the nose get conditioned to the earlier
way you have learnt to give presentations or the way you have smell. And hence even if you smell a
learnt to communicate officially. Be prepared to unlearn the new fragrance you still smell the earlier
processes you have already learnt if you get an opportunity to one. Smelling coffee beans in between
actually beaks that vicious circle and
relearn them and do them even more effectively.
neutralizes our sensory cells to smell
and feel the new fragrance.
Additionally, you need to evaluate the messages that you’ve been
given throughout your life and decide if that’s what you truly That is how you also need to unlearn
believe. Belief is extremely powerful. If you believe in something old things, theories and concepts and
that contradicts your desire or goal, then that goal will not be met replace them with new ones which are
for sure. Don’t let past mistakes oppress your success. Don’t own more effective and take you closer to
failure. It kills all your inner strength. Learn from it. But don't own it. your goals.

Additionally, unlearn the negative programming of others too.
Don’t listen to those who tell you “it can’t be done.” Do not
condition yourself for mediocricity. You always deserve more!

LEARN. UNLEARN. RELEARN!



Know Your Basics
Characteristics of a
Successful Engineer
If you want to be a successful engineer you can’t forget or ignore
your basics. The most stable architectures of the world have one - Good at Math and Science
thing in common. They all have very solid foundations. - Enjoys puzzles and has a very
logical thought process
- Likes to solve real life problems
Do not be superficial. Quite often students in an attempt to do a lot and is good at it
of projects across various domains simply forget the basics of - Invites academic challenge
even the most key domains. All flowers on the stem of a plant - Loves to multitask but is a good
.
would dry if you do not water the roots properly. Do not do time manager
something just for the sake of putting it on the resume and then - Curious and wants to know how
fumbling at it in the interview. Rather focus on the key academic things work
domains of your department. For example, a CSE student might - Willing to constantly learn new
have a thousand certifications to prove his mettle in various cutting things as technology is always
edge technologies but if he does not know the difference between changing
an array and a pointer, he is simply worthless. Similarly if an ECE - Enjoys working with other creative
student is ignorant of the basics of electronics, all his projects and and smart individuals
- Keeps himself/herself constantly
degree are null and void. updated on general and
technology affairs
As an engineer you have to naturally be curious with a typical - Wants a career that's interesting
‘How-to’ brain. Whatever subject you study in your curriculum, do and varied
not just skim through it rather deep dive and build long lasting - Would like to make a difference in
concepts for clarity of understanding. This also holds true for all the world
non academic or extra curricular activities that you participate in.
You need to emphasize on the base and the top will take care of
itself. But remember, you need not know everything but you
should surely know where to find it when you need it because
engineering is not only a profession but a way of life.

STICK TO CORE!



Be Energetic
What do batteries and
people have in common?
As a fresher you need to be brimming with energy and be as vibrant as
the morning sunflower. People with higher levels of energy draw more Answer: We all have positive and
attention and create a powerful impact than those will lesser energy negative sides.
levels. But how do we stay motivated and self energised always?
To achieve anything in life, it is
Here are some ways to overcome negative energy and stay positively imperative to have positive energy. No
energised: matter what happened to you in your
past, you have an obligation. If you are
.
- Stay away from negative people to be successful, you must decide your
- If you have to be around negative people, whether you’re at primary energy is going to be positive
college or home, try deterring the negative comments and energy.
conversations to that of a positive nature
- Be constructively involved in activities which actually contribute The “But” is negative. If the negative
to your positive personality growth. Succeeding in all such “But” is discarded, all you have is an
endeavours fetches you appreciation and hence brings positive objective fact, not necessarily negative
energy to you or positive. You can work with objective
- Participate in some physical exercise like running, playing facts in a positive nature. If you have a
tennis or even yoga to destress and keep yourself charged negative “But” all you have are excuses
- Have fun! Find something you really enjoy doing and do it. for not going forward in life. You have
When you have done it, talk about it. You may love to do excuses for not succeeding. You have
animation, running, play basketball, painting or singing. Make it excuses for not embracing inner
a regular practice to engage in your favourite activity. strength. Excuses need to be
eradicated from our behaviour.

When you meet your friends or your faculty, the enthusiasm with which "One of the most powerful forces in the
you greet them creates a very strong impression about you. Be energetic world is the will of men and women who
and proactive. Everyone you meet (be it your faculty, lab assistant, believe in themselves, who dare to
librarian, canteen boy, mess worker, etc) should be sending positive hope and aim high, who go confidently
vibes about you. Positive energy is happiness over sorrow, hope over after the things they want from life."
worthlessness and success over defeat. The challenge is to urge you to - Author Unknown
evaluate your daily primary energy.

LIVEN UP!



Be Interesting David J. Schwartz
1. The Magic of Thinking Big
Stephen Covey
Everyone loves meeting interesting people. Who makes more friends in 2. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People
the college? Who are considered to be most creative? Who are
3. The 8th Habit
considered to be really dynamic? Who are the live wires of the college Paulo Coelho
picnic? Those who are most interesting. Simple. 4. The Alchemist
5. The Winners Stand Alone
So either you have a skill which differentiates you from the herd or your Robin Sharma
conversations are interesting. For your conversation to be interesting, 6. The Monk who Sold His Ferrari
you have to be interesting yourself. What does this mean? Being up-to-
. James Allen
date is one way to be interesting. Everyone loves someone who has 7. As a Man Thinketh
something substantial to say because he or she is aware of what is Napoleon Hill
happening around the world. Watch TV, read the newspapers, keep 8. Think and Grow Rich
9. The Laws of Success
abreast of current events. There are so many things going on around the
10. The Leader in Me
world that are worth paying attention to. Norman Vincent Peale
11. The Power of Positive Thinking
Another way to keep things interesting is to be involved. Join chat Brian Tracy
groups, or even face-to-face organizations. Or, if you know you are 12. Eat that Frog
going to socialize, then be prepared. Make a mental list of the meaty 13. Speak to Win
things that can be discussed. Bottom line is, no one likes a hot air 14. How Leaders Lead
balloon. If you are going to talk to people, make sure you know what you Sun Tzu
are talking about. 15. The Art of War
Zig Ziglar
16. See You at the Top
To be a FodOO, you should read a lot of self-help books. Garbage In! Ken Blanchard
Garbage Out! What you feed your brain is what forms the basis of your 17. The One Minute Manager
thought process. Jack Canfield
18. Chicken Soup for the Soul
BE A MAGNET! Thomas A. Harris
19. I am OK. You are OK.
Spencer Johnson
25 Self Help Books You Must Read 20. Who Moved my Cheese
Deepak Chopra
Dale Carnegie 21. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
23. How to Win Friends and Influence People Daniel Goleman
24. Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business 22. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can
25. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living Matter More Than IQ


10. The Google Way: How One Company Is
Be Interested Revolutionizing Management as We Know
It, by Bernard Girard
11. The Google Story, by David A. Vise
Be inquisitive about people, actions, things, places and everything and Mark Malseed
12. Inside Yahoo: Reinvention and the Road
under the sun. Your hunger for information and quest for search Ahead, by Karen Angel
determines how far you would go in life. Be really interested in 13. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding
people around you. of Facebook, by Ben Mezrich
14. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,
Just as you want to be interesting for people, they would like you by John Perkins
15. Call Me Ted, by Ted Turner and Bill Burke
to be interested as well. The surest way to make the conversation 16. The House of Dimon: How JPMorgan's
.
chemistry die is to look, act, and be uninterested in what the other Jamie Dimon Rose to the Top of the
person is saying. This may, at times, be difficult considering not Financial World, by Patricia Crisafulli
everything a person wants to talk about is necessarily something 17. The Machine That Changed the World, by
you would enjoy listening to. Also be sincerely interested in James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and
Daniel Roos
processes and self development opportunities. Like participating in 18. Against All Odds: The Story of the Toyota
a programming contest or going on a college adventure excursion. Motor Corporation and the Family That
Stay Interested. Stay Connected. Created It, by Yukiyasu Togo and William
Wartman
BE GENUINELY CURIOUS! 19. Buffett: The Making Of An American
Capitalist, by Roger Lowenstein
20. Losing my Virginity, by Richard Branson
Some People and Companies You Could be 21. Iacocca: An Autobiography, by Lee
Iacocca and William Novak
Interested In
22. Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story,
by Sam Walton and John Huey
1. The Road Ahead, by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson
23. The McKinsey Way, by Ethan M. Rasiel
2. Business at The Speed of Thought, by Bill Gates
24. Trump 101: The Way to Success, by
3. Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Now Runs Microsoft,
Donald Trump
by Fredric Alan Maxwell 25. Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler
4. How to Move Mount Fuji? Microsoft’s Cult of the Puzzle, by William
26. Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus
Poundstone
27. Jack: Straight from the Gut, by Jack
5. The Maverick and his Machine : Thomas Watson, Sr. and the making of
Welch, John A Byrne
IBM, by Kevin Maney
28. An Autobiography - The Story of My
6. Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond, by Thomas J Watson
Experiments With Truth, by M. K. Gandhi
Jr. and Peter Petre
29. My Years with General Motors
7. Tough Choices - A Memoir, by Carly Fiorina
by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
8. Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry, by Michael 30. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney,
Dell
by Michael Barrier
9. Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, by John Sculley and John A. Byrne



Think Big
Don’t Give Up!

The reason why most students end up leading an average Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the
personal and professional life is due to the confined approach. United States. For one reason or the
You do not participate in technology competitions because you other he was an utter failure in politics
before being finally elected as the
fear their will be students more intelligent than you who would President of America. He started from
steal the limelight. You do not apply for a BIG organization humble beginnings and didn’t let his
because you very strongly believe that you do not deserve the past keep him from achieving an
organization. The only thing that limits us is our amazing capability ultimate accomplishment. He is now
to .
think small and limited. thought to be one of the most
successful Presidents ever. He decided
As a student, do not accept others’ failures and restrict your own his success before his results were
capabilities. Just because one of your most intelligent senior of the realized.
batch was rejected in an interview for a multinational giant does
not necessarily guarantee your failure at the same. Nothing can Colonel Sanders: Founder of Kentucky
Fried Chicken. He started in his 60’s
limit you. The position or ranking of your college, the quality of
and didn’t stop until someone said yes
faculty in the college, your present status, your ignorance, your to his idea of selling his chicken. It’s
vernacular background, blah, blah…..blah, nothing can come in reported that he was told “No” over 900
the way to achieve your dreams. You can only defeat yourself with times before hearing that one “Yes”.
limited approach. It is rightly said, “As a Man Thinketh”. You are But that one “Yes” was all he needed to
what you think you are. become one of the most successful
chicken vendors in the food chain
To be a FodOO and to be successful at campus placements and today. Colonel Sanders teaches us that
to be tempting to recruiters, set your dreams free. Impossible is we’re never too old to start an
Nothing! Believe it and touch the sky or defy it and stay grounded. endeavour and to never give up until
The choice is yours. you hear your “Yes”. He decided his
success before his results were
realized.
BIGGER, THE BETTER!
Don’t ever give up.



Compete With Yourself
Who are you?

You are your own competition. This approach is exclusive of This might seem to be a very simple
others performance and its impact on you but still does not neglect question yet very complex to answer.
List your 10 characteristics. Now out of
them altogether. When you focus on others strengths and keep
those 10 characteristics that you listed,
envying them for their success, you are actually closing all doors decide on the one which is the most
of retrospection and personal growth. limiting to who you REALLY are. Who is
that person deep down inside that
Competing with yourself simply sets a standard set by you. Now place where the REAL you is.
.
you have to over shadow or outshine your own achievements. You Which characteristic is keeping you
scale yourself and constantly monitor your present performance to from becoming that person?
your earlier ones. This promotes inclusive growth. Got it?
Cross it off. That’s it. Just get rid of it.
You need to pour in all your energies to surprise yourself with your Your task for the next week, month,
own performance. For instance if you want to assess your English year and your life is to eliminate that
skills do a self check of your skills two years ago and today. Ask characteristic from your behavior. If you
want to become that person you
yourself if you see a change-up or down? Keep working in the REALLY are, you have to talk like that
direction so that you make it better than your earlier proficiency person talks, walk like that person
levels. walks, act like that person acts and
always do what that person does.
BEAT YOURSELF!
It’s easy to say you are
_______________________.
(fill in the blank)

But to actually become that person is
quite another task.



Sell Yourself
Dress for Success

Would you disagree with the statement? “Everything we do involves If you dress inappropriately and are not
selling.” clean, you may not get rave reviews in
the hygiene category and will most
When the last time you convinced your room mate to put a proxy likely not be thought of as a trustworthy
attendance for you actually you sold your request to him. When you ask individual. There are a number of
your dad to increase your pocket money, you are selling yourself. And reasons for this to be true.
even when you propose your girl friend you are selling yourself. We are
constantly selling and knowingly or unknowingly we have been doing But instead of getting into the
. psychology of it, just know that the
that with varied degrees of success. It’s true. We’re constantly judged by
the way we present ourselves. If you never show up on time, you may be majority public opinion would be
judged as someone who is unorganized and doesn’t respect time. Or something like, “If he/she doesn’t care
worse – you don’t respect other people’s time. enough about him/herself to tidy up,
they wouldn’t care enough about ‘fill in
Whenever you are trying to convince someone for something in your the blank.’”
favour you are actually selling yourself or your idea. So why should we
remain unaware of one of the most frequently done exercise of ours? Let Have you ever heard the phrase, “dress
us be aware of it and let us excel at it as well. for success”?

Just remember, you’re selling yourself always. Hence as a FodOO, Well if, for some reason, you’ve
develop a very structured approach of explaining things, be sharp at escaped this saying. Please pay
thinking on the feet, develop a never-say-die attitude, speak mutual attention to it. Those who are
interests, document all your achievements and competencies, know your successful dress accordingly. Dressing
weaknesses and the ways to overcome them or conceal them according to your belief of your success
effectively. will directly impact the success that you
believe you’ll have.
You sell yourself in the Viva exam. You sell yourself in the interview.
Thus know yourself in and out and hit the road with just one thing in Did you get that?
mind,

WINNING IS THE ONLY OPTION!



Measure Yourself
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Decide what you really want to do and do it. Often we think about Keep a planner recording your
what we want to do and make excuses as to why we can't do it. thoughts, ideas, feelings and personal
growth. Keeping a planner is a great
The reality is that the time we have taken to think up excuses as to way of measuring your progress.
why we can't do something, we could have done it. What have you
been putting off doing? Take this opportunity to do it, clear out the Login in your own self!
clutter. Once you have done it there is space in your mind to think
about other things. Read, Read and Read!
.
Find time everyday to do something for yourself. This is so Invest in your personality by reading
fundamental. We are so highly engaged in just the execution of regularly (WITHOUT FAIL) on:
things that we do not give time to introspection, Even if you give Current Affairs: English Newspapers
yourself 15 minutes, that is time with yourself to reflect and focus (The Times of India, The Telegraph)
on the most important person in your life, YOU. Weekly Magazines (India Today,
The Outlook)
Read or listen to personal development material. You must find Business Affairs: English
time to learn about personal development to read or listen to Newspapers (The Economic Times,
positive and inspirational messages. You could use the 15 minutes Business Standards) Weekly
put by for yourself to read a chapter of a book. Download a lot of e Magazines (Business Today,
books and stay updated and charged enough. Businessworld)
Technology Affairs: Keep a track of
Measure yourself periodically. Assess your past actions. Celebrate technology advancements through
your Achievements. But critically analyze your failures as well. various websites and monthly
journals

SCALE YOUR GROWTH!


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