Learn How to set i m possible Goals from Mission Mangal......
While At Work .........
Q1. Do we set the right Goals?
Q2. Do we lack a sense of purpose?
Q3. Do we combine our ambition with our passion & continuously ask "Why" ?
Then go & watch Mission Mangal to get all the answers ........
Mission Mangal was the dream come true project for the Indian scientists at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) In 2014 . With it's super success , India became the first country in the world to successfully launch Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), more popularly called the Mangalyaan Mission.
In the film, Rakesh ( Akshay Kumar) is assigned to the Mars Mission at ISRO, This seemed to be an almost impossible project & other scientists only laughed at it . But, Rakesh and Tara (Vidya Balan) decided to keep their head high & their goals even higher.Even at the face of all the odds .....i) minuscule budgets, ii)extreme criticisms from their peers and iii) pressure from all the corners & iv) a team of junior scientists from ISRO Both Rakesh & Tara kept on dreaming higher & higher only because they had a well defined Mission or purpose ..... which is the prerequisite of setting Goals :
Rakesh & Tara set their Lifetime Goals first .Then they infected others with the undying determination. ... for example Rakesh asked the pregnant Varsha ( Who was willing to go on a maternity leave for 6 months) if she just want to be a Mom or a MoM Mom ......& won her over...
In the film they defined their Mission as sending a satellite into the orbit of planet Mars in the maiden attempt & thus becoming the first country in the world to reach the distant planet, Mars, in its first attempt. This Mission & Vision shaped their Goals .
Effective Goal Planning :
In the film Rakesh faces adversity with a smile & always has a back up plan . Vidya Balan talks astrophysics while frying Puris....& also strikes a balance between being a scientist, an extremely demanding job, and at the same time being a homemaker .....
Q. So what's keep them so motivated?
A : Their effective Goal planning at each & every step of their lives.
Their difficult yet realistic Goals & the willingness towards attainment of goals was the main source of motivation. As per Locke's theory (1960) specific hard goals produce higher level of output & the individual Do their best . Mission Mangal gives us a clear example of that. The Mission Mangal comprising of five strong women Tara, Eka (Sonakshi Sinha), Neha (Kirti Kulhari), Kritika (Taapsee Pannu) and Varsha (Nithya Menen) & 2 Men, Parmeshwar (Sharma Joshi) and Ananth (HG Dattatreya)lead by the charismatic Akhshay is a clear example of how the Hard & challenging goals linked with a purpose & higher mission can activate our power to think innovative , out of the box and finally accomplishing all our goals with great passion & determination by coming up with low-cost solutions for the Mars mission. It makes us believe that Dreams do come true if we set the right & challenging goals in our lives.... plan it effectively & fearlessly pursue it till we reach our destinations. Dream Big... Work Hard & Stay grounded...humble.