Power of Stories - Capturing Essence of Loveshots Conversation
Youth capital is one of the most sacred and massive capital - not only for a community but also for economies in general.?
How youth is influenced, incentivized and infused with resources - determines how the next generation sets itself for the next 3-4 decades.?
Youth capital, as we see it; is filled with a phase of sudden changes, growth, learning over the go and continuously improving, looking up to the set benchmarks and figuring out its own individual identity within the broad spectrum of work and personal life.?
And by far, it is also one of the capital that requires utmost understanding, empathy, guidance, a comfort zone to explore freely without any fear, having confidence to conquer the entire world, take on diverse assignments and have that non-judgemental arena to go on with full rigour without fear of anything in general.?
There is a very important function of systems, policies, incentivization structures, broader cultural nuances influenced by the media, set framework of hierarchy and education reforms.
The broader arena where youth is more free, in the space of non judgement, possessing confidence and courage, having bandwidth to explore and test itself out in various fields with complete accountability and not binded or sabotaged by external pressure is utmost important.?
In conservative communities - the circle makes it very easier to outcast bold judgements having negative confrontation without realising the consequence of the same;
And it mostly works in the “If…Else…” statements
IF you don’t pass with good grades, you will end up failing for your entire life…
IF you decide to give up on this project, it will be very hard for you to get other projects…
IF you decide to take this bold move of not pursuing this career option, believe me you will end up repenting for the rest of your life…
And the list surely goes on !
The developed communities give more chances, they are tolerant towards failure, they are more heart driven and encourage youth to follow heart and mind freely. And the biggest successes are often carried by those having a very big failure resume but extremely resilient mindset.?
How we are shaping youth is of utmost importance and while, it is irrelevant to mould youth as per the perfect picture that we have in our mind - the best scenario is to give them the broader space where they are open to be their own original selves.?
In my entire phase of 28 years till now, life has been really smooth for me, since I hardly tried something unconventional or out of the box in spite of having the inner calling since a long time to venture into something that had real life implications at scale and that had inspiration imbibed for a broader and the most important segment of society.?
I confirmed with all the set benchmarks, secured top ranks in school consecutively, got awarded with best student of school, scored decently in 10th, scored decent enough to get into good schools for bachelors, cracked one of the toughest entrances for most coveted programs in the very first attempt, secured and landed decent experience, and the list goes on !
Since childhood, while I had been seeing things rolling out smoothly - there was a set need to pursue something that had real life implications but never executed before with a very high purpose quotient.?
Bachelors gained me a very big exploratory time. And in that exploratory time, I received lots of bandwidth to map purpose quotient, innovative quotient and application quotient.?
With the broad list of things under my plate, it was more of building plans on paper.
And that’s where when Ador launched, it was not just about me, it was about youth who had been in the harmony of pursuing their own passion and following the calling of their inner heart.?
It was more about understanding the underlying traits built in exemplary leaders who consistently followed their heart and built the castle of influential aura around their community.?
And when we captured 70+ conversations, the impact it had over my holistic self was far more significant what I had expected it to be, since when we went through the entire mining of these stories - I personally got the sort of upbeat influence very closely from leaders from diverse backgrounds and age - groups.?
And that’s where it is of utmost grace to understand from these leaders who are humble, kind and consistent in their field ; for me they have indeed been torch-bearers of inspiration, influence and guidance in the most modern as well as relevant way.?
Here, I aim to capture some of my learning that I will carry for the rest of my life and I consider they will do a good justice in condensing the most important insights on human growth and potential
When we follow our inner heart and do things that we really love, we express the divinity in full or in tranches. And we will very well realise the growth in our own evolution when we are one with our inner calling. The more we admire and start loving our holistic version, the more comforting, kind and happy our inner self will be.?
2. Recognizing and bringing forth the power of human potential
At times, our inner voice limits our own potential and does not make us understand the nuances and potential that our mind holds.?
Some of the stories had an element of consistency, rhythm and nerve-wrecking passion in spite of multiple odds.?
It is in the most pressing times that we realise that we are more than the limits that we have laid on our own selves. The power of self is beyond our own realms to capture and fully understand, however trusting our own selves and following inner heart is one of the most confident ways to fully recognize our own selves
3. Understanding mindset
Mindset is a function of 3-4 aspects.?
1. Your identity in your own mind????
2. Your circle of Influence?????
3. Your future goals?
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4. The stories that have most influence in your head and heart
When all these four aspects are empowered, it makes a person filled with a resilient, inspiring and growing mindset.
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4. Following heart and inner calling
Many times, we don’t follow our inner calling or we have not rather figured out our own inner calling. When we figure out our inner calling, the circumstances and life-stage inhibit us from doing so.
However the leaders who went on to follow their passion with all heart went on to showcase that immense growth in their holistic self from Period A to Period B. Following inner calling and heart leads to growth of mind, body and soul.?
Recognizing and bringing forth the power of human potential
5. Holistic growth - Mind, Body and Soul
Say, a person who is addicted to activities that are beneficial is in the perfect trajectory for compounded growth in the longer run. An individual who loves dancing and consistently follows the same is bound to witness holistic growth across three pillars - mind, body and soul.?
As per the most followed spiritual scriptures of India, it is advised to?
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6. Intangible power of Inspiration
There is an intangible power in inspiration. And with all humility, I have been bestowed with these 70 stories very closely.
Even a minor fragment of how they maintain their calm in high pressure situations, how graceful they are when it comes to expressing their passion, their humility to share learning with open heart so that everyone can learn from it as well as having an innate way to have non-judgemental, kind and compassionate attitude to accept and put forth their view-points deserves utmost admiration.
We all face ups and downs, however how we gracefully allow the situation to set itself for greater good of our own selves as well as community around us, determines how we value our own mindset and our own people. For me, this inspiration is intangible and it is one of those precious gifts that will stay? with me through-out the course of my life.?
7. Traits of Consistency and Resilience
Resilience is one of the innate traits that we practise more as we face higher degree of challenges.?
One person may give up at the 15th time when he/she is not able to capture a new dance step, another person will persist till the 150th time to ensure that step is performed with utmost grace.?
One person will be embraced to fail in front of 10,000 people and in one event of failure, he/she may give up on the entire art form for life time owing to embarrassment.?
However, another will be perfectly fine with failure, get up and practice consistently to turn that event into the memory of recognition and achievement.?
Youth needs to be enamoured with the traits of resilience and consistency. And it is hard, since it stretches the limits of the brain.?
When we see the stories of individuals who have imbibed these traits, it sets forth the correct foundation to imbibe these traits.
8. Power of Humility in Learning: When you are feeding soul, you are imbibed in humility?
Humility is the perfect ornament of a loving soul.?
If there had been one trait that needs to be encouraged and it is the most beautiful, encouraging and loving for everyone - it is the trait of humility.
A leader who has achieved 100+ medals is humble enough to talk with utmost grace and respect with everyone - it creates the rhythm of becoming good humans holistically and showcasing it 24/7.?
Humility is a trait that we can all grace ourselves with - consistently.?
The more we practise it, the more learning we receive from leaders who want to share their learning, open up their heart and create impact for society at large.
9. Unfathomable power of stories
One act of donation of food improves life of a person for one time ;
One investment in education builds foundation for an entire lifetime ;
However,
Stories empower and build Generations and Societies;
I believe in the power of stories. And I have been been humbled to learn from it closely from some of the most passionate leaders of our nation, I consider that stories empower an entire generation as well as societies.
Since it is these stories that a youth will look upto and say that yes, this is possible and even I can dream and achieve the same.
It is these stories that will enable a youth to let go of the limitations and become confident and extremely rigorous in following their dreams.
It is these stories that everyone will keep in the bottom of their hearts and resonate with, that will make them believe in humanity, power of human potential and in the traits of love?
And hence, we will keep on capturing more of them;
One story at a time,
One for the youth,?
One by the youth.