OBEISANCE Obeisance to the best-in-laws SRI T.R.RAGHAVA IYER and SMT. LALITHA for their eternal love and support VOLUME VI – CHAPTER I YOU CAN REACH THE TOP Your first day as Principal- what is your vision, your ambition ? One day I should reach the top – become an...
VOLUME V – CHAPTER XXXI IS YOUR BATTALION “WITH” YOU? When a Principal told the author that he was afraid to speak to the Commissioner ( in a Principals’ conference) about his school, the author advised him:- “ You should be afraid only if you...
VOLUME V – CHAPTER XXVIII CAN YOU BE A DHONI? In the past for students only the cane and the scale spoke - ‘I say you do’. For the staff army barracks type command and control. The Principal was treated like a demi god, but now as they say in Telugu –...
VOLUME V – CHAPTER XXVI WHAT U ARE AND WHAT U HAVE ARE YOU PANDAVA’S KRISHNA OR KAURAVA’S KRISHNA? In Hinduism there are several gods. And also one over arching divine force. Each god has his/ her well defined role. One is in charge of creation; another of...
VOLUME V – CHAPTER XXIII KNOWS NOT AND KNOWS NOT HE KNOWS NOT KNOWS NOT AND KNOWS HE KNOWS NOT Through this you are only trying to compensate for what you lack. You are not presenting a picture of dependency. You should be like Barrack Obama picking up the best person...
VOLUME V – CHAPTER XXI AYURVEDA – A MANAGEMENT TOOL A lot of studies have been made on human behaviour – how people behave and why they behave like that, but all these studies are mind based – studying the working of the mind. Two management specialists, Navi Radjou...
VOLUME V – CHAPTER XIX THE TEACHERS HIGHLY TALENTED “PEOPLE WITH THE ARORA BOREALIS” SHINE Dr. Arnold Toynbee, the great historian said that a nation which does not identify its gifted citizens and develop them will sink – they form the intelligent minority. This...
VOLUME V – CHAPTER XVII BE A MAGNET- NOT A LONER, AN ISOLATE The author had seen Principals who adopted a “double pace” approach – they will be very servile, subservient, solicitous to their “boss” but very stern, strict and stiff towards their...
VOLUME V – CHAPTER XV EVERY SOLDIER CARRIES THE GENERAL’S BATON During the heavy floods in Ramnad District (TN) in November 1956, the villages around Tiruvadaanai, nearly a dozen were inundated with water and the people were marooned. Swami Saravagnanandaji Maharaj of...
VOLUME V - CHAPTER XIII CONSULT A FINANCIAL EXPERT All the parts of a motorbike will be available in the market. Instead of buying them and then try to assemble one, is it not advisable to go straight to the auto shop and buy a brand new one off the shelf and drive on...
VOLUME V CHAPTER X FINANCIAL LITERACY HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF YOUR FUTURE You go on working for 30 years. Then suddenly you realize that you have reached 60 and the day you complete 60 you have to retire - no more going to school, no more monthly pay. With a college...
VOLUME V CHAPTER VII HAVE A MENTAL PICTURE BEFORE YOU START PAINTING Your ability lies in making your school a canvas of experiences through which you enable your students to see the world. Be like an artist who has a vision before he starts on his...