As part of
the Professional development avenue, the rotaractors participated in an
enthralling and deeply inspiring presentation on Designing your future:
The power of goal setting by our very own Rtn. Joseph Niroula who is
also the president of our home club RC. Patan South. The presentation
was held on 7th May, 2013 in Manny’s Tapas bar at 4:30 PM and saw
participation of 11 rotaractors and 1 guest.
In the hour long
presentation, Mr. Niroula discussed four major components that help in
designing a successful future: Vision, Goal, Self Belief, Thinking
differently. He stressed on the need to define a clear goal and give
specific instructions so as not to confuse our mind and to base our goal
on the three simple questions: What is my goal, Why do I want to
achieve it and how am I going to achieve my goal. He constantly reminded
us: “Dream. Dream so big, dream so wild that people call you mad.” He
highlighted on the difference between the choices of words and reminded
us to use positive language while talking to oneself. Eg: to say “I want
to be on time for work” instead of “I don’t want to be late”. In order
to boost self confidence he suggested a very tried and true technique:
to start the day by feeding one’s mind with positive compliments about
how awesome one is and how happy he/she is to be alive. He also shared
with us three keys to success: “I can do it”, “It is possible” and “I
deserve it” that would bolster our self belief and ultimately lead to
success.
Illustrated by gripping examples and witty questions,
the presentation was interactive and the whole time, the rotaractors had
their eyes glued to the screen and ears stuck to what the presenter was
saying. The one video about a differently-able guy named Nick was
particularly awe-inspiring and motivating. Despite having no limbs at
all, the guy had so much of optimism and self belief that he refused to
indulge in self pity for what he did not have. Rather, he set outagainst
all odds to show the world the ultimate example of the power of
self-belief and to motivate the youths to make the best of whatever they
have, to love and accept themselves. [He is one of Germany’s highest
paid motivational speakers today]. There were titillating riddles and
quizzes in between and Josh sir also never forgot to give gifts of
chocolates and a novel to the first ones that answered correctly.
At
the end of presentation, he also shared his vision of Nepal in 2030
which was the picture of present Malaysia-so advanced and highly
developed- when in fact Malaysia’s conditions were worse than Nepal’s 25
years back. He expressed his hope that if Malaysia could do it, we
definitely could too, as he filled all of us with zest and we
effervesced with “We can do it, we will do it” attitude. The seminar
formally ended with fellowship hi-tea at 6:30 PM. All in all, the
presentation was a great motivation and refreshment for all of us. We
hope to hold similar other interesting seminars for our members in the
near future.