Author: Shakshi Maheshwari, Sushmita Patel, Dharvi Bhadani, Riya Mistry, Srusthi kalathiya and Rutvi Vithani
Reading time: 8-10 minutes
“A great man is always willing to be little.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
An underrated quality that isn’t touched upon often.
It's something mentioned heavily in religious texts, and it should seem a touch old-fashioned, but it’s a top quality that's wholly necessary during this day and age.
HUMILITY
Humility means “the state of being humble.”
RATAN TATA
The time when he congratulated the entire team on a video call
A Tata group personalities planned and built up a board space for Tata Trust with assorted types' most recent sound and visual hardware. After this, Ratan Tata complimented the whole group on a video call and discussed their future undertakings for the following 30 minutes.
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The time when travelled economy Class
An individual explore posted this image on Facebook that became famous online in 2016 for quite a few reasons. This image was taken when air Asia initiated their flight course to Goa in 2014. It was a delight to see Mr Tata travel economy class, setting a model for all business fat cats out there.
He always sits next to his driver
At whatever point he is riding alone, he generally sits close to his driver. In any case, when the driver isn't accessible, he drives himself around.
By: Srusthi Kalathiya
APJ ABDUL KALAM
There are some who inspired few and there are very rare who inspired an entire generation, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was one of the very rare ones.
He was a scientist, a teacher, and President of India from 2002-2007. No adjectives
are enough to highlight the exemplary contribution of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to India’s space and defence programs.
People admire him not for what he has given to Science, but also due to his unmatchable personality.
Real Life Incidents
Once, the missile man rejected the suggestion to put broken glass on the wall of a building that needed protection because broken glass could be harmful to birds!
President Kalam is known to write his own thank you cards.
One instance is when Quora user Naman Narain drew a sketch of Dr. Kalam and sent it to the President. To his surprise, the President sent him a thank you card, with a short handwritten message and personalised with his signature.
Once during an event, Dr. Kalam refused to sit on a chair that was designated for him – because the chair was larger in size than the other chairs!
IIT -Varanasi, 2013, convocation day, Dr. Kalam (Cheif Guest) refused to sit on a chair that was designated for him – because the chair was larger in size than the other chairs.
Having been the former President of India & a renowned individual as well as globally know scientist the special chair was offered to him, but, he denied to sit on that.
He invited a cobbler and a small hotel owner as the “Presidential Guests”
As the President, Dr. Kalam was entitled to invite any two people as the “Presidential Guests” to the Raj Bhavan of Kerala during his first visit to Trivandrum.
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He called a roadside cobbler who was quite close to Dr. Kalam during his time in Kerala; and an owner of a very small hotel where Dr. Kalam used to have his meals. This gesture shows his level of simplicity.
The Man who didn’t accept gifts or favor
Once Dr Kalam went to attend a function sponsored by Sowbhagya wet grinders. On that occasion, they gave him a grinder as a gift. He refused to accept it but since he needed it he insisted on paying for it.
The Managing Director of the company was reluctant to receive money from Kalam and did not encash the cheque for over a month.
Source: theindianexpress.com
Further, Kalam directed them to deposit the cheque to avoid returning the grinder. The company agreed to deposit it. But they did not want to let go of the treasure and decided to keep a copy of the cheque. They got it scanned and have framed it.
Key Qualities
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- Kind and Polite
- Down to earth
- Simple
- Inspired others to dream big and led through example
- He not only asked to think differently, but assured us that it is okay to be different by leading his life with that principle
- He never had air of boastfulness despite his splendid accomplishments in a variety of subject matters. He always seemed to be “one of us.”
- His unparalleled humility came with deep compassion
- He really seemed to care about the success of others
- He did not look down upon others
- He never cared too much about status or designations
Dream Dream Dream
Dream transforms into thoughts and thoughts result into action
By: Shakshi Maheshwari
MOTHER TERESA
Mother Teresa's definition of humility stresses the down-to-earth. She believed that humility is the mother of all goodness. It’s in being humble that our love becomes real and loyal.
She always said that “Learn to be humble by doing all the humble work. You can’t learn humility from books: you learn it by accepting humiliations. If we accept them with joy—will help us to be holy, meek and humble just like Jesus.”
Mother Teresa’s strengths lie in her capability to cooperate, Readiness to listen, way of thinking, ability of being neutral and ordinary. Here are see some inbuilt qualities of Mother Teresa: Practical and Confident, Tender, Reflective, Intelligent and Spiritual, Peaceful, Communicator, and very caring.
She had a strong personality and was able to convinced people to see the world her way.
Real Life Incident
Once upon a time, Mother Teresa was living in a small house along with orphans in Calcutta.
One day there was nothing to eat. She didn’t know what to do. They all prayed to god and went to beg. In the neighborhood, there was one shopkeeper who hated Mother Teresa. She went to him and said, “Please, give some food to us.”
Shopkeeper looked at Mother Teresa with anger and split saliva on her hand. She kindly wiped the saliva with her sari and said; “Thank you for what you have given to me. Will you give something for my children?”
The shopkeeper was shocked at the humility of Mother Teresa and asked grace from her. Then on he began to help to the orphan children.
The true lesson from Mother Teresa is to live your life on your own values. Conditions should never deter one from his or her personal goals and mission.
She had a strong personality and was able to convinced people to see the world her way. She always said that, "We don't need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion. Spread love wherever you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
By: Sushmita Patel
BARACK OBAMA
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Barack Obama filled in as the 44th President of the United States.
The energetic character of America has abandoned numerous life exercises for all us to be a superior being. Force, position, and humbleness are infrequently observed together and Mr. Obama is an ideal example of this harmony.
- Goodness impact the force:
He suffered such a great amount of scorn over the span of his administration, yet he never overlooked anything and consistently showed love, humbleness and graciousness to other people.
Let your fantasies pick you. It doesn’t imply that one ought to not be goal-oriented. It just intends to permit your aptitudes and ability to locate your future.
One must discover simple yet temperament invigorating ways that decrease the pressure. A new and cool brain thinks well than an angry and forceful one! In his 10 years residency of the administration, media has once in a while caught him strained.
Family isn't something that meets up just in the emergency. It should be a piece of day by day living. The couple always remembers to commend each other in meetings and occasions.
Real Life Incident
In talking about his confidence at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama settled on a decision for humility - a characteristic which, he noted, Washington could grasp fully.
The first in what will be a series of Obama discussions with kids is the photo catching the second when the President permitted a young man to contact his hair.
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By: Dharvi Badani
AKSHAY KUMAR
An Indian actor that became Bollywood’s one of the most leading performer and is known for his skillfulness.
Real Life Incidents
During the shoot of Khatron Ke Khiladi, one
of the player was leaving the show since he failed to meet expectations. At the
point when Akshay asked him what he would have finished with the game with
victory, the member stated, “ I will utilize it for my dad’s cancer operation”.
Akshay didn’t simply call him to support, he even gave him a rs.25 lakhs.
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At time of promoting one of his film
Entertainment, Akshay Kumar attended an event which was organized by Youth
Organization in Defense of Animals (YODA). Akshay bought a Burberry jacket from the
exhibition at that event, which cost him for Rs.1,00,000 and he paid Rs.
3,60,00 for the same and then donating the entire amount to YODA.
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In April 2017, Akshay Kumar also helped in developing a proper insurance scheme for the Bollywood’s stunt artists.
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Akshay's monetary contribution to the Indian army deserves respect.
Akshay Kumar has vowed to donate ₹5 crore through Bharat Ke Veer, which is a fundraising initiative of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. He eventually launched Bharat Ke Veer app and website to aid people make monetary contributions to the families of martyred jawaans.
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In the year 2016 November , Akshay Kumar had volunteered to adopt a village that was hit by farmers' suicides.
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Not many of us know that he also launched a school of martial arts to give self-defence training to women and that also for free in Mumbai and that school has trained 4000 women!
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By: Riya Mistry
NANA PATEKAR
Nana Patekar is one of Bollywood's most talented, humble and down to earth actor. Over time, Nana had established himself as one of the best actors in Bollywood.
Nana has always left us in awe of the kind of roles he has played over the years. This super talented star is not only an actor, but also a writer, philanthropist and filmmaker.
He leads a simple and not very luxurious life. Nana still lives in a 1BHK apartment with her mother. He does not believe in extravagant spending, rather he likes to spend money on welfare.
He also offered sewing machines to the widows of farmers who had committed suicide. It has helped almost 62 families by donating 15,000 rupees each to Latur.
During a check distribution ceremony in Marathwada, Nana himself went to each seat to deliver the check to the farmers' widows.
By: Rutvi Vithani
