Welcome to Surana College. I wish all the new students all the best and can reassure the parents that they made a good choice.
You are between being a caterpillar and a butterfly. On one hand you are dealing with physiological changes, then you have to meet the requirements of parents and finally you are having to deal with your own thoughts that go all over the place at this time. In a situation like this, I request you to spend the next two years of your time doing the PUC course thinking about 4 things.
You are between being a caterpillar and a butterfly. On one hand you are dealing with physiological changes, then you have to meet the requirements of parents and finally you are having to deal with your own thoughts that go all over the place at this time. In a situation like this, I request you to spend the next two years of your time doing the PUC course thinking about 4 things.
- Self Discovery
- Self Discipline
- Living Life
- Developing right attitudes and habits
This is the time to understand yourself. Try to spend some time discovering your strengths. Build a dream and detailed plans to achieve dreams.
All research on the criteria for success has always emphasized that 'self discipline' is the essential requirement for success. You can be successful only when you are able to to do all the important things. One additional benefit of self discipline is that it gives us time for ourselves. When we are disciplined, we will have a lot of time for all the things we want to do.
'All work and no play makes jack a dull boy' I am sure you have heard this. Do not think this PUC course is your whole life. A mind works best when it is in a healthy body. We can and must have regular physical activity. Find time to catch a movie or socialize. Please have a life!
One of my friends and motivational speaker Ram Sheshu says 'Repeated thoughts becomes an attitude' and 'Repeated behavior becomes a habit' We have the power to change our thoughts. We need to have the right attitude. Everyone can not win the same race. We must win our own race and not bother about running their race. Everyone cannot get into IIT not because they are not good enough, only because we have a process of rejection rather than of selection. Develop an attitude of doing your best and not getting worried or parlysed when something does not happen the way you wanted it to happen. Be positive all the time, each of us is unique and there is place for everyone to be happy. Just see within your family itself, even the most successful people have failed sometime or the other. How we respond and react to setbacks is really very important.We need to reflect on our failures and learn from them and then move on.
I have two requests for the parents who are also here. 1. Don't think of your children as achievement machines, let them bloom in all aspects of life. 2. Try to use only positive language at home. Ban expressions like 'you cannot' 'no,no,no' and 'it is not possible' from home. Do use such expressions and do not allow the child to say such things.
Wish you a wonderful stay here and I am sure all of you will do very well in whatever you choose to do. Have a great day and smile often!
