Dr. Sanjay Mishra

विचारणीय आलेख

शतक लगाने के सपने में खोया एक स्कूली बच्चा...

आजकल माता-पिता अपने बेटे से मैदान पर कदम रखते ही शतक लगाने की उम्मीद करते हैं। यह उम्मीद यहीं खत्म नहीं होती, बल्कि बढ़ती ही जाती है। बच्चों को गाना भी सीखना चाहिए। पढ़ाई में भी अच्छे नंबर लाने चाहिए। माता-पिता को लगता है कि उन्हें हर क्षेत्र में शतक लगाना ही होगा। इन्हीं उम्मीदों के बोझ तले उनका बचपन खो रहा है। यह बात कोई नहीं समझता। आज मुझे सोलापुर के ज्ञान प्रबोधिनी स्कूल के बच्चों से इसी विषय पर बातचीत करने का मौका मिला।

बच्चों से बात करते हुए मुझे भी कई बातें समझ में आईं। आज की पीढ़ी जेन Z है। उनकी आँखों में सपने तो हैं, लेकिन उनमें धैर्य की कमी है। आँखें खुलते ही वे चाहते हैं कि उनका सपना पूरा हो। उन्हें हर बात का तुरंत जवाब चाहिए, वे सब कुछ जल्दी से पा लेना चाहते हैं।
लेकिन ज़िंदगी ऐसी नहीं है। कुछ चीज़ें न चाहते हुए भी करनी पड़ती हैं। बच्चों को इस बात का एहसास होना चाहिए।

उनसे बात करते हुए मैंने उन्हें क्रिकेट का एक आसान सा उदाहरण दिया... हर दिन अलग होता है। कभी-कभी यह खुशी लाता है, कभी चुनौती, कभी असफलता। और कभी-कभी कुछ और. जब हम बल्लेबाजी करने जाते हैं, तो क्या हमें पहले से पता होता है कि गेंदबाज कौन सी गेंद फेंकने वाला है? वह बाउंसर, यॉर्कर, फुल टॉस... कुछ भी फेंक सकता है। कुछ गेंदें छोड़नी पड़ती हैं। कुछ खेलनी पड़ती हैं। कुछ बॉल्स छोड़नी पड़ती है और कुछ पर चौके लगाने लगाने का अवसर मिलता हैं। ज़िंदगी भी ऐसी ही है।

अगर आप हर गेंद पर शॉट लगाने की कोशिश करेंगे, तो विकेट गिरेगा ही। धैर्य ज़रूरी है। आपको सही मौके का इंतज़ार करना सीखना होगा।

आज की पीढ़ी हर चीज़ की जल्दी में है... चाहिये मतलब चाहिये। जो मांगो वो मिलना ही चाहिए। वे तब तक नहीं रुकते जब तक उन्हें वो मिल न जाए। वे सोचते हैं कि चूँकि उनके माता-पिता हमेशा देते हैं, इसलिए उन्हें भी कुछ भी मांगना चाहिए और वह कुछ भी तुरंत ही मिल जाना चाहिए। लेकिन मैं कहता हूँ, एक दिन, अपने माता-पिता की दी हुई एक भी चीज़ का इस्तेमाल न कर के गुजार के दिखाओ तो तुम्हें उनकी महत्ता समझ आ जायेगी

माता-पिता, शिक्षकों, रिश्तेदारों को उनके योगदान के लिए देखा जाना चाहिए। अगर हम 99 प्रतिशत अंक पाकर उनके साथ रूखा व्यवहार करें, उनसे लगातार बदतमीजी करें, तो जो कम अंक पाकर उनके चरणों में बैठा रहता है, वह महान है। ज़िंदगी सिर्फ़ अंकों के बारे में नहीं है। अंक आपकी मेहनत का प्रतिबिंब हैं। आप जितनी ज़्यादा मेहनत करेंगे, उतने ही बेहतर परिणाम पाएँगे। लेकिन कम अंक का मतलब असफलता नहीं है। निराश मत होइए। खेलिए, पूरे मन से खेलिए। लेकिन खेलों में भी आपको सम्मान, ईमानदारी और निष्ठा बनाए रखनी चाहिए। अगर ये नहीं हैं, तो यह किसी भी खेल में जीत और हार के समान है।

जब तक किशोर हो, तब तक बचपन का आनंद लो. मज़े करो। लेकिन खुद पर भरोसा रखो। कुछ चीज़ें सीखने में समय लगता है, कुछ चीज़ें अनुभव से ही सीखी जा सकती हैं। क्रिकेट ने मुझे सिखाया... अच्छी गेंद का इंतज़ार करो। जब वो आए, तो उसे ठोकना ही होगा। ज़िंदगी भी ऐसी ही है।

*Sunday Story*

(Narrated by Mr. P N Murthy)

My wife called, 'How long will you be with that newspaper? Will you come here and make your darling daughter eat her food?

I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter, Sindu, looked frightened; tears were welling up in her eyes.

In front of her was a bowl filled to its brim with curd rice. Sindu is a nice child, quiet and intelligent for her age.

I picked up the bowl. 'Sindu, darling, why don't you take a few mouthful of this curd rice? Just for Dad's sake, dear'.

Sindu softened a bit and wiped her tears with the back of her hands. 'Ok, Dad. I will eat - not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole lot of this. But, you should’. Sindu hesitated. ‘Dad, if I eat this entire curd Rice, will you give me whatever I ask for?'

'Promise'. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with mine, and clinched the deal.

Now I became a bit anxious. 'Sindu, dear, you shouldn't insist on getting a computer or any such expensive items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. Ok?'

'No, Dad. I do not want anything expensive.'

Slowly and painfully, she finished eating the whole quantity. I was silently angry with my wife and my mother for forcing my child to eat something that she detested.

After the ordeal was through, Sindu came to me with her eyes wide with expectation. All our attention was on her.

'Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!' was her demand.

'Atrocious!' shouted my wife, 'A girl child having her head shaved off? Impossible!'

'Never in our family!' My mother rasped. 'She has been watching too much of television. Our culture is getting totally spoiled with these TV programs!'

'Sindu, darling, why don't you ask for something else? We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head.'

'Please, Sindu, why don't you try to understand our feelings?' I tried to plead with her.

'Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat that Curd Rice'. Sindu was in tears. 'And y

What does a chair mean to you?

A tool for work—or a symbol of power?

Here’s a quick story.

A few months ago, our office had auditors visiting.

I had to step out for a Zoom call, so I offered my chair to an assistant from the auditor’s team.
His response?

“I can’t sit on your chair.”

I smiled and said,

“This chair doesn’t define me—or what I do.”

It was a small moment, but it reminded me of something big:

We often give unnecessary importance to symbols like chairs, titles, or offices.

And when we do, we undermine what leadership truly means.

In workplaces, I’ve seen this play out repeatedly:

— Leaders refusing to start meetings until they’re in the room.

— Managers holding onto titles instead of building trust.

— Power struggles based on hierarchy, not collaboration.

This isn’t leadership.

This is control.
True Leadership Is About Trust.

Here’s what real leaders do:

— They lead with action, not symbols.

The best leaders let their work—not their chair—speak for them.

— They create spaces where ideas thrive.

When people feel heard, great ideas flourish.

— They prioritize collaboration over hierarchy.

True respect comes when you value contributions over job titles.

So starting today…

1. Share your space.

Whether it’s your chair or the conversation, make room for others to step in.

2. Foster a flat hierarchy.

Encourage your team to use first names, share ideas, and challenge the status quo.

3. Redefine respect.

Respect isn’t demanded—it’s earned through your actions and the trust you build.

How does your leadership style build trust?

Do you lead with control or collaboration?
Leave a comment with your answer.

Let’s redefine leadership.

It’s not about the chair you sit in—it’s about the impact you create

Bottom Up Marketing !!

Many secrets of poor sales or failed expectations are revealed when the leadership visits the market place .
Here is the story to drive home the point .
The year : 1984

Apple had launched Macintosh, positioning it as better product, than the PCs. But the sales remained sluggish . Apple's earlier two products were not received greatly and add to it the sluggish sales of Mac worried Steve Jobs .

Steve decided to visit some of the big stores , and that is where he came across the problem , firsthand .
He along with his VP, visited several of the big computer stores.Though the Mac was a great draw, attracting people who had heard so much about it and wanted to see it for themselves.

Mingling with the crowd and eavesdropping, Steve got to know that the people who came to buy Mac, were given reasons they would be better off buying a PC or the earlier Apple II product.

The real reason he found out later digging a little more : That the store and the salesmen made more money selling PCs than selling Macs.

Moreso , he found out the the sales teams had little knowledge of the product , its comparison over the PC and that most of the sales team members were poorly trained and were not knowledgeable about what made Macintosh so superior, so much easier to learn and use.

In one of the books ," Leading Apple with Steve Jobs " by Jay Elliot ( Former VP of Apple) , there is a mention that in one of the stores , the front sales team member did not even know how to operate a Mac.

Many of us would remember Sumant Moolgaonkar, the venerated MD of TELCO ( now Tata Motors ) going missing during lunch breaks. Till one day when some executives followed him and were surprised to see him having food with truck drivers at one, " Shere-E Punjab Dhaba".He had been coming there and discussing what was good and what was bad in a Tata Truck, scribbled down and came back to his office to have meetings with the Engineering department . He made efforts to improve upon the experiences of drivers.

Or

The evolvement of the plastic round packaging bottles by Marico, which made Marico so successful.

How do you react to a ‘no’?
Most people don’t know how to.
A ‘no’ is a trigger. A ‘no’ is a reflection — of true character. A ‘no’ is a mirror.
Disagreement is not easy to deal with. Even when you might not know it all — you strive to put your best foot forward. Disagreement is not easy to deal with — when you’re not confident in yourself. When your armour is made of glass.
But truly, what is your story without these adversities? You play a character teeming with possibilities — slowly, you meet your nemesis. It’s you — your insecurities, your doubts, your anxieties. You build a shell — a defence mechanism.
Your whole life, in that sense, is an undoing. You slowly take apart this shell piece by piece — you slowly face your fears. You sit across the table.
From there, it’s the courage to stand up to your own shortcomings — that is where you grow. Being faced with the uncomfortable questions — that is where you ‘become’. The grit to stand your ground and the grace to give in — that is where you thrive.
How do you react to a ‘no’? You take it in stride. You allow yourself to fail — you know where to fall. And then, you’re right back up.

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The Ant and the Contact Lens: a true story

A***n was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite cliff. He was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather during this, her first rock climb. As he rested there, the safety rope snapped against her eye and knocked out her contact lens. 'Great', he thought. 'Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of feet from the bottom and hundreds of feet to the top of this cliff, and now my sight is blurry.'

He looked and looked, hoping that somehow it had landed on the ledge. But it just wasn't there.
He felt the panic rising in him, so he began praying. He prayed for calm, and he prayed that he may find his contact lens.

When he got to the top, a friend examined his eye and his clothing for the lens, but it was not to be found. Although he was calm now that he was at the top, he was saddened because he could not clearly see across the range of mountains. He Prayed to GOD, 'Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me.'

Later, when they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the cliff they met another party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, 'Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?'

Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the rock, carrying it!

The story doesn't end there. A***n's father is a cartoonist. When he told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact lens with the caption, 'Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You.'

I think it would do all of us some good to say, " God, I don't know why You want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's awfully heavy. But, if You want me to carry it, I will".

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called ones!

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बहुत सुन्दर कथा
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एक महिला रोज मंदिर जाती थी !
एक दिन उस महिला ने पुजारी से कहा अब मैं मंदिर नही आया करूँगी !
इस पर पुजारी ने पूछा -- क्यों ?
तब महिला बोली -- मैं देखती हूँ लोग मंदिर परिसर में अपने फोन से अपने व्यापार की बात करते हैं ! कुछ ने तो मंदिर को ही गपशप करने का स्थान चुन रखा है ! कुछ पूजा कम पाखंड, दिखावा ज्यादा करते हैं !
इस पर पुजारी कुछ देर तक चुप रहे फिर कहा -- सही है ! परंतु अपना अंतिम निर्णय लेने से पहले क्या आप मेरे कहने से कुछ कर सकती हैं !
महिला बोली -- आप बताइए क्या करना है ?
पुजारी ने कहा -- एक गिलास पानी भर लीजिए और 2 बार मंदिर परिसर के अंदर परिक्रमा लगाइए । शर्त ये है कि गिलास का पानी गिरना नहीं चाहिये !
महिला बोली -- मैं ऐसा कर सकती हूँ !
फिर थोड़ी ही देर में उस महिला ने ऐसा ही कर दिखाया ! उसके बाद मंदिर के पुजारी ने महिला से 3 सवाल पूछे -

1.क्या आपने किसी को फोन पर बात करते देखा?
2.क्या आपने किसी को मंदिर में गपशप करते देखा?
3.क्या किसी को पाखंड करते देखा?

महिला बोली -- नहीं मैंने कुछ भी नहीं देखा !
फिर पुजारी बोले -- जब आप परिक्रमा लगा रही थीं तो आपका पूरा ध्यान गिलास पर था कि इसमें से पानी न गिर जाए इसलिए आपको कुछ दिखाई नहीं दिया।

अब जब भी आप मंदिर आयें तो अपना ध्यान सिर्फ़ परम पिता परमात्मा में ही लगाना फिर आपको कुछ दिखाई नहीं देगा। सिर्फ भगवान ही।

'' जाकी रही भावना जैसी ..
प्रभु मूरत देखी तिन तैसी।''

जीवन मे दुःखो के लिए कौन जिम्मेदार है ?
👉🏻ना भगवान,
👉🏻ना गृह-नक्षत्र,
👉🏻ना भाग्य,
👉🏻ना रिश्तेदार,
👉🏻ना पडोसी,
👉🏻ना सरकार,

जिम्मेदार आप स्वयं है।

1) आपका सरदर्द, फालतू विचार का परिणाम।
2) पेट दर्द, गलत खाने का परिणाम।
3) आपका कर्ज, जरूरत से ज्यादा खर्चे का परिणाम।
4) आपका दुर्बल /मोटा /बीमार शरीर, गलत जीवन शैली का परिणाम।
5) आपके कोर्ट केस, आप के अहंकार का परिणाम।
6) आपके फालतू विवाद, ज्यादा व् व्यर्थ बोलने का परिणाम।

Refine, Study & Grow in Silence.

Once upon a time, four learned sages decided to undertake MaunVrat in order to fully absorb the gist of their learnings.

They began with and iron will with not a word spoken as they pondered on their accumulated knowledge. By night as they lay along the river bank, the oil lamp near them went out.

The first sage let out "Oh, No."

The second sage rebuked "Hey, we are on MaunVrat".

The third accused "Why did you two guys break it then?"

The fourth boasted "Wow, I am the one who outlasted you and didn't speak'.

Within an instant, the instinctive flaws namely , , and respectively came into the forefront. Each of that sage was learned and possessed knowledge. However, everyone encountered a different stumbling block which everyone of us is prone to.

The first sage got distracted easily as the lamp went off. The second was too quick to judge by pointing out flaw. The third one was irritable and angry as the got broken. The forth sage who spoke last was too proud that he couldn't resist declaring his pointing out that he was superior as he outlasted others.

Every knowledgeable person contends with his own flaws while on the journey to acquire .

True is in incessantly , refining the skill sets and growing in silence regardless of whether it's acknowledged by the world or not.

in silence.

in silence.

in silence.

rightly said "A seed grows with no sound but a tree falls with huge noise. Destruction is noisy while creation is silent. Grow silently"

How to be more imaginative?

" is the foundation of all and " said J.K Rowling

Being Imaginative consists of greater in thoughts and ability to exercise it to situations. Here are some ways to tap into this potential:-

1. Mind the repetition
As per research by Dr. Fred Luskin at Stanford, a human being has approximately 60000 thoughts per day - 90% are repetitive. The first step to be imaginative is to be wary of of destructive thoughts.

2. Minimize Overload
Whether it's media updates or breaking , information overload is a hindrance to imagination because in excess can affect the processing capacity. Put down all distractions at least 2 hrs each day.

3. Indulge
After ruminating & overload are avoided, indulge in an imaginative enterprise daily. Say 1 hour of drawing, , or whatever puts your imaginative muscle to test.

4. Travel
can broaden your and widen the sphere of your thoughts and your imagination.

5. Experimentation
If you like movies, choose horror occasionally to spice up your life. If you read, conflicting versions of the same subject so that your imagination is fertile to wider range of possibilities. .

6. Choose imaginative company
Imaginative can be your creative co-worker or an age old who wrote something unique. Actively seek presence of imaginative people to enrich your capacity.

7. Let go
The best run for imagination is when you are no longer thinking about it. Imagination runs riot and is at its best when you let mind take over.

8. Mindful observation
Being while keenly observing a makes you imaginative. The more you observe the of things, the more imaginative you become.

9. Day dream
Daydreaming seems like an idle enterprise but suggests that day leads to higher imaginative and results in work.

10. Be open and aware
Keeping your mind open to new while being self-aware makes you imaginative. Keep your mind open and attract imaginative