SETTING SMART GOALS

Do you struggle to set goals? How many times have you set a goal but not found enough motivation to complete it or found the goals unrealistic after some time?  The reason behind this is that we do not set proper goals. goals that are well defined and have a purpose a reason the "WHY?" behind setting the goal. Here is a step by step procedure for setting SMART GOALS by the Jim Kwick inspired by the author of the book "START WITH WHY", Simon Sinek. 

Setting SMART GOALS, we will use the acronym SMART:

S - SPECIFIC 

M- MEASURABLE 

A- ACTIONABLE 

R-  REALISTIC

T- TIME-BASED 

Tough this acronym is self-explanatory let us have a look at in brief:

S -  Specific 

Your goal should be well defined. If you want to be rich don't say I want to get rich, say you want to make a certain amount of money.

M - Measurable 

Your goal should be measurable. Getting fit isn't measurable running a six-minute mile is.

A - Actionable 

Develop action steps. You won't reach your destination if you don't know the map and directions.

R - Realistic

Your goals should challenge and stretch you, but no so much that you give up on them.

T- Time-based 

A goal is a dream with a deadline. Setting a deadline makes you more likely to achieve it.  

   

I hope that this procedure will help you set smart goals and you won't give up on them.

You are a Genius

Usually, when we hear the word genius we think people like Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Srinivasa Ramanuja, or any other scientist, mathematician, or innovator. Someone who is extraordinarily intelligent is usually termed as a genius. But what if I tell you that there are types of geniuses? And that intelligence and academic success is not a criterion in any of them. 

There are four types of geniuses. Let's look at each one of them in detail now.

Types of Geniuses:

1.DYNAMO GENIUS 
2. BLAZE GENIUS
3. TEMPO GENIUS
4. STEEL GENIUS 

1. DYNAMO GENIUS 

They express their genius through creativity and ideas. Shakespeare was a dynamo genius for his brilliance at inventing stories, Einstein was a dynamo genius for his imagination, visualization, and his ability to do complex thought experiments. Dynamo geniuses are the ones whom we most commonly think of as geniuses. Galileo, Stephen Hawking, Beethoven, Edison are few more examples of Dynamo Genius. 

Albert Einstein was a Dynamo Genius. 

2. Blaze Genius 

Blaze Geniuses become clear through their interaction with others, They have extraordinary ability to connect with the hearts, minds, souls of a wide range of individuals. Blaze Geniuses tend to be master communicators. Oprah Winfrey, Narendra Modi, Manish Paul, Logan Paul are some examples of Blaze genius. Anchors, hosts, podcasters, social media influencers, and politicians come under this category.

Logan Paul is a Blaze Genius

 

3. Tempo Genius 

Those whose genius expresses through their ability to see the big picture and stay the course are called tempo genius. Tempo geniuses tend to understand the long view in ways that most of those around them cannot.  They didn't worry that they liked being extra careful and wanted to take more time over things.

They just stayed calm and grounded, taking their time.  Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Warren Buffet are some examples of Tempo Geniuses.

Warren Buffet is a Tempo Genius.

4. Steel Genius 

 Those who are brilliant at sweating the small stuff and doing something with details that others missed or couldn't envision come under Steel Genius. Steel geniuses love getting all the information they can get and have a vision for doing something with that information that most others miss. Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergey Brin, Henry Ford, Mark Zukerberg fall under this country.

Ronaldo is a Steel Genius.

If you are still with me you might have already figured out what kind of genius are you and that you just to improve in that. Some of you might be also feeling that you fall under multiple categories with one trait being dominant than others. There is this combination of these geniuses inside all of us waiting for itself to express the key is letting it free.

GREEN WARRIORS OF INDIA

Nature is healing. This is probably the only good news that we have read in the past few months since a worldwide lockdown was imposed and people were home quarantined because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tough a lot of countries have now reopened, most of the people are still confined to their homes, and those stepping out have to follow certain norms and restrictions, 'the new normal' as they say.

 

While we have started to observe many positive changes in the environment because of human inactivity during these times I thought of writing this blog post to make you aware of some of the  'Green Warriors' from India who have been contributing to a better and greener future for the human civilization. 

   

1. Malhar Kalambe 

Malhar Kalambe

Malhar Kalambe started 'Beach Please' an initiative to clean the Dadar beach and Mithi River every weekend. He started Beach Please on September 10, 2017, when he was 19 years old. Malhar didn’t approach anyone formally or went to any organization asking for help to support his cause. He started the campaign simply by circulating the messages on WhatsApp. “I started sending texts to my friends urging them to come forward and help me clean up Dadar beach and now we have about 100-120 people who join us every Sunday,” he says.

One of the Clean Ups at the Dadar Beach

As of  Jan 2020, "Beach Please" has cleaned 3,800 tons of garbage from the coastlines of the beaches and banks of the Mithi river. This initiative has engaged around 40,000 citizens till the date. The cleanup drives are free of cost. The cost of equipment and other requirements for the cleanups are funded by Malhar and his team. The major focus of this campaign is on sensitizing the communities so they don't pollute the river and we don't have to collect this waste. 

Malhar's mission is to restore natural beauty as much as he can and he is doing it through "Beach Please". He received the V-Award, an initiative by the United Nations Volunteers India. The award, supported by UNICEF, aims to celebrate young people, who are making the world a better place for all through their acts of volunteerism every day and everywhere.    

Malhar receiving the V-Award. 

2. Ridhima Pandey

Ridhima Pandey

Ridhima Pandey started her activism back in 2013 after she saw the devastating effects of climate change in the form of Kedarnath floods. Ridhima was among the 16 child petitioners including Greta Thunberg, who filed a complaint with the United Nations to protect lack of government action on the climate change crisis at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 held in New York. 

In 2017 March Ridhima, at the age of 9, filed a 52-page petition in the “National Green Tribunal” to take necessary action on climate change. She wakens up the government, highlighting the growing concern of overpopulation and environmental degradation in the count.

Ridhima Pandey at UN Climate Action Summit 2019, New York. 

In 2019, Ridhima Pandey with Great Thunberg and 14 other child petitioners raised her voice against the climate change petition to the "United Nations Child Rights Committee" was, "I am here because I want all the global leaders to do something to stop climate change. If it's not going to be stopped, it is going to harm our futures."

“I want a better future.

I want to save my future.

I want to save our future.

I want to save the future of all the children and all people of future generations.”

 

3. Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva is a 67-year-old environmental activist, scholar, food sovereignty advocate, and anti-globalization author. She is currently based in Delhi. Author of more than twenty books she has written and spoken extensively about advances in the fields of agriculture and food.

Vandana Shiva

Her activism includes opposing Golden Rice and soaring seed prices of the GMO corporations.

She strongly opposes golden rice. Golden rice is a breed of rice that is genetically engineered to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of Vitamin A.   

Golden Rice

Shiva supports the idea of od seed freedom or rejection of corporate patents on seeds. Shiva calls the patenting os life 'biopiracy', and has fought against attempted patents of several indigenous plants, such as basmati.

Vandana Shiva receiving the Sydney Peace Prize, 2010.

Vandana Shiva has been awarded Right Livelihood Award (1993), Sydney Peace Prize (2010), Thomas Merton Award (2011) to name a few.

There are many other such Green Warriors in India and across the globe, Do you know any? Mention them in the comments below.