# Pebble # 7 Five star performer….

Mahesh Kumar Shinde, is a candidate I trained in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, in Mumbai. This was again a TCS programme with duration of 21 days. On the third day of training the module was on Build the Brand called YOU other wise it was more or less a corporate etiquette session. I appeared that day in the best attire and spirits I have. While session was in progress, Mahesh raised his hands to ask a question. His question embarrassed the other 35 candidates who came from different part of Mumbai. He asked “ Sirji, all is well, your presentation, slides, dress codes everything; but are you paying me so much that I can come in this dress code every working day”? It was one among the moments of truth in my coaching experience.
It was in that spur of moment I realized that I had the power to act not react. With a smile, I replied Mahesh, I really don’t have an answer for your question. But I have read, and I follow one secret which I got from one of my friends it was this: Don’t dress for the job that you have. But dress for the job that want to have in life. I helped him understand with few examples.
From that moment onwards Mahesh got a spark of enlightenment in his mind. It’s post 1.5 years now. I am receiving a call from a Mumbai landline with a happy tone. Mahesh on the other side, he is almost into tears, he says Abraham, I have got the best appraisals in my team which rated me 5, the maximum. Now I realized everything what we discussed in our training time. I was speechless. Thanked God. Praise God.
Dear, can you accept people as they are?
Can you make a look like loser into an achiever?
Do you realize the difference between acting and reacting in moments of truth of your life?
Can you bring stars to the life of darkness others are into?
If so dear, You are the man.