A double major grad in accountancy and financial planning, Nick completed his education from the Griffith University. Today, he is an internationally known motivational speaker on subjects related to teens. Nick is also a director of a motivational short documentary film ‘Life’s Greater Purpose’, which highlights his life and regular activities.

With a vision to dream big, Nick has proven to the world that physical disabilities cannot hinder individual’s success and progress in life. In his endeavor to inspire others, he has made a DVD ‘No Arms, No Legs, No Worries: Youth Version’. This is one of the best pieces of his creativity and direction.

Nick has also starred in the short film The Butterfly Circus, and released a music video called “Something More”. This limbless man is a live inspiration for all of us to look beyond disability and embrace life wholeheartedly.

A successful industrialist, educator, writer and a business advisor, Shiv Khera is a self-made speaker and motivator who has touched million lives with his inspirational work. Known for his charismatic ability to inspire and encourage people, his self-motivated personal messages travel across the globe. The initiator of USA-based, Qualified Learning Systems Inc., Shiv Khera has a knowledge, research, and perception of around 30 years.

He delivers inspirational lectures and has built a successful company in motivational speaking – Qualified Learning Systems Inc. This internationally known inspirational speaker conducts dynamic workshops on motivation including Blueprint for Success. He believes in making people recognize their true potential and helping them achieve the path to individual growth and fulfillment. His energetic and motivational seminars have benefitted more than ten thousand people across 17 countries. This Keynote orator has also made an appearance in several radio as well as television shows.

As an author, Mr. Khera has written around 12 books, of which “You Can Win” is an international bestseller. The motivational book has made a record worth sales of about more than 2 million copies in 16 different languages. Besides, Shiv Khera is an active politician and activist.

He is involved in socialist activities and has started a movement opposing the India’s system of caste-based reservation. His venture, “Country First Foundation”, has started with the mission to guarantee freedom by means of justice and education. He has teamed up with an Indian political party as National President and looks forward to contest Delhi’s upcoming elections.

If you have never failed you have never lived!

Life = risk

The key message of this motivational video which highlights the failure experienced by several successful people including Michael Jordan, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney and many more.

- I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

- I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

Thomas A. Edison

- All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Walt Disney

Failure is a part of success! … Watch the full video and draw your inspiration.

Leadership, at the forefront is about trust; getting others to trust and believe in you, your abilities, and vision. Below are some steps you can take to better help you to emerge as a true leader in these times:

1. Convince others that you have a vision. Your vision must be crystal clear to yourself and others, and must ring true so those you lead feel safe in following you.
2. Convince others that you have the knowledge, skills, and tools at your ready that will enable you to deliver. Just having a clear and purposeful vision is not enough. Having the tools necessary to deliver the implementation of your vision is just as crucial. Your people must believe to the depths of their souls that you have what it takes to make things happen.
3. Convince others to let you take hold of the steering wheel for the time necessary to move your vision into action. Without someone steering, nobody gets anywhere. For too many, the decision of indecision is their preferred strategy. That does not work in leading an organization through the land mines of today’s globally volatile economy but rather definitive action is needed. Any if you are going to call yourself a leader, take definitive actions.
4. Help others to imagine how your vision will result in helping to make their lives better. Nobody wants to make their life worse. However, it is your job as a leader to help those you lead to see the light, the glimmering light of hope through ultimate actions. As you inspire your organization to be better, to do better, through your own personal actions. They are “listening” to what you “do” more than listening to what you say. Be the example of what’s right, rather then embody the problem.
5. Celebrate every milestone on the way. As you steer your organization toward your vision, have milestone markers set up along the way and be sure to celebrate every marker reached. This helps those in your organization to viscerally realize that the organization is moving toward the intended vision.

Leading others is about building a trusting relationship with them; they have to trust your direction, strategy, and implementation tactics. Trust is the most powerful relationship glue on earth. You earn trust; trust is not bestowed upon you based on title, position, or any other outward trappings. Nor is trust instant but rather an accumulation of all that you say and do. You must keep your word in all aspects; actions, rewards, and penalties—otherwise your word is only partially valid which actually translates to: no trust. Say what you are going to do, do what you say, and say what you did—therein are found your successful leadership strategy.

Copyright © 2010 Ed Rigsbee http://www.rigsbee.com. All rights reserved. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Ed Rigsbee for permission to reproduce selections from the copyrighted works of Ed Rigsbee

There is a story about three boys who were climbing a tree. The one reaching the top first was to be the winner. From down below, their peers and families kept shouting, ‘Don’t go up. It’s too high. You may fall.’ Soon, two boys gave up as they were listening to these negative suggestions. But one boy kept climbing and reached the top. Can you guess why this boy won? Because he had put cotton in his ears and listened only to his inner voice that constantly told him, ‘You can reach the top.’ Had he listened to the negative words of the people standing around the tree, he too might have given up. But he kept moving up and reached the top. The moral of the story: you must turn a deaf ear to all the words that arouse fear, insecurity or doubt in your mind.

People who say you can’t do something are usually those who have either never tried or given up quickly and accepted defeat as a reality.

Your words can shape your destiny and create the kind of life you wish to live. The words that you think, say, write or act upon have a direct role in moulding your road to success. Each word that surrounds your soul, mind and body comes with a spirit that has a powerful influence. Every word that you think, read or act upon has the seed of creation and the potential to grow into the tree of success.

Words are the powerful means through which you express your thoughts. Each word has a spirit. Once spoken or written, it sets a spiritual phenomenon in motion that materializes into a physical shape: either in a creative or a destructive way, corresponding to the intention with which the word is expressed. Words generate a great power when they are mixed with emotions and repeated over time.

Most people develop a pessimistic attitude towards life because they probably did not get enough words of appreciation, support or encouragement when they were young. Therefore, you must make a conscious effort not to be influenced by negative words even if you hear or read them.

The Power of Words has a tremendous influence on our behaviour and actions in daily life. Your belief system is made up of and kept alive through your internal dialogue: the communication that you have with yourself. This self-talk has a great impact on your mind. Internal communication is at work all day, even while you are sleeping. Your intentions spur the selection of the words you say to yourself. Positive words are chosen in case of a positive intention and destructive words are picked in case of a destructive intention.

While a genuine word of appreciation can inspire you to improve your performance, a word of criticism may discourage you. For example, when a child receives constant assurance from his parents that he has the capability to do whatever he wants to, the child keeps on going. If the same child is repeatedly told that he is miserable and cannot improve, he feels dejected and may become a pessimist.

Two Action Steps:

Step 1: Guard your self-talk. Your internal dialogue is the single most important factor that helps you achieve success. Words can instil enthusiasm, create positive energy and bring out the best in us.

Step 2: Make a notebook of positive words and inspirational quotes. Words, when used effectively, have the potential to inspire positive action. You should write down positive words and quotes in a notebook and dip into it a couple of times each day.

Success Mantra
Think, speak, read, write and listen to only positive, beautiful and affirmative words (as far as possible). The words that touch you in any form affect you strongly and shape your thoughts, attitudes and character—the three foundations of success.

©Shishir Srivastava, Motivational Speaker and Author ‘The Eight Powers within You’ .