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The C2C Be Tempting Strategy Guide

“What does it take to be successful?” “How do we build a magnetic personality?” “How do we actually become tempting?” To put simply and succinctly, the C2C Be Tempting Strategy Guide equips you with all the tools for “strategies that enable you to enhance your life in all domains" The following ‘Be Tempting Strategies’ might act as eye openers and expose you to something new altogether or they might simply reinforce something which you already know but never followed due to lack of self drive. Success takes efforts. Whatever you would learn here would just be a tip of the iceberg and the real change in your personality would only come when your practise these strategies with utmost conviction and passion. If you find yourself enjoying, laughing, thinking and being challenged by what you read and practice, be sure you have already stepped on the road to be the most tempting talent of your batch. So C2Cians, just follow these strategies unconditionally and prepare to be awakened to a reality of success! Go Ahead! Be Tempting!




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Human Being is a

Social Animal The way we have been created by the Almighty, speaks volumes about how we should respond and reciprocate in this world. We have been given eyes to see, ears to hear and a tongue to speak. We need to communicate verbally or non-verbally with all the stimuli in the environment to develop totality in our personality. How do we define a ‘Pleasing Personality’? Napoleon Hill describes a pleasing personality as the personality that attracts. He says that “your personality is the sum total of your own characteristics and appearances that distinguish you from all others. The clothes you wear, the lines in your face, the tone of your voice, the thoughts you think, the character you have developed by those thoughts – all constitute part of your personality.

The Be Tempting Strategy 1 Overcome Shyness There are many people who suffer from shyness and are unable to represent themselves fully in front of others. Shyness can bring problems in personal and professional life where it is necessary to interact and exhibit your feelings and thoughts. This is typically what happens with a lot of engineering students. A lot of engineering students, by nature or due to over academic indulgence, are shy and generally do not open up much. The Result? They do not interact much with their friends, do not participate in college activities, do not share their problems with faculty and sometimes suffer from a peculiar sense of insecurity and become under confident. As a consequence they are not able to experience overall growth and lack profusely in team skills, interpersonal skills, communication skills, enthusiasm, self drive and pro-activeness. They are unable to develop a magnetic personality by the time they graduate and tend to become least tempting and unattractive. Thus if shyness is a predominant feature of your persona it will surely hamper your academic life and subsequent transition to the corporate world. As a C2Cian, you should immediately get rid of shyness and become an extrovert. Speak to people, learn to express yourself and reach out. Don’t be afraid of rejections. Also, remember interaction is the best from of information. Be social and participate in various activities in multiple domains and prove your mettle. Discover yourself! Take feedback and give feedback. OPEN UP!




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Do You Smell

Coffee Beans?

How often have you been to a shopping mall and bought some fragrance for yourself? What is that one thing that the salesman at the counter keeps repeating after every fragrance that he exposes you to? He makes you smell coffee beans. Why? Because after every fragrance that you smell, the sensory cells of your nose get conditioned to the earlier smell. And hence even if you smell a new fragrance you still smell the earlier one. Smelling coffee beans in between actually beaks that vicious circle and neutralizes our sensory cells to smell and feel the new fragrance. That is how you also need to unlearn old things, theories and concepts and replace them with new ones which are more effective and take you closer to

your goals.

The Be Tempting Strategy 2 Unlearn Confused? Why do we need to unlearn something that we have learnt? What do we mean when we say “Unlearn?” Great Question! Unlearning is the process of subtracting the negative programming you have imbibed and have eventually believed in, simply due to repetition. Whatever we have learnt is not always correct and hence we should be ready to unlearn the programming that doesn’t fit our success goals. This could be true for the way you have learnt basic programming skills or the way you have learnt to solve Sudoku puzzles or the way you have leant to play a guitar or the way you have learnt to give presentations or the way you have learnt to drive a car. Be prepared to unlearn the processes you have already learnt if you get an opportunity to relearn them and do them even more effectively. Additionally, you need to evaluate the messages that you’ve been given throughout your life and decide if that’s what you truly believe. Belief is extremely powerful. If you believe in something that contradicts your desire or goal, then that goal will not be met for sure. Don’t let past mistakes oppress your success. Don’t own failure. It kills all your inner strength. Learn from it. But don't own it. Additionally, unlearn the negative programming of others too. Don’t listen to those who tell you “it can’t be done.” As a C2Cian, do not condition yourself for mediocricity. You always deserve more! LEARN. UNLEARN. RELEARN!




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Characteristics of a

Successful Engineer - Good at Math and Science - Enjoys puzzles and has a very

logical thought process - Likes to solve real life problems

and is good at it - Invites academic challenge - Loves to multitask but is a good

time manager - Curious and wants to know how

things work - Willing to constantly learn new

things as technology is always changing

- Enjoys working with other creative and smart individuals

- Keeps himself/herself constantly updated on general and technology affairs

- Wants a career that's interesting and varied

- Would like to make a difference in the world

Be Puzzled: Must for Engineering Students

- Puzzles to Puzzle You, More

Puzzles to Puzzle You, Book of Numbers by Shakuntala Devi

- Mind Bafflers, The Great Book of Puzzles and Teasers by George J. Summers

The Be Tempting Strategy 3 Know Your Basics If you want to be a successful engineer you can’t forget or ignore your basics. The most stable architectures of the world have one thing in common. They all have very solid foundations. Do not be superficial. Quite often students in an attempt to do a lot of projects across various domains simply forget the basics of even the most key domains. All flowers on the stem of a plant would dry if you do not water the roots properly. Do not do something just for the sake of putting it on the resume and then fumbling at it in the interview. Rather focus on the key academic domains of your department. For example, a CSE student might have a thousand certifications to prove his mettle in various cutting edge technologies but if he does not know the difference between an array and a pointer, he is simply worthless. Similarly if an ECE student is ignorant of the basics of electronics, all his projects and degree are null and void. As an engineer you have to naturally curious with a typical ‘How-to’ brain. Whatever subject you study in your curriculum, do not just skim through it rather deep dive and build long lasting concepts for clarity of understanding. This also holds true for all non academic or extra curricular activities that you participate in. As a C2Cian, you need to emphasize on the base and the top will take care of itself. But remember, you need not know everything but you should surely know where to find it when you need it because engineering is not only a profession but a way of life. STICK TO CORE!




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What do batteries and

people have in common?

Answer: We all have positive and negative sides. To achieve anything in life, it is imperative to have positive energy. No matter what happened to you in your past, you have an obligation. If you are to be successful, you must decide your primary energy is going to be positive energy. The “But” is negative. If the negative “But” is discarded, all you have is an objective fact, not necessarily negative or positive. You can work with objective facts in a positive nature. If you have a negative “But” all you have are excuses for not going forward in life. You have excuses for not succeeding. You have excuses for not embracing inner strength. Excuses need to be eradicated from our behaviour. "One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life."

- Author Unknown

The Be Tempting Strategy 4 Be Energetic As a fresher you need to be brimming with energy and be as vibrant as the morning sunflower. People with higher levels of energy draw more attention and create a powerful impact than those will lesser energy levels. But how do we stay motivated and self energised always? Here are some ways to overcome negative energy and stay positively energised:

- Stay away from negative people - If you have to be around negative people, whether you’re at

college or home, try deterring the negative comments and conversations to that of a positive nature

- Be constructively involved in activities which actually contribute to your positive personality growth. Succeeding in all such endeavours fetches you appreciation and hence brings positive energy to you

- Participate in some physical exercise like running, playing tennis or even yoga to destress and keep yourself charged

- Have fun! Find something you really enjoy doing and do it. When you have done it, talk about it. You may love to do animation, running, play basketball, painting or singing. Make it a regular practice to engage in your favourite activity.

When you meet your friends or your faculty, the enthusiasm with which you greet them creates a very string impression about you. Be energetic and proactive. Everyone you meet (be it your faculty, lab assistant, librarian, canteen boy, mess worker, etc) should be sending positive vibes about you. Positive energy is happiness over sorrow, hope over worthlessness and success over defeat. The challenge is to urge you to evaluate your daily primary energy.

LIVEN UP!




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David J. Schwartz 1. The Magic of Thinking Big Stephen Covey 2. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective

People 3. The 8th Habit Paulo Coelho 4. The Alchemist 5. The Winners Stand Alone Robin Sharma 6. The Monk who Sold His Ferrari James Allen 7. As a Man Thinketh Napoleon Hill 8. Think and Grow Rich 9. The Laws of Success 10. The Leader in Me Norman Vincent Peale 11. The Power of Positive Thinking Brian Tracy 12. Eat that Frog 13. Speak to Win 14. How Leaders Lead Sun Tzu 15. The Art of War Zig Ziglar 16. See You at the Top Ken Blanchard 17. The One Minute Manager Jack Canfield 18. Chicken Soup for the Soul Thomas A. Harris 19. I am OK. You are OK. Spencer Johnson 20. Who Moved my Cheese Deepak Chopra 21. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Daniel Goleman 22. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can

Matter More Than IQ

The Be Tempting Strategy 5 Be Interesting Everyone loves meeting interesting people. Who make more friends in the college? Who are considered to be most creative? Who are considered to be really dynamic? Who are the live wires of the college picnic? Those who are most interesting. Simple. So either you have a skill which differentiates you from the herd or your conversations are interesting. For your conversation to be interesting, you have to be interesting yourself. What does this mean? Being up-to-date is one way to be interesting. Everyone loves someone who has something substantial to say because he or she is aware of what is happening around the world. Watch TV, read the newspapers, keep abreast of current events. There are so many things going on around the world that are worth paying attention to. Another way to keep things interesting is to be involved. Join chat groups, or even face-to-face organizations. Or, if you know you are going to socialize, then be prepared. Make a mental list of the meaty things that can be discussed. Bottom line is, no one likes a hot air balloon. If you are going to talk to people, make sure you know what you are talking about. Also as a C2Cian, you should read a lot of self-help books. Garbage In! Garbage Out! What you feed your brain is what forms the basis of your thought process. BE A MAGNET!

25 Self Help Books You Must Read

Dale Carnegie 23. How to Win Friends and Influence People 24. Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business 25. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living




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The Be Tempting Strategy 6 Be Interested Be inquisitive about people, actions, things, places and everything under the sun. Your hunger for information and quest for search determines how far you would go in life. Be really interested in people around you. Just as you want to be interesting for people, they would like you to be interested as well. The surest way to make the conversation chemistry die is to look, act, and be uninterested in what the other person is saying. This may, at times, be difficult considering not everything a person wants to talk about is necessarily something you would enjoy listening to. Also be sincerely interested in processes and self development opportunities. Like participating in a programming contest or going on a college adventure excursion. Stay Interested. Stay Connected. BE GENUINELY CURIOUS!

10. The Google Way: How One Company Is Revolutionizing Management as We Know It, by Bernard Girard

11. The Google Story, by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed

12. Inside Yahoo: Reinvention and the Road Ahead, by Karen Angel

13. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, by Ben Mezrich

14. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins

15. Call Me Ted, by Ted Turner and Bill Burke 16. The House of Dimon: How JPMorgan's

Jamie Dimon Rose to the Top of the Financial World, by Patricia Crisafulli

17. The Machine That Changed the World, by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos

18. Against All Odds: The Story of the Toyota Motor Corporation and the Family That Created It, by Yukiyasu Togo and William Wartman

19. Buffett: The Making Of An American Capitalist, by Roger Lowenstein

20. Losing my Virginity, by Richard Branson 21. Iacocca: An Autobiography, by Lee

Iacocca and William Novak 22. Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story,

by Sam Walton and John Huey 23. The McKinsey Way, by Ethan M. Rasiel 24. Trump 101: The Way to Success, by

Donald Trump 25. Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler 26. Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus 27. Jack: Straight from the Gut, by Jack

Welch, John A Byrne 28. An Autobiography - The Story of My

Experiments With Truth, by M. K. Gandhi 29. My Years with General Motors

by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. 30. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney,

by Michael Barrier

Some People and Companies You Could be Interested In

1. The Road Ahead, by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson 2. Business at The Speed of Thought, by Bill Gates 3. Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Now Runs Microsoft,

by Fredric Alan Maxwell 4. How to Move Mount Fuji? Microsoft’s Cult of the Puzzle, by William

Poundstone 5. The Maverick and his Machine : Thomas Watson, Sr. and the making of

IBM, by Kevin Maney 6. Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond, by Thomas J Watson

Jr. and Peter Petre 7. Tough Choices - A Memoir, by Carly Fiorina 8. Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry, by Michael

Dell

9. Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, by John Sculley and John A. Byrne




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Don’t Give Up!

Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States. For one reason or the other he was an utter failure in politics before being finally elected as the President of America. He started from humble beginnings and didn’t let his past keep him from achieving an ultimate accomplishment. He is now thought to be one of the most successful Presidents ever. He decided his success before his results were realized. Colonel Sanders: Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. He started in his 60’s and didn’t stop until someone said yes to his idea of selling his chicken. It’s reported that he was told “No” over 900 times before hearing that one “Yes”. But that one “Yes” was all he needed to become one of the most successful chicken vendors in the food chain today. Colonel Sanders teaches us that we’re never too old to start an endeavour and to never give up until you hear your “Yes”. He decided his success before his results were realized. Don’t ever give up.

The Be Tempting Strategy 7 Think Big The reason why most students end up leading an average personal and professional life is due to the confined approach. You do not participate in technology competitions because your fear their will be students more intelligent than you who would steal the limelight. You do not apply for a BIG organization because you very strongly believe that you do not deserve the organization. The only thing that limits us is our amazing capability to think small and limited. As a student, do not accept others’ failures and restrict your own capabilities. Because one of your most intelligent senior of the batch was rejected in a interview for multinational giant doe not necessarily guarantee your failure at the same. Nothing can limit you. The position or ranking of your college, the quality of faculty in the college, your present status, your ignorance, your vernacular background, blah, blah…..blah, nothing can come in the way to achieve your dreams. You can only defeat yourself with limited approach. It is rightly said, “As a Man Thinketh”. You are what you think you are. So as a C2Cian, set your dreams free. Impossible is Nothing! Believe it and touch the sky or defy it and stay grounded. The choice is yours. BIGGER, THE BETTER!




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Who are you?

This might seem to be a very simple question yet very complex to answer. List your 10 characteristics. Now out of those 10 characteristics that you listed, decide on the one which is the most limiting to who you REALLY are. Who is that person deep down inside that place where the REAL you is. Which characteristic is keeping you from becoming that person? Got it? Cross it off. That’s it. Just get rid of it. Your task for the next week, month, year and your life is to eliminate that characteristic from your behavior. If you want to become that person you REALLY are, you have to talk like that person talks, walk like that person walks, act like that person acts and always do what that person does.

It’s easy to say you are _______________________. (fill in the blank) But to actually become that person is quite another task.

The Be Tempting Strategy 8 Compete With Yourself You are your own competition. This approach is exclusive of others performance and its impact on you but still does not neglect them altogether. When you focus on others strengths and keep envying them for their success, you are actually closing all doors of retrospection and personal growth. Competing with yourself simply sets a standard set by you. Now you have to over shadow or outshine your own achievements. You scale yourself and constantly monitor your present performance to your earlier ones. This promotes inclusive growth. As a C2Cian, need to pour in all your energies to surprise yourself with your own performance. For instance if you want to assess your English skills do a self check of your skills two years ago and today. Ask yourself if you see a change-up or down? Keep working in the direction so that you make it better than your earlier proficiency levels. BEAT YOURSELF!




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Dress for Success

If you dress inappropriately and are not clean, you may not get rave reviews in the hygiene category and will most likely not be thought of as a trustworthy individual. There are a number of reasons for this to be true. But instead of getting into the psychology of it, just know that the majority public opinion would be something like, “If he/she doesn’t care enough about him/herself to tidy up, they wouldn’t care enough about ‘fill in the blank.’” Have you ever heard the phrase, “dress for success”? Well if, for some reason, you’ve escaped this saying. Please pay attention to it. Those who are successful dress accordingly. Dressing according to your belief of your success will directly impact the success that you believe you’ll have. Did you get that?

The Be Tempting Strategy 9 Sell Yourself Would you disagree with the statement? “Everything we do involves selling.” When the last time you convinced your room mate to put a proxy attendance for you actually sold your request to him. When you ask your dad to increase your pocket money, you are selling yourself. And even when you propose your girl friend you are selling yourself. We are constantly selling and knowingly or unknowingly we have been doing that with varied degrees of success. It’s true. We’re constantly judged by the way we present ourselves. If you never show up on time, you may be judged as someone who is unorganized and doesn’t respect time. Or worse – you don’t respect other people’s time. Whenever you are trying to convince someone for something in your favour you are actually selling yourself or your idea. So why should we remain unaware of one of the most frequently done exercise of ours? Let us be aware of it and let us excel at it as well. Just remember, you’re selling yourself always. Hence as a C2Cian, develop a very structured approach of explaining things, be sharp at thinking on the feet, develop a never-say-die attitude, speak mutual interests, document all your achievements and competencies, know your weaknesses and the ways to overcome the or conceal them effectively. You sell yourself in the Viva exam. You sell yourself in the interview. Thus know yourself in and out and hit the road with just one thing in mind,

WINNING IS THE ONLY OPTION!




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Keep a planner recording your thoughts, ideas, feelings and personal growth. Keeping a planner is a great way of measuring your progress. C2C provides you such an online space through C2C SkySpace. Read, Read and Read!

Invest in your personality by reading regularly (WITHOUT FAIL) on: Current Affairs: English Newspapers (The Times of India, The Telegraph) Weekly Magazines (India Today, The Outlook) Business Affairs: English Newspapers (The Economic Times, Business Standards) Weekly Magazines (Business Today, Businessworld) Technology Affairs: Keep a track of technology advancements through various websites and monthly journals

The Be Tempting Strategy 10 Measure Yourself Decide what you really want to do and do it. Often we think about what we want to do and make excuses as to why we can't do it. The reality is that the time we have taken to think up excuses as to why we can't do something, we could have done it. What have you been putting off doing? Take this opportunity to do it, clear out the clutter. Once you have done it there is space in your mind to think about other things. As a C2Cian, take time everyday to do something for yourself. This is so fundamental. We are so highly engaged in just the execution of things that we do not give time to introspection, Even if you give yourself 15 minutes, that is time with yourself to reflect and focus on the most important person in your life, YOU. Read or listen to personal development material. You must find time to learn about personal development to read or listen to positive and inspirational messages. You could use the 15 minutes put by for yourself to read a chapter of a book. Download a lot of e books and stay updated and charged enough. Measure yourself periodically. Assess your past actions. Celebrate your Achievements. But critically analyze your failures as well. SCALE YOUR GROWTH!




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