“Om Obama”, ‘Come-back King’ Andre Agassi and NLP!

Dear folks, young and not-so-young,

Hope you ALL and your wonderful families, near and dear ones received the Diwali Lehiyam(For LIFE) and a ‘Gift’(For LIFE) through my last blog. 

Barrack Hussain Obama, the president of the United States of America left everyone spellbound during his visit to India recently; including the village folks with whom he shook his leg ‘online’ vide ‘e-conferencing’! Though, a Devil’s Advocate may argue that “Everything was stage-managed”, including the color of his tie and “always dressed for the occasion”, his lovely wife, Michelle Obama! Quite a pair! Each complementing the other splendidly. I suspect that she should be around with him even in his ‘Oval Office’ as well! I enjoyed watching the FIRST LADY playing the traditional village game in India-“Paandi Aatam” (A game of crossing the squared tiles with one leg)

Obama’s speech in the Indian Parliament or during his ‘tete-a-tete’ with Mumbai students did the purists proud of his Oratory skills packed with ACTION words. Where did he learn to become such  a POWERFUL Orator? Cos’ he’s ‘simply’ DIFFERENT from the leaders of today, especially in India, many of its countrymen still unable to come to terms with “colonial hangover”! Divide-and-rule AND disagreeing-to-agree (or worst, agree-to-agree always) is deeply entrenched in our gene, thanks to our colonial cousins! The more the Wealth – (Knowledge and/or Financial), the MORE, WE disagree-agree! Thank God, USA doesn’t have that issue. The debates before the elections last time were a joy to watch, the leaders agreeing-disagree elegantly, sometimes their body physiology SPOKE more than the words spoken. Obama always packs his oration with ACTION words, an awesome body-physiology - again HOW and Where did he learn? Read on…

And, what a timing of this visit to India followed by the G20 summit currently underway in Seoul; when he has far more troubles(Mostly Made by USA, invented by USA) at home, got drubbed in the mid-term elections, a fiscal deficit which would be equal to many nations’ collective Income! But look at this man’s ACTIONS. Like most of Indian politicians, he didn’t blame the opposition for all the ills, instead he requested John Biden and the Republicans to come out with solutions and work with him to come out of the “Financial mess” and other teething issues. Again, who taught him to be brave against all odds, in Any SITUATION, without blaming X or Y or conveniently ‘destiny’?

“YES WE CAN”, thundered Obama during the midst of “financial gloom” in America, and WON the hearts of Americans, and the world, including many fence-sitters! He simply communicated with the audience better than anyone in recent history. What MGR DID with/for the ‘masses’ in ThamizhNadu, Obama did the same with the ‘classes’ and ‘masses’ in the US of A.

“OM Obama”? “What is it, Ravi”? We have heard “Om Labham”(Profit) Ha Hah! Take a break and enjoy the article in Metro Plus, The Hindu, Nov 11,2010.  Following are the excerpts:

Folks, “Om Obama”, is a yet-to-be-released feature film by Chennai filmmaker Janaki Viswanathan, maker of the award-winning “Kutti” and “Kanavu Meipada Vendum”, creates a situation where the man's obvious charisma has a whole village in Thamizh Nadu spellbound. So much has this generic hamlet identified itself with Obama that its dwellers believe they have contributed significantly to his success in the presidential election. “Obama enga veettu pillai!”(Obama is our boy!) they boast. No, the village has had no direct contact with the man. But the sense of kinship, even ownership, is of people who have done him some signal service, a major favor! As they go through difficult times in the film, they are convinced that Obama, and only Obama, can bail them out. (I’m itching to get to watch the film by Ms. Janaki Viswanathan. She was such a visionary that this movie was made much before his India visit!)  

Moving on, do you know the handsome and flamboyant Tennis Legend Andre Agassi received more laurels only after post the “drug related situation” he was onto, in the mid nineties. How did he manage to come out of such a SITUATION and achieve? Purists would SAY “It’s the Steffi effect”. I do agree. Steffi was my nightingale, missed classes watching her ’movements’ - for me it was a like a ‘dance’ in tennis court, clay or grass! However, there is a larger THOUGHT and hence ACTION process – cutting across domain(s) - be it sports or politics or business or just about anything – What one WANTS, in purity, with purity? Recollect the “Conspiracy Theory of the Cosmos’ we discussed in our earlier blogs.

Tiger Woods, the Golfing sensation, is akin to Sachin Tendulkar of Cricketing fame, in this generation of ‘Sport stars’. Sachin had a stable and supportive family and he was fortunate that many helped him accomplish what he is today – from ‘Pure’ cricketing coaches like Shri. Madhav Mantri, his mentor in school to Gary Kirsten today! Post his divorce, ’I lie-to-believe’ that Tiger Woods would do an “Andre Agassi act” of playing, as though with a vengeance, his ‘body and mind’ in unison – thereby winning more laurels No Golfer has ever achieved! As I write, Tiger is in New Zealand on a sincere comeback trail!“Change of place might do a world of good for you, dear Tiger”.

What’s common with the three Sensational human beings we discussed in this blog? ie. Obama, Agassi and  Tiger Woods(They all have wonderful wives is the first thought, right?) I give it to you. So shall we ask NOW, HOW these three were able to come out of THEIR varied SITUATIONS in Life and remain positive throughout? What made them THINK, SPEAK with relevant words, and behave in such a way that’s legendary? How did they manage to do that? It’s simple, lovely ladies and gentlemen - Their possible Sanmargam (In English – The 'Path of  Salvation'-or simply the ‘way forward’) is NLP. NLP made them what they were / are today! Be it their:

• Eye accessing cues and eliciting resourceful states instantaneously to developing awesome sensory Acuity.
• Understanding of Communication – both Conscious and Un-Conscious, helping them build and maintain multi- level rapport!
• Accessing their personal strengths and resources at will to Negating irritating experiences!
• Most importantly NLP through ‘pure’ practitioners taught them how to Work on powerful goals, removing unwanted behavior and integrating conflicting beliefs!

Ravi, “What is NLP? You have mentioned over 50 times in your blog(s) so far”, I hear you Say. We move on…

What is NLP?  Simply put, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is “The Science and Art of human excellence”. “How can it both science and art, Ravi”? Is NLP like a new computer language? Hah Hah!  NLP is derived after ‘dhyan’ of many, in disciplines including neurology, psychology, linguistics, cybernetics and system theory, with ‘Spiritual Quotient’ (SQ) ingrained! It’s early founders across these disciplines built of on each other’s work for over 50 years, mainly in the USA- Thereby guiding us TO this beautiful TECHNOLOGY – So easy to understand and practice, with minimal reading or writing!  Of course one has to receive the ‘technology’ from a ‘pure’ practitioner- that’s the only catch! It’s NEVER like learning Java programming NOR a chartered accountancy course- They are Job skill(s). NLP is a LIFE SKILL!

I sign-off happily sharing that my ‘NLP Guru’ Reena Jabran is conducting 5-day NLP Basic Practitioner course in Chennai this December. Ideal for Chennaites. For ALL, the 10-day NLP Master Practitioner course in Jan 2011, in the sylvan surroundings of Yelagiri, would do a world of good for you and people whom you influence in life! Write to me @ ravi@gatesandwindows.in for details. I have all the time in the world! To Share-and-Care (Do Read my first blog if you haven’t) 

Kindly Note: The next blog is a celebration! What to celebrate?  Whom to celebrate? Let’s THINK. Till then…

Tashvidanya… (Amen! or Apdiye aagatum)

Anbudan

Ravichander Venkatraman