Lessons to be learned from life of The Great King – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Our country – India is a land of great personalities. Among them is The Great King – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He is known as ‘The Father of the Indian Navy.

Many institutes in the world consider him as a ‘Management Guru.’

There are many inspiring lessons one can learn from his life and implement them for success in personal and professional life. I have noted down few lessons to be learned from his life :

1. Respect

• Respect for self;
• Respect for parents;
• Respect for teachers;
• Respect for mentors;
• Respect for women:
• Respect for people working for you and working with you;
• Respect for everyone.

2. Emotional Intelligence

• Emotional intelligence helps to understand, use, and manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress;
• It helps to communicate effectively; 
• It helps in empathizing with others;
• It helps to maintain personal as well as professional relationships;
• It helps in handling any situation effectively;
• It helps in overcoming challenges.

3. Positive Attitude

• Attitude plays a major role in success; 
• A positive attitude helps in seeing opportunity even in adversity;
• It helps to be optimistic;
• It helps to learn from every event and situation of life;
• It helps to develop a ‘ never give up attitude.
• It helps to develop an’ I can’ attitude.

4. Self-confidence

• Self-confidence helps to face any situation in life;
• Continuous practicing can help in developing it;
• One can develop it by learning new lessons and then implementing them.

5. Analytical abilities

• It helps in analyzing self – knowing strengths and weaknesses (SWOT).
• It helps in understanding the situations and people involved, from a broader perspective.

6. Be a good learner

• It helps to improve skills;
• It helps to enhance knowledge;
• It helps to learn new things;
• It helps to keep up with times;
• It helps in improving skills;
• It helps in developing new skills.

7. Good communication skills

• Good communication skills help to listen to what others have to say;
• It helps in reading between the lines;
• It helps in developing and understanding verbal ( listening, speaking, reading, and writing) as well as non-verbal ( body language, tone, facial expressions, eye contact ) communications;
• It helps in communicating assertively;
• It helps in developing good negotiation skills.

8. Planning

• Setting goals:
• Prioritizing them;
• Implement the lessons learned to achieve those goals.

9. Dedication 

• It helps to be committed to achieving goals;
• t helps to overcome all the problems/issues/challenges;
• It refrains from giving excuses.