Successful people always find ways to win despite all odds and students should take inspiration from lives of successful people. The editor-in-chief of Indian Military review, Maj Gen Ravi Arora (Retd) made this observation while speaking on the occasion of launch of special armed forces edition of famous Book, ‘The Path to leadership’ at Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) on Wednesday.
Arora used various anecdotes to explain the importance of many life skills to the students. Giving the example of Olympic triple gold medalist, Wilma Rudolph, he said that she suffered from polio since birth and doctors had told her parents that she would never walk, but Wilma always wanted to be the fastest woman on earth and at the age of nine she removed the braces.
Such was the passion of Wilma that she eventually was able to realise her dream of becoming fastest woman on earth at Rome Olympics in the year 1960. Gen Arora highlighted the importance of qualities like team work, need to be updated, learning from mistakes and positive attitude with a series of interesting stories. His speech was heard with rapt attention by the students of RIMC.
While speaking on the occasion, the DIG of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Amit Prasad said that habit of reading keeps one aware and broadens ones vision. He advised the students to develop joy of reading and that they should develop the skill of reading beyond the lines. He expressed dismay at the fact that the younger generation is drifting away from the books.
The Publisher of the Book Upendra Arora said that ‘The Path to leadership’ written by Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, is an outstanding account of what it takes to become a great leader. He said that the author has dedicated a chapter each to great world leaders who have changed the course of history with their actions and judgments. Arora said that Montgomery was one of the best army generals of British Army and his book is one of a great literary work.