The annual awards
ceremony of the Trainers’ Association of Goa was held yesterday. The TRAINER
ICON award was given to Atul Shah who has made a difference through his dynamic
style of infectious inspiration, deep insights and creative innovations. Nevertheless,
all those, whose lives he has touched, will tell you that his greatest
competency is his flair for eloquent oratory.
While speaking on the
occasion, Atul shared how his father literally pushed him into becoming an
expert at elocution during his school days. However, in college, the skill was
hardly used and Atul would dread to see the sight of a mike or a lectern. He
said that it was a case of the famous saying ‘if you don’t use it, you lose it’.
Atul had to resume the journey again to reclaim his skill!
The predicament, of
losing a competency because we have stopped using it, is commonplace. Skills, we
are proficient in at a younger age, seem difficult to take on, when we are
older. So often, so many of us give up using the skills we have acquired in our
learning phase. After a gap when we try our hand at the same skill, we find
ourselves at sea.
Actually, we do not
really lose the skill; we lose the confidence to use the skill. And this is the
most importance lesson. Confidence comes from getting better and getting better
will come from consistency. Not just oratory, to be better at sports, arts or
any other skill, it is important to not stray away for long from its use. It is
steadfastness in the use of that skill that ensures its sustenance.
Many of us give up on
things because we are busy with other priorities. But, if we consider that we
have invested considerable time and effort to reach to a level of confidence in
using the skill, it is surely foolish to lose such a treasure. We must find the
time to do all the things we could do earlier. We must reclaim our original
capacities by just using every opportunity to use them!
To BE BETTER at retaining
it
Just be consistent in using it!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
Goa, India.
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