Good Morning Everyone,
Thought of The Day
“No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of
him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above required that
determines the greatness of ultimate distinction”
Story of the Day
One day in to the office at Rashtrapati Bhavan, on the morning of July 14, 2003, at 8:40 am, the phone in the office of the secretary to the president rang. President Dr. Abdul Kalamwas at the other end. "Mr. Nair," he said in a voice that was (as always) cool and composed, "last night I could not sleep because my bedroom was leaking". Nair froze and muttered something. "Any other president," he now recalls, "and my head would have rolled, although for no fault of mine."
At the other end of the line, president Kalam (sensing Nair's embarrassment), continued reassuringly, "Don't worry Mr. Nair, I know you will immediately set things right in my bedroom. What I am worried about are those houses on the President's Estate where they may not have a second bedroom to shift to when the only one that is available leaks."
So Nair got moving, and with the help of the CPWD, the old staff quarters — until then decaying and neglected — were transformed into bright new leak-proof houses: in almost record time. Nair was greatly impressed at the concern and compassion shown by the president — not for himself but for other inmates on the Presidential Estate. It has been said that no man, however great, is a hero to his own secretary or his own valet. But as with all such sayings there are exceptions — from that point on, Nair had found his hero!
Dr. Abdul Kalam - A great personality with rare combination of excellent IQ and EQ.
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