PM Narendra Modi demonstrates that widespread sense is the King

‘Common sense is as rare as genius –is the basis of genius’

                                                                                                         Ralph Waldo Emerson

Heading Business colleges for round twenty years and writing books and articles, columns on Leadership, motivation and administration, my largest takeaway has been simply one- ‘management and leadership is nothing but sheer common sense.’ Common sense is what I name ‘Horse sense’. A horse is aware of when there’s a troublesome path and has the sense to navigate his means out that’s the reason horses seldom fall. It is a pure present from God.

Let me give one easy instance to elucidate this concept. When Thomas Edison, the inventor of the sunshine bulb employed his high weapons for his firm, he would give every aspirant a glass bulb (shell of an electrical bulb) and ask them to seek out out the amount of the bulb. These guys had been toppers from essentially the most prestigious engineering faculties dying to work for him and had been nice at physics and math. They would all take measurements utilizing Vernier callipers, use slide guidelines, take correct measurements and, apply superior Calculus, and make advanced equations to calculate the amount as precisely as doable. Out of hundred candidates, one man would fill it with water and pour the water right into a measuring jar and provides the precise quantity! He was employed. Edison was in search of individuals who may discover a easy answer to a posh downside.

I believe the most important power of Prime Minister Modi is widespread sense and utilizing that to take main selections. More typically than not he’s spot on. His initiatives appear easy however have a profound affect throughout the 1.3 billion folks.

Late Rajiv Gandhi because the Prime Minister mentioned that solely 15 paise out of a rupee despatched by his authorities reaches the precise beneficiary! The relaxation was devoured up by the middlemen (Bichauliyas). This was mentioned in 1985 and nobody discovered or tried to discover a answer to this seemingly advanced downside, and thoughts you, Rajiv Gandhi authorities is rightly given the credit score for computerization and automation.

All it took was widespread sense to resolve this. First, PM Modi beneath Jan Dhan Yojana opened financial institution accounts for the poorest of the poor (essentially the most exploited by dalals touted as ‘Dallas’). In one shot greater than 35 Crore financial institution accounts had been opened after which the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme was applied, actually eliminating the middlemen. Along with the pressure multiplier impact of digital India, it hit the nail on the top. Bang. Of course, the Naysayers and Liberals had been fast to level out that these financial institution accounts would assist to stash unaccounted cash. As they are saying ‘Chor ki dadee main tinka‘ or ‘sawan ke andhey ko saab hara he nazar aata hai’. If you’re a chor minded particular person you’ll suppose like one.

Common sense can convey a paradigm shift and on this case, it did. It was killing 5 birds with no stone! The poor obtained their entitled cash, they obtained self-respect, the middlemen obtained eradicated, and the poorest man sitting within the remotest nook began paying on-line and as a bonus bigger a part of the financial system obtained accounted for.

As a techno supervisor, I at all times say ‘Creating expertise is one factor however utilizing it for mass affect is extra essential‘.

Another leak was mounted by the federal government by neem coating the urea which is backed for farmers’ use at Rs 5,360 per ton, was being diverted for industrial use, particularly within the paints and plywood trade, as it’s cheaper in comparison with the urea for industrial use which value Rs 22,000-23,000 per ton.

Look on the Medal tallies in video games. A push from the highest has helped our sportsmen and ladies to do higher within the worldwide enviornment and likewise linked Yoga with health.

Let me say, we at all times checked out ourselves as ‘inferiors’; inferior to the white pores and skin, possibly to the whole world, we at all times struggled to maintain our head simply above the water. We had no qualms in being known as the third world.  Our aspiration was restricted to Roti, Kapada aur makaan for many years on. Pride was nowhere on the horizon! You can’t put a price ticket in your pride- it’s not a bar of chocolate.

Common sense once more got here in useful. We had the means all alongside however had been at all times petrified of a self-created psychological glass ceiling. We by no means thought we may do it. It took a concerted effort to get going on this going North and a number of other initiatives had been taken on this course. For occasion, the Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel 597 ft tall is the tallest statue on this planet. It was constructed with a twin objective. First to construct the world’s tallest statue and second to offer the well-deserved as a consequence of Sardar Patel, our first residence minister who single-handedly united all states of India as one nation. The spin-off was the delight which has no worth, it’s priceless.

Again killing three birds with one stone. In comparability, the Statue of Liberty positioned on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay, off the coast of New York City, a extremely touted monument within the US stands at 305 ft solely. Almost dwarfed in entrance of ours. Here additionally the naysayers had been fast to retort. ‘This statue cost around INR 3000 crore, we could feed crores of people with this!’ are you able to imagine this? Back to the freebees mentality.

 We had been like an eagle within the Hen’s coop.

An eagle’s child obtained trapped in a hen’s coop and picked up all of the habits of little chicks. As a hen flies just a few ft, the eagle’s child additionally flew that a lot. As it reached grownup plumage it seemed like an eagle however nonetheless didn’t know the best way to fly due to the psychological block, he thought himself to be a hen. One day as he was wanting up he noticed a grand eagle flying within the sky and thought ‘I wish I could fly like this bird!’

We may by no means suppose that we may, fly, and roll out 5G as we had been solely doing Haan ji or How ji and no ji? Could we ever think about well being care without cost for 50 crore Indians beneath one Ayushman Bharat scheme? Could we ever think about world-class highways? Could we think about ever exporting weapons to different international locations? Could we ever suppose that ten crore bathrooms might be constructed for rural landscapes, world-class railway stations? Could you ever think about that article 370 can be revoked someday (an excellent solution to make two UTs) to make a clear sweep? NO, NO and NO.

But the proof of the pudding is within the consuming

Let me inform you, you don’t need to eat the whole pudding to understand the style. To test whether or not rice is totally cooked and able to eat it’s good to take only one grain of rice and you’ll get to know whether it is prepared or not.

While enjoying golf while you communicate to your caddy you get to know what is going on within the nation. Our safai Karamchari now takes his wage by cheque. I used to be talking to a nursing helper the opposite day and he informed me that the whole remedy of his spouse in a hospital would have value round Rs 200,000 however beneath Ayushman Bharat scheme he availed the cashless facility.

For me that is the proof of the pudding- that’s Naya Bharat. Please go and take a look at at random as I do to get to know what is going on on the bottom for individuals who had been disadvantaged.

Today while you journey overseas, you’re revered as an Indian. People nonetheless can’t imagine this! Is this occurring for actual? Yes it’s.

I’ve pals dwelling overseas and so they give it a powerful thumbs up.

‘It is better to have common sense without great degrees than to have great degrees without common sense.’