The

Leader
Within
– Srividya
– Manas
– Rohit
– Darshan
– Abhishek

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 Jonathan Is No Ordinary

Seagulls, as you know, never

falter, never stall. To stall in
the air is for them disgrace
and it is dishonour.

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 Jonathan Is No Ordinary

But Jonathan Livingston

Seagull, unashamed, stretching his
wings again in that trembling hard curve -
slowing, slowing, and stalling once more -
was no ordinary bird.

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 Jonathan Is No Ordinary

For most gulls, it is not flying that

matters, but eating. For this gull,
though, it was not eating
that mattered, but flight.

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 Jonathan Is No Ordinary
1. Vision

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 Jon Learns From Failures

“I am a seagull. I am limited by
my nature.... I must forget this
foolishness.... There would be
no more challenge and no
more failure”.

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 Jon Learns From Failures
And he realizes ,” Short wings! All
I need is to fold most of my wings
and fly on just the tips alone!
Short wings!”

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 Jon Learns From Failures
1. Courage
2. Resilience

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 Jonathan Flies Higher
“How much more there is now to
living! .... We can lift ourselves
out of ignorance, we can find
ourselves as creatures of
excellence and intelligence and
skill. We can be free! We can
learn to fly!”

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 Jonathan Flies Higher
1. Breaks norms
2. Takes risks
3. Exhibits high self esteem

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 Jon Is An Outcast
“Stand to the centre for shame...”

Jonathan cries , “Who is more

responsible than a gull who
finds and follows a meaning, a
higher purpose for life?”

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 Jon Is An Outcast
Jon lives alone thereafter and
discovers that boredom, fear and
anger are the reasons that a gull’s
life is so short.

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 Jon Is An Outcast
1. Committed
2. Uncompromising
3. Gets first ray of wisdom

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 Jon Transcends
“We have come to take you higher. To
take you home”, came the words.
“Home I have none. Flock I have
none. I am outcast....”, says Jon

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 Jon Transcends
“But you can.. For you have learned.
One school has finished and time
has come for another to begin.”
“I am ready”, says Jon.

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 Jon Transcends
1. Self Awareness
2. Openness to new experiences

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 Jon Gets The Insights
“To fly as fast as thought... You
must begin by knowing that you
have already arrived”
“Forget about faith.. You don’t
need faith to fly. You need to
understand flying”

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 Jon Gets The Insights
1. Set higher Goals
2. Visualize the Goal
3. Follow Basics
4. Practice

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 Jon Wants to Share
“Jonathan, Keep working on love”
were the last words of his
mentor.
Jon’s own way of demonstrating
love was to give something of
the truth he had seen...

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 Jon Wants to Share
1. Social Belongingness
2. Sharing

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 Jon Imparts Wisdom
“Everything that limits us we have to
put aside”
“Your whole body .. is nothing more
than your thought itself. Break the
chain of your thoughts and you
break the chains of your body,
too..”
“We’re free to go where we wish
and to be what we are”

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 Jon Imparts Wisdom
1. Intensity
2. Ownership
3. Leadership

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 Jon Instils Freedom
“You have the freedom to be
yourself”
“Whatever stands against freedom
must be set aside, be it ritual or
superstition or limitation in any
form”
“The only true law is that which
leads to freedom. There is no
other”

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 Jon Instils Freedom
1. Freedom
2. Autonomy
3. Inner Strength

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 Jon Ignites Leadership
“You have to practise and see the
real gull, the good in every one
of them and to help them see it
in themselves. That’s what I
mean by love.”

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 Jon Ignites Leadership
“You need to keep finding
yourself, a little more each day,
that real unlimited Fletcher
Seagull. He is your instructor.
You need to understand him
and practise him.”

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 Jon Ignites Leadership
1.Love
2.Positive Outlook
3.The Leader Within

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 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1. Visionary
2. Resilient
3. Risk Taker
4. Seeker of Wisdom
5. Self Aware
6. Socially responsible
7. Mentor
8. Authentic Leader

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 Richard Bach

Writer and former US Air-Force Pilot

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 Thanks

Hope we did justice to Jonathan

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