Our honourable and former president Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was a professor, Author, Scientist and 11th president of India.
This great personality was born on 15th October of 1931 in Rameshwaram and it’s the day to celebrate and nurture his learnings in ourselves on his 90th birthday. Â
Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, whom we remember as Missile man of India. He dedicated his 40+ years as a science administrator and scientist associated with military missile development.Â
He had a unique style and charm to interact with people that often he was called “People’s president” affectionately.
He became a professor in Several IIMs and IITs to teach students and then turned to be an author.
He was awarded many Indian awards like Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Veer Savarkar Award, etc.
He saw major ups and downs in his life and still was on the top because he handled his circumstances and conditions in such a great way that we need to know and understand too.Â
On his 90th birthday, let’s see what we can learn from Our dear former president APJ Abdul Kalam
Important lessons to learn from APJ Abdul Kalam Â
- Enthusiasm to Learn
He was an average student whose favourite subject was mathematics. He possessed a dedication to learning new things that interested him, of India’s; therefore, he spent hours learning and practising mathematics daily.Â
- Share Knowledge
It is saying in India that Sharing your knowledge and happiness with others will only enhance it. Throughout his lifetime, he learnt new things and also shared his learnings with his peers and friends which he always wanted to be preached by the youth as well.
- Learn to respect Books
People may not be aware of his habit of not accepting any other gifts unless it is a book. He always wanted everyone to make books their good friends.Â
- Caring for others
APJ Abdul Kalam was often called “people’s president” affectionately. He was such a caring and balanced person who always used to take care of people around him. He respected people for who they were and what they did.Â
- Humbleness
If being down to earth has another name, it will probably be Abdul Kalam because he was honored by so many doctorates, awards, and more,
but his roots remained grounded in peace and justice. He always showed people his kindest sides and wanted people to be more kind daily.Â
- Devote yourself to your Aims
He was an ordinary man and could never be a president or a scientist if he had never devoted himself to his dreams and aims.
He was hardworking and a dedicated person towards his ambitions, and he crossed all the hurdles and obstacles in his path of success and achievement of His Aims.Â
- Passion and Vision
Dr. Kalam had a very different and excellent way to define Leadership and a leader. He said a leader is a person who has a passion and vision to get their aim and is not afraid of hurdles in their way.
He believed that a person who knows how to overcome obstacles in life could become an incredible leader.Â
Dr. Kalam had a vision and passion for achieving his Aims, and he did. Every person who is aspiring to achieve his aims and dreams at any cost will get success.
Dr. Kalam died at 84 in 2015 and left us with a lot of lessons from his life. We salute him that he was born in India and shined like a star.Â
