I still remember the time when cell phones were made accessible to the middle class people at a relatively cheaper price and my dad bought the 1st cell phone which was Nokia 3310, I still remember the time I held it in my hands but was intrigued by the question about how calls were made through it and asked my dad about the same, to which he introduced me the concept of sim card and it was an IDEA sim which was the 1st we used. As a middle class family my mother always told me that making calls through the cell phone is very expensive, I became conscious and even quit playing games on the phone as I thought in some way my playing will also add to the cost. My dad observed this sudden change in my attitude and confronted me ,when I told him about it he said that IDEA is one brand he trusts blindly and also said that this house (which I could contemplate later as I grew up that he bought few shares of the company and the house in which we were living at the time of this incident was the 1st house we bought ,some part of the money came from selling of those shares at good price) was in a way built by the IDEA. He said that a company which has contributed towards providing a roof over our head will never do anything which will harm its customers and since that day IDEA feels more like an uncle to me rather than an entity which helped my father to build the 1st house.
I studied in an English medium school but by the time I completed my schooling I could feel that when it came to speaking and writing in the very same language which I am being taught throughout my life I was unable to articulate words. As a kid I was shy and always tried to avoid the limelight but on the onset of my graduation I realized that if this issue is not addressed here then no matter how well I perform in my academics I will never be able to convey it to the other person. I took the challenge but with one promise I did to myself that I won’t be joining any coaching or seek help from any paid professional to address the issue. I started asking my friends and they suggested a book ‘word power made easy’ by Norman Lewis. The book had a deep impact on my learning, I was moved by the honesty of the author where at the end of every session he encouraged the readers to read newspapers and magazines while admitting the fact that merely reading his book will not help them overcome the challenge. I started reading newspaper along with the book, for the initial few days I struggled with the newspaper but then as Jeetu bhaiya from Kota factory correctly puts it that it only takes 21 days for anything to become a habit and newspaper became my dear friend. The main part of improving communication is speaking and for this I asked my friends to help me out and to correct me where they feel that improvement is required. I took an year and was delighted when people around me saw change in me and approached me regarding how they can address the same problem they are facing as well. I would conclude by saying that practice, perseverance is key to learning a skill but it is equally important to learn it yourself rather than straight away resorting to outside help.
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