Theory of Magic Through Heart

Education, training and development programs prepare us to answer the questions being asked in exams, interviews and in the day-to-day life of the public platform. In fact, we are prepared by all such approaches to deliver like a computer. Whosoever is able while...

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Body is Wiser Than Brain

(Excessive use of ‘will-power’.) Lala Harcharan Das, sadhanas of hath-yoga: Body is wiser than brain Cultural values for their own gains give importance and encouragement to some professions, means of livelihood. In India performers of religious rituals and its...

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Old Age – A Social Conditioning

(When biological energy is mistakenly used as a force of ‘will-power’) Swami Guptanand Saraswati: Old age – a social conditioning ‘When we are full of biological energy we exercise control over the requirements of the body. Once those bubbling of biological energy...

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Demands of Body Must Be Taken Care

(When ‘natural calls’ are ignored as a demonstration of strong ‘will-power) Dr. D.P. Sharma, a naturopath: Demands of body must be taken care For fifteen years I continuously suffered from dysentery. Symptomatically, for the time being, most of the therapists helped...

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Who Exemplified Power of Desire

(Right use of ‘will-power’) Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi: who exemplified the power of desire It is unwise to expect a young generation of India to follow Gandhi. Gandhi is not for the people who lack self-motivation and a desire to transform within. His experiences...

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There are 4000 to 66000 Possibilities

Will I prosper in this career? There are 4000 to 66000 possibilities Vijay was studying in class XIth. He was my wife’s younger brother. Throughout he dreamt to join defense services. He passed various tests in NCC which were a demonstration of his ‘active interest’...

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You Know But You Don’t Know

Will I get support? You know but you don’t know Shri Naval Kishore Sharma, Ex-Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas was given patient hearing for more than an hour by Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister. In the evening AP Sharma took me to him. He was...

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Interpretation Is A Lifetime Job

Anybody can collect the data but the interpretation is difficult through the Manuals or Handbooks, it requires creative intelligence. Or Personality and identification of training needs Dr. Aniruddh Pandey had been our neighbor when I was a toddler.  He was my...

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Aptitude and Interests Are Misleading

She secured only 41% in CBC but her father was very keen to see her as an engineer. With such a poor achievement it was not possible to opt for science. He requested Shri Pritam Sharma, a social worker from Shahdara, Delhi. Shri Sharma approached the principal and...

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It Is Not Heredity But Parenting

Being in service I couldn’t do side business as I was posted in HRG. There my job was to evaluate the contracts operating in Central Region of ONGC and to control manpower in those contracts, which was not my cup of tea. But, I wanted to continue with my project....

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Utility

I was introduced to Shri Ravi Verma, Chief Interpreter in British High Commission. “Dr. Gupta, it’s a news to me that psychological tests can predict the performance. I am to select ‘secretary-cum-stenographer’ for a local firm in Chawri Bazar. Why don’t you come and...

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Personality – A Prediction

During those days telephone was the luxury. I was to go to Mr. Goyal’s residence for making a phone call. He enquired about the job I was doing. After listening to me he expressed his desire to experience the utility of psychometric instrument in person. I have a good...

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Reliabilities

I was an examiner for BA (Final). A girl was assigned The 16 PF as a part of her examination. She administered the 16 PF on her ‘own’ self. She scored the answers and converted ‘Raw Scores’ into ‘Sten Scores’. She was also carrying her ‘Practical’ file in which the...

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Defaulters Are Out

For the induction of graduate trainees, psychological tests were carried out in the old building of IDT, ONGC, Dehradun. I was acting as psychologist – cum – invigilator in the hall. One job aspirant, while I was moving in his direction, he was filling the...

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Transferability – Case History – 1

I was sitting in teacher’s room. All of a sudden one girl entered the room. She was a student of BA (Final), psychology. She was perspiring and her breath was disturbed as if she had undergone some trauma. “Sir is there any relation between ‘neuroticism’ and...

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Transferability – Case History – 2

In 1987 one person jumped from ‘Sagar Vijay’, a deep-sea drilling-rig, into the sea and committed suicide.  I was assigned to study such probable cases who might commit suicide. I knew that successful suicides were beyond identification. I also knew the limit of The...

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Transferability – Case History – 3

Shri M.K. Mathur, Retd. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs was a consultant with ONGC in 1988. His wife was admitted to Pant Hospital, New Delhi for the operation of malignant tumor in the abdomen.  Before the operation, she was advised for CAT scan...

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Validities

“Dr. Gupta, your assessment about Sirohi was correct but we cleared his report,” Shri Jauhari Lal gave his feedback. Management of ONGC decided that the behavior of those graduate trainees would be closely observed who had been rejected by the psychologist. Their...

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Getting Support From Nature

Getting support from Nature When I was associated with the corporate promotions, I was not having much insight into the managerial requirements of ONGC. Still, I wished to make felt my presence as a psychologist. By now I could develop skills for identifying managers...

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Extracting The Best

Extracting the best I was transferred from training to operational area in Nhava. Before my joining I got feedback about my staff. Regarding Bangera I was told, ‘He was lazy and suffering from diabetes. He was a person who talks more work less.’ Later on, I found that...

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Supremacy of Body

Supremacy of Body Stop to think for a moment what you would be capable of doing with the same brain you now possess if it was housed in the body of a snake. With no means of communication and no muscle powered, brain directed hands and feet. You would be as helpless...

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Economic Freedom

*If you wish to jump from reptile (self-centered and security oriented) mentality to skilled society if you wish corruption-free society if you wish minimum road accidents then certainly you will need to consider HRD (Human Resource Development) superior to HRM (Human...

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Reptile Mentality

REPTILE MENTALITY, ELECTIONEERING & PSYCHOLOGY OF COMMON MAN *Reptile mentality refers to the underdeveloped limbic system. Snake is very sensitive to cold and hot temperatures. During extremities, it is only concerned with its safety ignoring all other needs of the...

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Resilience – Interview

Dr. Vinod K Gupta, Industrial Psychologist * People are shattered under stress but some people after undergoing through stress become stronger, more powerful and more confident. It is due to their resilience. * Resilience is an ability which can be developed by...

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