Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was India’s most prolific civil engineer, statesman, water resource builder, and economist. This century’s foremost nation-builders, Visvesvaraya, was usually an automatic choice when governments needed help in solving critical issues. He notably served the then Kingdom of Mysore, Kingdom of Hyderabad, and the British Indian administration. Sir MV, as he was fondly…

“Learning is ordinary; Teaching is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur Acquiring understanding, gaining knowledge, and learning a new skill, behavior, and attitude is part of life. People learn through success and failure. Learning is part of everyday life, sort of a routine. Learning helps people apply them in their life to be better versions of themselves.…

“Others have you as an option is ordinary; Others having no option other than you is extraordinary.” – Naveen Lakkur People work hard so that they can provide for their families. However, many people with the same or similar skillsets can do the same job giving recruiters a choice from the talent pool. On the…

“Having good intentions is ordinary; A good intention complemented by good deeds is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur Hardworking people start their projects and tasks with the best of intentions. Some people go a Little Extra, complement their intentions by doing the good deed of making their work useful for others. The world has people who…

“Being HiTech is ordinary; Using HiTech to create HiTouch is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur Technology and human advancement have gone hand in hand for centuries. People who have no problem in learning to adapt to the HiTech ways are able to improve their quality of life. We are also seeing a lot of technological advancements…

“If you want to start anything, it’s ordinary; If you can lead in the line that you started, that’s eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur It is appreciable that self-starters begin a new project or a new venture on their own. Only a few people take the lead and make people follow their lead in any project…

“Applying thought is ordinary; Being a thought leader is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur or Most people apply thought to a thing and turn that into something big. Only a few people apply thought on a consistent basis and accepted by their community or fraternity as a thought leader. Every word they say is taken as gospel…

“Having a job is ordinary; Providing jobs is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur The economy runs when people are employed. Governments have motivated people to start ventures and create employment opportunities for others. Progress has always been collective. Ideas may have been solitary, be it in the past or present, but execution and implementation and the…

“Building an attitude to win immediately is ordinary; Building an attitude to win definitely, is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur Ideally, most people invest in a business, project, or venture to immediately earn high returns. But most of the time, circumstances do not favor those who expect high returns in the short term. Some people invest…