A Jonathan Livingston Seagull Lives Within Us

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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Jon was not an ordinary seagull



• Whether you are ordinary or extraordinary is all in your mind

• Speak to yourself every morning and every night before retiring to bed: “I was born to do extraordinary things and I shall do it”



For most seagulls, it was eating that mattered For Jon, it was not eating – but flying



• For ordinary Area Managers, it is just accompanying a medical representative while making calls

• For an extraordinary Area Manager it is all about developing his people

• And like the falcon catching prey, he will be able to dive at 300 km / hour – to develop people



•I am a seagull•I am limited by my nature • I must forget this foolishness •There would be challenges – but no more failure



• Let go of limited ideas about ourselves• Think Big – The Magic of Success



• The falcon is the fastest one • When not

hunting, flies between 40 and 60 mph. • When diving to

catch its prey, can reach speeds of up to 220 mph



Jon learns from his failures

“Short wings? All I have to do is fold my wings and fly on my tips!”

1. Courage 2. Resilience

Jon learns from his failures

“Short wings? All I have to do is fold my wings and fly on my tips!”

1. Courage 2. Resilience Vivek Httangadi - Academy

Pharmaceutical Leadership


• Adapt yourself for success• You can learn from successes of others and your own failures • Learn new shills and teach your medical representatives• Every time you are with them during joint field work, make

sure you impart a new skill


Jonathan Seagull Lives Within Us 11Jon flies higher and higher and higher! Vivek Httangadi - Academy

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•How much there is now to living! •We can lift ourselves out of ignorance



• Lift yourself out of ignorance• Transform yourself to a leader of excellence, skill and high

emotional intelligence



Jon flies higher

1. Breaks all norms 2. Takes risks 3. Exhibits high self-esteem



How will you build self esteem?

• Present yourself with confidence• Smile and look people in the eye• Practice appreciation – Catch People Doing Right



Jon is now an outcast

“Who is more responsible than mewho finds and follows a meaning , A Higher Purpose in Life!”




• Lives all alone • Discovers that boredom, fear and

anger are the reasons for the gulls short life




• Committed • Uncompromising• Gets first rays of wisdom



Don’t fear ostracization – The Social Death Penalty

• Don’t show your negative emotions • Stand up for your cause like Good Marketing Practices - It

will lose its power when you face it • Don’t compromise on the high standards you have set for

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• When you do extraordinary things, your people will become extraordinary

• Your team will be people of of excellence, skill and intelligence



Jon Transcends and goes with the two gulls who have come to take him much higher



“Can I fly even higher?”

• “You can – for you have finished one school and time has come for another to begin”

• “ I am ready to begin” says Jon



• Find yourself a mentor, a coach • Unlearn, learn and relearn new things• Learn, unlearn and relearn if you want to stay relevant



Jon Transcends Higher • He is self aware

• He is open to new experiences



•Precision flying is a step toward expressing our real nature

•Everything that limits us we have to put aside.

•That's why all this high-speed practice, and low speed, and aerobatics...."



Jon gets the insights

1. Set higher goals

2. Visualize the goals – and behave as if you have already arrived

3. Follow the basics

4. Practice, practice and practice



Jon wants to share – with fellow seagulls

•Don’t see with your eyes – all you see are the limitations•See with your mind, see with your thinking



Jon wants to share – with fellow seagulls

•“Jon, keep working on love” were the last words of his mentor•Jon’s way of showing love was to give something of the truth he had seen



• Find yourself a mentor, a coach • Get guidance and support • Unlearn, learn and relearn new things



Jon imparts WISDOM

•“Everything that limits us, we have to keep aside.” •“Your whole body is nothing more than your thoughts.”•“We are free to go where we wish and to be what we are.”



John imparts skills1. Intensity 2. Ownership3. Leadership



John ignites leadership

• “You must practice and see the real gull.

• The good in everyone of them• Help them to see itself”

“ That’s what I mean by love” says Jon



John ignites leadership

• “You need to keep finding yourself , a little more each day.

• You need to understand practice with him (your instructor)”



Jonathan L. 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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A Jonathan Livingston Seagull Lives Within Us