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V.Srinivas, 2010
A Definitional Note
V. Srinivas
The i-becomer Ideal
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SECTION IWho is an i-becomer? 1-2
SECTION II
What are the signs o an i-becomer? 3-6
SECTION III
What are the stages o becoming? 7-12
SECTION IV
i-becomer FAQ
1. Why should I be an i-becomer? 14
2. Give me examples o i-becomers 15
3. How do I nd an Ideal? 16
4. Do I need an Ideal or role model totransorm into an i-becomer? 16
5. I a person is doing something and
enjoying it, then is that person
an i-becomer? 17
6. How do I embark on the journey? 18
About the i-become initiative
About the Author
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Section I
Who is an
i-becomer?i
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Who is an i-becomer?The i-becomer Ideal represents a way o living ones
work-lie and career.
Is lie all about having and doing (i.e. what
compensations we get and what work we do) or is
our work-lie all about being and becoming (i.e. the
outcome o ones work-lie is not my position or output
alone, but also the human being I have become).
Put another way, the i-becomer measures lies success
and ailures not in terms o the external world alone,
but also in terms o the transormation and evolution
o his/her own personality.
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Section II
What arethe signs
o ani-becomer?
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How do I look out or ani-becomer?
THE FIRST SIGNo an i-becomer is his or herattitude to success and ailure.
I the individual measures success in terms o what
he or she has learnt or evolved into, then such an
individual is an i-becomer. (This is also called the
Human Excellence Ideal by Swami Ranganathananda).
THE SECOND SIGNo an i-becomer is his or herapproach to work and careers.
Careers are seen as spaces o contribution, and ones
own development is measured in terms o capacity
to contribute. (This we call the contribution thinking
paradigm ).
This view is dierent rom a narrow conventional view
o careers as a journey up a hierarchy, or making my
business larger or having power over more people or
becoming more and more well-known and amous.
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THE THIRD SIGNo an i-becomer is his or herapproach to any task.
An i-becomer approaches any task keeping in mind
deeper levels o compensation.
On the other hand, most people approach any task
keeping in mind only one type o compensation.
i-becomers are thereore likely to nd ulllment and
joy in and through work, unlike ordinary careerists
who largely tolerate and trudge through work, and nd
joy and ulllment elsewhere. (This corresponds with
the exhortation o the Bhagawad Gita that one must be
able to work without seeking ruits over and above the
rewards that come through work itsel).
Transactional
Compensation (e.g. salary, perks, etc.)
Deeper levels o compensation(e.g. joy o making a dierence,
increased sel-esteem and
condence, trust, responsibility etc.)
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THE FOURTHand most important sign o ani-becomer is the choice o work undertaken.
An i-becomer chooses work that enables him or her
to make deep and genuine contribution to himsel/
hersel, organization, and society.
What work will enable
us to make deep andlasting contribution to all
stakeholders?Workthatwelovetodo.
Workthatusesourbestabilities.
Workthatmeetsourdeeperaspirations.
Workthatchallengesustogrow.
In short, where our passions,
competencies, aspirations, and
work-engagement are integrated
around a single vision of deep
contribution to inner self, and
outer society.
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Section III
Whatare the
stages obecoming?
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STAGE
ONE
The discovery o ourselves as entities
capable o evolution.i.e. not seeing onesel as a static human
being with a xed world-view about what
I like and what I dont, what I am good at
and what I am not, etc.
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The struggle to move into and stabilize
into an inside-out view o lie.
i.e. I am now a human being who is not a
victim o circumstances, but is capable o
consciously developing mysel into an active
change-maker o my own destiny.
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STAGE
TWO
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The creation or development o a
contribution mindset.
a. An i-becomer who reaches stage 3, begins to
see lie as an opportunity to make a genuine
dierence to himsel / hersel and others.
b. He / She no longer views lie as a burden and
does not nd all challenges /change to be an
unnecessary / unwanted burden. Instead he /
she actively seeks out challenges.
c. An i-becomer recognizes the concept o
contributing to others as having a doubleeciency.
Creatingsuccessintheexternalworld.
Wideningonesownidentityand
consciousness rom a narrow sel-centered
viewpoint to an inclusive rame (success in
the inner world).
STAGE
THREE
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The creation o an
evolutionary vision o lie.
An i-becomer views the whole o lie as a
journey o being and becoming.
In this stage, the evolution o the personality
becomes the primary purpose o all work, all lie.
As a consequence, the i-becomers value
system becomes deeper, the sense o reedom
broadens, the eeling o oneness widens, and
the energy o contribution strengthens.
The metric o lie by now has become wholly
inner strength and outer contribution.
STAGE
FOUR
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STAGE
FIVE
The fnal stage o an i-becomer is the stage o
sustainable evolution o ones personality.
Sustainable evolution means that one is
constantly growing and evolving under all
circumstances; one tries to make a contribution
in every opportunity and, most important,
one appreciates wholly that others too are on
an evolutionary journey towards increasing
selfessness, increasing integrity, increasing
ulllment, and increasing inner and outer
capacities.
An i-becomer views the whole o lie as a
journey o being and becoming.
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Section IV
i-becomer
FAQ??
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Give me examples oi-becomers..
There is an i-becomer in all of us.
When that i-becomer within is awakened, we embark
on a journey o human excellence.
This journey o human-excellence is the i-becomers
true career.
Wherever, across time and space, men and women
have achieved excellence, not merely in a sport or skill
or event, or in terms o external success, but as human
beings who are valued or their inner qualities as well
their outward contributions; these human beings
may or may not have achieved success in traditional
material terms but their success as human beings was
always perceived and experienced by those aroundthem.
These men and women are examples o i-becomers.
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Why should I be ani-becomer?
What happens i one is not an i-becomer.
1. One is trapped by external measures o success
and ailure. One becomes, in short, a victim o
comparison and one-upmanship.
2. Ones capacity to grow and respond to new
circumstances is deeply compromised by ones xed
world-view about onesel.
3. One conuses acquisition o knowledge, expertise,
and new skills with growth o knowledge. In reality,
while we may have burdened our mind with all o
the above, we may not have become open to new
points o view, we may not have developed the
humility to relearn our subject in new contexts, wemay not have developed the capacity to unlearn or
let go o our previous historical knowledge.
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How do I fnd an Ideal?The ideal o an i-becomer is within us.
Look or the highest within you - therein is the
i-becomer Ideal.
Do I need an ideal or role
model to transorm into an
i-becomer?
The i-becomer ideal is the ideal o human excellence.
These are abstractions until we see them in fesh and
blood.
Thereore role-models and living ideals are the most
eective way or us to begin on the Journey o an
i-becomer.
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I a person is doing some-thing and enjoying it, then
is that person an
i-becomer?
Doing and eeling are transient actions. One may enjoy
ones work today and one may, ater one has grown a
little enjoy something dierent.
The i-becomer, on the other hand, is characterized
not by his or her actions, but his/her approach to lie.
This approach to lie can enable us to enjoy whatever
we are doing, and do anything we take up in a spirit o
contribution and excellence.
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How do I embark on theJourney?
The rst step in the journey is to awaken to ones own
innite capacity.
The second step to experiment with ones inner
strength and become convinced that I can, i I choose,
make a dierence to the world outside.
The third step is to stretch ones capability so that one
is convinced that I am not a static or xed bundle o
knowledge and competencies. Instead, I am, in reality,
capable o innite expansion with corresponding
increase in power and capacity to contribute.
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The i-become initiative enables individuals,
educational institutions & proessional
communities to invest in human capacities.
i.e. the i-become initiative seeks to -
... enable tomorrows leaders to respond
creatively to challenges,
... contribute eectively to the world around
them,
... and engage with purposes larger than
themselves.
www.i-become.org
About thei-become initiative
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About the Author
V Srinivas has developed the
Solution Philosophy underlying the
I-Becomer Ideal and the I-Become
Initiative.
He is the CEO and Lead Researcher at Illumine
Knowledge Resources - a Knowledge Enablement
Lab based in Mumbai, India.
He can be reached at [email protected]
Further Readings:
The Human Excellence Ideal by Swami Ranganathananda1. Vivekananda and Human Excellence; Swami Ranganathananda;
Advaita Ashrama; Mayavati
2. Eternal Values or a Changing Society - Vol IV; Swami
Ranganathananda, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai
The i-become Solution Philosophy by V. Srinivaswww. srinivasv.com/home/category/i-become
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