Hon'ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Sh. Shivraj V. Patil has released the book “Stress: Kill it before it kills you” at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh. Dr Anshu Kataria, President, Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) and Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges (AGC) introduced and presented the author Col (Retd) D.S.Cheema to the Governor.
The Governor complimented Col. Cheema for bringing out his publication and wished him high success in his endeavors. While enquiring from Col. Cheema about the areas of his respective work, the Governor emphasized the need for bringing about continuous improvements on such typical issues.
Col. Cheema felt that most of the things which have the most profound impact on our lives get neglected the most. He sited the example of the most important investment being the one in oneself; most important action being the action to look after one’s body, mind and soul; the most important skill in life being the communication skill (communication with self and with the outside world) and most important ‘muscle’ being gratitude and forgiveness. However there are very few who actually do something to fill the all important Knowing –Doing gap.
Col. Cheema explained that stress is a national disaster and is killing millions of people every year. Stress is also a must; since no stress means death. In fact, stress is like the tension on a violin string; only enough to make good music but not more that snaps the string. There is a stress which is within our control and there is a stress which is beyond our control. One has to identify one’s own stress and do every thing to minimize it since stress cannot be completely eliminated. The author felt that in ultimate analysis all conquests which are of permanent nature and leave no regrets are those which are over oneself and the only corner of the universe which one is certain to improve is oneself. Hence it is the primary duty of every inpidual to use certain time-tested simple techniques given in the book to lead a life of purpose.
Mr. Gursharan Batra, MD, Gee Impact Infracon, Mr. Sumesh Chawla, MD Chandigarh Overseas Pvt. Ltd. and Sh. RC Jeevan, former Principal ,DAV College, Chandigarh were present on the occasion and congratulated the author for bringing out such valuable literature.
It is to be mentioned that Col Cheema, a post-graduate in Management and Engineering, is a prolific writer who writes regularly for many national dailies and has authored 10 more books on self-management and personal development.