Shiv Khera
Encyclopedia
Shiv Khera is an India
n motivational speaker
, author
of self-help book
s, business consultant
, activist
and politician
. While working in the United States
, he was inspired by a lecture delivered by Dr.Norman Vincent Peale
, and followed his motivational teachings to achieve success in his life. Khera began delivering motivational lectures, and built a successful business around motivational speaking, which he has incorporated as Qualified Learning Systems Inc. He conducts motivational workshops such as Blueprint for Success, and has written several books including the international bestseller You Can Win. He is also made famous by his trademarked motivational quote, "Winners don't do different things, They do things differently." He has recently launched a movement against caste
-based reservation in India, and has founded an organization called Country First Foundation whose mission is "to ensure freedom through education and justice." He also joined a political party as National President in India and intended to contest the upcoming elections in Delhi
but later on resigned from the party due to unavoidable circumstances created by the members of the political party. Now he is no more associated with the political party, however, the political party still uses his name.
He is a Bachelors in Commerce (B.Com). In the initial years of his working life, he worked as a car washer, a life insurance agent and then took a contract administration franchise before he became a world class motivational speaker.
Khera has written three more books, Living With Honor about living honorably and respectably in a fractured world, Freedom Is Not Free about the need for action to reform the Indian society and You can Sell (2010). In fact, "Freedom Is Not Free" worked as a launching pad for "Country First Foundation".
When Freedom Is Not Free came out, Amrit Lal, a retired Indian civil servant, accused Khera of plagiarism after finding that content from that book directly comes from his own book India Enough Is Enough, published 8 years before.
Additionally, he found that numerous anecdotes, jokes and quotes in Khera's other books were also used without acknowledging proper sources. Khera countered that he takes notes and inspirations from numerous sources, and he is unable to keep track of all of them. Lal finally settled out-of-court for a certain sum of money which he donated to the Missionaries of Charity
.
" and Indian doctors and medical students (of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS) in 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests, protesting against caste-based reservation
in India.
He made a documentary Jaati Chodo, Bharat Jodo (Hindi
for Leave Caste, Unite India) based on these experiences. He has also protested against reservations for scheduled tribes in Rajasthan.
Khera stood for election as an independent (politician candidate from the South Delhi parliamentary constituency
in the 2004 General Elections, but got only 1% of the votes polled.
In July 2008, he joined a political party named Bharatiya Rashtravadi Samanata Party (Indian Nationalist Equality Party) as National President, aiming to strengthen the weaker sections of the society based on economic norms. But later on he resigned from the Party due to internal politics. After his resignation from BRSP, members and volunteers of Country First Foundation too take their support back from the political party.
It also claims to "take a public stand against all caste and religion-based reservations
and the policies of pacification
." The party has announced that it will contest the upcoming elections for the Delhi State Assembly.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n motivational speaker
Motivational speaker
A motivational speaker or inspirational speaker is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience. In a business context, they are employed to communicate company strategy with clarity and help employees to see the future in a positive light and inspire workers to pull...
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of self-help book
Self-help book
Self-help books are books written with the stated intention to instruct any readers on a number of personal problems. They take their name from Self-Help, the Victorian best-seller, but are also known and classified under "self-improvement", a term that is a modernized version of self-help...
s, business consultant
Management consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
, activist
Activism
Activism consists of intentional efforts to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing...
and politician
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
. While working in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, he was inspired by a lecture delivered by Dr.Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking".-Early life and education:...
, and followed his motivational teachings to achieve success in his life. Khera began delivering motivational lectures, and built a successful business around motivational speaking, which he has incorporated as Qualified Learning Systems Inc. He conducts motivational workshops such as Blueprint for Success, and has written several books including the international bestseller You Can Win. He is also made famous by his trademarked motivational quote, "Winners don't do different things, They do things differently." He has recently launched a movement against caste
Caste
Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...
-based reservation in India, and has founded an organization called Country First Foundation whose mission is "to ensure freedom through education and justice." He also joined a political party as National President in India and intended to contest the upcoming elections in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
but later on resigned from the party due to unavoidable circumstances created by the members of the political party. Now he is no more associated with the political party, however, the political party still uses his name.
Early life
Shiv Khera was born in a business family who used to have coal mines in Dhanbad which now falls in Jharkhand ( it was part of Bihar), India. But soon after the nationalisation of coal mines by Indian government, he had to search for his own living.He is a Bachelors in Commerce (B.Com). In the initial years of his working life, he worked as a car washer, a life insurance agent and then took a contract administration franchise before he became a world class motivational speaker.
Motivational speaking
He also conducts in-house workshops on time management,time, stress management, customer service, platform skills and improving sales.Books
Khera's first book You Can Win came out in 1998. It introduced his trademark quote, "Winners don't do different things, they do things differently." The focus of the book was on achieving success through personal growth and positive attitude.Khera has written three more books, Living With Honor about living honorably and respectably in a fractured world, Freedom Is Not Free about the need for action to reform the Indian society and You can Sell (2010). In fact, "Freedom Is Not Free" worked as a launching pad for "Country First Foundation".
When Freedom Is Not Free came out, Amrit Lal, a retired Indian civil servant, accused Khera of plagiarism after finding that content from that book directly comes from his own book India Enough Is Enough, published 8 years before.
Additionally, he found that numerous anecdotes, jokes and quotes in Khera's other books were also used without acknowledging proper sources. Khera countered that he takes notes and inspirations from numerous sources, and he is unable to keep track of all of them. Lal finally settled out-of-court for a certain sum of money which he donated to the Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious congregation established in 1950 by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which consists of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries...
.
Activism and politics
In June 2006, Khera supported "Youth for EqualityYouth for Equality
Youth for Equality is an Indian organization involved with the 2006 anti-reservation protests, which started to counter the Government of India's move to implement 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes in institutes of higher education...
" and Indian doctors and medical students (of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS) in 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests, protesting against caste-based reservation
Reservation in India
Reservation in India is a form of affirmative action designed to improve the well being of socially backward and underrepresented communities of citizens in India. There are laws in place, wherein a certain percentage of total available slots in Jobs and Education are set aside for people from...
in India.
He made a documentary Jaati Chodo, Bharat Jodo (Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
for Leave Caste, Unite India) based on these experiences. He has also protested against reservations for scheduled tribes in Rajasthan.
Khera stood for election as an independent (politician candidate from the South Delhi parliamentary constituency
South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966....
in the 2004 General Elections, but got only 1% of the votes polled.
In July 2008, he joined a political party named Bharatiya Rashtravadi Samanata Party (Indian Nationalist Equality Party) as National President, aiming to strengthen the weaker sections of the society based on economic norms. But later on he resigned from the Party due to internal politics. After his resignation from BRSP, members and volunteers of Country First Foundation too take their support back from the political party.
It also claims to "take a public stand against all caste and religion-based reservations
Reservation in India
Reservation in India is a form of affirmative action designed to improve the well being of socially backward and underrepresented communities of citizens in India. There are laws in place, wherein a certain percentage of total available slots in Jobs and Education are set aside for people from...
and the policies of pacification
Appeasement
The term appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power. Historian Paul Kennedy defines it as "the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and...
." The party has announced that it will contest the upcoming elections for the Delhi State Assembly.