From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shiv Khera
Shiv Khera
Shiv Khera (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 manage-
ment,time, stress management, customer service, plat-
form skills and improving sales.
Residence
Books
India
Khera’s first book You Can Win came out in 1998. It intro-
Nationality Indian duced his trademark quote, "Winners don’t do different
Occupation Author, Professional speaker
things, they do things differently." The focus of the book
was on achieving success through personal growth and
positive attitude.
Shiv Khera (Hindi: िशव खेड़ा) is an Indian motivational
Khera has written three more books, Living With Honor
speaker, author of self-help books, business consultant,
about living honorably and respectably in a fractured
activist and politician. While working in the United
world, Freedom Is Not Free about the need for action to re-
States, he was inspired by a lecture delivered by Dr.Nor-
form the Indian society and You can Sell (2010). In fact,
man Vincent Peale, and followed his motivational teach-
"Freedom Is Not Free" worked as a launching pad for
ings to achieve success in his life. Khera began delivering
"Country First Foundation".
motivational lectures, and built a successful business
When Freedom Is Not Free came out, Amrit Lal, a re-
around motivational speaking, which he has incorporat-
tired Indian civil servant, accused Khera of plagiarism af-
ed as Qualified Learning Systems Inc. He conducts mo-
ter finding that content from that book directly comes
tivational workshops such as Blueprint for Success, and
from his own book India Enough Is Enough, published 8
has written several books including the international
years before.[1][2]
bestseller You Can Win. He is also made famous by his
Additionally, he found that numerous anecdotes,
trademarked motivational quote, "Winners don’t do dif-
jokes and quotes in Khera’s other books were also used
ferent things, They do things differently." He has recent-
without acknowledging proper sources. Khera countered
ly launched a movement against caste-based reservation
that he takes notes and inspirations from numerous
in India, and has founded an organization called Country
sources, and he is unable to keep track of all of them. Lal
First Foundation whose mission is "to ensure freedom
finally settled out-of-court for a certain sum of money
through education and justice." He also joined a political
which he donated to the Missionaries of Charity.
party as National President in India and intended to con-
test the upcoming elections in Delhi but later on resigned
from the party due to unavoidable circumstances created Activism and politics
by the members of the political party. Now he is no more
In June 2006, Khera supported "Youth for Equality" and
associated with the political party, however, the political
Indian doctors and medical students (of All India Insti-
party still uses his name.
tute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS) in 2006 Indian anti-
reservation protests, protesting against caste-based
Early life reservation in India.
He made a documentary Jaati Chodo, Bharat Jodo (Hindi
Shiv Khera was born in a business family who used to
for Leave Caste, Unite India) based on these experiences.
have coal mines in Dhanbad which now falls in Jharkhand
He has also protested against reservations for scheduled
( it was part of Bihar), India. But soon after the nation-
tribes in Rajasthan.
alisation of coal mines by Indian government, he had to
Khera stood for election as an independent (politician
search for his own living. He is a Bachelors in Commerce
candidate from the South Delhi parliamentary con-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shiv Khera
stituency in the 2004 General Elections, but got only 1% [3] "Shiv Khera launches a party for weaker section".
of the votes polled. smashits.com.
In July 2008, he joined a political party named http://videosfromindia.smashits.com/view/3072/
Bharatiya Rashtravadi Samanata Party (Indian Nation- shiv-khera-launches-a-party-for-weaker-section.
alist Equality Party) as National President, aiming to Retrieved 2008-10-16.
strengthen the weaker sections of the society based on [4] "Shiv Khera’s party to contest Delhi polls". The
economic norms. But later on he resigned from the Party Hindu. 2008-10-11. http://www.hindu.com/2008/
due to internal politics. After his resignation from BRSP, 10/11/stories/2008101159100300.htm. Retrieved
members and volunteers of Country First Foundation too 2008-10-16.
take their support back from the political party. [5] Arnav Anand. "Shiv Khera: A short biography".
It also claims to "take a public stand against all caste chillibreeze. http://www.chillibreeze.com/
and religion-based reservations and the policies of paci- articles_various/short-biography.asp. Retrieved
fication."[3] The party has announced that it will contest 2008-10-16.
the upcoming elections for the Delhi State Assembly.[4]
External links
Honors • Official website
He has been recognized as a "Louis Marchesi Fellow" by • Shiv Khera: A short biography at Chillibreeze.com
the Round Table Foundation. Lions Club International • Motivational videos by Shiv Khera on YouTube
gave him a "Lifetime Achievement Award" for the cause • Shiv Khera Quotes in English and Hindi
of ’Humanitarian Service to the Society’. He has also re- Persondata
ceived the Rotary Club’s "Centennial Vocational Award
Name Khera, Shiv
for Excellence."[5]
Alternative names
References Short description
Date of birth
[1] "Shiv Khera- Shiv Khera’s inside story".
http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Media/ Place of birth
Shiv_Khera- Date of death
_Shiv_Khera_s_inside_story_16187.html. Place of death
[2] Sheela Reddy (26 July 2004). "You Can Steal & Win".
Outlook. http://www.outlookindia.com/
article.aspx?224620. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
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