Team Building activities to improve Motivation

This article is based on the speech about “Team Building activities to improve Motivation” was delivered by Mr. Kamila Perera who is a Lieutenant Colonel of Sri Lanka Navy. He made this valuable speech at the UCSC auditorium, under Enhancement program for the 1st year students of UCSC undergraduate program on 31st October 2018. This was not like the previous speeches that we received.

As I understood, this lecture was mainly based on Positive Thinking. This speech has contained more facts, advices and practical issues of living and facing problems through his experiences, which those are very helpful to the young generation. He was a brave military of Sri Lanka Navy who has gave a big contribution to the country at the war.

At first Mr. Nandasara Sir gave us a brief introduction about Kamila Sir. He told that he met him in the TV program called “Sihinayaki Ra” which was casted on Jathika Rupawahini. Then he started speaking.

It was like a friendly conversation with us but we felt it is a little serious conversation between us. First he was talking about the bitter truth of the society. He reminded us how much we are alone in this difficult life. Then he started building our minds to the next level by sharing his life experiences with us.

He shared that feeling of the moment that he was rejected from their winning photo of a national gardening competition because of he had no shoes to wear. Then he explained what were the financial difficulties that he has faced in his childhood. We were very upset in that situation because he couldn’t afford the basic needs of the life at that stage. Then he was sharing his love experience with us. I think it is a very difficult situation when the person who is your first love, is died on his arms by leukemia. He had done using alcohol because of her.

He is a graduate of University of Kelaniya. Then he has worked at Sri Lanka Airlines and then he has decided to join for the navy. He has faced three bad bereaves of his life. His first love, his best friend in the battle field and his farther.

Then he took us to sensitive world with love called ‘ammaa’. As I mentioned before we are about to cry. Then he gave us a small tricky exercise, which checks our ability to follow instructions on a paper. 

This is something more meaningful he said during is speech.

He tought us how to act according to the situation. We have to act like the Opposition Leader character when we have it. But we should not act the same character when we have assigned as the Prime-Minister. That’s the theory of acting.

The he came to the most valuable lesson of the lecturer about eagle. An eagle has a life time of 70 years. How it does get that long-life time than other birds? When it was 30 it’s beak and nails get crouch, wings get heavy because of the load of feathers. He has to fly to a mountain which has sharp rocks. He has to remove his beak to grove up a new beak. Then he has to remove his nails one by one with his new grown beak. Then he has to remove his feathers one by one with pain with his new grown nails and beak. After five month he can continue his life as a new born eagle. He should have to survive these five months without any food. What if it couldn’t get that decision at the age of 30?? He couldn’t live that next 40 years. That’s why it is important to make good and brave decisions.

He had understood us importance of being a leader. Being a good leader is not easy, but we have to. At last he shown us that moment that his best friend bereaved at the battle field. He was attacked by suicide-boats of terrorists.

This is his visiting card

We had a good time with him on that day. We learnt many things from his life experiences that are important to us. I also decided to face mt own fears and stand against them from my own feet. We were really motivated. Blessings for your wealthy longevity! Thank you sir.

-Asela Kotagama
points credits-Sakuni Gallage