Hyderabad,August'04: Competition in the today’s world is crazy and sometimes demoralizing. In order to face these modern day challenges, bookish knowledge is just not enough. One also needs emotional stability coupled with clarity of thought. The belief that we have a higher purpose in life will ensure our best performance in any area of life — personal, professional or academic said Mr. Lee James, a world renowned youth counselor, psychologist, professional actor and spiritualist speaking to two thousand and odd youth on a topic "How to Build Foundation for Lasting Success in personal, professional and Academic Life" assembled at Shanti Sarovar, an academy for a better world of Brahmakumaris here at Gachibowli.

Speaking further he advised youth to lay strong foundation, the way foundation is laid for a building. Deeper the foundation, stronger the building. Though invisible under the ground, foundation provides strong support to the building. Similarly, your values, beliefs and perceptions which are invisible on your body offers strong support to you. Rediscover your top most values. Reset your goals. he said.

Youth are very powerful. Even politicians and governments are afraid of them. It is difficult to control them. Today’s youth don’t have direction. Time has come for their self realization. Discover yourself. Reinstitute values in you he told them.

Holding their rapt attention for over two hours, he spoke with total involvement. Occasionally quoting from Geeta and Bhagavatgita, singing and impressive body language he almost mesmerized his audience. Based in Sydney, Australia, Lee James is the most sought after youth counselor. He conducts more than 500 lectures and workshop in over 15 countries each year. He lectures in ASEAN Meetings, AIDS Conferences and WHO Meetings. He is an adviser to United Nations. He was one of the 8 Psychologists chosen by UN to counsel 11th Sept. victims in USA. He has been involved in Post Trauma Counseling at places such as the World Trade Centre Disaster Site (Sept. 11, 2001), Iran Earthquake (2003-2004) and Kobe Earthquake.

Mr. Lee reached Hyderabad as part of 5 city India tour on 18th August. And addressed Top Management of BHEL, Infosys, WIPRO, ISB etc. and conducted an exclusive Train the Trainers to the HRD Resource Staff in the city in the last couple of days. He also addressed Top and Middle Management Executives at Nagarjuna Group of Industries, ICRISAT, Sierra Atlantic, Gandhi Medical College, ICFAI, College Principals Secretaries, Education Dept. etc. on the topic "Joy of Work".