From many days I am in search of a person – a master who can direct, teach, share, scold, make me listen, convince with facts, enlighten, destroy the evil in me and make me more sensible, productive, knowledgeable, humble, richer and happier.
I think each of us at one point of time get stuck where we become kind of brain dead. We will struggle to take even a smallest decision. Sort of dead end where nothing flashes. No matter what you do, how much ever u think, no use. That’s when the mentor / master will come in to picture. Who can see the situation as an outsider, analyze, use his experience and give us the helping hand, show us the direction. Just like someone throws a big rope when you are getting sucked up in the Quick sand.
Sometime when we are supposed take some big decision in our life, which can change your life, put you on to some new road, a new direction ,a new world all together, make you prosperous, healthier, happier and proud. Then your mind will say “ Why don’t you take a second opinion ?”. Stuck, Big time. Whom to ask ? Who can think out of the box ? Who can think in your favour and still be non jealous? Who can guide you properly? Who has already done this? I think that’s when we need the mentor / master whom we can simply believe and go ahead.
I am greatly in search on one. Don’t know when I get? Where I get ?Will I ever get ? . Think time is the answer. Till then the search is on.
Anyway there is a link in which you can register yourself for the Mentoring activity. I tried once and for sometime the link was down. I should try again.
Lets share what we have, Lets gain by sharing.
https://mentortogether.org
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
The More I think..........
The more I think, more I get lost, more I get lost, more questions comes to the mind. Questions make me think again and again. On many times it’s so strange that we try to get our mind out of something but we end up getting sucked up more in to it. Like a quick sand.
I had a long gap from writing as I was getting stupidly busy every weekend. Many things came to my mind to write up , but never worked out. Now a days I am in the loop of Constant improvement, after getting inspired by reading an article on KAIZEN, a Japanese technique for constant improvement. I believe we can easily adopt it to any scenario of our life and see good results. Currently I am taking one step at a time and doing the internal study of myself and analyzing improvement points. Long way to go.
Also I am trying to make few smaller changes in my life style and for sure seeing lot of changes helping me to do things better, live better & think better. As a first step I am trying to eat how much ever is required than how much is left & this is for sure helping me stay alert and quick.
Now a days I am lacking big time on self motivation which is resulting in STAY order on my small dreams of learning Flute, Namaz & Swimming. Need to shake and shake up and wake up and start doing things. Also I am not meeting new people, not making new contacts, new friends and before this I have to refresh my current contact list at least with a friendly call.
I recently got this message and I think it’s a good one:
Always two bulls will be fighting in our mind. The Good and the Bad. The one which wins is the one you feed more .True isn’t?
Why don’t you read this mate !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_Improvement_Process
I had a long gap from writing as I was getting stupidly busy every weekend. Many things came to my mind to write up , but never worked out. Now a days I am in the loop of Constant improvement, after getting inspired by reading an article on KAIZEN, a Japanese technique for constant improvement. I believe we can easily adopt it to any scenario of our life and see good results. Currently I am taking one step at a time and doing the internal study of myself and analyzing improvement points. Long way to go.
Also I am trying to make few smaller changes in my life style and for sure seeing lot of changes helping me to do things better, live better & think better. As a first step I am trying to eat how much ever is required than how much is left & this is for sure helping me stay alert and quick.
Now a days I am lacking big time on self motivation which is resulting in STAY order on my small dreams of learning Flute, Namaz & Swimming. Need to shake and shake up and wake up and start doing things. Also I am not meeting new people, not making new contacts, new friends and before this I have to refresh my current contact list at least with a friendly call.
I recently got this message and I think it’s a good one:
Always two bulls will be fighting in our mind. The Good and the Bad. The one which wins is the one you feed more .True isn’t?
Why don’t you read this mate !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_Improvement_Process
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
End of the World
I am not sure ( I think no body is !) the " End of the world" incident happens or not at 2012 but I believe in the concept of Whatever happens , happens for good. And more over I think, we are all waiting for a change, wishing for something to end, dreaming of some new things to start and if this is what 21st Dec 2012 offers, don't you thing we should welcome this with a smile ? I am all exited.
My request / pray to God is " Please let it happen ". We have seen enough crime, discrimination, hate, pollution, population, cry, poverty. Its not that the present world has nothing to offer good things. Of course we have many good things happened and happening on the daily basis. The concern is that , bad things taking over good things, bad people ruling good ones, rich treating poor as nothing.
I get exited when I think of life after 2012. what if we all born again , going back to Stone age, we hunt to eat, no pollution, walk long distance, drink pure water from the streams, stay together as a community, start to learn things , no cheating , no hate. Of course there will be no movies, no IPL matches, no sofas, no coffee days for which we are so used to. That's fine, we never had it when we started. My biggest concern is , there won't be medicines available. My theory to console my self on that point is we will not be having so many deceases as well.
Take Away : Whatever happens, happens for good.
My request / pray to God is " Please let it happen ". We have seen enough crime, discrimination, hate, pollution, population, cry, poverty. Its not that the present world has nothing to offer good things. Of course we have many good things happened and happening on the daily basis. The concern is that , bad things taking over good things, bad people ruling good ones, rich treating poor as nothing.
I get exited when I think of life after 2012. what if we all born again , going back to Stone age, we hunt to eat, no pollution, walk long distance, drink pure water from the streams, stay together as a community, start to learn things , no cheating , no hate. Of course there will be no movies, no IPL matches, no sofas, no coffee days for which we are so used to. That's fine, we never had it when we started. My biggest concern is , there won't be medicines available. My theory to console my self on that point is we will not be having so many deceases as well.
Take Away : Whatever happens, happens for good.
Monday, November 9, 2009
What Keep us going …………….
A cup of coffee
Lightly made, sizzling hot, smelling nice
In front of you, when you open your eyes in the bed
A News Paper
Not very jazzy, not full of lies & gossips
Some meaningful headlines, special articles and mirror view of what’s happening
Healthy Walk
20 or may be 30 mins some time
Feeling the cold wind, a brisk walk which sweats you away
Hot Bath
Not very hot, not very cold
Shower on & it rains on you, washing you and taking all the worries away
A light breakfast
Healthy, tasty (Stupid how can it be healthy & tasty as well ) & ready when you enter the kitchen
Not that you have to cut veggies, u have to fry, you have to mix and no time left to eat
No traffic
No honking, no exchange of words
Green signals, happy traffic cop, wishing you morning & showing the way !!!( too much isn’t?)
Office
Not many mails, not many meetings without any point without any decisions
A tight schedule with regular break, timely pack up, going home with a satisfaction
Many of these
small things, which is not impossible, which doesn’t cost much
keeps us going, waiting for the next day
Sunday, Monday , Tuesday passes away
Leaving a mark of anniversary, b’day or a simple day
Lightly made, sizzling hot, smelling nice
In front of you, when you open your eyes in the bed
A News Paper
Not very jazzy, not full of lies & gossips
Some meaningful headlines, special articles and mirror view of what’s happening
Healthy Walk
20 or may be 30 mins some time
Feeling the cold wind, a brisk walk which sweats you away
Hot Bath
Not very hot, not very cold
Shower on & it rains on you, washing you and taking all the worries away
A light breakfast
Healthy, tasty (Stupid how can it be healthy & tasty as well ) & ready when you enter the kitchen
Not that you have to cut veggies, u have to fry, you have to mix and no time left to eat
No traffic
No honking, no exchange of words
Green signals, happy traffic cop, wishing you morning & showing the way !!!( too much isn’t?)
Office
Not many mails, not many meetings without any point without any decisions
A tight schedule with regular break, timely pack up, going home with a satisfaction
Many of these
small things, which is not impossible, which doesn’t cost much
keeps us going, waiting for the next day
Sunday, Monday , Tuesday passes away
Leaving a mark of anniversary, b’day or a simple day
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Whom to Blame ?
This is my first Short story on the blog. All characters , in fact only character in this story is fictional and if there is any resemblance to yourself , then please consider yourself as fool.
It’s the Sunday, 17th April 2011. Very windy, cold & quite Weekend for most of the people in the small town of Middleborough placed North East of England. Just an Hour drive from the city of Newcastle. But Bob was sweating & smoking continuously throughout the day. His mind was running in many directions, thinking & thinking. He was unable to sit or do anything other than roaming inside the small one bed room house.
First Call
It all started a year ago when he got a call offering Gold Credit Card from NatWest Bank. He was in no mood to take it but got excited when the advisor explained on the 5 % Cash Back offer, 250,000 Pound Credit Limit, 60 Days no interest period, EMI facility to pay back, Transfer of present credit from other cards !!!. He was like, “Let me have one” & signed up the deal. Within a week, the card with his name printed on it arrived to his communication address. He just opened the seal and put it in his card folder in his drawer. If it was only this, there was no need for him to face this day !!!
All was fine until he visited the Hartleepool Electronic Fest over a week end. He saw a Laptop with all the features he ever wanted. He already had one but it was bit slow as it was fully loaded with data & applications. He worked out his financials and realized he will not be able to afford this with his current savings and will take minimum 3 – 4 months to make it up. He lost his peace and then realized he has the brand new Gold credit card ready to swipe & shine. Next day with a single swipe he bought home his dream child laptop and I wish I could have said “He happily lived ever after “.
He did the repayment very promptly but got in to the habit of swiping. His mindset itself changed to an extent that he was ready to afford anything and everything. Thanks to NatWest. Bob bought many more things, some out of necessity and some as an up gradation. As he spent more, he owed more. What he owed was less than what he earned. In his savings he can’t pay back complete due amount. As he dint pay, interest of 17% was thrown on him. He skipped some payments. Extra interest and huge processing fee was added. The total amount was growing & growing. But not the salary. Bob doesn’t play Lotto also!!!
Calls after Calls
When he filled the form initially to apply for the card, with the best of his hand writing skills he has filled his mobile, home and residential numbers as all these were mandatory fields. Now he is repenting what he did. Now he is contactable on his mobile or house landline or Office extension. They call and give deadlines & abuse when he fails to meet. They visit his office during office hours and his home during late nights.
He is wondering what to do !!!
Some of the tips on how to use the Credit Card :
Source : http://www.credit-card-debt-info.com/Tips-for-Using-Your-Credit-Card-Wisely.html
Use your credit cards wisely and sparingly. Remember: Paying goods and services using credit cards are more expensive than using cash or checks. Credit payments include interest and other fees. Use credit cards as sparingly as possible. If you really need to use credit cards, carry only the cards that you will actually use.
Use credit only if you are sure you can repay it fully at the end of the payment cycle. Paying your debt on a credit card using another credit card does not count.
Avoid impulse shopping on your credit card.
Use credit for money emergency only.
Credit Card Facts:
Typical credit cards ask for a number of charges, including:
A finance charge, which is an interest charge for the unpaid portion of your monthly bill;
An annual membership fee;
Or if you're paying after the deadline, there is also a late payment fee which could have a higher interest rate.
It’s the Sunday, 17th April 2011. Very windy, cold & quite Weekend for most of the people in the small town of Middleborough placed North East of England. Just an Hour drive from the city of Newcastle. But Bob was sweating & smoking continuously throughout the day. His mind was running in many directions, thinking & thinking. He was unable to sit or do anything other than roaming inside the small one bed room house.
First Call
It all started a year ago when he got a call offering Gold Credit Card from NatWest Bank. He was in no mood to take it but got excited when the advisor explained on the 5 % Cash Back offer, 250,000 Pound Credit Limit, 60 Days no interest period, EMI facility to pay back, Transfer of present credit from other cards !!!. He was like, “Let me have one” & signed up the deal. Within a week, the card with his name printed on it arrived to his communication address. He just opened the seal and put it in his card folder in his drawer. If it was only this, there was no need for him to face this day !!!
All was fine until he visited the Hartleepool Electronic Fest over a week end. He saw a Laptop with all the features he ever wanted. He already had one but it was bit slow as it was fully loaded with data & applications. He worked out his financials and realized he will not be able to afford this with his current savings and will take minimum 3 – 4 months to make it up. He lost his peace and then realized he has the brand new Gold credit card ready to swipe & shine. Next day with a single swipe he bought home his dream child laptop and I wish I could have said “He happily lived ever after “.
He did the repayment very promptly but got in to the habit of swiping. His mindset itself changed to an extent that he was ready to afford anything and everything. Thanks to NatWest. Bob bought many more things, some out of necessity and some as an up gradation. As he spent more, he owed more. What he owed was less than what he earned. In his savings he can’t pay back complete due amount. As he dint pay, interest of 17% was thrown on him. He skipped some payments. Extra interest and huge processing fee was added. The total amount was growing & growing. But not the salary. Bob doesn’t play Lotto also!!!
Calls after Calls
When he filled the form initially to apply for the card, with the best of his hand writing skills he has filled his mobile, home and residential numbers as all these were mandatory fields. Now he is repenting what he did. Now he is contactable on his mobile or house landline or Office extension. They call and give deadlines & abuse when he fails to meet. They visit his office during office hours and his home during late nights.
He is wondering what to do !!!
Some of the tips on how to use the Credit Card :
Source : http://www.credit-card-debt-info.com/Tips-for-Using-Your-Credit-Card-Wisely.html
Use your credit cards wisely and sparingly. Remember: Paying goods and services using credit cards are more expensive than using cash or checks. Credit payments include interest and other fees. Use credit cards as sparingly as possible. If you really need to use credit cards, carry only the cards that you will actually use.
Use credit only if you are sure you can repay it fully at the end of the payment cycle. Paying your debt on a credit card using another credit card does not count.
Avoid impulse shopping on your credit card.
Use credit for money emergency only.
Credit Card Facts:
Typical credit cards ask for a number of charges, including:
A finance charge, which is an interest charge for the unpaid portion of your monthly bill;
An annual membership fee;
Or if you're paying after the deadline, there is also a late payment fee which could have a higher interest rate.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Buliding the Life
Building the life :
Recently I read this small story which I would like to share it with you all. Thanks to the unknown author.
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career. When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."The carpenter was shocked! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!
How I relate this:
I feel that this story is written for me or by seeing me. If I look back, I have a combinations of hard work, stupidness, ignorance, mistakes, helplessness, over smart, dumb, something different & over friendly characters which has made me what I am today. Most of the time I feel I should have not done something or should have done differently, many times I dint had a clue what I am doing. Was stuck many times to decide “ is am I doing it right or wrong”. Always I wished I had a god father, who could have guided me hour by hour, day & night, Monday to Sunday and I would have simply followed, but that’s not called Life isn’t ?
A small poem from my side: ( OMG, you have to bear a poet as well !!!)
I wish I had an eraser,
really big one,
so that I could have gone back and erased few mistakes,
I wish I had a pen,
very nice one,
so that I could have written something’s very differently,
I don’t have both today,
But my mind says, I can always buy one,
For the rest of the life is the shop called “ Hope”
which never closes & never out of stock !!!
Recently I read this small story which I would like to share it with you all. Thanks to the unknown author.
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career. When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."The carpenter was shocked! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!
How I relate this:
I feel that this story is written for me or by seeing me. If I look back, I have a combinations of hard work, stupidness, ignorance, mistakes, helplessness, over smart, dumb, something different & over friendly characters which has made me what I am today. Most of the time I feel I should have not done something or should have done differently, many times I dint had a clue what I am doing. Was stuck many times to decide “ is am I doing it right or wrong”. Always I wished I had a god father, who could have guided me hour by hour, day & night, Monday to Sunday and I would have simply followed, but that’s not called Life isn’t ?
A small poem from my side: ( OMG, you have to bear a poet as well !!!)
I wish I had an eraser,
really big one,
so that I could have gone back and erased few mistakes,
I wish I had a pen,
very nice one,
so that I could have written something’s very differently,
I don’t have both today,
But my mind says, I can always buy one,
For the rest of the life is the shop called “ Hope”
which never closes & never out of stock !!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Ganesha Banda.............
Most of us know the story behind the Ganesha festival becoming “Street Friendly “ , if not, a quick briefing : During THE freedom struggle, THE British Raj banned people gathering as a technique to prevent them from getting together and protesting against them. As all issues have a work around, our freedom fighter Mr. Baal Ganghadara Tilak, came up with a smart idea to gather people and pass on the message of freedom by making ganesha fest a public event.
Since childhood, Ganesha has always been a fantasy and a very appealing god to me may be because of the elephant look and being foodie, also two days holiday in a row and the story tales of him made him a superstar god to us.
During my school days, in our whole area, there used to be one or two public events of LORD Ganesha, held for 3 to 7 days attracting a large crowd. We never used to get permission to attend these as we were very little and my mother would always used to fear that we would get lost in the crowd. Once during this festival, as part of the entertainment, they had arranged a film screening in a park and I happily went with my sister without telling at home resulted in my mom searching for hours and at last found me in the crowd, ending in a beating session and I walked out, eyes brimming with tears and a running nose.
So when I was in 6th or 7th standard, all my friends (a gang of around 30 guys), decided to celebrate the event in our street. A guy called “Harisha” became our leader (Qualification: Older than the rest of us& a rowdy) and started giving us instructions on the things to be done. To raise funds we had come up with a lottery system, offering a Mixie, A Table Fan, and Steel Boxes as the prizes. All of us were given a book of 50 chits to sell, each ticket costing RS. 5. As one more technique of fund raising , we had Golkas ( Piggy bank) prepared using old talcum powder and tooth powder boxes, shaking them in front of the pedestrians, not leaving them until they put some money in to it.
As the event was nearing we went to each house on our street for collection, and people gave whatever they could afford to. Had a lot of work to do like cleaning up the area, digging the road for the pillars, getting the idol on a pushing cart, decorating the street with color papers. Guys had such high level energy that each one of us was like built to kill. Any work and every work, no break, no food.
The event was for 3 days and had the orchestra program on the second day, which was the favorite day among all. The last day was the idol immersing day, with a grand procession, where we used to dance and chill for the whole 3 – 4 hrs.
With such a small budget and resources we used to have so much fun, but now we are kind of fixed to a routine life. Most of the guys are in a job earning a decent salary and it’s not a very tough job to do such an event, but we all end up claiming we have “no time” (even then we had 24 hrs only in a day) and act busy. Idea of sharing all this with you came to my mind when last week in Mysore, some guy approached me to buy a lottery ticket for Ganesha Festival. The whole story came to my mind as a piece of nostalgia.
Since childhood, Ganesha has always been a fantasy and a very appealing god to me may be because of the elephant look and being foodie, also two days holiday in a row and the story tales of him made him a superstar god to us.
During my school days, in our whole area, there used to be one or two public events of LORD Ganesha, held for 3 to 7 days attracting a large crowd. We never used to get permission to attend these as we were very little and my mother would always used to fear that we would get lost in the crowd. Once during this festival, as part of the entertainment, they had arranged a film screening in a park and I happily went with my sister without telling at home resulted in my mom searching for hours and at last found me in the crowd, ending in a beating session and I walked out, eyes brimming with tears and a running nose.
So when I was in 6th or 7th standard, all my friends (a gang of around 30 guys), decided to celebrate the event in our street. A guy called “Harisha” became our leader (Qualification: Older than the rest of us& a rowdy) and started giving us instructions on the things to be done. To raise funds we had come up with a lottery system, offering a Mixie, A Table Fan, and Steel Boxes as the prizes. All of us were given a book of 50 chits to sell, each ticket costing RS. 5. As one more technique of fund raising , we had Golkas ( Piggy bank) prepared using old talcum powder and tooth powder boxes, shaking them in front of the pedestrians, not leaving them until they put some money in to it.
As the event was nearing we went to each house on our street for collection, and people gave whatever they could afford to. Had a lot of work to do like cleaning up the area, digging the road for the pillars, getting the idol on a pushing cart, decorating the street with color papers. Guys had such high level energy that each one of us was like built to kill. Any work and every work, no break, no food.
The event was for 3 days and had the orchestra program on the second day, which was the favorite day among all. The last day was the idol immersing day, with a grand procession, where we used to dance and chill for the whole 3 – 4 hrs.
With such a small budget and resources we used to have so much fun, but now we are kind of fixed to a routine life. Most of the guys are in a job earning a decent salary and it’s not a very tough job to do such an event, but we all end up claiming we have “no time” (even then we had 24 hrs only in a day) and act busy. Idea of sharing all this with you came to my mind when last week in Mysore, some guy approached me to buy a lottery ticket for Ganesha Festival. The whole story came to my mind as a piece of nostalgia.
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