Signing Off this Year 2010
Summary of how things went this year...
Good
To be Improved
"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. -henry van dyke"
"There is only one you for all time. fearlessly be yourself. -Anthony Rapp"
"there are moments that mark your life, moments when you realize nothing will ever be the same again, and time is divided into two parts, before this and after this, now Sometimes you can feel such a moment coming, that's the test, or so i tell myself at times like these: strong people keep moving forward anyway, no matter what they're gonna find."
Good
- Changed Job
- Change of Place
- New Learnings
To be Improved
- Learn More
- Work Life Balance
- Health Issues
- Better Savings$$
- Learn more SQL
Next Set of Learnings
- Test Automation Framework Blogging using Selenium
- SQL From Intermediate to Advanced Level - Learn More DBA, Perf Tunings
"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. -henry van dyke"
"There is only one you for all time. fearlessly be yourself. -Anthony Rapp"
"there are moments that mark your life, moments when you realize nothing will ever be the same again, and time is divided into two parts, before this and after this, now Sometimes you can feel such a moment coming, that's the test, or so i tell myself at times like these: strong people keep moving forward anyway, no matter what they're gonna find."
Health is Wealth
After a severe back pain I went and met a doctor. He said there is a bit of stiffness in lower spine causing back pain. Could be due to bad posture as well. I was advised of physiotheraphy. First time in life i took it. Its similar hot water massage to relax your musles. Its very important to take care of health. Health is foundation of everything!!!
Walk Frequently, Do not sit for long hours, Do not lift heavy objects without proper care, avoid over night bus travel .......
Walk Frequently, Do not sit for long hours, Do not lift heavy objects without proper care, avoid over night bus travel .......
Get Motivated - You Have All that You Need
Very Good Read, Get Motivated....
Notes from the Presentation
Happy Reading!!
Notes from the Presentation
Being Successful In your Job - Product Companies
I love the suggested tips in article 3 tips to really succeed.
Another Good Read, Tips for Noogler Engineers - Above list plus one more addition. Ask your manager how this system works. What are areas you need to focus to grow in the organization.
Knowledge is more important that growth, With knowledge you would be recognized universally.....When you stop learning, You stop growing....
Happy Reading....
- Get a really good manager or tech lead
- Pick high profile projects
- Tackle the meaty problems
Another Good Read, Tips for Noogler Engineers - Above list plus one more addition. Ask your manager how this system works. What are areas you need to focus to grow in the organization.
Knowledge is more important that growth, With knowledge you would be recognized universally.....When you stop learning, You stop growing....
Happy Reading....
Appreciate What you have and Where you are...Right Attitude towards circumstances..
Very Good Six Part Series - Dr.Wayne Dyer - How to be a No-Limit Person
Notes from the talk
Notes - Wayne Dyer - How to be a No-Limit Person (1-2/6)
A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning.
Next morning, they met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air.
Socrates asked, 'What did you want the most when you were there?"
I love the summary posted in link
Notes from the talk
Notes - Wayne Dyer - How to be a No-Limit Person (1-2/6)
- A know limit person - Operates from Deficiency
- Get Some Place out - Need More
- No-Limit Person already has everything
- Appreciate What you have and Where you are
- Successful people are inner directed, no-limit people
- They always have enough
- Handle Anything - Not because of circumstances
- Attitude towards circumstances
- Taking what you are and accepting
- Idea of taking life in your own hands and being kind of person you choose to be and everything that comes in your way is a blessing-opportunity
- Perfect cannot be decided. Birds are perfect, Environment is perfect. Thoughts makes it itself
- Someone puts pressure on you-Out of you comes anger-fear-stress Why ?
- Becoz of Boss/Mom/Children?
- What comes out of you is what's inside
- If you have hatred, It is what you put inside
- There are no mistakes, No Limit people understand lesson in life - Celebrate Lessons
- No one can hurt your feelings without your consent
- Person who has will to live/Attitude/Belief - So much better opportunity to be well in your life
- Help someone Teach Themselves
- See the greatness and uniqueness in you
- True self is beautiful little child
- Period from 6-12 Wallclock - Move yourself back in your Life
Living in itself, Going with the Flow
1. Quality rather than Appearances
- You change from Appearances to Quality. Rathen than how it appears.
- Wanting Approval or Needing Approval
- Stop Needing Approval
- Live the Life you have imagined
- Success is an inner process
- Success is doing what makes most amount of sense to you
- You will see it when you believe it
- Independant of Good Opinion of other people
- Immoral Acts come in name of Rules
- Immoral Rule, Immoral to Obey It
- Encourage kids to question
3. Knowledge instead of Achievements
- For the sake of Knowledge
- Because it makes sense to you
- Value importance of knowlege
- Doing things that makes sense than easy ways of doing it
- No Stress actually exists. People thinking stressful Thoughts
- Live each moment
- Living in the moment
- No need to Dominate
- More you become honest to yourself
- Honesty becomes way of life
- How to react is yours
- Being Honest
- More you collect less serenity
- Find joy in every moment instead of looking for it
- Attitude is everything
- Living in Light is way
- Forgiveness
- Happiness is the Way
A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning.
Next morning, they met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air.
Socrates asked, 'What did you want the most when you were there?"
The boy replied, "Air."
Socrates said, "That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it." There is no other secretI love the summary posted in link
- Greet each day with high expectations and a clear sense of direction
- Exercise a remarkable degree of control over everything in your life
- Enjoy each day to the fullest, unaffected by unnecessary concerns about the past or future
- Detach yourself from external criticism
- Tune in to internal signals to deal effectively with everyday frustrations and challenges
- Feel joy every day of your life
"Hire Right People" - Carlos Brito CEO Anheuser-Busch InBev
"Hire Right People & Developing High Performing Teams" - Carlos Brito CEO Anheuser-Busch InBev
Interesting Presentation. It's good. Notes from it...
Interesting Presentation. It's good. Notes from it...
- "Dream Big or Dream Small takes same amount of Energy. Why Don't you Dream Big"
- "Dream - Something that Inspires and People buy to it"
- "Dream brings the best out of people"
- "Great Companies are formed by Great People not Great Products"
- "Great People Attract more Great People"
- "Great People challenge Each other"
- "Force us to be better"
- "Constructive and Respectful Feedback"
- "People can speak their minds, Constructive & Respectful"
- "Talented people like to know where they stand"
- "Have Ideas"
- "Take people out of their comfort Zone"
- "Culture of Ownership"
- "Actions more important than words"
- "Little results on consistent basis"
- "Leadership -Translate complex world into simple analysis-Action things for the team"
- "Not being selfish"
- "No Shortcuts"
- "Aim Higher"
- "Important is what comes after 'but'"
- "Push yourself to next level"
Strategy & Innovation Quotes
Very Good Read on Innovation from Imaginatik
Couple of Interesting Quotes
“not to impose yesterday’s normal on a changed today; but to change the business, its behavior, its attitudes, its expectations—as well as its products, its markets, and its distributive channels—to fit the new realities.” (MANAGING FOR RESULTS, 1964)
Drucker shared, “If what looks like an opportunity does not advance the strategic goal of the institution, it is not an opportunity. It is a distraction.”
Peter Drucker outlined a recipe for business innovation that is still relevant and actionable. This recipe involves answering three questions, which “will provide the foundation upon which goals, objectives, and strategies can be formulated.
Question #1: “What is our business?"
Question #2: “What will our business be?”
Question #3: “What should our business be?"
Regularly asking and answering these three questions will spark important conversations about the purpose of your business.
Couple of Interesting Quotes
“not to impose yesterday’s normal on a changed today; but to change the business, its behavior, its attitudes, its expectations—as well as its products, its markets, and its distributive channels—to fit the new realities.” (MANAGING FOR RESULTS, 1964)
Drucker shared, “If what looks like an opportunity does not advance the strategic goal of the institution, it is not an opportunity. It is a distraction.”
Peter Drucker outlined a recipe for business innovation that is still relevant and actionable. This recipe involves answering three questions, which “will provide the foundation upon which goals, objectives, and strategies can be formulated.
Question #1: “What is our business?"
Question #2: “What will our business be?”
Question #3: “What should our business be?"
Regularly asking and answering these three questions will spark important conversations about the purpose of your business.
We are what we think.
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, We make our world."- Buddha.
“What you’ll be is what you do now.” - Buddha
“What you’ll be is what you do now.” - Buddha
Get Motivated, Get Going, Keep Rocking
Lot of inspiring quotes and notes I wanted to share from my reads last few days...
Get Motivated, Get Going, Keep Rocking
... dream more than others think is practical;
... expect more than others think is possible.” - Source: Anon. (Posted @ tompeters.com)
Retrospect and Lead
• Trust & Autonomy
• Flexibility
• Recognize Importance of Accountability
• De-Centralization
Get Motivated, Get Going, Keep Rocking
- "Fail faster. Succeed sooner" - David Kelley/IDEO
- "You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not" - Isabel Allende
- Take a job for what it teaches you, not for what it pays. Instead of a potential employer asking, ‘Where do you see yourself in 5 years?’ you’ll ask, ‘If I invest my mental assets with you for 5 years, how much will they appreciate? How much will my portfolio of career options grow?' - Stan Davis & Christopher Meyer, futureWEALTH
- Talented people are less likely to wait their turn. We used to view young people as trainees; now they are authorities. Arguably this is the first time the older generation can—and must—leverage the younger generation very early in their careers” Ed Michaels, War for Talent (05.17.00)
- Dream BIG! Start Now! Study Hard! Play Hard!
- BLAME NOBODY! EXPECT NOTHING! DO SOMETHING! - NY Post (9/99)
- “Everything can be taken from man but one thing: the last of human freedoms—to choose one’s own attitude in any set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Victor Frankl, Auschwitz survivor
- The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. – Michelangelo
- “In business, you reward people for taking risks. When it doesn’t work out you promote them-because they were willing to try new things. If people tell me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to try a different mountain.” —Michael Bloomberg (BW/0625.07)
- Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation - Richard Farson & Ralph Keyes
“Excellence can be obtained if you: ... care more than others think is wise;
... risk more than others think is safe;... dream more than others think is practical;
... expect more than others think is possible.” - Source: Anon. (Posted @ tompeters.com)
Retrospect and Lead
- “A focus on cost-cutting and efficiency has helped many organizations weather the downturn, but this approach will ultimately render them obsolete. Only the constant pursuit of innovation can ensure long-term success.” —Daniel Muzyka, Dean, Sauder School of Business, Univ of British Columbia (FT/09.17.04)
- “I never, ever thought of myself as a businessman. I was interested in creating things I would be proud of.” —Richard Branson
- “Management has a lot to do with answers. Leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: ‘Who do we intend to be?’ Not ‘What are we going to do?’ but ‘Who do we intend to be?’” —Max De Pree, Herman Miller
- “Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.” —Winston Churchill
- “The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.” -William James
- “The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture.” - Ken Langone, CEO, Invemed Associates [from Ronna Lichtenberg, It’s Not Business, It’s Personal]
• Trust & Autonomy
• Flexibility
• Recognize Importance of Accountability
• De-Centralization
What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial
Very clearly written academic paper and has a lot of motivating ideas What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial.pdf
Couple of beautiful lines from the paper
“Entrepreneurs find ways to reach market with minimum expenditure of resources such as time, effort and money”
“Future is not ‘out-there’ to be discovered, but then it gets created through the very strategies of the players”
“Ready-Aim-Fire....Do not spend too much time for Ready-Aim-Aim-Aim..”
“Believe in yet to be made future that can be substantially be shaped by human action”
Author details
Couple of beautiful lines from the paper
“Entrepreneurs find ways to reach market with minimum expenditure of resources such as time, effort and money”
“Future is not ‘out-there’ to be discovered, but then it gets created through the very strategies of the players”
“Ready-Aim-Fire....Do not spend too much time for Ready-Aim-Aim-Aim..”
“Believe in yet to be made future that can be substantially be shaped by human action”
Author details
Keeping yourself with Right Friends and Positive Environment
Interesting talk on choosing the right people and environment to influence our life, decisions.
Attending Startup Oktoberfest
Today I attended second edition of UnPluggd. Inmobi CEO Naveen Tewari talk was impressive. Checkout impressive interview in link
After the sessions I checked on some startup ideas
10 Bizarre Start Up Ideas That Made Millionaires
7 Key Points for Brainstorming Startup Ideas
Articles in the Startup Ideas Category
100+ Web Start-up Business Ideas
How to Startup! (not being a programmer)
Developing new startup ideas
How making money changed my perspective on startup ideas
The Startup Idea Generator – Creating “Killer” Business Ideas So That You Don’t Have To The Startup Idea Generator - Creating "Killer" Business ...
Low-Cost Startup Ideas
Other Interesting Sites
ash maurya
Year One Labs
Steve Poland
India’s Largest Angel Network
Indian Web Startups
PITCHINDIA
Small Business Podcasts
Happy Reading!!
After the sessions I checked on some startup ideas
10 Bizarre Start Up Ideas That Made Millionaires
7 Key Points for Brainstorming Startup Ideas
Articles in the Startup Ideas Category
100+ Web Start-up Business Ideas
How to Startup! (not being a programmer)
Developing new startup ideas
How making money changed my perspective on startup ideas
The Startup Idea Generator – Creating “Killer” Business Ideas So That You Don’t Have To The Startup Idea Generator - Creating "Killer" Business ...
Low-Cost Startup Ideas
Other Interesting Sites
ash maurya
Year One Labs
Steve Poland
India’s Largest Angel Network
Indian Web Startups
PITCHINDIA
Small Business Podcasts
Happy Reading!!
Quality of Life
Quality of Life does not depend on Lifesytle....
Quality of Life does not depend on Educational Qualifications...
Quality of Life does not depend on your position in Soceity.....
"Quality of Life depends on Quality of your thoughts..."
"You can be Happy with all that you have or Unhappy with all that you are..."
"You are What You are Today as the result of decisions you took Yesterday...."
"Adding Years to Life or Life to Years......"
Quality of Life does not depend on Educational Qualifications...
Quality of Life does not depend on your position in Soceity.....
"Quality of Life depends on Quality of your thoughts..."
"You can be Happy with all that you have or Unhappy with all that you are..."
"You are What You are Today as the result of decisions you took Yesterday...."
"Adding Years to Life or Life to Years......"
What is Success ???
Beautiful Read explain's success.
"Accumulation or reaching some measurable goal is not success - that's achievement. Success is a feeling."
"Success is waking up everyday at peace with the life you live and the decisions you've made"..........
Reference - Link
"Accumulation or reaching some measurable goal is not success - that's achievement. Success is a feeling."
"Success is waking up everyday at peace with the life you live and the decisions you've made"..........
Reference - Link
Quotes for the Week
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. - Thomas Jefferson
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. - Andre gide
God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved." — André Gide
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. - Andre gide
God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved." — André Gide
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
Very Good and Inspiring Talk Those who Lead Inspire us, Not for them but for ourselves.
Every Problem is a Challenge that has a Learning
- A problem is an opportunity to Learn
- A Problem is an opportunity to Un-Learn and Re-Learn
- A Problem is an opportunity to re-affirm your beliefs
- A problem is an opportunity to explore your creativity and try different ways to solve it
- A problem is an opportunity to take you to the next level
- A problem is an opportunity to apply your ideas
- A problem is a challenge that will help you train your brain
- A problem is an opportunity to influence others doing the right thing
- When you don't have a problem, What are you going to Learn ?
- Everyone has the certain set of problems/challenges to deal with. Our Ability to successfully deal with it is the mastery and art of learning!!!
- Don't stick yourself to assumptions, supersitions when you have the ability to think and conquer!!!
Every Problem is an Opportunity
Improving on Interpersonal Skills
Yep. More we learn about ourselves we also need to understand others. Read an interesting article in link. Below lines mentioned are very good and important I felt.
“what am I doing this for?”
“what do I want to be doing?”
“will I achieve that by what I am currently doing?”
One important message i felt to share from below HBR tips I received - Understand your own motives. Do you really want to help your colleague get better? Or are you looking for an opportunity to point out his annoying faults? Hold your tongue unless you have good intentions
- "Listen twice as much as you speak"
- "Actions Speak Louder than Words"
- "Schedule in time to reflect.."
- Start asking yourself questions such as
“what am I doing this for?”
“what do I want to be doing?”
“will I achieve that by what I am currently doing?”
Excellent Open ended questions from the Post
- "In what ways might we make this product even better?"
- “I see your sales are low this month, what do you think is causing the problem and what can we do to solve it?"
- "In what ways might we...?" or "How could we...?" or "What new...might...?"
- "That sounds interesting. Can you tell me more?"
- "What excites you the most about this idea?"
- "What is the essence of your idea - the core principle?"
- "How do you imagine your idea will benefit others?"
- "In what ways does your idea fit with our strategic vision?"
- "What information do you still need?"
- "Who are your likely collaborators?"
- "Is there anything similar to your idea on the market?
- "What support do you need from me?"
- "What is your next step?"
Be an Active Listener
Few notable lines from link The Art of Active Listening
Open-Ended Questions helps to understand, listen, probe to understand the problem.
“Bringing in this new CAD system was the worst mistake we’ve ever made!”
Open-ended question response: “What makes you say that?”
“Tell me what your concerns are”.
"What do you think we should do".
"What are specific issues you would like to list down in this project"
"What are available options at this point"
"What do you think about available options at this point"
Other useful tips
Paraphrasing is a brief rephrasing of information provided by the speaker. It provides the restatement of the essence of the information in your own words.
Further Reading
Active Listening - TRAINING ACTIVITY
Active Listening and Reflective Responses
How To Listen
Open-Ended Questions helps to understand, listen, probe to understand the problem.
“Bringing in this new CAD system was the worst mistake we’ve ever made!”
Open-ended question response: “What makes you say that?”
“I think we’ll have problems changing to 12-hour shifts”.
Open-ended response: “Tell me what your concerns are”.
"What do you think we should do".
"What are specific issues you would like to list down in this project"
"What are available options at this point"
"What do you think about available options at this point"
Other useful tips
- Maintaining eye contact
- Leaning slightly forward
- Allowing pauses
- Nodding
- Sending brief verbal messages (umm-humm, oh I see…).
Paraphrasing is a brief rephrasing of information provided by the speaker. It provides the restatement of the essence of the information in your own words.
Further Reading
Active Listening - TRAINING ACTIVITY
Active Listening and Reflective Responses
How To Listen
Inquisitive Quotes
Came across the link, Bunch of interesting quotes from the link
"If you want to prosper for a year, grow rice. If you want to prosper for a decade, plant trees. If you want to prosper for a century, grow people."
"The one who says "it cannot be done" should not interrupt the one doing it."
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life." - Mary Kay Ash 1918-2001, Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
"If you want to prosper for a year, grow rice. If you want to prosper for a decade, plant trees. If you want to prosper for a century, grow people."
"The one who says "it cannot be done" should not interrupt the one doing it."
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life." - Mary Kay Ash 1918-2001, Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
"Whether you believe you can or you can't, you are right!"
Yep, very powerful note from book "Zen and the Art of Happiness". Good reads from the book.
Power of mind influences our thoughts and to make any two of us see the same thing differently. A famous zen story about two monks looking at a Flag. One monk observed that flag is moving. The other disagreed and said it was the wind that was moving. Sixth patriarch on hearng the argument said "Not the wind, not the flag, mind is moving".
One more excellent story to read Is That So?
Notable Quotes
Power of mind influences our thoughts and to make any two of us see the same thing differently. A famous zen story about two monks looking at a Flag. One monk observed that flag is moving. The other disagreed and said it was the wind that was moving. Sixth patriarch on hearng the argument said "Not the wind, not the flag, mind is moving".
- Public criticism is a means for those who do not know themselves well. But for well self-understanding people, it means nothing
- People saying something does not make it true...Knowing yourself is the most important thing
- "Change your thoughts and you change your world" – Norman Vincent Peale
- "Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step" – Martin Luther King, Jr.
- "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up" – Thomas Alva Edison
- “Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching" – Mark Twain
- "Dream as if you'll live forever…live as if you'll die today" – James Dean
- "If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results" – Jack Dixon
- "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right" – Henry Ford
- "It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop" – Confucius
- "Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness" - Mark Twain
- "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life ;it is how you handle what happens to you" -Zig Ziglar
- "Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you thing about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are" -Norman Vincent Peale
- "The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind" -Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
- "To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad" -Denis Waitley
- “Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it" -Lou Holtz
- "Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill" Charles Swindoll
- "You cannot tailor make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes to fit those situations before they arise" -Zig Ziglar
- "It's not the situation. . . . It's your reaction to the situation"? -Robert Conklin
- "You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair" -Paul H. Duhn
- "Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us" -Earl Nightingale
- "Feeling happy and feeling good is a choice that we make.."
Quotes
“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, and only character endures.” ~ Horace Greeley
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" -Winston Churchill
"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us" -Earl Nightingale
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes. But he who does not ask remains a fool forever."-Confucius
"Reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree." -Abraham Lincoln
“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, and only character endures.” ~ Horace Greeley
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" -Winston Churchill
"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us" -Earl Nightingale
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes. But he who does not ask remains a fool forever."-Confucius
"Reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree." -Abraham Lincoln
Think about it
I am not as lucky as others -
"A paper flying in air is due to luck…… But, a bird flying in air is its effort. So, be a bird and struggle with hurdles to become successful person.."
How can I become more optimistic -
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything they have..."
How to get better in your life -
"I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday" — Eleanor Roosevelt
Who is happy -
"Feeling happy and feeling good is a choice that we make.."
Do you need to bother about criticism -
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway." — Eleanor Roosevelt
Money can make your happy ?
"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory" - Albert Schweitzer
I want to be best ?
"There is no need of any competition with anybody. You are yourself, and as you are, you are perfectly good. Accept yourself." - Osho
Can I start my work anytime in my day or only during specific time of day
"There's never a wrong time to do the right thing.."
What is Fate -
"You will find meaning in life only if you create it.
It is not lying there somewhere behind the bushes,
so you can go and you search a little bit and find it.
It is not there like a rock that you will find.
It is a poetry to be composed,
it is a song to be sung,
it is a dance to be danced". - Osho
"You cannot walk on a way made by others for you. You have to walk, and make your road by walking.."-Osho
Success is elusive -
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life..." - Muhammad Ali
"A paper flying in air is due to luck…… But, a bird flying in air is its effort. So, be a bird and struggle with hurdles to become successful person.."
How can I become more optimistic -
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything they have..."
How to get better in your life -
"I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday" — Eleanor Roosevelt
Who is happy -
"Feeling happy and feeling good is a choice that we make.."
Do you need to bother about criticism -
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway." — Eleanor Roosevelt
Money can make your happy ?
"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory" - Albert Schweitzer
I want to be best ?
"There is no need of any competition with anybody. You are yourself, and as you are, you are perfectly good. Accept yourself." - Osho
Can I start my work anytime in my day or only during specific time of day
"There's never a wrong time to do the right thing.."
What is Fate -
"You will find meaning in life only if you create it.
It is not lying there somewhere behind the bushes,
so you can go and you search a little bit and find it.
It is not there like a rock that you will find.
It is a poetry to be composed,
it is a song to be sung,
it is a dance to be danced". - Osho
"You cannot walk on a way made by others for you. You have to walk, and make your road by walking.."-Osho
Success is elusive -
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life..." - Muhammad Ali
Quotes
Good List of Osho Quotes
"The real seeker of truth never seeks truth. On the contrary, he tries to clean himself of all that is untrue, inauthentic, insincere - and when his heart is ready, purified, the guest comes. You cannot find the guest, you cannot go after him. He comes to you; you just have to be prepared. You have to be in a right attitude". - Osho
"You will find meaning in life only if you create it.
It is not lying there somewhere behind the bushes,
so you can go and you search a little bit and find it.
It is not there like a rock that you will find.
It is a poetry to be composed,
it is a song to be sung,
it is a dance to be danced". - Osho
"There is no need of any competition with anybody. You are yourself, and as you are, you are perfectly good. Accept yourself." - Osho
Good Quotes
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." — Marcus Aurelius
"Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why." - Eddie Cantor
"The real seeker of truth never seeks truth. On the contrary, he tries to clean himself of all that is untrue, inauthentic, insincere - and when his heart is ready, purified, the guest comes. You cannot find the guest, you cannot go after him. He comes to you; you just have to be prepared. You have to be in a right attitude". - Osho
"You will find meaning in life only if you create it.
It is not lying there somewhere behind the bushes,
so you can go and you search a little bit and find it.
It is not there like a rock that you will find.
It is a poetry to be composed,
it is a song to be sung,
it is a dance to be danced". - Osho
"There is no need of any competition with anybody. You are yourself, and as you are, you are perfectly good. Accept yourself." - Osho
Good Quotes
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." — Marcus Aurelius
"Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why." - Eddie Cantor
Five Ways to Become Happier Today
Good Life
“The Good Life” is living in the place you belong, with the people you love, doing the right work, on purpose.”
- Have a positive, can do attitude
- Plan, plan, and plan again
- Keep up to date on your subject
- Manage your time
- Be pro-active
“There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.” - Colin Powell
Uniqueness and surprises
I remember the saying 'Life is about creating yourself not finding yourself'. Couple of interesting lines I found worth quoting here..
Every man is so unique that he cannot be equal to anybody else. The rose is perfectly beautiful being a rose; the lotus is perfectly beautiful being a lotus. You cannot walk on a way made by others for you. You have to create the road by walking: just as you walk, you create the road. (Source- OSHO, Words from a man of no words!)
Life is basically insecure and there lies the beauty of life. If you choose security in life you are choosing death. Learn to see and enjoy the scenary of both success and failure that are nothing but the peaks and valleys of life. (Source - Celebrating Life and Death Swami Sukhabodhananda)
Happy Reading!!
Every man is so unique that he cannot be equal to anybody else. The rose is perfectly beautiful being a rose; the lotus is perfectly beautiful being a lotus. You cannot walk on a way made by others for you. You have to create the road by walking: just as you walk, you create the road. (Source- OSHO, Words from a man of no words!)
Life is basically insecure and there lies the beauty of life. If you choose security in life you are choosing death. Learn to see and enjoy the scenary of both success and failure that are nothing but the peaks and valleys of life. (Source - Celebrating Life and Death Swami Sukhabodhananda)
Happy Reading!!
How to Interpret What People Say
Here is an interesting story from "Celebrating Success and Failure" by Swami Sukhabodhananda
Abraham Lincoln was a shoemaker's son. When he became president, he was teased by saying don't forget that you are shoemaker's son. To which he replied, 'I am proud of my father who was a creative shoemaker. He made such good shoes that no one complained. In respect his creativity. In case you have a problem with your shoes that my father made, I will repair them with honour'.
We have no control of what people talk but we certainly have control of how we interpret what people say.
Each person you meet should enrich you, and not crush you. Best of Luck.
Abraham Lincoln was a shoemaker's son. When he became president, he was teased by saying don't forget that you are shoemaker's son. To which he replied, 'I am proud of my father who was a creative shoemaker. He made such good shoes that no one complained. In respect his creativity. In case you have a problem with your shoes that my father made, I will repair them with honour'.
We have no control of what people talk but we certainly have control of how we interpret what people say.
Each person you meet should enrich you, and not crush you. Best of Luck.
Law of the Garbage Truck
One more good story I got in my mailbox today
Law of the Garbage Truck
One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!'
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally.
Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
so ... Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
Law of the Garbage Truck
One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!'
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally.
Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
so ... Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
Trek to Chandekani Pass
This year i signed up for HEAT - Himalayan Environment & Adventure Trek (http://www.holidaymoods.net/heat.php). I did spend upto 25K for it. I am going to summarize the whole experience in this post.
Assumption - I have been to all tourist places thru car/bus and took some pics and returned. I never used to walk. I was under this assumption this would be a fun trip with 20-30% walk......Actually It is other way around....I had walked upto 50 Kms in 7 days i believe.....Ya I did finally :).....
Day1 - From Hyderabad to Delhi by Flight
Day2 - On Reaching Patlikul village we went to our base camp. Rest in the camp and climbed a few meters (45mins walk) to see below river...
Day3 - Walked for 14kms for the day to visit jana falls. Way was hilly, plateau, villages, roads...It was good but I was tired already on my onward journey. Posting some nature pics during this trip
Day4 - Actually trek started today, This was the toughest day in my life. It was 7 kms. Carrying luggage on my back, hot sun, hilly area, rocks, uphill walk i was exhausted...I was also not feeling well due to stomach ache.....Some nature pics are captured below..We did witness rain with little ice cubes..
Day 6 - This is the day where I saw snow, snow strom, Rain, Got wet almost 90%...Reaching Chanderkhani pass is the destination for the day. It was total 6 kms. When we reached the summit it started raining heavily and snow started filling our way. Our guide kudos to his execution and ability. He asked us to walk back asap to protect us from rain and keep our temperature warm by walking towards camp2.
Day 7 - Its all return journey from CAMP2 to Base Camp via Camp III. Covered 7 kms in one stretch. It took close to 6 hours. Captured below are some pics of the route.
Day 9 - Shopping and back to delhi. Here are pics captured in delhi
Learnings from the Trek
Assumption - I have been to all tourist places thru car/bus and took some pics and returned. I never used to walk. I was under this assumption this would be a fun trip with 20-30% walk......Actually It is other way around....I had walked upto 50 Kms in 7 days i believe.....Ya I did finally :).....
Day1 - From Hyderabad to Delhi by Flight
Day1 - Delhi to Manali by Bus. Roads are narrow, Lot of hair pin bends but volvo goes at maximum speed like driving in a plain....Sitting in the last row window seat I got scared couple of times..I could only take the below pic during the journey to Manali.
Day2 - On Reaching Patlikul village we went to our base camp. Rest in the camp and climbed a few meters (45mins walk) to see below river...
Day3 - Walked for 14kms for the day to visit jana falls. Way was hilly, plateau, villages, roads...It was good but I was tired already on my onward journey. Posting some nature pics during this trip
Day5 - Trek from Camp1 to Camp2. This was pretty easy compared to previous day experience. Some pics enroute posted below
Day 8 - We visited rotang pass in manali. First time in my life I witnessed vehicles overtaking at hairpin bends in Ghat road. Our driver was riding Chevrolet as F1 machine. The roads are very narrow but drivers showed no fear driving through it. Posting couple of pics
Day 9 - Shopping and back to delhi. Here are pics captured in delhi
Learnings from the Trek
- Life is far more comfortable before the trip. Trip made me recognize the comfortable life I am living
- Nature is too good, Good air, Weather enjoyed every bit of it for 1 week
- Hope I lost little weight
- Cold is tough for me to sustain, I am far better in chennai humidity climate than Zero degree temperature
- If you ask me if I am ready to take another trip...I might say 'May be' not 'Sure'....
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