Degrees of doing -> degrees of results!

Most of us have heard so many times in our lives - in books or lectures, workplace from your bosses, as a straight dictat that don't just try...make things happen!

I agree to the fact that yes, it is about degrees of action from degrees of drive and passion generating that kind of varied result. And you must have heard yourself also giving this Gyan statement to your subordinates or colleagues as well.

Just, step back and imagine yourself to be the person who is stating varying degrees of doing to his or her superior on being assigned a task -

I will try.
That's a very weak desire coming out to do the task. You seems incapable, uninterested and not at all looking like a finisher with a self force.Thus as a boss, i might feel that surety of task happening is a question. Thus, I should keep pushing you/cross checking again and again, else the task is in jeopardy!

Result - Micromanagement leading to further arguments and checks. Whether the task happens to satisfaction or not, environment to happen is already killed. And you, look like a pessimist, uninterested and incapable person.

I will do my best.
That's better. You appear a positive person confident of his skills and willing to give your best to the task. As a superior, I feel confident, less concerned and believer in the fact that task would happen and with a good quality levels. I will check less frequently and let you do your thing.

Result - Periodic review of work in a better environment leading to quality output. Both parties feel confident and professional and positive.

I will do it whatever it takes.
You already have the feeling! This is making things happen. Going beyond your roles or task territories with a single minded focus, getting all people/resources to kick in at the right times for the grand output.

Result - You appear super charged, champion of the task with safe hands and shoulders to treat it as you baby. As a superior, I feel wow! I would review things to add value to the output, stretching the creativity and making everything gigantically great! This is where 2 humans really use their power to make things as masterpieces, giving a meaning to human lives!

Let's watch our words, and work for any task personal or professional with the highest degree of action - whatever it takes and see how happy we would be! And results of what kind - you would feel it on the way!!

Tamasha - a movie, from which u draw sth 4 ur own Life!

For ppl, who want to read this post to decide whether they should watch it or not - I will make it simpler here, it's a mix of fun and 'self think' movie. I loved it for the latter and hence it's a must watch from my side. If you are somebody, who likes a little bit of 'meaning drawablity' from those 2-3 hrs, then u are with me. Although there is good enough fun that also comes along.

PLOT
Now, I am not going to put spoilers here and say that plot is awesome and imtiaz has done a great job with all small details being looked at. He is a master storyteller in my books now after having seen highway, Rockstar in particular. It's not the kind of love that bollywood has been showcasing since last 50 yrs. The key idea which will hit u more than the movie - Ur life is ur story/dream/plan, u don't need approvals, appreciations from others to execute it. Somewhere down there, we start mimicking the world and lose our story where we are special, and rather than becoming a Rockstar we end up becoming a me too without a real identity.

ACT
Ranbir Kapoor is back with an award winning performance. Deepika within a small role does full justice and looks desirable.

MUSIC
Rahman does a decent job with matargashti being the most likable. However, somwhere I felt I hear sada haq in the matargashti song... Lukka chhuppi in agar tum saath ho song. That's probably because of his signature. Mohit chauhan hums lovable matargashti. And do notice amazing lyrics in this song!

FINAL TAKEAWAY
Given, everybody is in a rat race, you relate with the movie and want to become that ved who can detach himself from the race and creat his own happy ending!

Must watch. RESPECT. IMTIAZ ALI.

What u believe is what u become!

I came across this thought today...and i think have read it somewhere before also. To me seemed like a hyperbole of sorts...with impressive words sandwiched to create an awesome sentence.

However, I started thinking about it.

One-day long back in my life, I believed that I would want to be part of this exciting marketing and advertising world... Having no idea of first or third hand experience of it, being a son of an engineer turned businessman and having spent 18 odd years reading dainik bhaskars of the hinterland ( no exposure to business press).

But I think, the belief came from reading a few business magazines during CAT preparation. And I believed it..that I can.

Thoughts started zooming in on my mind..as to how exciting life would be around brands and consumer behaviour etc. Al rises and Jack trout rocked my engineering days with I reading more of marketing warfare,  positioning etc than integrated electronics!

And yes, thoughts became words..with me finding myself talking more about marketing with my engg friends than anything else.

And words became actions. Mini adverts of sorts were getting circulated by me in the class rather than focussing on telecom networks lecture. Though that was also transmitting a message in the class:-).

And, I think that belief developed a habit in me to read about this side of the world. Out of no where I was reading business press especially likes of business today with a focus on brand buzz. At infy, my focus was more on activities which lend me explore my passion and I realised I was part of the communications team making ads for hr events, participating in ad-mads and so on...which helped me ratify my belief....that the other world is calling me

And here I am today, working as a marketer for last 8 yrs. And I enjoy where I am vs a world of machines with ppl handling them to increase output, efficiency and creating newer inventions and more machines and programs. I love to think what to do with those machines to get happy consumers.

Believing is becoming. Indeed!

Law of 10000 hrs - from Sachin to Gates!

When I was small, my dad told me while making me do maths problems - " Practice makes a man perfect". I didn't bother that much and worked on problems multiple times and used to remember...however didn't find any profoundness in that statement.

Years later, I read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and got this concept of 10,000 hrs - if you spend 10,000 hours of practice on a skill, you become a master in that.

And for example, author quoted Bill Gates. Behind the fact that bill was able to build Microsoft so successfully, lies a veil of circumstances and his personal interest that made him do 10000 hrs of programming so earlier in his life.

He was staying near a university which had a mainframe computer, and had access to it in his school years. Out of his interest, he used to write a program and used to punch his cards in university. For kids his age, it was next to impossible that they were given access to a mainframe. Thus, his passion for programming + circumstances made him do 10000 hrs of programming and master it without anyone of his age  remotely can even wonder! That's the secret behind his success.

And today, when I think of this law, I draw multiple living examples.

Why Sachin Tendulkar was God of cricket? Technique, passion yes! But I think, somewhere I read that he used to play a lot in gully in his neighbourhood and because of narrow lane, only way you can score runs was straight. And that is why he did 10000 hrs of straight drive so early that he was way ahead of Kids his age. And yes, a great straight drive, does a great deal for your cricketing technique!

And yes, there are many more who grow up playing in lanes, but I think there comes the fact of passion and ignite to go single minded in a direction and make it happen.

Building a life myself with my kid,...all this makes a great sense!

Experiencing the deserts of india

Visited recently jaisalmer with family in chilling winters of delhi; and wow, the winters are pleasant contrary to the belief that deserts are chillier.

Sand dunes at sam in jaisalmer are amazing with camel safari on the dunes with my 4 yrs old. That too...the camel we rode was also 4 yrs old ;) some awesome sunset shots followed. Went to a desert camp for folk programmes, which my kid loved amidst bonfire.

Jaisalmer is also known as golden city as 80 % of houses are made of sandstone which is brown. Highlight of the city was patwa haveli which has some breath taking carvings well maintained along with collections of the trader of gold, silver and afeem.Boating at gadsisar lake was serene.

Food at wh mandir palace, trio and desert boys safari was good.

Photography paradise - haveli, mandir palace, jain temples, lake, and dunes.

Decoding Life with random perspectives

Dhund aisi gehri thi ki, Kitna bhi ujaala aaya, dhund hat hi nahin rahi thi aur mujhe sab dhundhla lag raha tha...bhagwan ko bhi bahut kosa Maine, ki Kyun?

Phir, dekha ki Mera chhashma shayad saaf nahin tha...aur saaf karte hi sab kuch theek dikhne laga mujhko...

To decode, I think we get so muddled in our lives thinking about circumstances and people that we keep missing the sunshine just what fog does...

But, at a lot many times you will realize that there is no fog, it's only your specs which aren't clean leading to poor picture of what is happening around you.

We should always remain positive and open to the world at large,  that we see the sunshine.

2015

New year is here...and we are all ready with clean slate to do the best and etch greatest memories of all times here in 2015. And to make them happen, the mind goes back to recollect what I thought I wanted to become in earlier years...

Flashback 2002, I was fresh out of engg college, subdued post 9/11, not placed by the campus process. World was very scary...going back to house without any job and after 4 yrs of a promising college! I wanted to become somebody like an mba who sets businesses up and deals with all kinds of strategies and so on...but first confidence booster was to find a job. With a 75+degree from the second best college in the state, I applied all across and after a few visits to some consultants,  I was offered a job at 5000 salary. The world came down, but mba prep became stronger. Appeared for a software company, got thru info. Was very happy. At that point of time, it was literally god sent. Desire to become an MBA was still there...

2004, posted in USA. Rogered by the GDM, global delivery model where both client and your offshore team eats into your sleeping time. Saw shawshank redemption one day, and literally walked in rain to soak in the message for my life summed up in that movie. Started on my dream for becoming that cool mba thing...came back soon. Got thru IIM. Loved it....just like the movie. On the top of the world.

2008, journey post Mba begun on a dead slow note given global economy meltdown. Got married as well. Realized a few things about life and family and the great commotion which follows post marriage in traditional joint families of hindi heartland. Made a choice and went ahead with it. Learnt all the things which I wouldn't do as a parent, as a husband and so on. Learnt all hard way...that's life, doesn't give a how to do manual as you are born :-)

2011, became a father. Wow! That special feeling is still there. Posted multi cities - kolkata and then Mumbai. What an experience. Shifting takes a toll on the entire family but develops that independent value, that fighting spirit, to meet new people and so on...

During the ups and downs of the life on the hillock, posted one number on the blog, this one, same; that 2015 would be the year where the cool mba thing should result in significant achievement. Just struck me while going back some posts on this dead blog....and just thought what if this can turn out true.

Welcome 2015. Hope u r special. And yes, you have brought me back to my beloved blog which is a good thing to begin with.