Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Why GOD won't give me what I want ?

 

This Blog is an inspiration I got from a book/movie – Conversations With God by Neil Donald Walsch.  A phrase in this book/movie that inspired me to share this story from my life was -

God is always answering your questions. But are you listening ?

Why GOD won't give me what I want ?

This question had become my mantra at one point in my life. If thoughts had an Olympics, this one would have beaten the others hands down for running for years together NON STOP.

So allow me to share my insights on this one  – Why GOD won't give me what I want !

Indian conditions….. How many of us would pull out a 100 buck out of our wallet, when we see a beggar ?  If some of you said “I WOULD” .. my next question – How many times ?   

What if you had millions of property. Had 3 kids. One a useless, 2nd spends their life in serving others live better, is blessed by all and loved by all. 3rd very smart and very intelligent, earns a great income for themselves and their family, but don’t really care much for the others & 2 siblings. Lives a very selfish-Rich life. How would you divide your millions among them ?

When I got this question, I felt like I was being forced into the shoes of Bruce Almighty. My answer was fast and simple. I’d give 70% to the 2nd kid and empower him/her to help more in need, 10% to the good earner and 20% to the useless just to give him more time to realize his true calling. Then there was silence.

I actually cried when I gave this answer. Coz this was the answer even god would give. I always believed god is within. Now I had experienced that. God is answering all the time. Due to the noise with in and noise with out I just could not hear him. When some one is far away you need that person to shout for us to hear. But when that person in with in, its just a Whisper. Can YOU hear the whisper ?

I now understood why I did not have what I wanted. Like a BEGGAR I was just asking but did nothing to create value in the lives of people around me. There is only so little much a beggar gets. Abundance doesn’t always mean tons of money. It means tons of VALUE. Once you create Value you don’t have a choice. you will be weighed in Gold !

Ask yourself this question…… If god gave you an choice between a New birth with a billion or a Reincarnation of Mother Teresa, Edison, Einstein, Mandela, Gandhi. What would you choose ?

My dearest friends, God is answering all our questions. All we need to do is just invest some time with him in SILENCE.  SILENT WITHIN  &  SILENT WITHOUT.  All of the great men whose name I mentioned above have said just one thing. FOLLOW YOUR HEART. That my friend is the voice of GOD !

Now you could do 2 things. Close this window, get back to Facebook or what ever your monitor has to show you…….or……..Close your EYES. And see what GOD has in store for you.

I thank Dato Vijay Eswaran, My distant Mentor and Guide for writing “In The Sphere of Silence”. The last 3 years in this silence has helped me understand my biggest strengths and weaknesses.

I’m glad, I now can HEAR GOD WHISPER !    

In-Service – CD

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

160yrs of Employment v/s 6yrs of Entrepreneurship…..Tough choice ?

 

After starting my new life as a entrepreneur (3+yrs back), I learnt what life actually meant. I realized how tough it was to take decisions and stick by them no matter what. Initially I had a few friends with me but then once they dropped out it was not easy for me to stick around ALONE. The word ALONE, sounds scary in business. Specially when you starting up. More so, if you have a reputation of changing your job like you do with jockey’s (I’m not promoting this brand).

Its tough. Only a few friends who really understood me knew why I changed so many jobs. For you all I now officially disclose the reason. I was in a SEARCHING MODE. Something like searching a time bomb. That’s ticking and I need to find it before its too late. That time bomb was any job that gave me Peace, Contentment, Bliss and LOTS of Money. I then realized that I was looking for an Ostrich (Peace, Contentment, Bliss and LOTS of Money) in the Himalayas (JOB). A lot of friends told me that they found their Ostrich in the Himalayas. That’s what got me to the Himalayas.

They were not wrong. They did find their ostrich. Just that it looked like a miniature version FOR ME. Coz the one I had in mind was a huge one. I was laughed at by 99% of my friends and family for having dreamt of owning a BIG Ostrich. Some even told me they didn’t exist. Or only those born rich were allowed to have it.

I then started my search for those who had the one I wanted. Coz I was sure only they knew where to find it and how to catch it. As ‘The Secret’ says .. you get what you looking for If you are serious about it. I found them. So thrilled I was that I called few friends over to see the  BIG birds !  None turned up. So I went alone. I met the big people who had not one or two but many such big birds. And they lived a life of true abundance. So now my journey started as a seeker. A seeker who had forgotten who he was, what he was. Just there with an empty head to learn.

Understanding oneself………

The first lesson I had to learn was to understand who I was and what I wanted to do in life. Pretty easy right ? … not really. I had to understand who I was according to me. Not according to what people around me felt I was. I had to let go of the prejudice I had started to develop about myself thanks to all the people around. And then I had to re-connect with my dream. MOOKA: my dream project that I started living for but it had started to die slowly. A 100+Cr project (will write about it some other time soon).

Then I had to understand the most important lesson of my life. Yes it’s the topic of this blog. 160yrs v/s 40yrs. So what is this all about ?

160yrs of Employment.

(BB = Big Bird = Ostrich = Dream), (Hims = Himalayas = Job)

This is reality. At least for 96+% of the world (now % reducing fast). The majority feel, to achieve our dreams (catch a BB) we have to go to the Hims.

One generation (grand father) goes there. Spends 40yrs looking for the BB, doesn’t find it. But at the end of 40yrs returning empty handed is against the Male EGO. So, any ways they never shared how big the BB they going for would be, so they get hold of the miniature. And pass on that information to their Kids (Fathers).

Now the fathers also go to the Hims to look for their BB. They too never tell no body the size of their Dream. Remember in those days it was foolish to dream big. We had phrases like ….. Don’t spread your legs more than the size of the sheet….and many more….So, the father too after 40yrs of searching settles for a slightly bigger bird than his father did. The Male ego still rules.

Now the son. He too goes in search of the same BIG BIRD ! And just like his predecessors shrinks his dream to the size ready and available. And then being a little smart doesn't waste time looking for something his last 2 generations didn’t find.

It’s the grandson now. And you guessed it right. Same story in general.

Now, the point my mentors wanted to make to me was this……..

Each of the generations spent 30 to 40 yrs looking for something they believed (faintly) existed. But instead of having a clear cut vision for what they were actually looking for they kept their respective dreams hidden from the rest. Just to avoid to be looked at like a loser. FEAR OF FAILURE. As a result they together spent 120 to 160 yrs in just searching. Each of their BIG MALE EGO’s didn’t allow them to look for people who had what they were looking for and seek their guidance.

Hence the key blocks here are :-

1. Fear of Failure
2. Fear of Rejection.
3. The big fat EGO.
4. The I know it all – Attitude.
just to name a few………….

6yrs of Entrepreneurship.

No body in this world is born a professional. We don’t learn coding from our mothers womb nor do we learn how to build homes from there. Then why is it that we think to be a successful business man we need the business man DNA ?  The most CRIMINAL thing one does when someone wants to start their own enterprise is…

~ Compare him with all those who failed at business. In the family and around. How MORONIC can one be ?  Basic common sense….How can you compare someone who has not even made an attempt to do something that the other he is being compared to has failed at ? Now if you telling me you are analyzing his knowledge with the one who failed the you are a MORON for sure. Let me tell you why ……

In the late 1800’s there were 2 people who were trying to give flight to man. The Wright Bros and there was Samuel Pierpont Langley. The later, had all the greatest minds in Physics and other Sciences, all the politicians of the nations, and a lot of money to back him to give flight to mankind. But we’ve never heard of this gentlemen. WHY ? Coz he FAILED !  Do you know why he failed ? He failed coz the day he got to know that Wright bros were able to be in air for 9+ seconds, HE QUIT.

Now how is it that a person who had everything, the politicians, the minds to hire and the money failed to give flight ?  Simple, He was missing a DRIVE with in as to why he wanted to give flight to mankind.

All it takes for one to be a Successful Entrepreneur is a DRIVE. A DRIVE to be different. A DRIVE to be able to make a difference to peoples lives. A DRIVE to be FREE. A DRIVE to DESERVE THE BEST for oneself and family and generations to come.

If you have this drive, look no further. FIRST contact those around you who are making a difference in their own lives and the lives of others. If you have none then contact me (if you believe I’m doing something that can make this world a better place). To be an entrepreneur all it takes is the below few things…..

1. A DREAM (this is Mandatory. If you don’t have one then let me help you realize one).
2. A DO or DIE attitude to achieve the above.
3. Willingness to Change the way we currently process our thoughts and information.
4. Be a great Student to someone who IS where you want to be.
5. 212% Of commitment. (type “212 degrees” in YouTube and watch the video)

With the above qualities you can for sure make it to the top of the Entrepreneur Charts.

So now to the golden Question……….

160yrs of Employment v/s 6yrs of Entrepreneurship….. ?

If this is still a tough choice read this blog again Smile

 

 

Disclaimer – If any of my words have caused hurt to you then its your problem. I never wrote them with an intention to hurt anyone. You are hurt coz you perceived it that way. 

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Some liners from me …………

 

- I'm NOT supposed to make sense to "Everyone".....am I ?

- Dreams are like time bombs. The day we realize our dreams the bomb starts ticking. If not achieved in time its blown into pieces. But sometimes it also blows up much before, when you let others mess with it. So protect your dream but don't waste too much time just protecting.
DREAM - PERFORM - ACHIEVE !

- What you spend you lose. What you invest comes to you in multiples.
We must learn to INVEST time to make Wealth and not SELL Time to make Money.

- Motivation is for those who hate what they doing. They need others to tell them WHY they should do something. For the few passionate, its Inspiration that drives them to success.
Are you Motivated or Inspired ?

- While most are THINKING how to make more money, I've chosen to first make more money and then THINK, how to spend/invest/enjoy it !
Coz .... I LOVE THINKING !

- All it take is just one thing to have a perfect start to an amazing day. Its called The Right Mindset.

- Well GOD is helpless.......People ask for more money and still hold out the same small bowl (mindset) that they've been using for years. All the more he puts ....all drops out !
If you asking for MORE.....then first BE MORE !

- It is so easy to know the character of a man. All you need to do is ask the right question and let him talk.

- I consider goddess Laxmi, the goddess of Disguise and Persistence. She always gets rejected by the majority coz of her disguise and yet keeps knocking the same door in hope of being recognized at least once.
Irrespective of your forms, I welcome you into my heart with gratitude and humility.

- There is a huge list of people out there to tell you "You can't do it", "You'll Fail", "Its not your cup of tea"........The least you can do to succeed is not add yourself to that list. ~ Self (inspired by Captain Haddock)

- God gave me everything that I would ever need to become who I am supposed to become. Just that he locked each of the traits and distributed the keys. All I need to do is meet as many people with those keys and ALLOW them to open my hidden treasures.
In return, I shall be IN-SERVICE to them.

- All of us deserve the best in life. Most realize it. Some work towards it. Few don't quit and get there. Negligible inspire others to do the same.

- I always knew me and Buffet thought alike. In fact we've placed our bets on the same industry as well. Heights of similarity i tell you !

- The world has never been in such desperate need of visionaries as it is today. It shall take an intensive search WITHIN ourselves to find one.

- The most dreaded and the most profitable industries happen to be the same. One of them is IP Networking (IP - Intellectual Property).

- The quality of our life is directly proportional to the quality of the answer we give to the golden question of life. "What is my purpose of life ?"

- A person who is liberated from within, can never be shackled into slavery. As what we make of ourselves within, we manifest the same outside.

- Every single day of our life, we are prospected by god through his various sent messengers, who try to enroll us into his School of Wealth and Prosperity. The challenge being, not one of them is dressed well, speaks well and those who do, we don't trust.
The best part being, God never gives up ! Its we who do !

- Salesmen sell products, Leaders Sell Vision of a better tomorrow. Selling a Product can make you some money. Selling a Vision where others get what they want, will make you a fortune.
What do you wanna make ?

- India is not a POOR country.... Its just that people are Scared to be RICH & SUCCESSFUL !
Allow me to prove it !

-Did you know -
80% of people I've met during my financial coaching call it a "FINANCIAL PROBLEM" if they had to arrange their one months salary for any unexpected reasons. These are people who have 2 to 6yrs corporate experience.
Earning money is not enough. You need to know how to make it work for you.
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee !

- The Truth about "WORD OF MOUTH".

It is most of the time information shared by a person about a product never bought, a service never used, a profession never known/understood, place never visited, medium never traveled, book never read, concept never known/understood......... So if you have been mislead, it is you at fault. You can't blame the mechanic you visit when you sick.

- You can tell how seasoned a person is by the language they use. PROBLEM is usually a word kids use. They learn it from text books.
The seasoned use the word CHALLENGE.

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Business is not for ......
- Those who are happy and willing to part with 30% of what they earn...
- Those who are happy and willing to crib about how life's been unfair to them...
- Those who need someone to tell them what they are worth and not realize it by themselves...
- Those who don't have a purpose of living and just want to SPEND time and not INVEST it ....
- Those who think they will live a hundred years and make big debts based on such assumptions.
Business is for MORONS like me who believe in a dream and are willing to die trying rather than give up and exist. I am a MORON with a dream. You ?

- The only CERTIFICATE that is priceless even when compared with that of the greatest Universities on planet is that given by "LIFE". Its the "Certificate of Success". And most of those who possess this right now are the ones who dropped out of the other smaller universities to join the "University of Life". ~Self

- When you weigh an opportunity with money you make a living. When you weigh it in sweat and blood you make a fortune ~ CD

-> Have learnt some big lessons in the last 4 days......
- Service before self.
- When InService its service above self and not any person.
- Anger truly is an amazing tool when detached (thanks to SOS).
- The Emotions/Reason behind anger must be eliminated first (thanks to SOS).
- Lead by example.

- Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. ~ Wanitha Ashok

- They failed me in grade 6 coz i couldn't write. They failed me in 8th coz i couldn't write. They failed me in 10th and college for the same reason. Today, people say my blogs/articles are Inspirational & I'm 30% thru writing a book.
Past not = Future !

- I've noticed something lately. I've been using the 'F' word extensively for the last 4yrs and life has been giving me more of it every single day !
Maybe you guys should try it too !
Its called...... FREEDOM !

- To a soul that only knew to inspire millions....this is my commitment. Throughout my life, I will "Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish". RIP Steve. I surely will miss your innovations.

- I look fw to a day wen the world speaks behind my back to remind me that I'm ahead of it ! ~ Self

- For those who don't want to take RESPONSIBILITY of building their wealth, they depend on so called investors who help you earn some or no money. For those who take RESPONSIBILITY of their own wealth, roll up their sleeves and get into building BUSINESSES, that last for generations.
Who are you ?

- Never did I realize how tough the mission I was on, would get. Rescuing POW's is indeed a great challenge. Specially when they have got used to be POW's. So now I've decided to work with young soldiers, helping them avoid the POW trap.
Results are U N B E L I E V A B L E !

- When the choice is between Money and Ego, never get greedy on both ~ Self.

- In the Industrial Revolution it was tough to get a job and today equally tough to keep one.
Wonder why those (who have what it takes) who can build businesses choose to Join Others Business and not start one themselves :(

-  We are currently transitioning into the NEW ECONOMY. The old rules/education/mindset will not help you make any money. But if not Unlearned soon, will be the reason for your bankruptcy. Worst would be asking our kids to learn what actually needs to be unlearned. If you are waiting for your kids to become graduates before they learn about Financial Education, you are just preparing them for
STONE AGE !
Ask yourself, for the dreams you had when you were starting your career in your 20’s, have you achieved or compromised on your dreams ?
Be Responsible and not Emotional !

- Most of the famous quotes that inspire are pure COMMON SENSE. They just sound great coz of the lack of COMMON SENSE in us at the time of reading. ~ Self

- A compromised lifestyle is a result of a caged mindset ~ Self.

- Goodness is like AIR. When you breath in, you must also breath out !

 

 

- Legends don't die. They live forever in The Art, The Act & The Voice they leave behind. (written for Jagjit Singh)

- Measurements of the Key to Success.......

Length - Your vision. How many years ahead can you think ?

Breadth – How many people can you take along with you to the top ?

Curves - How many ups and downs in life have you 'grown thru' ?

Levers - How many time have you decided to give-up and 'didn't' ?

- Join Others Business to be Just Over Broke. ~ Self

- God always has his way of sending us his messages. But from an Unknown Number, an Unknown Friend. ~ Self

- Sometimes its good if you are small. You can achieve things that look tough for those who are big.

- This depression......the middle class mindset will be broken for ever. Few who are prepared to Adapt, Accommodate & Adjust will move into the rich class. Other will remain in a DENIAL mode and go down into the poor class for the lack of the ability of EMPTYING THE CUP.

- Today, in this super fast age of IT and Social Media, knowledge and money are freely available online and offline. But yet people are DUMB not to utilize the resources coz of the massive lack of Common Sense.

- We cannot have a corrupt free country. Coz majority of those fighting for the nation, could not fight for their own dreams and they GAVE UP !

- All of us are prospective success stories. Most avoid the action and remain as prospects all their lives. ~ Self.

- An 8 letter word that can change your life forever. " DECISION "

- You get only one of the below....
Job Security or Financial Security.

- The middle class are not deprived of opportunities. They deprive themselves of common sense.~ Self

- Foolish Conquer the world, the Wise conquer themselves. – unknown

- In a case, High Court Hon. judge ridiculed a guy coz his wife decided to drop out of engineering. He called their family a "Dropout" Family.
What this frog in the well don't realize is that 80% of worlds wealth is controlled by DROPOUTS !

- True education makes you feel stupid. It makes you realize you have so much more to learn.

- People waste 14hours (avg) a day building someone Else's destiny and in return get paid just enough to survive (pay EMI's for home, car, child's education). No wonder they say.........I don't have Money, I don't have Time.....when given a choice to build their own destiny.
Hate me for this truth or love yourself and CHANGE !

- Well you can burn a lot of calories when you work hard and walk for miles together... just to realize you still at the same place coz you walking on a treadmill !
Stop working and put a NET before !

- Success is the best communicable disease I've ever picked up from my mentors. ~self

- We are currently transitioning into the NEW ECONOMY. The old rules/education/mindset will not help you make any money. But if not Unlearned soon, will be the reason for your bankruptcy. Worst would be asking our kids to learn what actually needs to be unlearned. If you are waiting for your kids to become graduates before they learn about Financial Education, you are just preparing them for STONE AGE !

- I feel we r completely messed up in our basics. Taking a loan to buy a liability is considered celebration !
Something wrong somewhere !

- We all are like water molecules. Some are held back by dams (circumstances) or frozen by fear. Some find their way around them. Its only those willing to take the 212 degrees get to change their state and rise up into the sky.
What's your State ? ~ self

- When you have a strong WHY.....you'll Do or Die !

- Its sad to see and hear great musicians, dancers, actors waste their talent & lives in a JOB. Those who can't fight for their own talent end up losers !

- I can't stop but laugh at those who judge me. But on the other hand, I feel good. Human psychology, you never judge people whom you think are below your intelligence quotient.

- Its a big challenge to find the right partner for business. Specially when your business model is like a dynamite one. I most of the time, end up in a "Fire in the Hole" situations.

- When your return over investment is a 1000%, you don't really care about the 13% inflation. Do you ?

- When high inflation hits, the middle class has 2 options.
1st - Got to Ramlila Grounds and do a hunger strike. Ask govt to reduce costs. Put your Job on risk. Expect Govt to listen to you instantly. You'll find 97% of people here waving your flag.
2nd - Challenge yourself to earn more. Raise your limits. Push yourself beyond your capabilities.
Which kind are you ?

- 16th Sept 2010.....I shared my 7 year plan with you all !
My 7 year plan looks like this -
09 to 10 - donkey work.
10 to 11 - very very hard work
11 to 12 - very hard work
12 to 13 - hard work
13 to 14 - work
14 to 15 - work IF I want to
1st Jan 2016 - retired financially :)
By the Will of my desire..... I'm on Schedule !

- There are those who fight for their dreams against all those who steal it (friends,family)....and those who prepare a blame list.

- My definition of FREEDOM. Being FREE from DOMinance.
I decide the WHY, WHAT, HOW, WHEN, WHERE, WHOM of my life
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I share the same FREEDOM with all those around me.

- The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in war. - Unknown

- Recently read that if I have some money in my bank and few change in my wallet, then I belong to the top 7% of the world population. If this is true, then its very important for me to first become part of top 1% before I decide to help the rest 99% to come up.
Its called..... Raise Yourself To Help Mankind ! ............ Are you Doing IT ?

- People who have been BOO'ed in life are the ones who "Believe Others Opinion" about themselves.

- Reputation - .1% of the world who earn close to 96% of the worlds wealth don't care about this word. But for the rest it is this same word that scares them from doing something different in life and to get to the top. It is these people who always live in fear of what the society would think of them and forget what they become in the eyes of self.

- There are only 2 kinds of money problems. Either you have not much money or you have too much money.
Which kind would you like to have ?

- All it takes is just ONE decision. To rise up, to fall down. To make money, to lose it all. To be a leader or lead the fall. To be a human or not at all.
To show your greatness or expose your moral. To be worshiped by mates or ignored by all.
To make a right one or make one right, all it takes is just ONE decision.

- This depression......the middle class mindset will be broken for ever. Few who are prepared to Adapt, Accommodate & Adjust will move into the rich class. Other will remain in a DENIAL mode and go down into the poor class for the lack of the ability of EMPTYING THE CUP.

-Today, in this super fast age of IT and Social Media, knowledge and money are freely available online and offline. But yet people are DUMB not to utilize the resources coz of the massive lack of Common Sense.

- My post from this day, 2010 (via FB)

God always has his way of sending us his messages. But from an Unknown Number, an Unknown Friend. ~ Self

- If an entire Industry was to be shut down or banned for one company failing, IT should have shut down after the Satyam Scam, Shipping should have shut down after the Titanic sunk, Airlines should have shut down after the concord crashed.....And the economy should have shut down after the WTC was erased.
Do you get my message ? or you still thinking DUMB ?

- The more you seek SECURITY, the more you lose FREEDOM. Ask any prisoner or an employee and they'll tell you. You are told how much you will get, when to have lunch, when to go home, when to take a holiday etc etc...
And I'm not talking about JOB security. I'm talking about FINANCIAL security.

- Winners make their failures as stepping stones. Losers make it their reason for giving up. The beauty is you have the choice. To be a Winner or a Loser.

- Life is a race. A race towards my goals. Where my biggest competitor is the Ticking Clock and not NOBODY else !  

- FREEDOM when hyphenated means FREE from DOMinance. Something that employed can never have !    

- I attempt - I fail, I attempt - I fail, I attempt - I fail, I attempt - I fail …… I attempt I SUCCEED. When eyes are locked on to the target… it don't matter how many times I fall. I just rise and Hit Back !

- Everyone is Destined to be Wealthy. Most CHOOSE to ignore this part of their destiny. Wonder why ?  

- What an irony......"How a Revolutionary and a Criminal end up in the same place in the end while their intentions happen to be totally different".  

- The only way to change REALITY is to first Accept it.

- Any guesses who is the biggest networker in the universe ?  Its GOD !
He plans, Who meets Whom, When, Where and WHY !
And we happily screw-up his plans :P

- You can never be wealthy by creating great value for just few people. You get wealthy when you create immense value for the common man and teach him to do the same !
You then create ABUNDANCE !

- The BEST is always showcased after ACTION. Both on and off the screen.   

- Forgive and Forget. The first one is very tough. Second, Impossible !

- Repentance can set us free from guilt and the act that we did. After which the history don't matter no more ! It is then DETACHED !  

- When you go for an interview for a JOB, its most likely that the Employer lets you put the number of ZERO's in your CTC and they ultimately put the Decimal where they want to.
The only possible way you can get a chance to put the 0's and decimal is put your ego aside and give me a call. I'll be happy to serve you for the rest of our life !

- Kids are our LIABILITY and God's Asset !
They were sent to us because WE (parents) had to become better people in order to give them a Platform for them to become THAT, was is destined for them. The day we put our dreams onto their shoulders is the day we have committed the biggest crime of trespassing gods will !
Don't stop your kids from DREAMING ! Rather Help them achieve it !

- The day people FEAR dying broke than Fear losing money, they would be successful.   

- "What I have I deserve. What i don't have, I don't like". - This is a great attitude to have for a beggar !

- Where there is a "WILL", there are a THOUSAND WAYS. It includes the once you MAKE !  

-3 reasons why Professional Networkers get paid 200 times more than Salesmen.

1- They connect people and create a value that lasts till the end of life.
2- They give much more than they take.
3- They are vision driven not sales driven.

- To all the FATHERS of today. You soon will be Grand Fathers. Then you will have 2 choices. To tell your grandkids about what you WISH you had done...or.....what you DID. Or maybe you'll even lie about what you did.

To avoid that pathetic life, create a success story worth inspiring from….ACT NOW ! (No Opportunity Waits)

- Knowledge don't belong to no one's father. Its free for those who seek it.  

- Its so tough to TRUST.......Oneself. Others just follow.  

- Ever heard of that "WEALTHY MAN" who didn't have friends, family, social life, personal life, happiness, health, love, joy, peace in his life ??

- Its a challenging but an amazing experience to be working with so many POW's*. After all the hardship they go thru and their minds crushed, aspiration hanging like carrots in front, with FREEDOM left only as a fading dream. Most are so scared now at the ray of light at the end of tunnel, they think its a Train and just panic...... But I'll still do all that I can for THEIR FREEDOM !

*POW - Prisoners of WORK.

- How much of a brain does it require to tell which is better ?
   Option 1 -  1,00,00,000...spent on education (KG to PG) to save Rs. 200/ Day
OR
    Option 2 - 1,00,000 to 7,00,000 spent on business education to save 1,00,000 a day !
And people tell me they need time to think, they don't have money, they can't do what it takes.......blah blah blah :O Something wrong Somewhere !

You don't need legs to stand up for your dreams, all you need is COURAGE !

- They say, never judge a book by its cover. That’s why, I see, Listen, Speak from my Heart ! It don’t know how to judge.   

- Its the single most amazing experience to be witness to one's re-birth and facilitate the process of once growth and shaping of the character & identity, all over again.

-   The day you no more fear Taking a Decision and sticking by It, is when you truly start LIVING !

- My Theory of Potential -
The praise you receive from people around you will never be more than 10% of your actual potential. And the critics you receive will always be 200% more than your actual mistakes made.

*Kindly do not judge OTHERS with this theory.

- There is always a trait in us that is reflected in those around us. As long as we are not in a good relationship with oneself there is no way we can be in a good relationship with the other. It all starts with the 'AHAM' - The 'I'.

- The human mind is designed only to see what it believes. Change what you believe and what you get will change.

- A FAILURE and a LOSER are rarely the same. When we FALL we Fail. When we REFUSE to get back up, we become a LOSER.  

- FEAR is like that shadow in front of us that grows bigger and bigger as we move away from the source of light / knowledge. The moment we turn around and face the light / knowledge, we leave our fear behind us, that only shrinks and disappears once we become one with the source of knowledge / light. This knowledge / light is that of SELF DISCOVERY.
So if you have fear, gain more knowledge about YOURSELF.
  

- Some say “Something is better than Nothing”. I’d say “Nothing is better than Nonsense”.

- There are just 2 words that can define your success “ WHY and HOW “ . While focus on WHY gives you a PURPOSE , POWER and DIRECTION to ACHIEVE your Goals . While HOW helps you be in paralysis of the HOW .

- Next level in life is just - one though, one action and one decision away. But how far are you from that One Thought, One Action and One decision ?  

- One strong reason to be successful can defeat a million reasons of past failures.  

- When you climb and fall, its not the rocks that laugh at you. It’s the people around, who do. The same people, who do not believe in you but first do not believe in themselves. When you pick yourself up after every fall and conquer the peak, it is not the peak that you really conquer. You conquer YOURSELF. – Dato. Dr. Vijay Eswaran.  

- Never share your dream with anyone if you don't have the BELIEF in its accomplishment. Coz it just shows. A dream without belief is like a Ferrari with no fuel.

- Statement - Someone has to take a step forward to do something.
Losers - Wait for that someone.
Winners – Become that someone.

- I empathize with the Ignorant who are seeking the truth. Pity those, who think they know it all.    

-Those who throw stones on transparent glass homes, do so only because they see their own reflections in the glass. Its what we are that is always seen in the others. More so the bad than good.

- There is no ONE Wrong Decision, that leads to failure. Every wrong decision is just a De-tour. A De-tour that could teach us an important lesson if willing to learn. A lesson that could be used to make fortunes if willing to work hard. Fortunes that could be used to help mankind if willing to help. Help that can change someone's life for better. Life that is given to us by the lord. And the Lord who resides in each of us. See how a wrong decision came back to you in a beautiful way. 

Yet there is One Wrong Decision, that leads to failure. It’s the Decision to QUIT.

- Its only when you make a DECISION and stick to it 'no matter what' the outcome maybe, does your life and destiny change to how you want it to be.   

- Those who live a life of false pride and vision-less, compare themselves to others. Those who live a life of abundance, compare themselves to WHO they were in yesterday, WHO they are today and WHO they want to be tomorrow.    

- CHANGE. Its one sour pill that has the capacity to change one's destiny !
I prescribe one Daily !

- Life is a CRAZY driver. Doesn't use the Indicator before it Turns Smile

- You can only find a reason to QUIT, when your reason to start was not STRONG ENOUGH.  

- To become a GREAT ONE is to Stand WITH People and NOT ABOVE them. – Rahul Pendse (Business Leader, Mentor and a great friend).

- One of the greatest opportunities most of us miss in life is LIFE itself.
Wake up !

- What connects us to our source is our Dream. Cut your dream and you'll be like a BEAUTIFUL FLOWER on its way to the trash can once dried.

Dream < BELIEVE > Achieve. 

- There are 2 things we can do when we fall. One, give an excuse to stay there and howl how much it pains and hurts. Second, give ourselves a reason to get back up and start walking and let the pain and hurt become a war-cry. A War-cry that inspires those fallen down to get back up. So what is it that you are choosing ?  

-We are all TIRED at the end of the day. Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, Spiritually & Financially.  So are those who have succeed beyond measure. But they never let the first 4 become excuses to stop them from working harder to get their Financial Strength. And once that was there, they had the OTHER 4 at their disposal.  

- Our worth is directly proportional to our awareness of our potential and how serious we are about putting it to use.

- When The Nature doesn't believe in complacency and mediocrity, Why should I ?

When Plants and Animals don't compete against each other, Why should I ? When The Sun & Moon doesn't believe in the giving us ENOUGH light, Why should I ? When The Earth doesn't bind us with chains, yet holds onto us,  Why should I ?

There is a lot we could learn from the Nature and things around us. But only if we are good students and not Pseudo Intellectuals.

Empty You Cup !

- Your Dream is how you want you life to be. The Reality is how the world wants your life to be. Fight for DREAMS ! Yours and others.

- The only way to uplift a country is by empowering the individual.

- Mediocre mind are known by what they are today while the great minds are known for their VISION of tomorrow.

- The best way to piss off people is to show them something that can give them better results than what they have been doing & getting since donkey years.

- Giving is such a tough task. But the joy during and after is beyond explanation.

- A lot of times one just needs to hyphenate a word to bring out great meaning. For eg ...... NAUKRI.

- You, me, Edison, Dhirubhai, Tata, Birla and all the legends & wealthiest people were born with the same SUPER COMPUTER HARDWARE.
You and me stuck to old Drivers and they kept upgrading. They were not scared of installing the wrong drivers, because they first spent a lot of time understand their hardware (Self Realization, connect with... their dreams, Vision).

-There are people who drive a car worth Rs.200,000. And those who pay this amount as EMI every Month and finally those who pay this EMI every day. We could be anyone of them.
Its all about believing in ourselves that we can be what we WANT TO BE !
Dream < Believe > Achieve !

- The cat on the wall died of starvation. (one of my Fav’s)

-The only companies that can build the economy are the ones whose customers are equal to their partners in all ways. (not very sure if this is my original)

- Legends are those who believe in themselves and their vision and are completely deaf to what the highly qualified and learned men opine about them till they have achieved their goals. Once goal achieved, the opinion and the men just Disappear. So Are you Legend or Highly Qualified Learned men ?

- There is only one Talent that can make even a donkey, the most respected individual around. It’s the talent of LEARNING. The moment we feel we've learnt ENOUGH, we start our journey backwards to becoming a DONKEY again.

- Why steal & cheat when you have enough to give.

- Security and Risk, both bring you Freedom. While the first brings Freedom on Hire, the second helps you Own It. (Another fav of mine)

- Those who fought and brought us freedom didn't cling to their SECURITY. A soldier on the border gives up his SECURITY for our Freedom. The same way we must give up our SECURITY for the Freedom of our coming generations / families. Or we all shall go back to the old times of slavery and yet again FEAR shall be used to shackle and control us.

- A Lot of us claim to have common sense. I differ. Majority of us here don't have common sense. Allow me to Prove It To You.

- Vegetables get rotten once you pull them out of the source and keep them out in artificial environment for long. Humans are no different. Our source is that dream that we were born to achieve. The moment we forget it and join the race we enter the artificial environment and slowly start to rot and stink.

- Start a task + Mistakes made + Failure + Lessons learned + QUIT = Pseudo Experience.
Start a Task + Mistakes Made + Failure + Lessons Learned + Re-Start the Task + Finish successfully = Experience.
So be careful of whose advice you take.

-One of the main reasons why Japan has stood up strong even after the historic bombing is only because for the Japanese, CHANGE was VISION driven. Not FEAR Driven.

- Entrepreneurship is not about selling/promoting products and services. It’s about creating and promoting opportunities to build a better society.

- Your bank balance is directly proportionate to the number of people you have SERVED so far.

- I've just realized why I couldn't make it big in music. Because I never worked with musicians. I worked with corporate employees who played music part-time. Nothing wrong with them, but just my fault. I was with people who weren't just as desperate to make it big in music as I was.

- Are you preparing yourself and Waiting for an opportunity or just Waiting ?

- The journey to the ultimate destination (our dreams) begins when we understand the difference between "What I am Good at" and "What is good for me" and choose the right one.

- Complacency is like weeds. All you need to do is 'NOTHING'. (not sure if I wrote this)

- Its human to miss your target and fail. But moronic to give up.

- I have always let my DECISIONS shape my destiny and not my conditions. How about you ?

- For a Sparrow every worm is an opportunity. For an Owl every rat is one. But for an Eagle none of them are. They only come down to their nest or when there is something BIG for them. Be an Eagle. Fly HIGH !

- You are just one person away from being fired. Just one person who's just 1% smarter than you, willing to work just 1 hr more than you and willing to take just one pay cheque less in a year than you.

- There are 3 major battles that we fight on a daily basis.
~How v/s Why.
~Don't v/s Can't
~Try v/s Do it.
...Those who win and succeed everyday are the ones who ask them selves "WHY CAN'T I DO IT". They are the ones who are willing to Learn How to do it coz the 'WHY to do it' is more stronger than the lame excuses the VOICE within gives.

- You got a Dream, you got to Protect IT ! People can't do something themselves and they'll tell you … You can't do it ! – In The Pursuit of Happiness.

- What stops a Muslim to walk into a temple and worship Allah and a Hindu to walk into a Mosque and worship his god ? ... If the answer is "NOTHING"....it only means its not a Religion issue.... its an EGO issue. And if we have Edged God Out (EGO) what difference will a temple or a mosque make ?

- Has finally come to a conclusion that the main reason why people fail to achieve enough significance in their life is ........ "FEAR OF SUCCESS"

Friday, March 4, 2011

The Cracked Pot

Sent by – Binod Panda (Business Leader, Mentor & a Great Friend)

A gardener in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect. Therefore, the first one always leaked its water, while the second one always delivered a pot full of water

The gardener worked for the Emperor, and his job was to tend to His Majesty’s garden. Every day, he would go to the stream, fill his two pots to the brim, and then walk along the path of the palace to the main garden, where he would empty the pots on to the bushes.  In addition, every morning, he would pluck the most beautiful flowers and take them to the King and Queen. They were very pleased with his work, designated him as the best gardener, and rewarded him handsomely.

Over the years, the cracked pot was beginning to feel miserable, for he realized half the water the gardener was carrying leaked out on the way, and so his contribution to the Royal garden was negligible compared to the other pot’s. Therefore, one day he spoke thus to the gardener:

“Sir, I am ashamed of myself. You take so much trouble to fill me with water each day, but because of an imperfection in me, you get only half the water you have filled. You do such hard work, but get hardly anything in return. Why don’t you just discard me into the rubbish heap, and get yourself another perfect pot like the other one, so that your hard work gets even better rewarded by the Emperor. “

The gardener looked at the cracked pot lovingly and said: “let me show you something”. So saying, he carried the pot along the path from the stream to the Palace that they were used to traversing every day. Along the path, he showed a line of the most beautiful flowers on one side, but not on the other.

The gardener then explained to the pot:” These are special and rare flowers, which require some water every day, but will wilt and die if given too much water in one go. Knowing that you have a leakage problem, I planted the seeds of these special flowers  along one side of the path, and when I walk on it every day, I ensure that you and not the other pot is held over this side of the pathway. This way, every day, these flowers get exactly the amount of water they need. If I had planted them along with the other flowers in the main garden, they would have wilted and died long back, but see how gorgeously beautiful they are now? And, what is more, the special accolades I have received from the King are on account of these very flowers, which other gardeners are never able to provide the Queen with.”

What the gardener was explaining to this cracked pot applies to all of us:

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it is the cracks and flaws we have that makes our lives so very interesting and rewarding. The Master Gardener who sent us to this world never looks at our flaws as flaws, but as essential parts of a Grand Design that is getting knit into the tapestry of the wonderful Whole.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Personally, I feel somewhere down our growing years we've taped our cracks. These cracks could be our talents (music, dance, theater, electronics etc etc...) Talents that could spread peace and harmony to this world. Thanks to our society who made all those perusing their talents feel like they were fools & losers in my days of growing and some even today.

I'm thankful to those who succeeded and have forced the society to change their view. But there is still lots to be done. We have lots of them who succeed following their heart who inspire us. Its up to us now to get inspired and inspire the others with our ACTIONS. 

Look forward for some hands here ......

In-Service

Chakradhari. Rowe

Which List are you on ?

 

We all have friends. Some very old, some old and some new. If we notice, over a period of time the circle of friends we keep in touch on a regular basis changes. Very rarely, does an old friend make it to the new list/circle. The same happens with family members too. The reasons are many and we could debate for decades. But I would like to highlight one of the critical reason ignored by lot of us.

Its CHANGE and the speed of transition. Each of us are evolving at a certain speed. And this speed is directly proportional to that of our peer group or COI (circle of Influence). The main reason why some of us get left behind and are not able to make it to the new lists of our friends is simple. We are either too slow or too fast. If we are too fast, it’s really great for us. We are evolving fast. But the challenge is if we are too slow……we’ll soon become Dinosaurs.

A few check points to see how to analyze where we are ?

You are in the SLOW LIST if –

-       The people you meet/hangout/live with have been doing the same routine since many months, years.

-       The people in your SLOW list have been spending their weekends in the same way since ages.

-       The people in your SLOW list have the same car, bike since more than 3 yrs.

-       The people in your SLOW list have been talking about the same topics at coffee or social gatherings. (politics, boss, employees etc.)

-       The people in your SLOW list make you feel life is meant to be happy with what you have for yourself. (usually don’t bother about what their family wants)

-       The people in your SLOW list always post others quotes/learning  as Facebook/twitter status.

-       Will give you one line answers if asked “what have you learnt in the last 5 years of your life ?”.

-       The people in your SLOW list always crib about things not right in their office, home, society, state, country. Basically ACTIVE members of the Crib Club.

-       The people in your SLOW list read books that add no value to their character/attitude/intellect.

-       The people in your SLOW list never keep time commitment.

-       The people in your SLOW list have an excuse ready as a backup.

This list could actually go on…………

You are in the FAST LIST if –

-       The people in your FAST list are crazy. Do things that the slow list people laugh at.

-       The people in your FAST list change with time and upgrade their challenges. They have bigger challenges every time.

-       The people in your FAST list live by the second. They are always on time or even before.

-       The people in your FAST list have new information every time you meet them. Even if it mean several meets in a single day.

-       The people in your FAST list have a never dying hunger for Knowledge and opportunities to implement it.

-       These people will never let you sit idle. They will keep you on toes and are always willing to help.

-       The people in your FAST list  always inspire you to do things which are beyond your mindset.

These were just a few that I could think of. However few points in the slow list are debatable and are generic. Now that we have an idea of the SLOW and the FAST I would like to ask you all a question.

We all agree that if we don’t change with time we would become Dinosaurs. My question to you is ……. If one became a dinosaur, which obviously means primitive, the stories or info on which is found in Museums,

Would you go to see them every day at the museums ?

If you answer is YES, well you’re one among them.

And if NO, then what makes you think that your friends who’ve evolved and evolving faster will meet you or keep in touch everyday ?

Mind You ! There is no relationship in this world where 2 people evolving slow and fast can be together for a long time. Divorces, Old Age Homes etc are the result of this very reason. 

Now that some of us agree to the above theory, go tell your friends as to which list they belong to. This is not something to show people down. I’m sure I’m on the slow list of many around here , but this just tells me whom should I be spending more time with and learning from.

Spend most time with the Fast List. We live in times of SPEED. From 64Kbps in 2000 to 16MBPS today @ home.

Gain SPEED !

Take care & Take Charge

CD

10 lies you'll hear before pursuing your DREAM

 

Ten Lies You’ll Hear Before Pursuing Your Dream provided by DivineCaroline.com.

The above is an article available @ www.divinecaroline.com

After reading the pointers couldn’t stop sharing my views on them – This is my perspective and no comparison meant to the wisdom of the author above.

1. You can follow your dreams someday, but right now you need to buckle down and be responsible.

The “SOMEDAY” philosophy actually got into my head from a song I was taught in school very early. “Hum honge kamiyab, hum honge kamiyab, hum honge kamiyab, EK DIN”. This EK DIN would only come if we get off our butt and out of our comfort zone NOW !

2. You’re totally screwed if it doesn’t work out.

“IF” is a fantastic word. That is only when the attitude following words is correct. Lets take an example…

What IF I fail ? What IF I lose all the money ? What IF people laugh at me ? The words following IF are of a mind who’s designed to focus on the negative. A person who is either a loser himself or is surrounded by losers.

What IF I Succeed ?  What IF I earn a Lot of money ? What IF people start to applaud me for my achievements ?  Now these words show a positive mindset. Someone who is all fired up to go get what they want.

So IF you want to change what follows your IF, change the people you hang out with.

3. It’s safer to stay at your day job.

My Mentor once said “ If you are looking for SECURITY, any CENTRAL JAIL could give you that”. A very famous IT Consulting Co in Bangalore just fired few Directors and a CXO only because they lost a project. So, yeah Day Job is actually VERY SAFE (Till the axe falls on you). 

However, there is nothing wrong with a day job if you LOVE it. But having your family depend on it is something I would reconsider.   

4. That’s impossible!

Trust me friends ! It was IMPOSSIBLE to pass my 10th std when I opened the math book of that class when I was in 1st Std. It was IMPOSSIBLE for me to give a speech on stage addressing 500 + people when I played a tree in my school drama. IMPOSSIBLE is like your shadow. The closer you move towards the source of LIGHT (KNOWLEDGE) & POSSIBILITY the faster it disappears.

Think about this -  IMPOSSIBLE is the smallest word behind which the biggest FEARS hide.

5. Only a lucky few “make it.”

One of my cousin who is a Charted Accountant once told me about a board that displayed the ‘thought of the day’ outside a church, opposite to the CA Institute. It once said “Jesus never fails” and a depressed CA student wrote further “Ask him to take the CA exams”. Well that was just on a humorous note.

LUCK is when PREPARATION meets OPPORTUNITY. So you could either sit waiting for an opportunity to ring your door bell or be prepared and equipped to GRAB it when you see it go past. If you have the knowledge, you’ll know where opportunities hangout.

Guess what !  You could nominate yourself to be lucky  EVERYDAY ! Smile 

6. You might fail. And failing is bad.

This is one of the best and consistent lines I’ve heard for over 20 yrs of my life. I wish parents told their kids not to try to walk if they fell once trying to do it. I wish people were told this while entering a driving school, or while learning to cycle. I’m yet to meet a person who has not fallen once of his cycle while learning. Not once, but every time I’m talking to school and college kids I mention about my 28yrs of failure I’ve had and the most priceless lessons I’ve learnt from it. ONLY A BLANK CHEQUE CAN BUY THE LESSONS THAT FAILURE TEACHES YOU.

Every failure has 2 aspects. The Lesson & The Feeling. What is important is that we learn the lesson and ignore the feeling we went through. People do the opposite. They carry the feelings associated with failure through out their life. And at one point these feelings become a mind block. These group of mind blocks make you fear failure even more and you stop to attempt what life has to offer.   

7. You don’t have access to the right resources.

I would have looked at this as a valid reason after days of convincing  20 yrs back. There is practically NOTHING or NO RESOURCE that is not available on the World Wide Web. You could find water in a desert if you really wanted and BELIEVED in yourself.

8. You need more money saved before you can take the first step.

Well if Dhirubhai would have followed this advice I’m sure we wouldn’t  have seen Reliance Group. He started with just Rs. 800.00 and today its more than 8000 Cr. Thanks to internet and technology today you could own a online franchise minting money for you at a throw away price* (Conditions apply. You need to be smart and with some IQ). Not only this but there are so many other opportunities out there. You just need to search. And most important BE OPEN and take advice from the RIGHT PEOPLE.

9. You don’t need any help. It’s smarter to go after it alone.

Very true. Go for it alone mentality is that of an Employee or a Small Business man. Dhirubhai, Mr. Mruthy, Mr. Premji, Mr. Gates, Steve….all of them built companies alone. HR, Finance, Operations, Logistics all were managed by them. Steve designed the Apple, built the components, put it in his car, when out to the super mart and stood outside to sell it all by himself.

I know you got my point. Unless you’re planning to sell peanuts on a railway platform, YOU CANNOT DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF.

TEAM – Together, Each, Achieves, Maximum.  

10. That sounds like a lot of hard work.

Achieving big things or dreams was never hard work. Hard Work is what a DONKEY does. If hard work was supposed to be awarded Donkey would have been the King of the Jungle. Hard Work was for the Industrial Revolution. Hard work then was maintain company accounts manually. Today its SMART WORK. Use Tally ! If you are still believing HARD WORK will take you to the top, GOD BLESS !

Take Care & Take Charge

Chakradhari. Rowe