Deciphering the Murphy's Law:

Recent course of events over some days have led me to consider the authencity of the Murphy's Law which the unfortunate(He definitely would have been to give such a law) Mr. Murphy stated as "If something has to go wrong,It Will".The opposite is equivalently true viz. "If something has to go good,It will,Come what may".Haven't heard anyone quoting that.So, I take the ownership and credit for that.
There would have several instances,wherein each one of us would have remembered Mr. Murphy for his Crude law or if not, now you will.The sequence of events make themselves appear in a manner, wherein all seem so adamant on doing things worse for us,no matter what.You feel entangled.No way out.Nowhere to go.Seems the Universe is conspiring against you.You feel helpless.A puppet,dancing to the tune of events,seeing things getting worse for you and yet being a mere spectator.Why would actually such things happen?Why you feel, a plan being concocted to put you in trouble?Why is that we are Helpless?Well,I could not find a Definite Logic behind that and remained pulling my hair,brooding over the triviality of several happenings.However,I put this question to one of the very good Soft Skills' trainer who also has knowledge about a wide gamut of fields/areas including Philosophy,Hypnotism,Telepathy,Psycology,etc to name a few.The understanding,he gave me was quite complex and difficult for me to decipher in a timespan of 10 mins.However, I will try to put my understanding of the same in front of you.He said,"When you think or carry out a negative/wrong (morally) act,negative vibes overcome you and you start emanating negativity.As such the energy around you starts diminishing and negativity gains strength.The resultant of all the cosmic and particulate energy around and within you goes on diminishing on your successive imprudent act and finally results in all the wrong things at wrong places happening for you."
Well, probably this means Mr. Murphy would be wrong on most occasions.However,keeping the right perspective and doing the duty religiously can prove any Law wrong.It is only when we give less than 100% for anything we do, that there are chances of things going wrong.So the universal law is "Do right and right things happen for you".

Essential Hibernation :

Well,long time and many would have thought that I had forgotten about the blog.
Was ofcourse, involved in several regular day to day activities but had gone into a much needed Hibernation on several fronts.This is what I believe is a phase of Introspection.

We have different priorities in life and several plans and goals storming our mind at each instant.
But, it is very much a possiblity that you get deviated from your aimed path.There are fluctuations.You get carried away by temporary distractions.And before it is too late knowing that,it is always important that we know where we are heading and inculcate any corrections if required.This is where an Introspection Within, which I term "Essential Hibernation" is required.
Hold on for a moment.Be Calm and composed, keeping all mundane worries at bay.Analyse.Know where you are heading.Is this where you are destined to be?Are things in place as per your aspirations and expectations?Is this what you Desire?Is it the kind of life you wish to live?Get answers to these questions.Jot them down if required.Brood over them taking aid of your Intellect and cognizance.Take a Decision.Change the things for you.It is noone but you who is afterall responsible for the life you live.Make it a point to Introspect to climb the ladder of Excellence.This is where you make yourself Distinct from the crowd.You may Introspect each day,may be before beginning your day or at the end of the day on how you treated 'your day'.May be, even in spells and intervals.But this is what will help you trod the Untrodden Path.

This has formed an essential part of my life and my build as an individual.It has helped me imbibe serenity,calmness and peace.Made my path clear.Work on my priorities and move to the next level.Trust you are treated with the same.

Focus-Strength of Winners:

Let me begin with a very nice story my Mom told me the other day.
There was once a King in a certain region.One day,he made an announcement in his Kingdom that the person who will reach his Palace by 5'O Clock the next day in the morning will be the heir to his throne.When this message spread across the kingdom,the folks rightaway started rushing towards the palace.However,the King was wise and was never to give away his throne to anyone so easily.He played a trick.He kept all the beautiful things in his palace on the way.People who could control the temptation for one thing would find a more tempting thing at some distance.Thinking,still there is lot of time remaining for 5am,they started grabbing as many things as possible on the way forgetting about the throne.Finally when they reached the Palace they were kicked out by the guards as the time was well ahead of 5am.


Hope you would have got the essence of the story.The king wanted to give his throne to the only one who kept apart all his attractions and had true desire to get the throne.Similarly,there are several instances in life when worldly attractions(Different people may have different) make our Goal hazy and vague.Our Focus Deviates.


We get busy with our attractions and forget about our True Goal.By the time we realise our mistake,its too late and then we repent our entire life.Time which has passed can never come back.The decisions made cant be reverted.So, start early,start good.Decide what you want to achieve and where you want to reach.Once you have made a decision,never lose focus.It is said,"Winners do what losers dont - FOCUS".Judiously decide your Goal and hit it right.The way Arjuna(ref. to Mahabharata) focussed only on the eye of the bird(not the tree,branch,bird -- only eye),one should one be eyeing only the Goal, rest will unwind.
Arjuna grew up to become the greatest archers of all times.Hope we can take a cue and reach somewhere nearer....

Happy Independence Day In Advance!!!!

LIFE OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Sometimes I think, when there will be a time when I would be readily taking Life's different responsibilities?
Hope it doesnt take an era.Life is a juggle between Accepting/Running from Responsibilities.But I feel Life gifts you at different stages a Sense of Responsibility.Reflecting through your life, you will realise this.You have shouldered several responsibilities knowingly or unknowingly of a good son,daughter,brother,sister,student,friend and several others.These all are showered Implicitly on you.And you readily accept and perform your duties to the Best.Love and attachment may be the motivation for this.But you have.Now, when there are several Explicit Responsibilities being put on our heads, we simply duck and try our level best to give them a skip.Have you ever thought why we avoid taking Responsibilities?There are some very obvious reasons,that we dont tend to accept giving all possible excuses in the world and probably inventing some new.But the truth is that we are sometimes afraid of Failure,slothful at times and lack pluck at others.All these will boil down to one thing and that is - We are not ready to take Accountability.Yes thats right.We want to execute all our thoughts into actions but we dont want the Accountability Part.But then how does the Equation get Balanced?That where the point of your Mould and Build as a person comes into picture.Thats when your Character Speaks for you.Each Act that we perform,maps on to each cell that makes our Character.Start with taking a responsibility tieing up all the loose ends and do your best to act.At the same time be bold enough to face any consequences.Make a start and things start changing for you.This will make you reluctancy fade away and you will readily shouldering Responsibilities for the better.Dont take responsibility as a burden but a chance to prove your mettle.This will make you even more stronger.Life without Responsibility is like "Body without Soul".Hope you start taking responsibilities and doing the Best and Me too.

Desire+Dedication=Dream Fulfilled

Well with this post, let me begin with the Power of 3 D's which I believe can change life for the better.These 3 D's stand for Dream,Desire and Dedicate.The other day, I was talking to my good Friend,colleague and mentor, Rahul Thaker(@Oracle) and he suddenly sprung up with a one liner,
"Sirf Chaahat se kya hota hai,Dedication bhi to hona chahiye".I will translate this for you,"Only desire wont yield you anything, there has to be Dedication".I was flabberergasted and in a fay for a moment(Not many times does he say such things).Though the words may seem to be ordinary but it took time to weigh the implicit message hidden.I could feel the depth of the message conveyed by these words.I resolved to him that I will write something on this.
In life, we desire several things and dream about several others.But how many times do we actually see our desires converted to reality?Why cant we fulfil our dreams and ambitions at several occasions?What is stopping us?What is missing?I got the answer(may be you too).Yes, it is the DEDICATION with which we aspire to pursue our Dreams.It is the Dedication that keeps you constantly motivated to foray towards the Path of you Dream Fulfillment.It is the Dedication which will keep you Focussed on your Goal and give you the Energy to fulfil it.It is with this Dedication that when you trod any Path of your Desire , you taste Success.Take my words and try this.Dedicate yourself to one Dream/Goal/Aim you have long cherished.This Dedication will help you find the ways and give you the vision to March towards your Dream.Dont deviate.Dont let your Dream disappear.Dont be let down.Just give your best and leave the rest.This will surely lay the Foundation of your Dream fullfillment.I have taken a lesson from this and constantly keep this one liner in mind to keep me motivated. Hope you too can take a cue and cherish your dreams.

Empty Mind is Devil's Workshop.Is it really????

I have been hearing this maxim/thought(may be you too) since my childhood.But one day a thought struck me on this.Why do we say, "Empty Mind is Devil's workshop"?Why not something like,"Empty Mind is an Industrious Person's workshop"?Interesting Right?Well on deeper introspection, several thoughts occupied my mind.Is it really that as we have been hearing this since our early years of Molding, this maxim has occupied its space permanently in our mind and has been influencing our thinking since.What would have been the situation had the quote been the other way round,as I earlier quoted.Would not our Mind been trained to think positively and constructively had the quote been a positive one?This way, each time our mind is free,we will think Industriously and positively leading to more Optimism and Positivity around us sending out the vibes which would open up the Treasure Of Success.This is where your thinking can make/break things for you.The way you Perceive things moulds the way you grow up as a person.Try Inculcating Positive thoughts whenever you feel you are dragged towards Negativity.Answer each Negative Feeling/Thought with a Blow of Positivity.Agreed, it is definitely difficult but not impossible.Try and things will change for you.Life will glow.You will experience the Beauty of Positivity.Dont ever let fear/Negativity peep into your home Of Happiness called Life.Think about the Postive aspect of each event.Things may sometimes not go your way but on your adding a Positive Outlook to it, things will change.You will get a whole new vision about things.You and only you can change the way you live your life.Live life either as a King or be a Pauper and die so.Everything is in your Mind.Nurturing the plant of positivity in your mind will reap you benefits for the same.Change the Outlook/Perception about things and the World will change for you bestowing all its Charm on you.

Fear Of Failure --- The Greatest Road Block to Success

There is this cold drink you would have heard of named "Mountain Dew".Its punchline says "Darr ke aage jeet hai" which translates to "There is victory beyond Fear".I had heard it a lot of times(Guess you too) and thought it to be one more Impressive Puncline until it started ringing bells in my mind some days back.Fear of What?When you drill down, you will feel that we are all bound by the Fear of FAILURE.Failure in our own Subjective Perspectives.But how subtly these lines depict out Limitations.The limitation of letting Fear of Failure set in us and never look beyond.
It is this Fear of Failing that we get discouraged;never take the Untrodden Path and never taste true Success.Strenghten your Mind.Focus on the Aim.March Ahead.Beat the Fear.Taste Success.
This is the Simple rule.But then how do we follow this?Constant motivation and Fire in the Belly to achieve Your AIM,Come what may.
Sometimes, we think of Ideas and before even thinking of conceptualising them , we kill them saying "Its not Possible.We will not succeed.There is a Risk Involved".But thats not what Successful Men do.They trod over the Path of Success by Winning over their Fears and Trusting their Dreams.Once you have achieved Victory over your Fear, you have Victory over the World.
The Greatest People in the World have lived their Dreams by winning over their Fears.Had Edison Feared Failure, we would have had the World living in Dark.Had Tendulkar feared the Fastest bowlers in the World, he would not have been known as one of the Greatest Cricketers.Let me give you one more example of a living Tech Legend named Steve Jobs.Steve Jobs went on to establish and flourish what you know today as "Apple".He was the CEO and was then sacked from his own company.He worked Innovatively, lived his Dreams and Ideas and fought back his Position again as CEO of APPLE which he currently is.Had he been overcome by his Fears, he would have never realised his dream and been where he is.
So Conquer your fears.Hit them and Hit them Hard.Once you do so, your vision will be clear and you will know the Elixir of Success.So March Ahead on the Path of Success!!!!

Dont Forget Your Mistakes

Its said, "Its human to Err".Correct.Agreed.But what if you commit the same error again and again over the time."Making mistakes is not bad but committing the same one again is".After all, how do we learn if we dont make mistakes.No one among us is Mr. Perfect.But learning from our mistakes is surely a path closer to that level."Failures are Stepping stones to Success".Failures are what result from our mistakes.Success is what is achieved by learning from those mistakes.After Thomas Alva Edison invented the bulb, one of the Journalists asked him, "You failed nearly 1000 times before finally coming up with this Revolutionary Invention.What did you learn from these attempts?".To this Edison wittily replied,"I learned that the Bulb could not be made by those 999 ways".There is a lot of wisdom in this.Dont forget the Failures and Errors that you make even in your everyday life.This will lay the foundation of your Great Successful life ahead.Never Forget your errors/failures/mistakes.Learn from them.Let me give you another example of our Living Legend, the Chess Champion, Vishwanathan Anand.Vishy as he is called by his admirers was quite impatient during his early days.It would be hard for him to wait for his Opponent to make a move once he himself had played his game.On one such ocassions, he lost the game.At that time, his mother told him that he had made mistakes during the game that laid to his defeat."Dont forget your mistakes",said his mother.Anand rushed to his room and jotted down the moves he had made and those his Opponent had made and the mistakes he had committed.He realised what mistake he had made and decided never to make them again.Since then it became his habit to jot down his moves and the mistakes committed and to never forget the Mistakes.This is what has made him into such a Great Personality and a World Champion in his own game.Same is applicable to us in our own Territories of work and effort.Make mistakes but dont forget them.This will add the Charm to your work and you will be Nonpareil.Its as simple as that.So Dont forget your mistakes!!!

Practice with Dedication --- The Secret of Champions

We have been born hearing "Practice Makes a Man Perfect".However, I feel it is not "Practice" alone that would do the magic for you.It is the Dedication with which you Practice that will do the Trick for you."The more you sweat in Practice, the less you Bleed in War".I was amazed when I heard this Dialogue from the movie "Border".This Principle applies to all spheres of life irrespective of the context mentioned in the lines.The harder we Practice, the smoother the path to Glory.This sweat of Dedicated Practice is what makes Champions of Champions.May it be Tiger Woods, Sachin Tendulkar or Rafael Nadal.The harder they Practice, the better they stand the chance of annihilating the opponent.Bruce Lee once said "I fear not the one who has practiced 1000 kicks once but I fear the one who has practiced 1 kick 1000 times".This speaks volumes about proper and dedicated practice.The sweat of your efforts will yield you the fruits of success.Add the spice of dedication to the recipe of your Practice to relish the Dish called Success.None but you are the Sole creator of your Destiny and the Dedication with which you Practice your Strokes, will be the decider between the Gem and the Ordinary.So put in your Best, Do the Best and Leave the Rest!!!

Be Thankful and Respect What You have

I and my friend Chekit often get into discussions and healthy debates and sometimes express support for each others tone.The other day we both started complaining about things we were not comfortable with,goals,life and stuff.We felt quite good supporting each others grievances for Life and felt, our complaining about varied things in life was justified.The next day, on my way to office,I saw a small child who had a cloth (turned red with blood) wrapped around his head to cover the wound was crying and still begging for food.No one to wipe the tears of the little beautiful soul and satiate his deserved requirement of meal.I was awestruck and the plight of the Infant deeply pierced my Heart.What is the fault of the child who is born with a bowl in his hand?I immediately thanked Almighty and this life of being so Kind to me.I thought, I had no qualms with my Life.All my problems now seemed pithy and irrelevant.
We often tend to press the "Complain" Button and keep on showering our grievances and agony for things not possessed instead of appreciating and being Happy about what we have.We always think of Materialistic Elements we dont have and forget about what is in our hands.We carry this mindset and become sad and unhappy.Instead of finding ways to be happy and Joyous, we brood over petty matters and let our sweetest moments pass by.Let us not waste this Gifted Life in complaining about things we dont have but enjoy and respect what Life has in store for us..In this complain process we often fail to praise and value what we have.Learn to value what you possess and respect the State and Position you are in.Because till you dont have respect for yourself and your accomplishments,others can never have.After all Life is not that Difficult.You may always strive to achieve greater Heights but be happy and develop a sense of satisfaction for what you have achieved.This will make you value your success and the difficulties faced.So stop Complaining and be thankful for what Life has done to you.

The Fragrance Of Perspiration

Recently, I came across one of Shri Narendra Modi's Interviews on a TV Channel in which I heard him quoting, "I love the Fragrance Of Perspiration".How True.You feel all the happiness of the world is bestowed upon you when you have an inner sense of SATISFACTION.And have you thought what brings the so called "Satisfaction"?It is "The day filled with nectar of Honest Effort" which you put in each day to move closer to achive your Ambition and Dream.It is this disciplined sincerity towards your Aim which instills in you a sense of satisfaction which in turn makes you Happy.This happiness is not ephemeral but Lasting.What we can achieve through our Dedication cannot be achieved through Short Cuts.There is no way to Success blooming with Happiness but Consistent Sincere Efforts(CSE).This Fragrance of Your Perspiring Efforts will lead you to your destiny and the air you breathe will be graced with Satisfaction and Happiness.Love the Work you do and you wouldnt realise the Perspiration but only Glory.By this you will not only set an example for others to follow but a trend will start where there would be CSE for achieving Goals.This would result in all Happiness and no place for Sorrow.Choose Your Path.Make Your Decisions.Results will follow.

Better Than The Best

"Better than the Best".Strikingly good.The advertisers of SANSUI would have surely believed in the tag line when they would have coined it for the company.Extremely amazing.What could be that?This is what is expected if you have to climb up the ladder and remain there.You can be at the top of the world when you are better than the Best you compete with.People who have achieved the Stature of Greatness in their lives would have lived upto this maxim.Sachin Tendulkar,Tiger Woods,Rafael Nadal,Sunita Williams,Vishi Anand,Amitabh Bachachan are the living Legends who have set examples for us and have been Better than even the Best in their Respective Fields.The maxim talks about going that "EXTRA MILE".Some of us would put in our 100% efforts to acheive the Best.But we need to go that Extra Mile to be Better than the Best and shine among the Crowd.
Diamond doesnt have to say it is diamond.Its properties speak galore about it.Our Efforts and work should speak for us.And going that 1% extra in all tasks we do will add charm not only to the Task at Hand but also our life.So go about that Extra Mile in your area of Work.May it be Sports,Modelling,Acting,Research and Development or regular Work of any type.Try to add value to your organisation or the work you do.Believe in accomplishing not the Best but Better than even the Best.You will make a mark for yourself in whatever and wherever you do and set standards for others to emulate.Cultivate the love and zest for your area of interest and exhaust yourself to add Charm and Glitter to yourself.You do so and you stand out of the Crowd.
So be "Better Than the Best".

Attachment Brings Detachment

Confused.Puzzled.Flummoxed.How can this Paradox be true?I know You will be thinking on this.Well I was in such a situation when I heard this from a Saint.But on giving a thought, you will find lot of wisdom in this Phrase as I did."Attachment Brings Detachment".Consider a man's life.When a child is born,she is attached to attached to her mother and father.When she grows up,finds friends , gets attached to them and starts detaching from parents.Later when she marries and leaves her Parental home,the attachment towards Husband brings about detachment from Parents.When she becomes a mother and has children,attachment towards children brings about detachment from everything else that she was once attached to.And this Cycle goes on.Same way in our life,if we want to Detach from something, we will have to attach to something.Think this way.
You want to be successful in life and your goal in life is to achieve a certain position and Stature.In such a case developing Attachment for your work and Responsibilities will not only do you good and help you tread the path of Success but also detach you from all the Disturbing stuff and thoughts that Vex your mind and bring in Negativity.Attachment towards Positivity will bring in Detachment from Negativity.But when I talk about Attachment it implies a positive energy that motivates you to Lead and walk the Path you destine to.Give it a thought.So today itself get attached to your GOAL,dont shrink from performing your duties and live up to your Responsibilities and the let the Positive Vibes flow all around.

Fight Yourself Within

"OPPORTUNITY is missed by most people because it is dressed in Overalls and looks like WORK" said Sir Edison.Great words by Great People.There is within us a stream of Positive Energy and an equally powerful Negative Energy.Our Decision to pay heed to either of the Energies moulds our Life and we may end up being someone as recognized as Sir Edison or one more useless creature in this World.To achieve our Goals, we need to let the Knocking Opportunities let in and work towards making it a True Success.But as Sir Edison rightly says,"Opportunity dressed as Work" appears Burdensome to us.This is when our Negative Energy Flow is more Prominent and overpowers our Positive Energy.We need to fight this Negative Energy with our Optimism,Dedication and Focus towards our Goal.This fight within our selves decides our journey of life.The Negative forces try to overpower our Positivity through various excuses,Procrastination,Escapism from Work and self explanatory consolations.By paying heed to our Negative Forces we strengthen them and weaken our Positivity.Never give in to your Negativity.For this one must constantly focus on his/her goal and be ready to break all the Barricades of Negativity to trod the Path of Success.Convert your Opportunities into your Milestone to Success and lend all your Energy towards achieving the Task at hand.Consistently work towards achieving your Goals.Enjoy the Work you do and take it as your Gift from Life.
Once you do that Life has all the Wonderful Things in Store for You.So Fight your Negativity within to Conquer the world.

Cherish and Learn from the Past, Live the Present and the Future will Blossom!!!

I have heard people say "Forget the Past,live in the Present and dont think about the Future".I used to think the same until I came across Robin Sharma's one of the articles which said to learn from past.What a thought!!! We are often told "learn from your mistakes".Then why not learn from the things done in the Past.Use your Past as a repository of facts.Analyse those facts.Take a Decision based on this Analysis.This is what we design for our Analytical Processing Systems.Isn't it?Then why not implement the same in our life.
Cherish the good memories,learn from the bad ones.Nothing wrong in that.You are on top of the world when you cherish all the Good things that Life has done to you.Take Inspiration from those Good Things and continue doing your Best in the Present.Live the Present to the full because this present is never going to be your Present again.Dont think about what is not in your hands and waste what is."Today" with its each and every moment is Yours.Life is all beautiful with all its colors and so wear the colors you like.This choice is definitely in your hands.Fill your life with the colors of life you want for yourself.
When you live your Present Beautifully,the future will Blossom.Because each step you take in your Present moulds the Architecture of your Future."Better your Present to make your Future Best".