Some days back , one of my friends said that "We should never take tension because life is another name for problems. "I totaaly agree with the first sentence but I refuse to accept the latter one.
It totally depends on one's perspective , the same circumstances that is problem for me might be an oppurtunity for you & vice-versa . As it is very rightly said -> "Two persons look through th same windoe, one see the mud, other see the stars."
I have personally noticed that many of us says that we will start enjoying the life only after the day we reach blah-blah milestone. It is good to have determination but it doesn't mean that you do not value the most important gift given to you by God - "Ability to laugh and enjoy life." Afterall,"success is a journey and not destination."
Some days before , I saw a person near Sangam in my hometown,Allahabad whose physical disabilities is impossible for me to describe but still he was possessing the divine smile on his face , I could not resist myself and went to ask him the reason , he simply replied Why to cry over things one cannot change , instead try to enjoy the things that you can".In other words, "Many of us cries over things that we do not have , that we forgets to focus on things that we do have."
So , the only thing to get the most out of the life is to look for the positive in each and everything and just dont pay attention to the negatives because "Every problem in itself an oppurtunity." This is one thing that separates the winners and losers. Don't believe me , just listen to words of John Milton (the poetry legend)whose major work came after he was blind , reason given by him "My blindness is a blessing in disguise, As ofnow I do not need to waste time in other things around me and as a result I can concentrate more on thinking.
This is what a positive attitude can do for one . So just enjoy each and every moment of life because "Yesterday is gone, Future is mystery , Today is gift , that is why it is called present."
Well in my view "Life is another name for enjoyment and oppurtunities and not for problems."
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Try for the best , expect the worst
Everywhere I have been reading that always expect the best results for your efforts and the best will happen , but for me this is only good for books and not for practical life . Afterall , life is not a fairy tale that what you expect and you will get it . In my personal opinion we should always mentally prepare always for the worst result .
One of my friends use to say "umeed nahi rakhni chayiye , umeedain tootti hain to bahut dukh hota hain." and I totally agree with him .
As Lord Krishna used to say in Geeta " Work but do not have the desire for fruits . "
Many will say that the only motivating factor for them to work is the successful result , Guys believe me I am no different from you. We all work only to acheive the proper result , what I mean to say that we should prepare ourself mentally that even if the things do not turn out as we have expected , it should not demotivate our spirit.
I have personally noted many times that my friends used to work very hard but if they do not get the desired results , then they becomes very upset and for some days live a life in a manner that the world has come to an end for them.
In the novels "the secret , as a man thinketh , think and grow rich " , everywhere they say that always expect the best results for your outcome , and then they give some motivational quotes about failure like "Failures are stepping stones to success " , " The more you fails , the more successful you becomes " , etc , etc.
But I have not understood one thing that why are you asking person to feel motivated in the beginning then if things turn out wrongly , then give him lectures about failures and other when he might not be mentally prepared to take it because he has become very disappointed .
In my view , it is better to expect the worst so that even if something wrong happens , your spirits are still on a high . If things turn out as expected then It is very good for you , if not then also nothing bad happens .
That is why I always use to say that "Try for the best and expect the worst."
One of my friends use to say "umeed nahi rakhni chayiye , umeedain tootti hain to bahut dukh hota hain." and I totally agree with him .
As Lord Krishna used to say in Geeta " Work but do not have the desire for fruits . "
Many will say that the only motivating factor for them to work is the successful result , Guys believe me I am no different from you. We all work only to acheive the proper result , what I mean to say that we should prepare ourself mentally that even if the things do not turn out as we have expected , it should not demotivate our spirit.
I have personally noted many times that my friends used to work very hard but if they do not get the desired results , then they becomes very upset and for some days live a life in a manner that the world has come to an end for them.
In the novels "the secret , as a man thinketh , think and grow rich " , everywhere they say that always expect the best results for your outcome , and then they give some motivational quotes about failure like "Failures are stepping stones to success " , " The more you fails , the more successful you becomes " , etc , etc.
But I have not understood one thing that why are you asking person to feel motivated in the beginning then if things turn out wrongly , then give him lectures about failures and other when he might not be mentally prepared to take it because he has become very disappointed .
In my view , it is better to expect the worst so that even if something wrong happens , your spirits are still on a high . If things turn out as expected then It is very good for you , if not then also nothing bad happens .
That is why I always use to say that "Try for the best and expect the worst."
Monday, June 28, 2010
Development
Today , development is a buzzing word , eveywhere it is very common to hear that we are developing at a pace unprecedented in the history, etc, etc.
but Are we really ?? What is the real development ?? What is the aim of development ??
In my view , the development is nothing more than making the life on earth more convenient for those who lives on it , but is it really happening ?? It needs a very careful and detailed analysis and I will like to give my views on various aspects .
As everthing has pros and cons , so is the development , thus we need to have a cost-benefit analysis of it , by cost I mean to refer to not only refer to economic costs , but also to social , environmental and other costs , etc.
For example , take Computers : today , it has really made our life easier , although it has some disadvantages like it weakens the eye but all of it are negligible as compared to its benefits , so in my view computer simulates development .
But on thye other hand , take progress in nuclear field , with every passing day , the threats to human life are continuously increaing . Although the supporters say that it will provide a lot of energy , but if we carefully analyze it then we will find out that the problem of nuclear wastes disposal , nuclear power plants are a great threat for us , and afterall Human life should not be compromised at any cost. Thus , Nuclear energy has more pros than cons , so we need to have another look at it .
The most concerning thing for me with development is the degradation of Human Values , With every passing day there is continuous gap widening between the rich and poor and the struggle for survival is becoming tougher. If we compare the conditions of people living in the developed and under developed parts of the world then we will find out that there is a great difference , one side is on sky and other is below the ground .
This Dual economy is of no good at all. Today we have become so skeptic of others that before helping them we are thinking twice ; parents being thrown out of house by children , increasing number of divorces , more killing in everyday clearly reflects that feeling of love and sympathy among human beings is slowly and slowly vanishing into thin air . Today more than 50% of the world money is spent on defence , just imagine if that money is spent on the welfare , then out own earth would be a Heaven .
Thus it is my humble request to developed nations and educated persons that it is our responsibility to make the world a better place to live in because You are the Ones that actually dominates the development . Help the other nations so that There is no more dual economy and please focus on other aspects of development rather than strengthening of your defence . The world needs your support.
but Are we really ?? What is the real development ?? What is the aim of development ??
In my view , the development is nothing more than making the life on earth more convenient for those who lives on it , but is it really happening ?? It needs a very careful and detailed analysis and I will like to give my views on various aspects .
As everthing has pros and cons , so is the development , thus we need to have a cost-benefit analysis of it , by cost I mean to refer to not only refer to economic costs , but also to social , environmental and other costs , etc.
For example , take Computers : today , it has really made our life easier , although it has some disadvantages like it weakens the eye but all of it are negligible as compared to its benefits , so in my view computer simulates development .
But on thye other hand , take progress in nuclear field , with every passing day , the threats to human life are continuously increaing . Although the supporters say that it will provide a lot of energy , but if we carefully analyze it then we will find out that the problem of nuclear wastes disposal , nuclear power plants are a great threat for us , and afterall Human life should not be compromised at any cost. Thus , Nuclear energy has more pros than cons , so we need to have another look at it .
The most concerning thing for me with development is the degradation of Human Values , With every passing day there is continuous gap widening between the rich and poor and the struggle for survival is becoming tougher. If we compare the conditions of people living in the developed and under developed parts of the world then we will find out that there is a great difference , one side is on sky and other is below the ground .
This Dual economy is of no good at all. Today we have become so skeptic of others that before helping them we are thinking twice ; parents being thrown out of house by children , increasing number of divorces , more killing in everyday clearly reflects that feeling of love and sympathy among human beings is slowly and slowly vanishing into thin air . Today more than 50% of the world money is spent on defence , just imagine if that money is spent on the welfare , then out own earth would be a Heaven .
Thus it is my humble request to developed nations and educated persons that it is our responsibility to make the world a better place to live in because You are the Ones that actually dominates the development . Help the other nations so that There is no more dual economy and please focus on other aspects of development rather than strengthening of your defence . The world needs your support.
Monday, June 14, 2010
take the first step
Yesterday I was reading a novel when I came across the lines
"You do not have to be great to start but you have to start to be great."
and I started thinking very deeply about it. It very frequently happens to us that we do not start something because we are afraid that there is no chance to acheive the desired result. It happens to all of us , it is natural but is it the correct way of deciding what to be done or not ?? I feels it is not . As I have previously said that fear of failure is one of our greatest fears and it greatly stops us from reaching to a level we are capable of.
If you want something to do , just do it by giving your 100% and why to worry about results ? Afterall , God favours the fearless.
Being practical , There may be a chance that you may not get what you actually made attempt to but still this fact cannot be ignored , if you have not tried then anyway you are not going to acheive it so I personally feels that it is better to try and fail rather than not trying at all , afterall you are going to have satisfaction that at least you tried.
"You are always going to miss 100% of the shots you didn't take."
Remember that
" The journey of thousand miles began with a single step. "
I have personally experienced that once I start the task then everything which looked difficult at the beginning surprisingly becomes easy with time and continuous effort and I am sure that you must have also experienced the same thing. If you have not , then I can only say that "You have not done anything in your life which is worth trying " Sorry but that is true .
So what and for whom you are waiting for , write down what you want to do and
just go and make the first attempt to do it .
Everything in the beginning seems to be difficult but just think that what could be our future if Edison , Bill Gates , Einstein hav not taken their first step . We all have the capability to affect the future and for that you need to have the great desire and the courage to take the first step and continuing your work with great dedication.
"You do not have to be great to start but you have to start to be great."
and I started thinking very deeply about it. It very frequently happens to us that we do not start something because we are afraid that there is no chance to acheive the desired result. It happens to all of us , it is natural but is it the correct way of deciding what to be done or not ?? I feels it is not . As I have previously said that fear of failure is one of our greatest fears and it greatly stops us from reaching to a level we are capable of.
If you want something to do , just do it by giving your 100% and why to worry about results ? Afterall , God favours the fearless.
Being practical , There may be a chance that you may not get what you actually made attempt to but still this fact cannot be ignored , if you have not tried then anyway you are not going to acheive it so I personally feels that it is better to try and fail rather than not trying at all , afterall you are going to have satisfaction that at least you tried.
"You are always going to miss 100% of the shots you didn't take."
Remember that
" The journey of thousand miles began with a single step. "
I have personally experienced that once I start the task then everything which looked difficult at the beginning surprisingly becomes easy with time and continuous effort and I am sure that you must have also experienced the same thing. If you have not , then I can only say that "You have not done anything in your life which is worth trying " Sorry but that is true .
So what and for whom you are waiting for , write down what you want to do and
just go and make the first attempt to do it .
Everything in the beginning seems to be difficult but just think that what could be our future if Edison , Bill Gates , Einstein hav not taken their first step . We all have the capability to affect the future and for that you need to have the great desire and the courage to take the first step and continuing your work with great dedication.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Happiness
You must have heard the proverb Happiness is a journey not a destination .
But how many have actually understood the meaning of this and those who have understood the meaning , how many have really implemented it on thier lives, I believe very few.
I said the sme thing to my friend and he replied "Kahaan se rahu happy, life main itni saari tension hain, unka kya karoon ??"
And I started wondering that he is right , how can you be happy when so many depressing thoughts are always there going on through your mind.
So that is why I say "Happiness and sadness , both are the state of minds and nothing else."
I am posting the picture below that you should once see that if a person really wants to enjoy life , he can do that even in a all kinds of difficulties.
In the picture just look at their condition…, No place to sleep still they had made some space for the cat and the dog…Water poring from the roof but each one of them have a peaceful smile on their face….. Simple amazing….!
Who does not have tension , everyone from Bill Gates to the beggar , everyone but as it is said, " you cannot control the situations and circumstances , only thing you can control is your attitude towards them . One differnce between the great and the common is their attitude towards the things which they do not want to occur in their life.
For example I know persons who have committed suicides after getting failed in their examination and also the persons who after getting failed were more motivated and today they are very successful in their life. So what separates them , only their mind , their realisation that all these problems are only a part of life and it should not deviate them from their path of life enjoyment .
I was once reading some novel and this line caught my attention , "Life is too short to be sad."
I really loved that line as it is indeed true , you do not know what is going to happen to you the next day ,so just enjoy with whatever you are getting in life , it also means that we should enjoy every moment of life and it should not like be that only once we reaches the goal, we will be satisfied.
I agree that there is too much suffering in the world that it is really difficult to be happy all the time and by doing this we are also increasing the suffering , I am not saying that you should close your eyes towards all the wrongdoings in the world and remain happy because it is also our duty as a man to improve the condition of the world but I only want to say that Whatever you do , do it happily and always from the heart.
But how many have actually understood the meaning of this and those who have understood the meaning , how many have really implemented it on thier lives, I believe very few.
I said the sme thing to my friend and he replied "Kahaan se rahu happy, life main itni saari tension hain, unka kya karoon ??"
And I started wondering that he is right , how can you be happy when so many depressing thoughts are always there going on through your mind.
So that is why I say "Happiness and sadness , both are the state of minds and nothing else."
I am posting the picture below that you should once see that if a person really wants to enjoy life , he can do that even in a all kinds of difficulties.
In the picture just look at their condition…, No place to sleep still they had made some space for the cat and the dog…Water poring from the roof but each one of them have a peaceful smile on their face….. Simple amazing….!
Who does not have tension , everyone from Bill Gates to the beggar , everyone but as it is said, " you cannot control the situations and circumstances , only thing you can control is your attitude towards them . One differnce between the great and the common is their attitude towards the things which they do not want to occur in their life.
For example I know persons who have committed suicides after getting failed in their examination and also the persons who after getting failed were more motivated and today they are very successful in their life. So what separates them , only their mind , their realisation that all these problems are only a part of life and it should not deviate them from their path of life enjoyment .
I was once reading some novel and this line caught my attention , "Life is too short to be sad."
I really loved that line as it is indeed true , you do not know what is going to happen to you the next day ,so just enjoy with whatever you are getting in life , it also means that we should enjoy every moment of life and it should not like be that only once we reaches the goal, we will be satisfied.
I agree that there is too much suffering in the world that it is really difficult to be happy all the time and by doing this we are also increasing the suffering , I am not saying that you should close your eyes towards all the wrongdoings in the world and remain happy because it is also our duty as a man to improve the condition of the world but I only want to say that Whatever you do , do it happily and always from the heart.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Exam
My exams are over , and now there is a doubt of my being 7 pointer , and it made me think that are the exams necessary to judge the performance of students ? Honestly speaking I am perplexed over this question.
There are many students who want to study in their own way(I am one among them), thus I have never understood the use of exams because you cannot judge by exams that his knowledge is less or more , a student performing well in exams does not mean that he is better than less scoring marks.
Also , it is said that Grades(marks) create differences , so there should be no examinations because our output is not the greatest when we work under pressure. Also lot of students are commiting suicides due to their failure in exams or going in mental trauma during the exam days. This is what one part of my mind says but my other part is totally of different view.
You cannot remove exams because in every field there has to be some form of evaluation criteria.Also it is then case in many students life that they study only when exams are nearer,so for them exams cant be removed.
You remove the exams and they will remove the study from their life. In each and every field , there has to be a judging criteria but not always in the form of paper.So something is there in education system that needs to be changed.
The only thing that I can suggest is that the form of exams , its aim has to be performance improvement and not judging of performance, so take exams and instead of giving the marks , try to bring out the weak and strong points of the student and this will help student a lot in his overall development.
There are many students who want to study in their own way(I am one among them), thus I have never understood the use of exams because you cannot judge by exams that his knowledge is less or more , a student performing well in exams does not mean that he is better than less scoring marks.
Also , it is said that Grades(marks) create differences , so there should be no examinations because our output is not the greatest when we work under pressure. Also lot of students are commiting suicides due to their failure in exams or going in mental trauma during the exam days. This is what one part of my mind says but my other part is totally of different view.
You cannot remove exams because in every field there has to be some form of evaluation criteria.Also it is then case in many students life that they study only when exams are nearer,so for them exams cant be removed.
You remove the exams and they will remove the study from their life. In each and every field , there has to be a judging criteria but not always in the form of paper.So something is there in education system that needs to be changed.
The only thing that I can suggest is that the form of exams , its aim has to be performance improvement and not judging of performance, so take exams and instead of giving the marks , try to bring out the weak and strong points of the student and this will help student a lot in his overall development.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Criticizing others
How often we use to say that the other person is jealous of me, or he is selfish , etc .and so on.
Well , my only question to them is -> who gives you the right top say things like that about others ?? I am also guilty of the above accusation, but I totally believe that its totally wrong of anyone to make comments about others. Whenever we make comments, about others , we should remember that characteristic is also a part of us.
Let me make myself more clear, for e.g. whenever we say that the other person is jealous , to make that comment we have to know what jealousy is ,and to know that we have also been jealous of some person for sure in the past, So whatever we say about others (whether good or bad) that is nothing more than the reflection of our own personality traits.
A person who gossips with you , also gossips about you , in absence of you.
So , nowadays I am continuously trying to stop judging people , and showing more respect to everyone , whenever I says negative about anyone , I just says to myself that it is wrong on my part , so at that moment I will think about some good characteristic of that person. Every person is good around you in one or the other way.
Small person talks about persons, average person talks about things and great person talks about ideas.
What you believe is true, only that is true for You. So , if you think nice thoughts about others , the Universe will seem very nice to you.
It is very difficult (but not impossible) to have good thoughts about others, but there are some persons like that who always says good things about others.
At least I know one(He is my friend Uma Sankar Pradhan here @ IIT). and that iswhy I respects him a lot.
Well , my only question to them is -> who gives you the right top say things like that about others ?? I am also guilty of the above accusation, but I totally believe that its totally wrong of anyone to make comments about others. Whenever we make comments, about others , we should remember that characteristic is also a part of us.
Let me make myself more clear, for e.g. whenever we say that the other person is jealous , to make that comment we have to know what jealousy is ,and to know that we have also been jealous of some person for sure in the past, So whatever we say about others (whether good or bad) that is nothing more than the reflection of our own personality traits.
A person who gossips with you , also gossips about you , in absence of you.
So , nowadays I am continuously trying to stop judging people , and showing more respect to everyone , whenever I says negative about anyone , I just says to myself that it is wrong on my part , so at that moment I will think about some good characteristic of that person. Every person is good around you in one or the other way.
Small person talks about persons, average person talks about things and great person talks about ideas.
What you believe is true, only that is true for You. So , if you think nice thoughts about others , the Universe will seem very nice to you.
It is very difficult (but not impossible) to have good thoughts about others, but there are some persons like that who always says good things about others.
At least I know one(He is my friend Uma Sankar Pradhan here @ IIT). and that iswhy I respects him a lot.
Monday, April 19, 2010
My own views about IIT life.
Being a student of IIT, I feel that there is nothing wrong if I express what I feels about IIT.
As we all know, IITs are known throughout the world for their excellence , but is this the only thing that makes them popular throughout the world. In my view , NO.
The first day I reached there I the environment around was such that I started feeling that IIT means technical, I started to fear because I am not that much into technical. But as time passed , I realised that Technical is only a part here(though a very important part) but there is a lot of scope for other activities also. Actually, I believes that IITs are great because it gives you a chance to develop your potential in any field, in any field that you like.
For students like me, IIT is a phenomenal place. The kind of lectures (obviously I am talking about non-technical ones); some of them are really good and it helps a lot in widening your scope and horizon. I will remember the talks of Sanjeev Bikchandani, David Wittenburg, Tony Wheeler, etc. throughout my life because it did leave some amount of lasting effect on my mind.I can't forget that IIT has given me a chance to actually meet with the present German President(Hurst Koehler).
I must also say that the cultural events that are performed here have some class, all the sports are available here to play and enjoy. Thus I can say that IIT is about excellence in whatever you do, do it in a manner that one will remember it. It helps you in recognizing your inner-self so that you can have a great life ahead.
LOVE YOU IIT
As we all know, IITs are known throughout the world for their excellence , but is this the only thing that makes them popular throughout the world. In my view , NO.
The first day I reached there I the environment around was such that I started feeling that IIT means technical, I started to fear because I am not that much into technical. But as time passed , I realised that Technical is only a part here(though a very important part) but there is a lot of scope for other activities also. Actually, I believes that IITs are great because it gives you a chance to develop your potential in any field, in any field that you like.
For students like me, IIT is a phenomenal place. The kind of lectures (obviously I am talking about non-technical ones); some of them are really good and it helps a lot in widening your scope and horizon. I will remember the talks of Sanjeev Bikchandani, David Wittenburg, Tony Wheeler, etc. throughout my life because it did leave some amount of lasting effect on my mind.I can't forget that IIT has given me a chance to actually meet with the present German President(Hurst Koehler).
I must also say that the cultural events that are performed here have some class, all the sports are available here to play and enjoy. Thus I can say that IIT is about excellence in whatever you do, do it in a manner that one will remember it. It helps you in recognizing your inner-self so that you can have a great life ahead.
LOVE YOU IIT
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Human Potential
3 days before I was talking to one of my friends and he uttered "Ankit Yaar, the given thing is not in my potential. " and I started wondering Is it so? Are potentials limited, the dirst answer that came to my mind is no but still I decided to look deeply why he has commented like that because I must say that he is a tough person, and I found out that although he has tried very Hard but still I believe he could have tried a bit harder and it is a matter of not trying enough and not potential.Afterall, we own define our limits and nobody else, Don't believe me , then whenever you have time just read about Wilma Rudolph.
I remember that when I was in 12th class, and I said to Piyush Srivastava(2005 All India IIT topper) that I know that I cant qualify for IIT, then he said that Ankit, you can and everyone else can, the person who qualifies IIT are no different from you except that they devote more time to studies.
So that day , I realised that It is only a matter of our Attitude and it has nothing to do with the potential, "Your attitude determines your Altitude."
Whenever we fails, we should take it asd a experience and always give one more effort, whenever We plans to quit, We should ask ourselves a following question
"Have we tried enough before quitting" and I can guarantee that if you are truthful to yourself then the Answer will come No, we haven't.
"A quitter never wins and a WINNER NEVER QUITS."
"Think of the intangibles you value first and let them determine the tangibles."
A person becomes a loser only on the day he quits trying because winners are actually losers who recovered and decided to give it one more shot.So there is nothing like limited Potential , the potential is limitless, "What a mind can conceive, it can acheive."The only thing required is unlimited effort, So chase your dreams and keeps on chasing it until the dream is converted into reality or you die, "It is better to die in pursuit of a dream than to die without a dream."
and I am sure that the former will be the reality.
"Our deepest fear is not this that we are inadequate, but it is tah twe are powerful beyond measures. It is our light and not the darkness that frightens us the most."
I remember that when I was in 12th class, and I said to Piyush Srivastava(2005 All India IIT topper) that I know that I cant qualify for IIT, then he said that Ankit, you can and everyone else can, the person who qualifies IIT are no different from you except that they devote more time to studies.
So that day , I realised that It is only a matter of our Attitude and it has nothing to do with the potential, "Your attitude determines your Altitude."
Whenever we fails, we should take it asd a experience and always give one more effort, whenever We plans to quit, We should ask ourselves a following question
"Have we tried enough before quitting" and I can guarantee that if you are truthful to yourself then the Answer will come No, we haven't.
"A quitter never wins and a WINNER NEVER QUITS."
"Think of the intangibles you value first and let them determine the tangibles."
A person becomes a loser only on the day he quits trying because winners are actually losers who recovered and decided to give it one more shot.So there is nothing like limited Potential , the potential is limitless, "What a mind can conceive, it can acheive."The only thing required is unlimited effort, So chase your dreams and keeps on chasing it until the dream is converted into reality or you die, "It is better to die in pursuit of a dream than to die without a dream."
and I am sure that the former will be the reality.
"Our deepest fear is not this that we are inadequate, but it is tah twe are powerful beyond measures. It is our light and not the darkness that frightens us the most."
Thoughts And Actions
Everyday , you will meet many persons about whom you might comment "He talks great things but do not convert it into actions." and starts making fun of him but in my view, this person is better than many beacuse at least He is thinking and talking big, so sooner or later there is a chance there is a chance that he might execute them.
He is better than many who says we believe in reality and thus are afraid to even think Big or doing great things, and believe me thay are also not going to do anything spectacular beacuse there rhinking is not BIG. Afterall "Thoughts covert into actions.", so thinking is the first step for any action.
That is why its said "A man is not known by his family background,education,money,etc. but by the size of his Thinking."
In my personal view , there is nothing wrong in dreaming because it may or may not be converted into reality but if you are not dreaming, then there is no chance for anything to happen.Dreams are the startup for every action.So , to do great things, dream BIG. this is the first step.
Those who dream small, accomplish little ,
Those who dream BIG, only they can accomplish much.
So, persons who say that they live in a practical World and thus do not dreams, i believe that they are the most Impractical persons . It is your dream that makes you to act , Lance Armstrong dreamt to be Tour De France champion, then only he was able to overcome cancer and become the greatest cyclist of all times. When he proclaimed that he will be champion, at that time He was in Bed as he had Cancer so People do made fun of Him but later on he proved his point.The persons who are dreamers, actually only they are who leave a Legacy behind.
I agree that "A smallest deed is better than the grandest intention" but the seedling for that deed is also a thought. "Your thoughts convert into actions."
Every person who does great things has to pass through these stages
1. Ignorance .
2. Humour and criticism.
3. Finally, if you are successful then acceptance.
I strongly recommend all of you to read the book "The Magic Of thinking Big "
by David A. Schwartz.
He is better than many who says we believe in reality and thus are afraid to even think Big or doing great things, and believe me thay are also not going to do anything spectacular beacuse there rhinking is not BIG. Afterall "Thoughts covert into actions.", so thinking is the first step for any action.
That is why its said "A man is not known by his family background,education,money,etc. but by the size of his Thinking."
In my personal view , there is nothing wrong in dreaming because it may or may not be converted into reality but if you are not dreaming, then there is no chance for anything to happen.Dreams are the startup for every action.So , to do great things, dream BIG. this is the first step.
Those who dream small, accomplish little ,
Those who dream BIG, only they can accomplish much.
So, persons who say that they live in a practical World and thus do not dreams, i believe that they are the most Impractical persons . It is your dream that makes you to act , Lance Armstrong dreamt to be Tour De France champion, then only he was able to overcome cancer and become the greatest cyclist of all times. When he proclaimed that he will be champion, at that time He was in Bed as he had Cancer so People do made fun of Him but later on he proved his point.The persons who are dreamers, actually only they are who leave a Legacy behind.
I agree that "A smallest deed is better than the grandest intention" but the seedling for that deed is also a thought. "Your thoughts convert into actions."
Every person who does great things has to pass through these stages
1. Ignorance .
2. Humour and criticism.
3. Finally, if you are successful then acceptance.
I strongly recommend all of you to read the book "The Magic Of thinking Big "
by David A. Schwartz.
Monday, April 05, 2010
Is India Really developing??
Few days back, I read in the newspaper that IPL is now only behind NBA and has beaten EPL in terms of highest paid leagues, but I was confused whether to feel proud of this fact or not.
I was in great dilemma because one part of my brain was saying to be proud of the fact that our nation is capable of organizing events of such large extents and our economy is also one of the largest in the world, but other part says that we also have to remember the great disparity that is existing there in India.
Imagine the contrast, one side in Mumbai we have great buildings, world class shopping malls, etc. but on the other hand we also have the world's largest slum in the same city. I remember last time when I travelled to Mumbai, I can say thatmore or less, I must have encountered twenty four beggars in my 24 hour journey, so is this what you call development.
Post Independence, everyone will say that India has developed a lot, That is only on the paper and facts may fool you also ,thus it is necessary to have careful analysis. In my view, development means overall development, it is a holistic process, not reductionist, In India it is totally reductionist.
Just think , If you take 10 rs. from 10 persons and give it to one person, and project that rich person as the image of the country, then has the country developed in reality, it is actually under-development.In India, still 70% of the children are malnourished, more than 50% of the family does not get proper food to eat, and on the other hand (including my IIT) lot of food is getting wasted.
India may be having world's richest family(Ambani brothers) but I am never proud of the fact because a country is not known by one person or 10% of the people but by the other 80% of the people and at present, there is no development for them.
If you want to see the true India, then just make a visit to villages in U.P. or Bihar and see how people are living there. we all are very lucky to have such a luxuorious life but they are not.
To see the real deevelopment in the country, I can say that only one solution comes to my mind, Somehow we have to reduce the great difference between the rich and the poor, the great disparity existing between rural and urban area and it is the responsibility of each one of us so that India can become Heaven for each of our countrymen and not for only the higher strata of the society.
I was in great dilemma because one part of my brain was saying to be proud of the fact that our nation is capable of organizing events of such large extents and our economy is also one of the largest in the world, but other part says that we also have to remember the great disparity that is existing there in India.
Imagine the contrast, one side in Mumbai we have great buildings, world class shopping malls, etc. but on the other hand we also have the world's largest slum in the same city. I remember last time when I travelled to Mumbai, I can say thatmore or less, I must have encountered twenty four beggars in my 24 hour journey, so is this what you call development.
Post Independence, everyone will say that India has developed a lot, That is only on the paper and facts may fool you also ,thus it is necessary to have careful analysis. In my view, development means overall development, it is a holistic process, not reductionist, In India it is totally reductionist.
Just think , If you take 10 rs. from 10 persons and give it to one person, and project that rich person as the image of the country, then has the country developed in reality, it is actually under-development.In India, still 70% of the children are malnourished, more than 50% of the family does not get proper food to eat, and on the other hand (including my IIT) lot of food is getting wasted.
India may be having world's richest family(Ambani brothers) but I am never proud of the fact because a country is not known by one person or 10% of the people but by the other 80% of the people and at present, there is no development for them.
If you want to see the true India, then just make a visit to villages in U.P. or Bihar and see how people are living there. we all are very lucky to have such a luxuorious life but they are not.
To see the real deevelopment in the country, I can say that only one solution comes to my mind, Somehow we have to reduce the great difference between the rich and the poor, the great disparity existing between rural and urban area and it is the responsibility of each one of us so that India can become Heaven for each of our countrymen and not for only the higher strata of the society.
Sunday, April 04, 2010
PASSION
Passion is one of the most important words , to acheive real success or reach great heights, you have to have passion. my brothers always use to say that if in some book you are reading "Slow and steady wins the race" then just throw that book in the dustbin without any second thought, slow and steady can never help you win in the race of life.To win rhis race, you have to have passion and burning desire to do something great.
To have a passion like Albert Einstein or Sachin Tendulkar, you have to chose a field which you love. "Choose job you love and you never have to work anymore in life." This is actually what separates a person who is dissatisfied and a person who is divinely happy.
Everyone is different, so we all have different interests, it is necessary to find it and live according to it or else our life would be a hell, I am telling you this by my own experience.
Last semester, here I tried to do things for which I am not made for as everyone around me is doing that (Too much of study) and I went into depression but in this semester I am enjoying myself in the same environment, WHY?? The only reason is that I am living life according to my own will and not according to anyone else.
Life is all about discovering what is inside us, find out our dreams and life is worth enough to spend it in trying to convert that dream into reality rather than living off someone else's life.
We can work with passion only if we are chasing our dream because only in that case, we will have enough motivation to overcome all the difficulties and hindrances that we encounter in the path, or else we will be very easily demotivated and will quit.
I would like to repeat what I previously wrote ->
"Death is not the greatest loss, it is what dies inside us while we are living."
To have a passion like Albert Einstein or Sachin Tendulkar, you have to chose a field which you love. "Choose job you love and you never have to work anymore in life." This is actually what separates a person who is dissatisfied and a person who is divinely happy.
Everyone is different, so we all have different interests, it is necessary to find it and live according to it or else our life would be a hell, I am telling you this by my own experience.
Last semester, here I tried to do things for which I am not made for as everyone around me is doing that (Too much of study) and I went into depression but in this semester I am enjoying myself in the same environment, WHY?? The only reason is that I am living life according to my own will and not according to anyone else.
Life is all about discovering what is inside us, find out our dreams and life is worth enough to spend it in trying to convert that dream into reality rather than living off someone else's life.
We can work with passion only if we are chasing our dream because only in that case, we will have enough motivation to overcome all the difficulties and hindrances that we encounter in the path, or else we will be very easily demotivated and will quit.
I would like to repeat what I previously wrote ->
"Death is not the greatest loss, it is what dies inside us while we are living."
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
DONT QUIT
I read this poen\m somewhere yesterday and I liked it a lot so I just want to share it with you all,
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -
You might succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt -
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.
Video reagrding the poem
http://www.thedontquitpoem.com/
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -
You might succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt -
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.
Video reagrding the poem
http://www.thedontquitpoem.com/
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Source Of Inspiration
It is necessary to have of inspiration, many will not agree so just listen to my viewpoints:
Many says that I do not need to know about other persons life because my life is my own and I am going to create it in mah way,but just ask yourself, is it always possible?? The answer that will come from your heart is absolutely NO. Why the situations that we will be facing, other persons in the past must also have faced those kind(more or less), so it is better to have your ideals and see how they have reacted in those situations, If they reaction is fruitful then you also do the same thing else look for other inspiration.
" Inspiration helps in changing your thinking while motivation helps you in changing actions " but your thoughts convert into actions so it is necessary to first change your thinking.
I have many sources of inspiration, for example:
1. whenever I fails, I take inpiration from Thomas Edison and starts working again.
2. While playing cricket, I always think that how Sachin will play this kind of ball.
3. Whenever I thinks of being loving, I look to my parents.
4. whenever I think of helping others, I takes inspiration from Mother Teresa.
So to be successful it is necessary to have some ideals in life, I am not saying that always do the repeated things, there are many who used to do things differently because their source of inspiration is Albert Einstein who always used to think in a different manner. So more or less we are knowingly or unknowingly affected by the persons around us and in the history.
In the end, I only want to say that have your ideals in life because it really helps in facing all kinds of situations, and also motivates you a lot.
Many says that I do not need to know about other persons life because my life is my own and I am going to create it in mah way,but just ask yourself, is it always possible?? The answer that will come from your heart is absolutely NO. Why the situations that we will be facing, other persons in the past must also have faced those kind(more or less), so it is better to have your ideals and see how they have reacted in those situations, If they reaction is fruitful then you also do the same thing else look for other inspiration.
" Inspiration helps in changing your thinking while motivation helps you in changing actions " but your thoughts convert into actions so it is necessary to first change your thinking.
I have many sources of inspiration, for example:
1. whenever I fails, I take inpiration from Thomas Edison and starts working again.
2. While playing cricket, I always think that how Sachin will play this kind of ball.
3. Whenever I thinks of being loving, I look to my parents.
4. whenever I think of helping others, I takes inspiration from Mother Teresa.
So to be successful it is necessary to have some ideals in life, I am not saying that always do the repeated things, there are many who used to do things differently because their source of inspiration is Albert Einstein who always used to think in a different manner. So more or less we are knowingly or unknowingly affected by the persons around us and in the history.
In the end, I only want to say that have your ideals in life because it really helps in facing all kinds of situations, and also motivates you a lot.
Friday, March 19, 2010
LAW OF ATTRACTION
There is only law in universe that actually works -> Law of Attraction. By this I don't mean the attraction between 2 or more persons but trying to say that iof you are seriously attracted towards a thing person in the world. You are going to get it as the whole universe conspires for it. That is why it is also said that there is no randomness in universe.
Let me explain more clearly. By this I mean to say that whatever you want to acheive in life, constantly think about it, act in accordance and sooner or later, your aim will be fulfilled. Anyhting that you will do or acheive is ensured by this law.
"What you think, What you feel and what manifests, is always a match , no exception ."
I want to tell you about the miracle man. He got very badly injured in an air crash and doctors said that he will now have to remain in the bed for the rest of his life, and even on bed he cant move properly, but after two years this man actually started walking. Doctors were unable to explain because they were unaware of the power of this Law. According to him, the day doctors said I can't walk again in my life, I made one promise to me that I will not let this happen, So I always see myself walking , running, laughing and finally Iacheived it.
So just remember what a mind can conceive, it can acheive." But this law can also work against you, you think negatively and the negativity is going to destroy you, Thus even negative bad example I will not be afraid is going to make you afraid, just think I will be courageous, Dont think about unwanted things in any form.
That is why Mother Teresa said "I will never attain anti-war rallies, call me when there are peace rallies."
Because anti war rallies have the word war in it.
So in the end I only want to say, that what you want to acheive, start thinking about it, every action should be accordingly and You know the result.
"You are the Michelangelo of your own life, What you think that you tend to become. " I strongly recommend you to watch a movie "The Secret " at least once.
"I f you think you can or You can't , both ways you are right."There is nothing as impossible as the word Impossible itself says "I m Possible." so just go and cut out this word from the dictionary.
Let me explain more clearly. By this I mean to say that whatever you want to acheive in life, constantly think about it, act in accordance and sooner or later, your aim will be fulfilled. Anyhting that you will do or acheive is ensured by this law.
"What you think, What you feel and what manifests, is always a match , no exception ."
I want to tell you about the miracle man. He got very badly injured in an air crash and doctors said that he will now have to remain in the bed for the rest of his life, and even on bed he cant move properly, but after two years this man actually started walking. Doctors were unable to explain because they were unaware of the power of this Law. According to him, the day doctors said I can't walk again in my life, I made one promise to me that I will not let this happen, So I always see myself walking , running, laughing and finally Iacheived it.
So just remember what a mind can conceive, it can acheive." But this law can also work against you, you think negatively and the negativity is going to destroy you, Thus even negative bad example I will not be afraid is going to make you afraid, just think I will be courageous, Dont think about unwanted things in any form.
That is why Mother Teresa said "I will never attain anti-war rallies, call me when there are peace rallies."
Because anti war rallies have the word war in it.
So in the end I only want to say, that what you want to acheive, start thinking about it, every action should be accordingly and You know the result.
"You are the Michelangelo of your own life, What you think that you tend to become. " I strongly recommend you to watch a movie "The Secret " at least once.
"I f you think you can or You can't , both ways you are right."There is nothing as impossible as the word Impossible itself says "I m Possible." so just go and cut out this word from the dictionary.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
A TRIBUTE TO SACHIN
Some days before, The God Of Cricket, as many calls him, SACHIN hit double hundred. After that everyone in the world, started calling him as the greatest cricketer alive and many other such names.
Does he really deserve it, or it is just a farce??
The answer is unanimously YES, but why so ? is it only due to these 200 runs ? Nopes. Brian Lara has hit 400 runs in test cricket and Sachin is yet to score a triple century in test.It is not the one innings that makes you great but your consistent performance. Thus, it is his whole career that has created the whole difference in reality.
Look at his records :
1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
5. Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100's in test's 39.
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
45. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65. First to 25,000 international runs
66. Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket.
Many says he is not a Good finisher or performs well in high pressure situations, my only response to my folks is that first look at the facts and figures and then say, his performance has always been great.India lost not due to his poor performance but because other players well unable to perform well in those matches and we all know cricket is a team game.
whenever we think he is on the verge of retirement he plays an innings of life. sorry my readers but I dont have enough words in my vocab to describe this person. If you are a regular reader of my blogs,then one will notice that I use to refer him a lot because I respects him a lot not only due to his game but also due to his attitude towards life.
Just think about the confidence this man has in himself, at the age of 16 when whole cricket was afraid of the pakistan bowling bowling attack, he faced them very easily. I respect him due to his devotion towards the game, right from his childhood till now & also because of the great gentleman he is, look how humble he is.
At the end I would like to quote these lines as published in the newspaper
When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will."
This is what our Little Master is all about…………
Does he really deserve it, or it is just a farce??
The answer is unanimously YES, but why so ? is it only due to these 200 runs ? Nopes. Brian Lara has hit 400 runs in test cricket and Sachin is yet to score a triple century in test.It is not the one innings that makes you great but your consistent performance. Thus, it is his whole career that has created the whole difference in reality.
Look at his records :
1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
5. Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100's in test's 39.
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
45. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65. First to 25,000 international runs
66. Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket.
Many says he is not a Good finisher or performs well in high pressure situations, my only response to my folks is that first look at the facts and figures and then say, his performance has always been great.India lost not due to his poor performance but because other players well unable to perform well in those matches and we all know cricket is a team game.
whenever we think he is on the verge of retirement he plays an innings of life. sorry my readers but I dont have enough words in my vocab to describe this person. If you are a regular reader of my blogs,then one will notice that I use to refer him a lot because I respects him a lot not only due to his game but also due to his attitude towards life.
Just think about the confidence this man has in himself, at the age of 16 when whole cricket was afraid of the pakistan bowling bowling attack, he faced them very easily. I respect him due to his devotion towards the game, right from his childhood till now & also because of the great gentleman he is, look how humble he is.
At the end I would like to quote these lines as published in the newspaper
When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will."
This is what our Little Master is all about…………
Sunday, March 14, 2010
LOVE AND HELP
One of my friends always use to say that "After the verb to love, to help is the most beautiful world." And I totally agrees with him, and also I believe that love and help go hand in hand , you only help a person when you love him and helping increases the love between the two.
What is help? Maybe my notation of help is different. I never say that showing pity is help, that' why giving the healtghy beggar money is not ht ehelp, but pity. help is when you make him able to make his own living. Helping and loving serves two purposes:
1. You are raised in your own eyes and that is why you feel better.
2. Life of other person improves in one or other way.
"If you cannot love the man, whom you can see, then how are you going to love the GOD whom you cannot see. "So, do not be a person who just goes to temple to worship God,bow headsand come back, but actually follow HIS teachings and realize it. The true worship is in the realization. Remember that "What you gives away, you keeps forever and what you keeps may be lost."
So, the true life is lived by a person who devotes his life in the well doing of others. here, I am not saying that you give all the money you have and becomes a saint. It can be in many ways. For e.g. Edison served by giving us light, gandhiji By independence, and so on.
In the end I would like to quote the following lines from ROBIN'S book "The saint, surfer and the Ceo."
"i expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kind of kindness or do good things, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. "
What is help? Maybe my notation of help is different. I never say that showing pity is help, that' why giving the healtghy beggar money is not ht ehelp, but pity. help is when you make him able to make his own living. Helping and loving serves two purposes:
1. You are raised in your own eyes and that is why you feel better.
2. Life of other person improves in one or other way.
"If you cannot love the man, whom you can see, then how are you going to love the GOD whom you cannot see. "So, do not be a person who just goes to temple to worship God,bow headsand come back, but actually follow HIS teachings and realize it. The true worship is in the realization. Remember that "What you gives away, you keeps forever and what you keeps may be lost."
So, the true life is lived by a person who devotes his life in the well doing of others. here, I am not saying that you give all the money you have and becomes a saint. It can be in many ways. For e.g. Edison served by giving us light, gandhiji By independence, and so on.
In the end I would like to quote the following lines from ROBIN'S book "The saint, surfer and the Ceo."
"i expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kind of kindness or do good things, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. "
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Women Reservation Bill
Finally, women reservation bill is passed for Rajya Sabha with an objective to improve the condition of women in India and make them more independent by giving them more participation in Politics. But will it really be helpful, It will need a very detailed Analysis because There is always more than meets the eye.
First of all, we need to look at the present condition of women in India. If we leave out the metropolitan and other big cities, no one can deny the fact that the present condition of women in India is sympathetic and reallly bad in the villages.
So , who are going to get the advantage ? I believe it is mainly the females that belongs to well-to-do families. I remember in U.P when there was money given to allg girls who passes board award were given cash money, who actually received it, the girls who really don't need it and there was no scope for the true needy.Why this happens?
The main reason is the lack of education and other things that they never get to know about these. Even I believe that if you go to village then majority of women will have no idea about the bill.
Previously, we have seen that there are reservations in panchayat for women, although not revolutioning but its results have been good. Therefore I totally supports the Mulayam and Lalu claim of reservation within reservation.Also when women from small places gets power, she is better because She exactly knows how to improve the life-conditions in those places asc ompared to those who have only bookish knowledge. We all also need to eradicate enemies like dowry sytem, satipratha, caste system, etc if we really want to improve India.
So, lot more is being needed to be done but i will like to congratulate the government for this wonderful step.It is the beginning of a new India where woman is going to walk side by side with man by equally sharing powers in each and every field.
First of all, we need to look at the present condition of women in India. If we leave out the metropolitan and other big cities, no one can deny the fact that the present condition of women in India is sympathetic and reallly bad in the villages.
So , who are going to get the advantage ? I believe it is mainly the females that belongs to well-to-do families. I remember in U.P when there was money given to allg girls who passes board award were given cash money, who actually received it, the girls who really don't need it and there was no scope for the true needy.Why this happens?
The main reason is the lack of education and other things that they never get to know about these. Even I believe that if you go to village then majority of women will have no idea about the bill.
Previously, we have seen that there are reservations in panchayat for women, although not revolutioning but its results have been good. Therefore I totally supports the Mulayam and Lalu claim of reservation within reservation.Also when women from small places gets power, she is better because She exactly knows how to improve the life-conditions in those places asc ompared to those who have only bookish knowledge. We all also need to eradicate enemies like dowry sytem, satipratha, caste system, etc if we really want to improve India.
So, lot more is being needed to be done but i will like to congratulate the government for this wonderful step.It is the beginning of a new India where woman is going to walk side by side with man by equally sharing powers in each and every field.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
LUCK
Einstein said that "I am sure that God never plays dices."
That is he meant to say that there is nothing in the world as LUCK.
It is your preparation and attitude that is going to make you successful and not LUCK.
When Sachin score 200, many said that Sachin is a lucky person, but is it so?
I decided to look into the life of Sachin and found out that my perception of luck was true. Sachin was a person who used to practice 14 hours a day from the time when majority of us have not overcome the age of crying on petty things, there has been many days when he was so tired that he just sleeps on the dining table while eating the food, but he never compromised with his practice hours. Such a person is not lucky, he truly deserves what he is getting.
What is luck, in my view Luck is preparation and recognition of oppurtinites, bad luck is poor preparation or missed oppurtunities and nothing else.
By preparation I mean the extent to which you are ready to fully utilize the oppurtunity that comes your way.So just be active, be always on the lookout for oppurtunities and never compromise with your preapration, It is your attitude will make you, whatever you becomes. Everyone acknowledges the power of Hard work but how many of us really do hard work in our life, very few to the extent that is required and then we blame our luck .
Michelangelo said "If you look at my life then my acheivement will not seem wonderful." because he has sacrificed a lot for the fulfillment of his dream.
So the only way to turn the tide in your way is to have a great attitude. "Your attitude determines your Altitude."
How to recognize the oppurtunities?? Well I can't comment much on that because honestly speaking, till now I am preparing myself for the recognition of oppurtunity so that whenever it comes I can fully utilize it. I can only tell (may be I am wrong) what I am doing at the moment, I am trying to increase my knowledge of business, and does that devote some time in thinking of a great idea, hoping that one day it will come and I am prettysure that it will come, I am writing down whatever I am thinking, at the moment I am trying to imagine as Einstein said "Imagination is far more important than knowledge." So, you can also do the same thing and I am very much sure a good idea will strike in your mind to work upon.
I will strongly suggest you to read the book "The magic of thinking Big" by David Schwartz.
That is he meant to say that there is nothing in the world as LUCK.
It is your preparation and attitude that is going to make you successful and not LUCK.
When Sachin score 200, many said that Sachin is a lucky person, but is it so?
I decided to look into the life of Sachin and found out that my perception of luck was true. Sachin was a person who used to practice 14 hours a day from the time when majority of us have not overcome the age of crying on petty things, there has been many days when he was so tired that he just sleeps on the dining table while eating the food, but he never compromised with his practice hours. Such a person is not lucky, he truly deserves what he is getting.
What is luck, in my view Luck is preparation and recognition of oppurtinites, bad luck is poor preparation or missed oppurtunities and nothing else.
By preparation I mean the extent to which you are ready to fully utilize the oppurtunity that comes your way.So just be active, be always on the lookout for oppurtunities and never compromise with your preapration, It is your attitude will make you, whatever you becomes. Everyone acknowledges the power of Hard work but how many of us really do hard work in our life, very few to the extent that is required and then we blame our luck .
Michelangelo said "If you look at my life then my acheivement will not seem wonderful." because he has sacrificed a lot for the fulfillment of his dream.
So the only way to turn the tide in your way is to have a great attitude. "Your attitude determines your Altitude."
How to recognize the oppurtunities?? Well I can't comment much on that because honestly speaking, till now I am preparing myself for the recognition of oppurtunity so that whenever it comes I can fully utilize it. I can only tell (may be I am wrong) what I am doing at the moment, I am trying to increase my knowledge of business, and does that devote some time in thinking of a great idea, hoping that one day it will come and I am prettysure that it will come, I am writing down whatever I am thinking, at the moment I am trying to imagine as Einstein said "Imagination is far more important than knowledge." So, you can also do the same thing and I am very much sure a good idea will strike in your mind to work upon.
I will strongly suggest you to read the book "The magic of thinking Big" by David Schwartz.
Monday, March 08, 2010
DREAMS
Throughout my life, I have been criticized a lot as I am agreat Dreamer. I have always talked about doing great things because I strongly believe that as thinking is not free, then why not Think Big. In my view, our goal is - "A dream Acted upon."
The bigger your dream is , the greater your goal is.
I have always the following MANTRA in my life:
1. ThinkBig
2. Work Hard
3. Get yourself mentally prepared for the worst case.
I can guarantee you folks that if you follow these, then you will always be delighted whatever the results you are obtaining for your endeavours.
Lot of persons say that this is the practical world, we have to be practical. and so do not dream.Well in my view, these are the most impractical persons in the life because they are dreaded to think and accept that "Whatever a mind can conceive can conceive, it can acheive."They are afraid of the great capability that is residing within each one of us.So never listens to those persons. Just look at the history.All persons who are actually successful are so because "They have a dream in their eyes."
I have to give the Wilma Rudolph example: She was infected with polio, but she said "I want to be the fastest runner in the world."This was her statement at the age of 9." In the whole world, it was only her mother that supported her.Doctors have said that she will not be able to walk properly again once again in life.But she completed her first race in school at the age of 13, became the fastest runner in school at the age of 15, Then she went for training, and We all know what happened in 1960, Olympics, She won 3 gold medals. So think what are the capabilities of a dreamer. So why you are afraid of dreaming??
I suggest to go home and write your dreams. stretch your thinking as far as it can go. Continuosly think of ways of acheiving it, chose a way and be persistent in your Action. Then there is no one in the world who can prohibit you from acheiving it.
Great persons were normal but have used the above principle so there is no reason why persons like you and me cannot do it. Never underestimate yourself.
What is the worst scenario, your dream will not be fulfilled, but just think of the possibility if you are able to acheive it, You will jump in the air. It is worth to give your life in pursuit of your dream than to just sit and doing average things.
Albert Einstein said:
"The greatest sin that a man can commit is not to give to the world of what he is capable ."
And we all are commiting the same mistakes.
The bigger your dream is , the greater your goal is.
I have always the following MANTRA in my life:
1. ThinkBig
2. Work Hard
3. Get yourself mentally prepared for the worst case.
I can guarantee you folks that if you follow these, then you will always be delighted whatever the results you are obtaining for your endeavours.
Lot of persons say that this is the practical world, we have to be practical. and so do not dream.Well in my view, these are the most impractical persons in the life because they are dreaded to think and accept that "Whatever a mind can conceive can conceive, it can acheive."They are afraid of the great capability that is residing within each one of us.So never listens to those persons. Just look at the history.All persons who are actually successful are so because "They have a dream in their eyes."
I have to give the Wilma Rudolph example: She was infected with polio, but she said "I want to be the fastest runner in the world."This was her statement at the age of 9." In the whole world, it was only her mother that supported her.Doctors have said that she will not be able to walk properly again once again in life.But she completed her first race in school at the age of 13, became the fastest runner in school at the age of 15, Then she went for training, and We all know what happened in 1960, Olympics, She won 3 gold medals. So think what are the capabilities of a dreamer. So why you are afraid of dreaming??
I suggest to go home and write your dreams. stretch your thinking as far as it can go. Continuosly think of ways of acheiving it, chose a way and be persistent in your Action. Then there is no one in the world who can prohibit you from acheiving it.
Great persons were normal but have used the above principle so there is no reason why persons like you and me cannot do it. Never underestimate yourself.
What is the worst scenario, your dream will not be fulfilled, but just think of the possibility if you are able to acheive it, You will jump in the air. It is worth to give your life in pursuit of your dream than to just sit and doing average things.
Albert Einstein said:
"The greatest sin that a man can commit is not to give to the world of what he is capable ."
And we all are commiting the same mistakes.
FEAR
I remember what Nelson Mandela said
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the conquer of fear."
So Ask yourself, what are the fears you are having and look for it causes and try to have a victory over it. Is it that simple? I dont think so. It is oneof the most difficult tasks that you will ever accomplish in one's life. Why?? Simply because all fears are in mind and it is very difficult to control the mind but just have a look at the history.
History continuosly reminds us that the world belongs to those who have conquered their fear. For example, look at the lives of Mahatma Gandhi, Hitler, etc. were they superhuman? Nopes, they were just normal persons like us who have conquered their fear.
What are the greatest fears in one's life? well in my view these three are the main, but it may vary from person to person and you are welcome to add up to the list.
1. Fear of criticism -> 90% of the persons do not so what they want to do but do what they think others want them to do? What happens eventually ? We end up getting doing things which neither pleases others nor us.
2. Fear of failure -> Studies show that this is the most dominant fear in human, it avoids them from taking the first step, by making them think that they are going to fail in their endeavour. I just want ypu to look at the life of Thomas Edison, he failed 10000 times before actually discovering the light. So, take inpiration from him and have full confidence in you. Afterall, one fails only after he quits trying.
3. Fear Of Death -> This is the most absurd fear inside our brain. we all know that eventually we are going to die, but still we are afraid to die. Why ?? No one has an answer. It is like you want to go to heaven but do not want to die.
Napolean Hill in his book "Think and Grow Rich" has addressed all the fears very well. so I suggest you to read that book at least once.
The best way to remove fear is to do what you dread the most example if you have fear of heights, start visiting hilly areas, if you are not a confident speaker, start taking part in debates, and so on.
Dowhat you fear and the fear will go away.
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the conquer of fear."
So Ask yourself, what are the fears you are having and look for it causes and try to have a victory over it. Is it that simple? I dont think so. It is oneof the most difficult tasks that you will ever accomplish in one's life. Why?? Simply because all fears are in mind and it is very difficult to control the mind but just have a look at the history.
History continuosly reminds us that the world belongs to those who have conquered their fear. For example, look at the lives of Mahatma Gandhi, Hitler, etc. were they superhuman? Nopes, they were just normal persons like us who have conquered their fear.
What are the greatest fears in one's life? well in my view these three are the main, but it may vary from person to person and you are welcome to add up to the list.
1. Fear of criticism -> 90% of the persons do not so what they want to do but do what they think others want them to do? What happens eventually ? We end up getting doing things which neither pleases others nor us.
2. Fear of failure -> Studies show that this is the most dominant fear in human, it avoids them from taking the first step, by making them think that they are going to fail in their endeavour. I just want ypu to look at the life of Thomas Edison, he failed 10000 times before actually discovering the light. So, take inpiration from him and have full confidence in you. Afterall, one fails only after he quits trying.
3. Fear Of Death -> This is the most absurd fear inside our brain. we all know that eventually we are going to die, but still we are afraid to die. Why ?? No one has an answer. It is like you want to go to heaven but do not want to die.
Napolean Hill in his book "Think and Grow Rich" has addressed all the fears very well. so I suggest you to read that book at least once.
The best way to remove fear is to do what you dread the most example if you have fear of heights, start visiting hilly areas, if you are not a confident speaker, start taking part in debates, and so on.
Dowhat you fear and the fear will go away.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
GOD
I have bee naccused throughout my life from anyone and everyone around me for being an atheist. Why? I do not know, Don't I even have the right to decide whether to pray or not. Actually there are so many things that I have never understood and why people blindly follows them without applying their brain. it is not the case that if something is there for centuries then it is going to be correct.
For example, Its been said that God is everywhere then why we only bow our heads only in front of idols in temples(I am ready to bow my head in front of the pig's shit also because God also resides in that(According to our Holy books, everywhere means everywhere naa)).
In Islam, They say that God is delighted and will fulfill your wish if you sacrifice bulls, Do you honestly believe it is the case or just doing it because your parents are doing it, How can one be happy when his Own creation is being destroyed.
I have always tried to encourage people to do more work instead of wasting time in rigorous religious activities, If they concentrate and show the same amount of dediction in Hard Work then they are bound to be successful, Just sitting and praying is Going to lead you nowhere.
"God helps those who helps themselves."You need to work hard if you believe God exists, that is the only way to make Him Happy.
My only God is my work. So I just want to say that blindly following any religion or ritual, first analyze it carefully, whether it is ethical or just some nonsense through your own eyes.
Swami Vivekananda said that It is better to be a hardcore atheist than to be follower of religion only from outside without embracing it from the inside.
I would like to end my todays post with the following statement "Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqder se pehle. Khuda bande se ye poche bata teri raza kia hai."
For some days I will not be able to post as I am going home To enjoy the Holi.
see you after ten days, Till then "HAPPY HOLI"
For example, Its been said that God is everywhere then why we only bow our heads only in front of idols in temples(I am ready to bow my head in front of the pig's shit also because God also resides in that(According to our Holy books, everywhere means everywhere naa)).
In Islam, They say that God is delighted and will fulfill your wish if you sacrifice bulls, Do you honestly believe it is the case or just doing it because your parents are doing it, How can one be happy when his Own creation is being destroyed.
I have always tried to encourage people to do more work instead of wasting time in rigorous religious activities, If they concentrate and show the same amount of dediction in Hard Work then they are bound to be successful, Just sitting and praying is Going to lead you nowhere.
"God helps those who helps themselves."You need to work hard if you believe God exists, that is the only way to make Him Happy.
My only God is my work. So I just want to say that blindly following any religion or ritual, first analyze it carefully, whether it is ethical or just some nonsense through your own eyes.
Swami Vivekananda said that It is better to be a hardcore atheist than to be follower of religion only from outside without embracing it from the inside.
I would like to end my todays post with the following statement "Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqder se pehle. Khuda bande se ye poche bata teri raza kia hai."
For some days I will not be able to post as I am going home To enjoy the Holi.
see you after ten days, Till then "HAPPY HOLI"
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Controlling Your Mind
Well the most difficult thing in the world is to "Control your thoughts as far as I know."A person who can control his thoughts reaches the state of infinite Intelligence because now nothing in the world can trouble him and He is above all.
such persons are worshipped.
For example, Jesus Christ in my view was nothing more than a common man except that he has contro lover what he thinks. He did not thought anything that he should'nt and that is the reason why he is worshipped. Mother Teresa controlled her thoughts and rose above material possessions of the world so that she can do a great service to the human world.
Everyone respects the person who have full control over his mind, sooner or later.
But the question arises how can we control our thoughts. No scientist can give the answer to this question because it is not the thing that is visible, it is in the inner being of the human world. Well i am a no philosopher but Whatever I write are direct from my heart, so i feel that we can control our thought by regularly following these practises:
1. First try to make a list of all thoughts that are coming to your mind.
2. Out of those select those thoughts that you believe should not arise in your mind, then from the next day if any of those arises just try to replace it with a better thought.
3. Keep on practising it and I know there is a good chance that slowly n slowly you will have a full control over your thoughts.
Just remember one thing that it is very easy to let your mind gets affected by Negative thoughts, our mind is much more prone to it, and it requires a great effort to always have proper thoughts in your mind, For this Always try autosuggestion(A practise where you ask yourselves whether you are on the right track or not).
In my view these are some of the thoughts that you should not allow at any cost to enter in your mind
Fear, Jealousy, Hatred, Revenge, Greed, superstiton, Anger,Worry.
Faith and fear are poor bedfellows, where one exists other cannot.
such persons are worshipped.
For example, Jesus Christ in my view was nothing more than a common man except that he has contro lover what he thinks. He did not thought anything that he should'nt and that is the reason why he is worshipped. Mother Teresa controlled her thoughts and rose above material possessions of the world so that she can do a great service to the human world.
Everyone respects the person who have full control over his mind, sooner or later.
But the question arises how can we control our thoughts. No scientist can give the answer to this question because it is not the thing that is visible, it is in the inner being of the human world. Well i am a no philosopher but Whatever I write are direct from my heart, so i feel that we can control our thought by regularly following these practises:
1. First try to make a list of all thoughts that are coming to your mind.
2. Out of those select those thoughts that you believe should not arise in your mind, then from the next day if any of those arises just try to replace it with a better thought.
3. Keep on practising it and I know there is a good chance that slowly n slowly you will have a full control over your thoughts.
Just remember one thing that it is very easy to let your mind gets affected by Negative thoughts, our mind is much more prone to it, and it requires a great effort to always have proper thoughts in your mind, For this Always try autosuggestion(A practise where you ask yourselves whether you are on the right track or not).
In my view these are some of the thoughts that you should not allow at any cost to enter in your mind
Fear, Jealousy, Hatred, Revenge, Greed, superstiton, Anger,Worry.
Faith and fear are poor bedfellows, where one exists other cannot.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Failure
I was talking to one of my friends, suddenly he said to me that "Ankit yaar, I have failed in my life."
His statement let me in thinking state. I was wondering that at the age of 23 how can he comment that he has failed in life that he has failed when still there are at least 40 years more in his life.
What is failure, Well In our dictionary there should be no word as failure,
Sachin Tendulkar in an interview said that there is nothing wrong in getting out at 0 because it teaches me more than when I makes a century, so just take every unsuccesful unattempt as a chance to learn. The key to success is persisitence.
You don't believe me, Then you should just once look at Edison, He has actually failed ten thousand times before making the greatest discovery of modern age(Light). When he was asked about this, he very lightly commented, I am the most knowledgeable person in the world because I know ten thousand ways ny which Light cannot be made, is there anyone else with such a great knowledge??
Sorry do not get me wrong , I am not saying that failing is a good thing and should always try to Fail in life, i only mean to say that Give your best at each shot and if things dont turn out as expected, then see how can you improve the process. After all a mistake is only a mistake if it gets repeated.
So, failure is only a state of mind and nothing more than that. You have not failed until you have quit trying, The only mistake we do that we see failure from other's people view, not from our perspective. others say, You have failed, We start to think that yes we have failed.
So evrytime you are not successful, think of it as oppurtunity provided to You by GOD to learn more and more so that you are successful in future and rise to great heights that others can only dream off.
Well in the end I would only like to comment(I have to go as now the time of my class has come)
"A person who says he has not failed in Life menas to say that he has never tried anything new in his life."
His statement let me in thinking state. I was wondering that at the age of 23 how can he comment that he has failed in life that he has failed when still there are at least 40 years more in his life.
What is failure, Well In our dictionary there should be no word as failure,
Sachin Tendulkar in an interview said that there is nothing wrong in getting out at 0 because it teaches me more than when I makes a century, so just take every unsuccesful unattempt as a chance to learn. The key to success is persisitence.
You don't believe me, Then you should just once look at Edison, He has actually failed ten thousand times before making the greatest discovery of modern age(Light). When he was asked about this, he very lightly commented, I am the most knowledgeable person in the world because I know ten thousand ways ny which Light cannot be made, is there anyone else with such a great knowledge??
Sorry do not get me wrong , I am not saying that failing is a good thing and should always try to Fail in life, i only mean to say that Give your best at each shot and if things dont turn out as expected, then see how can you improve the process. After all a mistake is only a mistake if it gets repeated.
So, failure is only a state of mind and nothing more than that. You have not failed until you have quit trying, The only mistake we do that we see failure from other's people view, not from our perspective. others say, You have failed, We start to think that yes we have failed.
So evrytime you are not successful, think of it as oppurtunity provided to You by GOD to learn more and more so that you are successful in future and rise to great heights that others can only dream off.
Well in the end I would only like to comment(I have to go as now the time of my class has come)
"A person who says he has not failed in Life menas to say that he has never tried anything new in his life."
Thursday, February 18, 2010
EDUCATION
I have always wondered throughout my life. What is real education?
and honestly speaking, I think it is a very tough question to answer, far difficult than my all engineering assignments.
I continuously think about the times when Gurukul system was prevailing in various parts of the world where the students were taught about compassion, justice, discipline. No bookjs were there and students only need to follow GURU's instructions. But slowly and slowly as time passes, As European Countries gained control, they started modifying the whole education system in their culture and the whiole education system went under revolutionary changes.
Nowadays, Education basically means having bookish knowledge, Competition is taught over compassion, selfishness is preferred over co-operation, meaning of diiscipline has also changed.
I agree that as far as bookish knowledge is concerned, today's students are far ahead but what about - Compassion, Love, Co-operation, Justice? Where are these taught? Nowhere.
So what is the use of education without these human values, these principles actually governs one's life. The real education is one which imparts these essential features in one's subconscious mind.
I am quite sure that you must have observed in day to day living, that An academically brillant student is treated with more respect as compared to others despite the fact that others may be faer ahead in human values.
do not get me wrong, I don't mean to say that it is wrong to be a topper, but not at the cost of human values. Sorry , but I rejects that kind of education.
Today's education system is introducing kind of inferirity complex in the youth. That is why suicide rates have jumped and they are bound to increase if we allow the same education system to continue. today, failure in exam is treated as failure in life. But is it so, in reality , NO.
History have shown that there have persons Like Henry Ford who have reached greater heights without any proper SCHOOL Education. I have highlighted school to make a point, that actually , he is one of the most knowledgeable persons in the world Because he has knowledge about persistence, attitude, and various other qualities that actually governs our life.
So there is much more to the scene than the things which are taught to us in scholls and colleges.
and honestly speaking, I think it is a very tough question to answer, far difficult than my all engineering assignments.
I continuously think about the times when Gurukul system was prevailing in various parts of the world where the students were taught about compassion, justice, discipline. No bookjs were there and students only need to follow GURU's instructions. But slowly and slowly as time passes, As European Countries gained control, they started modifying the whole education system in their culture and the whiole education system went under revolutionary changes.
Nowadays, Education basically means having bookish knowledge, Competition is taught over compassion, selfishness is preferred over co-operation, meaning of diiscipline has also changed.
I agree that as far as bookish knowledge is concerned, today's students are far ahead but what about - Compassion, Love, Co-operation, Justice? Where are these taught? Nowhere.
So what is the use of education without these human values, these principles actually governs one's life. The real education is one which imparts these essential features in one's subconscious mind.
I am quite sure that you must have observed in day to day living, that An academically brillant student is treated with more respect as compared to others despite the fact that others may be faer ahead in human values.
do not get me wrong, I don't mean to say that it is wrong to be a topper, but not at the cost of human values. Sorry , but I rejects that kind of education.
Today's education system is introducing kind of inferirity complex in the youth. That is why suicide rates have jumped and they are bound to increase if we allow the same education system to continue. today, failure in exam is treated as failure in life. But is it so, in reality , NO.
History have shown that there have persons Like Henry Ford who have reached greater heights without any proper SCHOOL Education. I have highlighted school to make a point, that actually , he is one of the most knowledgeable persons in the world Because he has knowledge about persistence, attitude, and various other qualities that actually governs our life.
So there is much more to the scene than the things which are taught to us in scholls and colleges.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
WHO AM I??
This title might seem a little bit weird But before you start making any prejudices, let me first explain to you what exactly I mean, n=by this question.
I mean to say that we should ask ourselves a question ("WHO AM I ?")
and believe only youknows the answer to this and no one else. Perhaps, in my view, this is the most important question in my life. So, it is time for introspection and time to awaken your spirit and live life in the way you like it.
Wha tmistakes that we all generally make, we always live other's lives.For example, I mean it may be the case that when you are a child, you wanted to sing but you didn't thinking others might make fun of you and your singing capability have now become extinct, similarly it may be that you wanted to make a career in sports, but everyone around you is studying so that is the only reason you also started to study. i agree, this is the mistake I committed in my childhood.
"Our greatest loss is not the `death but what dies inside us , while we are living.
Imagine what could be our present if Bill Gates have not left school just to pursue his own interst or spirit, if Sachin Tendulkar would have gone in the field of study then who would have created all cricketing records, and so on, list is endless.
History is created by those persons wh oare able to awaken the sleeping giant (spirit) within themselves and for that, ask this question to you if you have not till now.
I mean to say that we should ask ourselves a question ("WHO AM I ?")
and believe only youknows the answer to this and no one else. Perhaps, in my view, this is the most important question in my life. So, it is time for introspection and time to awaken your spirit and live life in the way you like it.
Wha tmistakes that we all generally make, we always live other's lives.For example, I mean it may be the case that when you are a child, you wanted to sing but you didn't thinking others might make fun of you and your singing capability have now become extinct, similarly it may be that you wanted to make a career in sports, but everyone around you is studying so that is the only reason you also started to study. i agree, this is the mistake I committed in my childhood.
"Our greatest loss is not the `death but what dies inside us , while we are living.
Imagine what could be our present if Bill Gates have not left school just to pursue his own interst or spirit, if Sachin Tendulkar would have gone in the field of study then who would have created all cricketing records, and so on, list is endless.
History is created by those persons wh oare able to awaken the sleeping giant (spirit) within themselves and for that, ask this question to you if you have not till now.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
STUDY
No man can ever succeed in life without studying, studying is must.
By study i do not mean the classrooms study or study of books, study in simple terms just means acquiring knowledge and this can be done from various things that surrounds us. we have to understand that universe is a great kindergarten for us. For example, The mountain teaches us stability and grandeur, the ocean immensity and change. everything can teach us. even the bee and ant biught with them the great lessons of industry and economy.
As everything and everyone has the capability of teaching us so never consider them small.
It only requires that our mind should be open because we have to understand that mind is like a parachute,
"It works only when it is open."
Try to learn from each and everything around us and use that knowledge.Afterall whatever you are going to get does not depend on how much you know but it depends on that how you have used that knowledge of yours.
I personally believe that it is not possible to be get educated in best manner while sitting in the class.As John Nash said that " Classes dulls our mind and destroys our potential for authentic creativity ".
This doesn't mean that if you are a student then you stop attaining classes, I mean to say that there is a lot to learn outside the classes as well and so explore as much as you can.
To be successful in life you have to be a Master of One subject, let me tell you about the principle of 10000 hour,
It says that you can excel in anything if you devote 10000 hours of your life to that thing. Every successful man has followed this principle,
Example Sachin Tendulkar In Cricket,Zinedine Zidane in football,
Bill gates In computers, the list is endless.
So just decide what you want to do in life and devote these much hours to it, and I can guarantee that success cannot be away from you for much long.
By study i do not mean the classrooms study or study of books, study in simple terms just means acquiring knowledge and this can be done from various things that surrounds us. we have to understand that universe is a great kindergarten for us. For example, The mountain teaches us stability and grandeur, the ocean immensity and change. everything can teach us. even the bee and ant biught with them the great lessons of industry and economy.
As everything and everyone has the capability of teaching us so never consider them small.
It only requires that our mind should be open because we have to understand that mind is like a parachute,
"It works only when it is open."
Try to learn from each and everything around us and use that knowledge.Afterall whatever you are going to get does not depend on how much you know but it depends on that how you have used that knowledge of yours.
I personally believe that it is not possible to be get educated in best manner while sitting in the class.As John Nash said that " Classes dulls our mind and destroys our potential for authentic creativity ".
This doesn't mean that if you are a student then you stop attaining classes, I mean to say that there is a lot to learn outside the classes as well and so explore as much as you can.
To be successful in life you have to be a Master of One subject, let me tell you about the principle of 10000 hour,
It says that you can excel in anything if you devote 10000 hours of your life to that thing. Every successful man has followed this principle,
Example Sachin Tendulkar In Cricket,Zinedine Zidane in football,
Bill gates In computers, the list is endless.
So just decide what you want to do in life and devote these much hours to it, and I can guarantee that success cannot be away from you for much long.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Handling Criticism
It is our common experience that evryone around us has a habit of critcizing for most of the things that we are doing. Well I guarantees that if you are doing anything that others in the society are not doing, You will be criticized.
Just remember this, that if you are thinking to do something that is really commendable then first prepare yourself mentally to rise above what others think about you. Whatever great has ever been done, it has to pass through these stages
1. Ignorance(Nobody is goint to notice you).
2. Ridicule.
3. Acceptance.(When you have acheived what You said.)
One difference between winner ansd loser is that how much criticism one can handle. Whenever you are criticzed just think that at least you are being noticed. So , its better to be criticized than not to be talked at about all.
let me tell you about Marconi. when he suggested the idea of transfering messgaes through the air(ether in scientific terms), everyone made fun of him.
He was sent to mental hospital when he announce that he has discovered a technique in reality to transfer the signals throught the air. But, look at todays world, can it be imagined without his contribution. If Marconi would not have been so great to handle criticisms, then today our world would have been without radio, tv, etc,etc. Great things are acheived at Great costs.
I am also telling you by my personal experience that whenever I share my dreams of being an enterpreneur(as I believe in Thinking Big) among my friends, they do make fun of me, but it is only making me stronger everyday and I am more determined to acheive my aim.
So make criticism your power and show the world what you are capable of, afterall the Limit of what you can acheive in your life is defined by you only and no one else.
Its your life, live in the manner you want to live and do not give the fuck what others are thinking about you.
Just remember this, that if you are thinking to do something that is really commendable then first prepare yourself mentally to rise above what others think about you. Whatever great has ever been done, it has to pass through these stages
1. Ignorance(Nobody is goint to notice you).
2. Ridicule.
3. Acceptance.(When you have acheived what You said.)
One difference between winner ansd loser is that how much criticism one can handle. Whenever you are criticzed just think that at least you are being noticed. So , its better to be criticized than not to be talked at about all.
let me tell you about Marconi. when he suggested the idea of transfering messgaes through the air(ether in scientific terms), everyone made fun of him.
He was sent to mental hospital when he announce that he has discovered a technique in reality to transfer the signals throught the air. But, look at todays world, can it be imagined without his contribution. If Marconi would not have been so great to handle criticisms, then today our world would have been without radio, tv, etc,etc. Great things are acheived at Great costs.
I am also telling you by my personal experience that whenever I share my dreams of being an enterpreneur(as I believe in Thinking Big) among my friends, they do make fun of me, but it is only making me stronger everyday and I am more determined to acheive my aim.
So make criticism your power and show the world what you are capable of, afterall the Limit of what you can acheive in your life is defined by you only and no one else.
Its your life, live in the manner you want to live and do not give the fuck what others are thinking about you.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Complain
Well very often we have said that the food that we are getting is not of good quality, or complains that we do not have money to buy good clothes and so on.
Well, you should remember that in the present world more than 70% of the population is under-developed, and we should remember this fact. Even in our India, which is 7th in the world as far as GDP is concerned, in this around 70% of children below 5 years is malnourished, 40% of other population is not properly fed.
So whenever next time you complins about food just think about this child and Thanks GOD that you are lucky enough to have food, never waste it and never complains about it.
So, just accept whatever GOD has given to you without any complains or regret because if you are able to read this blog, then you are one of the lucky few 10% of the world who actually have an Internet access.So always Have a feeling of Gratitude instead of the Attitude.
I was complaining about my torn shoes till I saw a man without a feet. look at this image it shows that a vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat him. It won the Pulitzer prize and the person who has taken it died after three months due to depression that this image induced in him.
So just realize how lucky you are, stop complaining and start working in the manner so as to make the world a better place to live in.
Also remember that if you are able to read this pos tthen you are also very lucky as you are among the few whos has Internet Access and is educated.
Well, you should remember that in the present world more than 70% of the population is under-developed, and we should remember this fact. Even in our India, which is 7th in the world as far as GDP is concerned, in this around 70% of children below 5 years is malnourished, 40% of other population is not properly fed.
So whenever next time you complins about food just think about this child and Thanks GOD that you are lucky enough to have food, never waste it and never complains about it.
So, just accept whatever GOD has given to you without any complains or regret because if you are able to read this blog, then you are one of the lucky few 10% of the world who actually have an Internet access.So always Have a feeling of Gratitude instead of the Attitude.
So just realize how lucky you are, stop complaining and start working in the manner so as to make the world a better place to live in.
Also remember that if you are able to read this pos tthen you are also very lucky as you are among the few whos has Internet Access and is educated.
Monday, February 08, 2010
MEDIA ROLE
My this post has nothing to do with the ways of living.Yesterday I saw the movie RANN, and it left me in thinking state.So, I just want to share my thoughts related to the role of media and politics in country's development.
Today, I personally feel that instead of providing news, Media has become an entertainment channel, for e.g I have never understood the logic behind the serials
like saas-bahu ki saajish, whole coverage of serials like laughter challenge and other reality shows like Indian idol,etc.
We should look towards the west in this field and see that how sophisticated their channels are, like BBC,CNN,etc. The programs that they show even not related to news are also very revealing. Look at our channel,For e.g INDIA TV which has no other job except to increase the prevailing superstition in Indian Society, well I believe that there should be some censorship should be induced on the type of programs because today Media is very powerful and we cannot allow this power to be used in wrong direction.
Nowadays their is a trend of breaking news in indian TV , the first I saw this term was when Trade Tower was blown away and now we are having breaking news even if a child falls into a hole and all channels have no other work except to focus on that child. Dont get me wrong, I cannot understand directing the whole attention to that child in the time when everyday pur brave soldiers I ding in Kashmir.
I asked one of my friends in media about this, His reply was that Now everybody in India has become adjusted to the things prevailing in Kashmir and they do not want to listen to it anymore and are more interested in child like Prince. His statement mad me to remark that what has become of Indian Society, we are not feeling sorrow for the great martyrs of India in Kashmir and just directing our whole attention to the child.The only point I want to make is this that everynews should get attention according to its merit.
Previously only entertainment channels were in the TRP race but now News channels have also jumped into it.
I also wonders that News channel give due attention when some Neta is involvd in some scam, But when any politician does something good then there is no praise for him, Why? Argument is that he is only performing his duty. One time on one channel I heard that parliament is nothing more than a House of criminals and my most of the friends agreed to it, but I donot because if this were the case then Our country would not be developing at all, and Law and Justice would have no value. The only thing is that media gives lot of attention to negative aspects without paying due attention to positive aspects. So it i s my humble request to all media persons that if you have time then think about this, the exact role of media in country what should media exactly do for development of country instead of just thinking about the TRP.
Today, I personally feel that instead of providing news, Media has become an entertainment channel, for e.g I have never understood the logic behind the serials
like saas-bahu ki saajish, whole coverage of serials like laughter challenge and other reality shows like Indian idol,etc.
We should look towards the west in this field and see that how sophisticated their channels are, like BBC,CNN,etc. The programs that they show even not related to news are also very revealing. Look at our channel,For e.g INDIA TV which has no other job except to increase the prevailing superstition in Indian Society, well I believe that there should be some censorship should be induced on the type of programs because today Media is very powerful and we cannot allow this power to be used in wrong direction.
Nowadays their is a trend of breaking news in indian TV , the first I saw this term was when Trade Tower was blown away and now we are having breaking news even if a child falls into a hole and all channels have no other work except to focus on that child. Dont get me wrong, I cannot understand directing the whole attention to that child in the time when everyday pur brave soldiers I ding in Kashmir.
I asked one of my friends in media about this, His reply was that Now everybody in India has become adjusted to the things prevailing in Kashmir and they do not want to listen to it anymore and are more interested in child like Prince. His statement mad me to remark that what has become of Indian Society, we are not feeling sorrow for the great martyrs of India in Kashmir and just directing our whole attention to the child.The only point I want to make is this that everynews should get attention according to its merit.
Previously only entertainment channels were in the TRP race but now News channels have also jumped into it.
I also wonders that News channel give due attention when some Neta is involvd in some scam, But when any politician does something good then there is no praise for him, Why? Argument is that he is only performing his duty. One time on one channel I heard that parliament is nothing more than a House of criminals and my most of the friends agreed to it, but I donot because if this were the case then Our country would not be developing at all, and Law and Justice would have no value. The only thing is that media gives lot of attention to negative aspects without paying due attention to positive aspects. So it i s my humble request to all media persons that if you have time then think about this, the exact role of media in country what should media exactly do for development of country instead of just thinking about the TRP.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Paradox of our age
This is a beautiful poem written poem written by Dalai Lama. I encountered it a yesterday and I thought of sharing it with my readers.
We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgement;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness;
We've been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet
the new neighbor.
We build more computers to hold more
information to produce more copies then ever,
but have less communication;
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods
but slow digestion;
Tall men but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It's a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.
We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgement;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness;
We've been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet
the new neighbor.
We build more computers to hold more
information to produce more copies then ever,
but have less communication;
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods
but slow digestion;
Tall men but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It's a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
TIME MANAGEMENT
During my life, I have often found the persons saying about that we don not have time for this or this, etc,etc.
Well In my View That is totally wrong, My brother always says that
" A busy man always has time to spare while a lazy person will never have time for anything."
We have to remember that Time Management in one way is Life Management.
Planning is perhaps in my view is the most important aspect of time management.
What should we do, We just need to plan that how we are going to spend the next day the day before(probably give 15-20 minutes before going to sleep).
Well I have been implementing this on myself for the last two months and rthe results have been very exciting for me. I have now started to feel that I have now time for each and everything in the world and this has increased my self-confidence also to a great extent. Now i am more full with energy, never in confusion because I know that what I am going to do in the next hour and afterwards.
If you have some bigger task at hand, then plan for the whole week and for a grand task, plan for whole month.
it must have happened to each one of us, that sometimes we go to a function and if something wrong happens, we use to say that the "function is not well planned."
Well we know the importance of planning but still very few of us actually implements it on their own life and just complains that the things are not going well for them, Well my only answer to them That things are not going well for you because you have not made plans for those things that in your view are bad.
Well at the end I will say that
"Never Prioritize your schedule but always schedule your priorities"
Well In my View That is totally wrong, My brother always says that
" A busy man always has time to spare while a lazy person will never have time for anything."
We have to remember that Time Management in one way is Life Management.
Planning is perhaps in my view is the most important aspect of time management.
What should we do, We just need to plan that how we are going to spend the next day the day before(probably give 15-20 minutes before going to sleep).
Well I have been implementing this on myself for the last two months and rthe results have been very exciting for me. I have now started to feel that I have now time for each and everything in the world and this has increased my self-confidence also to a great extent. Now i am more full with energy, never in confusion because I know that what I am going to do in the next hour and afterwards.
If you have some bigger task at hand, then plan for the whole week and for a grand task, plan for whole month.
it must have happened to each one of us, that sometimes we go to a function and if something wrong happens, we use to say that the "function is not well planned."
Well we know the importance of planning but still very few of us actually implements it on their own life and just complains that the things are not going well for them, Well my only answer to them That things are not going well for you because you have not made plans for those things that in your view are bad.
Well at the end I will say that
"Never Prioritize your schedule but always schedule your priorities"
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
ATTITUDE
To begin with, I would like to say that whatever you have achieved is only due to your attitude.
"Your Attitude determines your Altitude."
Attitude in my view is nothing more than your response to various circumstances that you encounters in your life and your actions that are going to help you in achieving your destination.
Having a positive attitude is very very important as if you are having a negative thoughts in your mind then I can Guarantee that you shall forget about your goal because you are never going to reach your desired destination.The governing body for success is only good attitude.
Let me give you an example(I am really sorry as this one again is from the sports.)
When Lance Armstrong was asked how he practised in order to become worlds greatest Cyclist(He broke all records of Tour De France). His Response was -> It is only due to my attitude. I did not break the record today,I broke it the day when I was practising in the mountains while everybody was resting, He said that whenever I feels tired I imagined in my mind what my competitor is doing, If I sees him practising I again goes to practise and so on, But he said that I gained the advantage when I see that the present number one is not practising and At that moment I decided to practice, That little extra practice made me for what I am know.Well for information, I should also mention that he was a cancer patient, sojust imagine that only due to his positive attitude what he has done in life.
So my only suggestion is this
" Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." So If you want to awaken the great giant that is sleeping within you then Change your attitude towards it, Only in this way miracles can happen.
"Your Attitude determines your Altitude."
Attitude in my view is nothing more than your response to various circumstances that you encounters in your life and your actions that are going to help you in achieving your destination.
Having a positive attitude is very very important as if you are having a negative thoughts in your mind then I can Guarantee that you shall forget about your goal because you are never going to reach your desired destination.The governing body for success is only good attitude.
Let me give you an example(I am really sorry as this one again is from the sports.)
When Lance Armstrong was asked how he practised in order to become worlds greatest Cyclist(He broke all records of Tour De France). His Response was -> It is only due to my attitude. I did not break the record today,I broke it the day when I was practising in the mountains while everybody was resting, He said that whenever I feels tired I imagined in my mind what my competitor is doing, If I sees him practising I again goes to practise and so on, But he said that I gained the advantage when I see that the present number one is not practising and At that moment I decided to practice, That little extra practice made me for what I am know.Well for information, I should also mention that he was a cancer patient, sojust imagine that only due to his positive attitude what he has done in life.
So my only suggestion is this
" Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." So If you want to awaken the great giant that is sleeping within you then Change your attitude towards it, Only in this way miracles can happen.
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Choosing your Goal
Many persons experience great confusion in choosing their aim. They say, I want to do this, do that also like if they have been given power then they are going to do each and everything in the world,Well that is next to impossible to achieve I suggest the following method:
You make cards, write on them what you want to experience in life and divide them in the following three categories:
1. Things you must do in life.
2. Things you want to do in life.
3. Things you will do, if you have time.
Its a great technique as one of my friends actually implemented it.Five years ago he made a list of 60 things that he is going to experience, and tioll date he has experienced 54 of these. Many might be wondering that now what will he do after he experiences all, I posed the same question to him and his reply was,
" A new list Will Arise".
Then he continued that a life without aim is like a footballer running in the field without a goalpost.
So friends, I want to conclude by saying that give your life a purpose so that whatever you do will be in a directed manner and only this will give you fruitful results. That is why it is always said that Smart work yields better results as compared to hard work as it is kinda more directed approach.
You make cards, write on them what you want to experience in life and divide them in the following three categories:
1. Things you must do in life.
2. Things you want to do in life.
3. Things you will do, if you have time.
Its a great technique as one of my friends actually implemented it.Five years ago he made a list of 60 things that he is going to experience, and tioll date he has experienced 54 of these. Many might be wondering that now what will he do after he experiences all, I posed the same question to him and his reply was,
" A new list Will Arise".
Then he continued that a life without aim is like a footballer running in the field without a goalpost.
So friends, I want to conclude by saying that give your life a purpose so that whatever you do will be in a directed manner and only this will give you fruitful results. That is why it is always said that Smart work yields better results as compared to hard work as it is kinda more directed approach.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
GOAL
The goal of the life is to be at a place where you have seen yourself to be in your dreams. Therefore, we should make ourselves a promise that whatever we will do from now, it will be to pursue our dream.
Some will say that I am a practical person and I don't believe in dreams.
My only response to them is by saying this only you have made yourself impractical.I mean to say that It may happen that you are not able to acheive your dream but if you are not dreaming then you are never going to reach there.In my view, it is better to spend the life striving to make your dream into reality than to live a life where there are no place for your own dreams.
As far as choosing your goal is considered, only two things must be kept in mind:
1. Your Interest.
2. Practical.
The goal that you have chosen should be of your interest or else you are never going to acheive it. For example, dont say that your dream is to become Sachin Tendulkar when your nerves dont get excited while playing cricket, Or don't say that you want to be Bill Gates when you have no interest in programming. Why, because if your dream is BIG, then while on the path to acheive that you are going to face many roadblocks and if your destination is not of your passion then a stage will come when you will not be able to cross that roadblock, Your passion only can give the energy to cross that roadblock.
The second point is practicality, By this I Mean that you should be practical,(For example, if you are lame and you have great interest in running, in that case dont make a dream to become USAIN BOLT, because that is not going to be satisfied).
Everyone has great potential residing in himself. So
"We have to do the best we are capable of.This is our sacred Human responsibility and anything less is unforgivable."
Some will say that I am a practical person and I don't believe in dreams.
My only response to them is by saying this only you have made yourself impractical.I mean to say that It may happen that you are not able to acheive your dream but if you are not dreaming then you are never going to reach there.In my view, it is better to spend the life striving to make your dream into reality than to live a life where there are no place for your own dreams.
As far as choosing your goal is considered, only two things must be kept in mind:
1. Your Interest.
2. Practical.
The goal that you have chosen should be of your interest or else you are never going to acheive it. For example, dont say that your dream is to become Sachin Tendulkar when your nerves dont get excited while playing cricket, Or don't say that you want to be Bill Gates when you have no interest in programming. Why, because if your dream is BIG, then while on the path to acheive that you are going to face many roadblocks and if your destination is not of your passion then a stage will come when you will not be able to cross that roadblock, Your passion only can give the energy to cross that roadblock.
The second point is practicality, By this I Mean that you should be practical,(For example, if you are lame and you have great interest in running, in that case dont make a dream to become USAIN BOLT, because that is not going to be satisfied).
Everyone has great potential residing in himself. So
"We have to do the best we are capable of.This is our sacred Human responsibility and anything less is unforgivable."
Friday, January 29, 2010
COMPLAIN
Well How often we see that the person utters that my life is not going good due to that person,
for example an employee always complains about his boss,
a common man about government politics and so on.
It is our human nature to put blames on others for each and everything like there are no one in the world as they are.
Well I believe the first step to lead an enjoyable life is to Stop Complaining.Why??
It is because when you are putting blame to others then that means today you are so powerless that you cannot take the responsibility of the things that are happening in your life.So When you are not mentally prepared to do such a small thing then there is no chance that you can achieve success in life. So all my friends today make one promise to yourself that from today onwards, you will say to your mind and heart that whatever is their in your life it is due to your own endeavour and no one else's.
Let me give you a real life example. Take a mirror and then point your finger towards it, you will see that the other three fingers are pointed back to you only.
Although this is a very old story but I believe that it is necessary to understand the hidden meaning in it. It is very deep.
" Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses."
for example an employee always complains about his boss,
a common man about government politics and so on.
It is our human nature to put blames on others for each and everything like there are no one in the world as they are.
Well I believe the first step to lead an enjoyable life is to Stop Complaining.Why??
It is because when you are putting blame to others then that means today you are so powerless that you cannot take the responsibility of the things that are happening in your life.So When you are not mentally prepared to do such a small thing then there is no chance that you can achieve success in life. So all my friends today make one promise to yourself that from today onwards, you will say to your mind and heart that whatever is their in your life it is due to your own endeavour and no one else's.
Let me give you a real life example. Take a mirror and then point your finger towards it, you will see that the other three fingers are pointed back to you only.
Although this is a very old story but I believe that it is necessary to understand the hidden meaning in it. It is very deep.
" Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses."
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
What is Life??
To begin with let me ask you a question.
What is LIFE?? How it can be defined in one sentence??
For different people it is different, like a biologist will say that Life is cell,
A computer engineer like me may say that life is computer,
For an enthusiastic teenager life is adventure, for parents life is
their children, for a boy life is girlfriend, etc,etc.
Are they right ?, Sorry but in my view they are all wrong.These are their priorities in life and nothing else.
So all those who are reading this might be wondering then what exactly is life.
Well, let me define it. It is totally my own view so I welcome all criticisms to my thoughts but in my view life simply means
REALIZATION OF WHY GOD HAS SENT YOU IN THIS WORLD AND SPENDING YOUR WHOLE LIFE IN PURSUING THAT GOAL.
What is LIFE?? How it can be defined in one sentence??
For different people it is different, like a biologist will say that Life is cell,
A computer engineer like me may say that life is computer,
For an enthusiastic teenager life is adventure, for parents life is
their children, for a boy life is girlfriend, etc,etc.
Are they right ?, Sorry but in my view they are all wrong.These are their priorities in life and nothing else.
So all those who are reading this might be wondering then what exactly is life.
Well, let me define it. It is totally my own view so I welcome all criticisms to my thoughts but in my view life simply means
REALIZATION OF WHY GOD HAS SENT YOU IN THIS WORLD AND SPENDING YOUR WHOLE LIFE IN PURSUING THAT GOAL.
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