In my Journey called Life

Happiness is like a dogs tail The world wants to be happy and they study, work, vacation and buy things with only one aim in mind - Happiness. Do they all get what they desire or dream of. Lets delve a little deep into this vast coveted subject called happiness What is happiness. In simple words it is a fulfillment of a desire be it big or small germinated in the mind from beyond or the ever inducing surroundings.So it all starts in the mind as a thought or desire. And slowly with time and focus. it gets implanted strongly in our minds. Now we start working towards the same or not. If any obstacles come on the way we feel temporarily dejected or sad. But few have the courage and determination to overcome all the hindrances and achieve what was planned. But what happens when we achieve the same, we don't actually get the same kind of imagined pleasure we get as envisioned at the start . Why is that so. Because the desire is gone. The happiness is not in the object earned or ga...

RISK TAKER.. Attitude decides your Altitude. I keep hearing many critiques denigrate successful people on how luck has favored them unduly. Yes , there might be a grain of truth to that but we have to acknowledge the tremendous hard work and determination behind their success . What has differentiated them from the lot is the Risk they took and those who didn't. Yes, people regret at some point in life about the risks they didn't take and the opportunities they let slip. And I have to share a inspiring story the great Super star shared recently in a stage speech. The story of Three frogs and the insurmountable hill. There was a mighty hill in a village of frogs. And  the frogs have been trying to reach the peak of this mountain for ages. But no frog has ever reached the summit till date . And one day again three frogs tried thier hand at the competition. And they started climbing on hearing the whistle sound. As time progressed the first of the 3 frogs fell down . There...

My engagement.. My marriage process of finding a suitable bride was dormant for a long time and when we started it got completed in a jiffy.. I am more than happy than disappointed about the fact though. Yes it is a very difficult state for many of my friends who are searching their life partner for years altogether. But I am little disheartened about the fact that I have to marry ahead of my sister and this has pushed her scope of marriage by a year. Hoping she finds her match soon. It is only in the month of Feb that I actually activated my dormant account of 7 yrs to life and in less than a month found the destined girl to be. Myself and my mom could feel that she is the girl for the family. And things also moved positively on both sides further strengthening the bond. And both families agreed to meet on April 10th Friday at Vadapalani Murugan temple to finalize things. I arrived at Chennai directly the previous day morning and later that evening did my shopping at Pothys Bou...

I have been married for just over a month. The experience so far is fantastic and wishing it to continue for at least another 50 years :-). And as a routine nowadays we are introduced to so many whatsapp groups starting from friends , families of different sizes on either sides. One of them is a large group my cousin with mostly married members. And we receive mostly forward jokes only in this group. And lately have been receiving lots of marriage jokes or that I have started recognizing them after marriage.  Either being the case, I suddenly couldn't laugh on these whole lots of jokes about husbands and wives  anymore. And on a serious note,  wondered whether we would also end up like this. And felt that too much exposure to these kinds of things will make us like that. I am now confused whether I am seriously right or humorously wrong. Then I asked my wife on her opinion on this. He replied stating that they (who pull their spouses legs all the time in the group) h...

For the past few days, I had this rush in me to inquire more into the philosophical angles of life. I had been listening to speeches in TED and you tube. One interesting philosopher i came across is Arthur Schopenhauer, the eminent German philosopher of 18th century. His works had not been recognized for a long since his musings were not in line with the christian teachings and beliefs. But gradually during his last years he started gaining followers and positive critiques. I would like to share few of his prominent thoughts which has influenced me vastly. His book is "The world as will and representation". He states, unlike his contemporaries who share a very optimistic picture of life, he seems very pessimistic about the way of life. He states that humans are always in a state of suffering and despair and experience only a brief period of happiness and bliss, unlike the reverse. His explanation for the same is humans are none other than their consciousness, which he cal...

The story goes on like this..Me and my cousins were on a weekend meet in a XYZ sagar in Bangalore..And after having some chats I ordered for 4 coffee..suddenly my bro pitched in and said to give 3/6..I was surprised by his words..I commented instantly that it should have been 2/4 or 3/4 ..there aren't 6 of us here.. He told he ll explain me ..and once we got the 6 cups filled to its 3/4th,it struck me..he poured the 2 extra glasses into the rem 4..Hah!! here we had 4 cups of coffee at the price of 3..What an act of Genius..we saved 10 Rs..thats Rs 540 for an year..

Its true a thought gets converts to action. On Saturday morning, I called up my cousin ,who is currently studying in Adhiman,Hosur. While chatting, he told its been a long time since u came here, hah suddenly the plan for the trip was conceived in my mind. I told without second thoughts, why not meet for supper and have a nice chat .Thus confirmed with him the college timing restrictions which was 9'o' clock. Now I called up my Racing team,my cousins with Apaches, to check their availability. And as always they were too enthu about trip. So we planned to start by 5pm  and to spend sometime in Kutti tirupathi and then land in Saravana(rich)Bhavan, tastes like original  HSB. But after my cousin arriving a bit late, just 2 hrs late, I had second thoughts about leaving. But a push from the other 2 for going forward, I said lets do it. To give a brief about the road and route, the road is a newly laid NH, has awesome bends and has steeps down till hosur. Top this with Bang c...

Surprised..we have taught the wrong way all by our life to not make mistakes..its a shame to make mistakes..But the reality is only those who dare to make mistakes truly succeed in life;They are the ones who dare to do anything.There is an anonymous quote" the higher the risks the sweeter the rewards".We have to take risks in life then and there.. Quantity of life is not important,but the quality.Try new things daily..different menu, different routes to your office.Remember there is no rewind button in our lives..Start making mistakes and enjoy life.

Finally a poem conceived and written by me.Doesn't it look like a poem from a 5 th grade student. It proves that i am still young..Hurray !!! Oh Dad, You asked me to play but the world around is playing with me; Oh Dad, you asked me to fight but the world around is fighting with me; Oh Dad, you asked me to change but the world around is changing with me; But you told me to be bold and that made me to fight the change and still be in the play.

I was just gazing into my ceiling and thinking about our difficulties we people are facing... What has our education taught us??? Has it taught us How to post Tweets what etiquettes to be maintained in Group chat How to address an official conference call. How to write, whom to mark in To, CC, BCC in a formal E mail. what issues to be addressed in a E mail and what not.. How to elegantly exit from a chat, when the other end is so interestingly telling his sad love story. What does it mean if someone cuts your call. Should he have sent a response via msg. Has not a single school woken up to teach these things to their students ... When are we going to stop teaching letter writing to our children..the only post we receive is our monthly statement bill for credit card.

Reality, I have been cautiously researching this topic for a couple of years since our controversial prof Venkat threw this raw fact upon our faces in his IIO class. And I wanna share the results with you,I am surprised!! I could visibly see many advantages and merits in managing others perception about you.But you should not also overdo it which might back fire.There is a powerful marketing campaign happening about you,behind you, which you might have consciously or unconsciously started. This will help you in getting good reference, people unanimously choose you for responsible chairs, you might(I didn't say will) be attractive to opposite sex, it will act as an extra force in you fight up the life's ladder. So we might think its always good to speak whats happening,the reality, but bite your tongue, that will not take you any further. It might not be an decelerator , but you tend to lose the extra force acting on behalf of you. I also want to add that I am currently ...

If you are a traveler in India, you will come across lots of beggars daily. I happen to be a routine traveler in Mumbai suburbs train. And don't think I am too callous for the post you are going to read. It just happens out of my MBA pedigree. I used to watch beggars sitting outside the station and mainly in the trains.I have started wondering why do some beggars gets alms and some don't, what runs in peoples mind before offering alms to any beggar.These are my observations. The category which is the least earner in the old people and children without any physical challenges. The best category is the blind couple. And the best timing is the evening hours when people return home relaxed and are happy. The wrong hour to beg for alms is the morning biz hours.People ignore even the blind couple, nothing to say about others. And if you get alms from few people then your chances of getting more increases this tells us that people mind is in a short term dilemma about offering alms an...

Opportunities doesn't come with choices. There is a critical dimension called time which plays the devils advocate. Time or the Moment to be precise, determines the success or failure of any decision taken.Be it launch of a product,price change,policy change etc.. Many companies fail or succeed by the way they take the decision with limited information. This topic reminds me of a relevant quote by our loving prof Bala.70/40 principle. You don't have to wait for the full info to be on the table. By the time it arrives the race would have been long finished.Its the swiftness of the decision taken which differentiates leader. Taking action with boldness at lightning speed is skill to be with leaders.In my professional career I have met only a very few people with this character,one of them to remember and deserves a praise is Mr.Arasu,VP TRL. This is an important attitude to cultivate not only to reach the top and but stay there also.

Its is always very interesting to follow Consumer Behavior, its one of my favorite subjects in my MBA.Buying is not about the 4P's alone. Its a game theory and very difficult to predict the outcome of your every move as you are not the single player in the game. As the late management guru, CK Prahalad has rightly said , marketers have to fine tune their products to suit individual customer's taste. Every customer has a different response to the marketing initiatives propagated by the company. And their grievances are unique too. In future it will become more imperative and mandatory to understand each and every customer individually rather than agglomerating them into segments and silos . Companies have to customize till the very last details and there is going to be a challenge when you have to serve volumes as well as customize. Its going to be an interesting marketing scenario .

This is the punch line for Black Berry..but its also the life line of how you have to live your life..If you are not loving your job you will always be in an agitated mood which spoils all you joyous moments..And think we are not here to work..we are here to lead a happy joyous and meaningful life. 

The question which will never ever be removed from my life's dictionary is What Should I do? Why should I do ? When should I do? We keep doing things and experiencing stuff based on what our peers and society have done or aspires to do. This results in leading a life of others and not your own. Instead of copying others bucket list, make your own and plan to conquer them. This will result in a more satisfied life.

Mosquito sized cameras, Google earth images which can find your lost pen in your bedroom, Phone tapping, X-ray scanners @ airports... Our Privacy is stripped naked by our Techies around the world.Does it better or harm our community..sorry no time to discuss. Only one thing is still left virgin in this field. Tapping thoughts..No that too is in some kid of research. Think if the device comes into the hands of your boss,wife..Do you think the world will continue..

Its very important to be competitive in this world. And its also very important to participate in the race of life & win it. But the critical part which all of us miss is that LIFE is a race with myriad racetracks. And the objective is to finish the race to your utmost satisfaction. You are thy own spectator. Its a race where one might race in a Lamborghini and another in a bullock cart. Most people dont accept the fact that,Both can win the race.The fault lies in seeing our fellow beings as our competitors and land up in a stressful state. Since there is no end in this race its very important to enjoy the journey rather than race down to the race line,You are a fool if you expect a bottle of Champagne and beautiful girls waiting for you at the podium. One life . One race. One Driver. So be happy and Enjoy the race.

Love u and the world loves u..hate u and the world returns it with out fail..the first step in living a happy life is to start loving you as a person. we have to respect ourselves. what we think of ourselves will only reflect outside. So start changing inner self to change the world. The world is a interconnected web and every activity is linked unlike what majority believe to be isolated events. 

To achieve excellence in any chose field or career in life, I believe these are the things which will shape your outcome.What you prioritize , focus on and put efforts in will take shape. For example, if you love tennis and prioritize it above anything else u can reach great heights in tennis. If one is passionate about earning money and can work towards it with all their might and sacrifice anything for it , one is destined to become a millionaire. Thus life's priorities ought to be very well thought and defined . Priorities and commitments are the 2 oars which will carry you through the ocean of life successfully .