The thing that was bothering me is clearer now. The world wont change if dont come to office or not work on the ideas i put my heart and soul into. Thats what has been bothering me so much. thats what makes a hell of a difference to me i guess.

“One should strive to be the best in what one does and what work one does should be good by my standards. ” Thats been my motto all along.

But i realize that it is incomplete. I have to change it to

“One should work in the core of any organization and then strive to be the best in what one does.”

In a company, there are always high impact areas, the must have areas and the nice to have areas. There would potential must have areas that could become high impact in near future because of the people involved or because of the strategy of company. i always believe one should work for oneself and not for the company or organization. While working for oneself, one seeks satisfaction. the satisfaction does come from good work that would be the type of work one thinks is good. But this satisfaction is temporary, its a myth and like a spell. it would only be broken when the work gets done and the world doesnot change.

Thats what has been bothering me for so long, struggle to find what i wanted. Thats what i always wanted deep down but some how never got a chance to be in that position. Its essential to be identify a high impact area of the organization. Ideally it should be an area if it seizes to exist for the company, it impacts the whole organization. Offcourse there would always be must have areas for the company too. these would be future strategies, safe gaurds against a changing economy and possible high impacts of tomorrow. and then there would all those nice to have areas which are good if they give some returns and its still ok if they are not there tomorrow.

i realize now that for me its so very important to be in the core or high impact of the organization. being part of such an area, the effort, mind and soul that goes into work would worth its weight in gold. and satisfaction guarenteed.

the must have area also great areas to work for, they could become core some day. But one has to watch out carefully all the time. If the wind blows a different direction, one has to recognize that and shouldnt look the other way. Instead one should face the wind and move, move forward, move backward but definite move. any movements should be towards the other must have areas or if possible the current high impact area itself.

for me i have been working in nice to have areas or potential must have or to a must have area. Never in an high impact and thats what makes me go through these highs and lows in work.

lets see if things change, i know what to look for now.

Mood is better, things to work towards are clearer and the pain has been pushed back;
In the back alleys of my mind it must wander for sometime before it can strike again;

Live life for oneself but love some one dear,
it brings a completeness to ones soul not felt before;

time is a great healer and experience a great teacher,
heal, learn but do enjoy as life is a darling and honest dear.

ideas, concepts and problems bring joy around
keep working on them till you let down.

then rise again to move forward as
its in moving on that one lives and
staying on that one dies.

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just felt like writing it down as if i am writing a poem.

gotta go, be back soon.

i don’t know why, since the last time i wrote here my mood has become somber. i get extreme pleasure in working on ideas, and thats how the mood was till 2 days back

then all of a sudden i start wondering about my life and my career and questions like where i am and where i am going start to make me seem out of place and out of order. yeah i know things are not that bad, but dont know something is not right.

i get a feeling that i have been in place for too long, a change would do wonders but then i look at what i have done and i feel i need to learn more and make myself more stronger in fundamentals. i start wondering what i was doing in my initial years of my career. i took the condition of sticking to what i like too early, should have tried more and experimented more, should have changed jobs. Now i am stuck with this shit hole. I know its not good to think like this as any thing and everything starts to feel miserable after that. But if i look around and see people growing (not in my terms of growth) but in terms of organization career and renumerations they get, it pains somewhere deep down. its not jealousy or envy towards them, they are growing and its good for them, but it leaves a feeling of being left out and not being good enough.

i gave a thought about what i want to do, and things seem to be planned out. I just have to be a little bit more patient and keep working and enjoying. As said focus on keeping the wanting and having to be together and one would be happy, but the struggle of being left out hurts.

Emotions take over rational, feelings take over logic, and sadness takes over happiness.

And Life goes on…

Sometimes i get so engrossed in finding solution to a problem that everything else is just not noticed. I had been working on concept paper, where i want to define and explain some ideas that i had. At times i feel, it is easy to think of an idea, but very difficult to put it down on paper to explain to people. Essentially you would have to consider all the possiblities, weigh the pros and cons of the idea, define the process in which the idea would be benefitial. The whole process is quite taxing but having an environment of peers whom you are able to share it and who add value to the whole process tend to make the process a lot less simpler.

Thats what i have been struggling with these days, having to think of all possible angles for the current concept. I guess i have learnt the hard way about being thorough while sharing the concepts. Even though i am able to discuss with R and the process itself is quite invigorating, i still have put it down myself and thats taking quite some toll.

I was heard talking in my sleep last night, though my roommates tell me that its happened before also. I find it really strange that one is able to dream and even talk about things during sleep, yet not recollect any thing on waking up. I still dont what i was dreaming about but its remembrance leaves me mixed emotions.

I am little relaxed today, a breakthrough in thought process itself has helped me look at the concept in different view and hence things seem to be falling into place.

I didnt get time to read H2G2, and weekend is already planned out. I guess monday would be another new week and the process of bringing together of have to and want to will continue.

There is always a struggle between things that one has to do and one wants to do. If one manages to get both these objectives aligned in their everyday life, life would definitely be more enjoyable.

I was cursing myself the other day for not being cheerful and happy. Some where the having and wanting were getting apart for past few months. the good part is that i felt the difference before they could have moved away from each other. The effort to bring these two parts together has taken some time. As reflects from the fact that i am back to blogging and reading regularly, and still meeting my deadlines and work schedules. There are still somethings to be sorted out but its working.

I finished reading “The Red Carpet”, what invigorated me was the writer’s ability to capture snapshot of the people’s life thru the short stories. All the stories are based in Bangalore and the sense of belonging towards this city made me nostalgic about my times here. Off course the city has changed from the times i have been here, but the short stories really made me see that side of bangalore that i used to like or still like. The main theme of the most of the stories is the changing face of india especially bangalore. The initial ones are ok, but the two i liked the most of had a similar theme of bond between parents and children even in this new new world if i may call it. First one was about the daughter of an american indian coming back just to find how things have changed, but still valueing her relationship with her dad and how she has the choice, while the second one touched the theme of an america educated daughter coming back only to realize underline connection between her mother and herself. Though none of the stories had a definite ending or for that matter a begining also, they were true to the definition of snapshot into life of the characters.

Some how my collection of books in increasing at a faster pace then my ability to finish reading them. Moreover my mood swings also affect what i read, i started reading “A Farewell to Arms” but then left it mid way, same has happened to “Who says Elephant can’t dance”. Finally just with the mood i picked up “Hitch Hiker’s Guide to Galaxy”. I had bought this omnibus quite some time back but as it happens with most of the my books, i could only start reading it now. I definitely found it to be an extremely entertaining book. One of the first things you get to know in this book is why the internet translation tool was named “Babel Fish” cause Babel Fish is actually a fish that goes into ones ear and lives on brainwave radiation from every source but its host. It then excretes energy in the form of exactly the correct brainwaves needed by its host to understand what was just said. In layman terms it translates any language of the galaxy to the one you would understand. So our hero Arthur Dent gets his babel fish one from his guide, the roving reporter of the H2G2, Ford Prefect.

Since i just started can’t say how it may end, but i am hopeful.

its been a long time, some how the routine of my life had caught me with in its web. Though i shouldn’t complain for this web that lies around me today, writing my thoughts down had been a fulfilling experience and i missed it.

So i decided to revive my blog, i told it to “rise from ashes” and hold me from the scruff of my neck for being away so long. Initially it behaved like a mistress whom i had forgotten as it tried to wrestle me around asking me to remember the strange code word to our agreement. the code word that granted me the access, that verified me to be rightful owner, and the one that gave a faith to the mistress that i am here to stay.

Where do i begin, its a been an boring to hectic last one year. i let my work affect me so much that couldnt give time to things i loved, reading and blogging. It took a while for me to figure out that life would go on, but one has to enjoy it to make most of it.

i sound philosophical about it but its true. I had done quite a few fictional readings lately, of people and their daily life. Rohingstone Mistry’s two books “A Fine Balance” and “Such a long journey” and currently reading “My Farewell to Arms” from Ernest Hemingway and “The Red Carpet” (a book of short stories about people in city of bangalore, dont remember the author right now).

All of these really made me wonder that life will always keep going on, one has to just make the most of it.

Ok time’s up, have to rush for a meeting now but will keep visiting this space of mine. It is the non judgemental part of my life, and i better be faithful to it. It would not ask questions but only listen.

I have been reading Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” these days, havent finished it yet but love it like anything. I have been able to relate to the characters so much that it has made me look at what i want and why i want. the character of Hank Rearden makes me see myself in a different light altogether…the passion to produce for him, the importance of his work, and the drive to keep going on thru the thick of things is something i have come to admire…

 

i could see why i am so passionate about my work, why i am not emotional about things, why i want to keep working and creating…he represents me and how i am…not being able to understand what is going on around him…he is recognises that he is missing something…doesnt understand how the world is functioning….i dont know how things with change but till now he has started to see few things…like about the looters wanting to get an appreciation from what they are doing from him…then the category of people who are producers, users and looters….

 

i love my work…i love my thought..thats what keeps me going that what i want to do…keep my thought going via developing solutions…my thought and ideas are the mills producing steel and metal for hank…i seek and get a sense of accomplishment making them work and reach greater heights….that what i work for…i hate to see my potential getting waste…i hate to be idle and not working on something…i dont like if i am not able to work and keep creating…

 

i regard myself as a producer…producer of solutions…pushing myself to create them…i also face the same irony where there isnt people around me who can really regard me or see me like this…they are talk about emotions, vanity, love and respect…i do have that but not for people…

 

i think thats why i love reading such books because i find characters i dont find in real life…whom i can relate to…acknowledge and share their achievements…live my life thru them in some ways…but is real life lead like books…

 

no i guess not, thats what i have to come to terms with…if there are producers there will always be looters…one cannot avoid them, but then dont know how to deal with them…i try to deal with them but i dont know if i will achieve what i seek….one has to find ways to keep them in their place…minimize the damage…i dont know if i will find answers…lets wait to finish the book…

 

 

havent been able been able to blog for quite some time…actually the things got quite demotivated and work had to be finished…its tough when u dont feel like doing anything and there quite some work to finish and timelines to meet…

anyways, lets get to the interesting part…i manage to attend SAP Summit in Mumbai…it was quite an excellent sales and marketing event..organized very professionally….good to see SAP India puting up such a good show…lots of people attended it…most of the SAP presentations were about selling SAP software, but the most interesting sessions where the customer sessions where they presented their experiences with SAP. They elaborated what were their requirements, why did they chose SAP, how did they go about the implementation, what all they implemented, what all they need to do within the organization to adopt to SAP software, what did they benefit and finally what did they learn.

it was interesting to see them echo something i always believed, businesses need to look at software as an enabler, so they should first be clear on their business objectives and realize that they need to change to adopt to the changing environment. once they do that they can look at software to help them become more versatile, flexible and efficient…but they cant think that buying software would solve all their problems…another interesting aspect was how all of these companies adopted a change management strategies…everyone from private to public sector companies realized the concerns their employees may have and went about in a very employee friendly manner to make them get comfortable with it…success of a software implementation depends a lot on the people who finally are going to use and if they are not convinced about it, company will not benefit. Moreover having policies in place and involvement of senior management only helps to reteriate the commitment of the company towards employees and efficient management….

once back to my real life i had to struggle with pending work…still trying to complete it on time…but still in this i manage to watch an interesting play…some found it ordinary some found it too pseudo…but it made me reflect on one critical aspect…the play was about a guy who is software professional and a girl who is call center executive…how they are going about their daily life…what is their life like…both of them have one common thread…the girl’s bf is guy’s room mate…the set of the play was simple with just a box made as a sitting…they used video screen in the background to providing the settting for the play…

i could really relate to a lot of incidents in the guy’s life…like not seeing ur room mate for days…just talking on phone to him even though staying in the same house…innundated with calls from people selling anything and everything…staying up late in office and being alone on the entire floor…these are some of the things made me reflect on my past…something i hardly do these days…getting back to the play…the twist happens when this guy who is link between the 2 dies….both of the come together and meet…then another twist happens when the guy is without work and girl is fired…so they have nothing to do and only each other go give company…they never had such free time and hence dont know what to do with it…they get more comfortable with each and fall in love…and thats when the play ends…

offcourse i forgot to mention about profanity used during the entire duration of the play, some of the people found that a little too much saying that they dont know if people spoke like that…but then didnt we use these when we were in college and even when we started working…we seem to think when we are little older and things dont happen a particular way but it may exactly they way people talk today…it would have been interesting to get a perspective from someone younger…

its a simple story nothing great…the guy was good…and girl was good looking but ok…but what was good to for me to see some shades of my past inacted infront of me…in one scene the guy is all alone on the whole floor of his office and screams that he wants to be free….thats is a scene that has been with since then…today i am obsessed with my freedom, may be this is because of my past being like that guy depicted…may be thats where this desire for freedom comes from…offcourse this may not be the only reason…but i know atleast one reason for it…

its quite amazing how work influences our personal thoughts and belief…hence more reason to work in a place where u can enjoy and grow positively…i realised another thing today…its more of a question….

“why is that i measure myself with something i am not doing or i am not able to do and not with things i am doing and i am able to do”

is it true for everyone around me? dont know but one has to stay positive its the only way one could stay happy…

leaders are not born but made…all around us we see people working around in teams…but what makes the difference are the leaders, managers, coaches and captains which make them work…

LA Lakers lost…thats made me philosophical, they didnt loose because of they played badly but they were outplayed by a better team…Detroit Pistons…Pistons dont have stars but they have hard working individuals…who work together really well…if Billups was unable to take shots then Hamilton was there, and if they both were lying low then Rasheed came up to take charge…and Ben the effervacent Wallace…he was every where…its a triumph of team, hardwork and leadership over stars and luck…

question may arise wats it got to do with leadership…but thats the point. Sport teams always represent real life scenario in a ways and forms one cannot any where and are able to show us how to break free of them. In case of Detroit, they were the underdogs, but coach Larry Brown was able to instill a level of confidence in them, make them believe that they can do it. Offcourse make them feel secure where they were and make them realise why they were there.

Irfan Pathan made a statement about Ganguly today, “he made me feel so secure”. This security so very important that make people go lot of distance once they get it. Our india cricket team performance is attribute a lot to Ganguly cause of the confidence he could instill in all the young guys. But is security and confidence the only reasons for success?

Not necessary, but yes they are definitely one of the key ingredients….but how does that relate to my day to day work. Thats where the team comes in, every one in a team has aspirations, goals and insecurities. A managers job would be understand them and try to strike a balance between what the individuals are and wat the team requires, but as a leader you have to go one step ahead and provide the vision and goal to the team. The goal shouldnt be handed but understood and appreciated by one and all. If the leader is able to rise above being a manager and accept his responsibilities then he would be able to lead the team to great hieghts like never before. Each individual would able to meet his aspirations along with meeting the teams goals.

Striking that balance is hard, but achieving it will bring utmost success.