Lachu's basics

One day ( as usual :-) ) people around me were convincing how use-less I am in managing these worldly material things.. I was feeling bad and complained to lachu. She said " dont feel bad on what others are saying.. If others are telling you use-less then they are use-less..." And after a big pause she told me " dont come to bother me with these small small things again..." Good advice.

One week later again I was bothered by the same comments. I went to my motivator lachu and complained... She explained the same things patiently once again.." dont feel bad on what others are saying.. If others are telling you use-less then they are use-less..." And then scolded me " I HAD TOLD U NOT TO COME TO ME WITH THESE SMALL THINGs"..

Hmm...

Toilet flush philosophy

Life is like a toilet ( be it indian or european or american). All people who have access to you come and shit at you... some after shitting clean it properly.. some do it just for the sake... some doesnt clean also after shitting...

Anyway each time they flush you get a new freshness of life.. Life gets a new start.. a new beginning..

What best you can hope is the ability for the toilet to flush itself.. take shits is the purpose of life.. that cannot be avoided..

Toilet flush philosophy is a copyrighted term - Poonaji Inc - Patent has been applied..

Best advice I got back

Last day:

Me: I am sad, everybody scolds me.

Lachu: Your happiness should not depend on what others say. Whatever you should be happy... This is what you told me when mother scolded me......

Is she prem sai ? Will I get a share in the Sai empire ?

Motivational stuff.....

When I need personal focus, I look for the book "7 habits of highly effective people", and for office stuff - "First break all the rules".

Despite having this and re-reading this doesnt improve.

So i am made a smart move. I had only a pirated version of "First break all the rules". I bought the original ysterday.

Also i bought a "7 habits personal handbook".

Let me see whether that helps....!

( anyway i am avoiding piracy now. I am buying only original DVDs/VCDs/Books now. And destroyed all the pirated ones i have. Good, right ? Hmm, But still i have the music mp3s. )

Let all be happy and free

Asato Maa Sad Gamaya
Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya
Mrityor Ma Amritm Gamaya
Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti

Oh Lord lead us from the Unreal to the Real
Lead us from Untruth to Truth
Lead us from Darkness to Light
Lead us from Death to Immortality
Oh Lord, let there be Peace, Peace, Peace.

Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu
Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu
Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu
Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti

May the Lord bless the whole world with eternal peace and goodwill.
May the Lord bless the whole world with eternal peace and goodwill.
May the Lord bless the whole world with eternal peace and goodwill.
Peace peace peace

Job Security - revisited

Sometimes I make good notes... When i was going through my last year's posts I came across this post on Job Security.

"Put our job security based on the capacity to do the job, rather than the job itelf"

That is a good advice which I have taken myself!!!!!!!!!

Short term goals!!!!!

I liked the way our Manager here has set his goals...

As a long term goal he needs Total quality for the product, and build an effective team.

And as a short term goal - he wants his team not to get exhausted. He wants us not to get stressed out...

And he has a committed work force also. Good for everybody.

Feedbacks on my blogs

Two feedbacks on my blog from my office:

1. For a third party i look like a frustrated person who wants to improve... ( reading books of Covey etc gave him the trigger to say this )

2. I am writing for myself, i am not offering much to the readers ( i confuse them at the end, by saying "its bull shit" etc)

Usually i give "frustrated" tag. but i want to improve, so i am giving a more possitive tag this time :)

also i decided to make it colourful!!!!

Resolutions ----

weekly resolution on dont touch blog and orkuts during office hours have been success. It has good results also. Less interruptions, more time now to spend for tea breaks!

Perhaps i should revisit some of my new year resolutions.

I would really love to have some more weekly resolutions.
- drink lot of water ( chennai heat is killing me )
- eat lot of Pankajakasthuri or something similar which reduces my sinus.

You may find this boring. But i have decided to impove. Have you ?

Weekly Resolution

I have made a weekly resolution not to touch orkut, blogs, non-official websites during office hours ( morning to 7pm). And that means I am not able to blog now.

Hope my weekly resolution gets longer than a week!!!

Perception

You cannot avoid how people perceive you. But you can avoid yourself believing
in that!

"I dont know" syndrome

I have got many feedbacks ( not only present).., but in past also.., that i dont have to be always humble and honest :)

i have to present myself in a good way - so that i dont need to say - "idont know" always expecially to juniors.

i have tried... but always i will come back to "i dont know" as that is the easiest way out.

perhaps i have got a remedy for that.. i should fight on the core-issue :) i have to know, what i should know.

perhaps i should know the things i should know better than any one else. so my integrity will be preserved !!!

And the things " i dont know".., i will say "i dont know".

7 habits - review

Do i have these 7 habits ?

Be Proactive - 0%

Begin with the End in Mind - 0%

Put First Things First - 50%

Think Win-Win - 50%

Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood - 50%

Synergize - 50%

Sharpen the Saw - 25%

Perserverance

Job Security

What will happen if i lose my job today ?

I may have just enough financial reserve to restart my life.. But still the thought of losing job is itself very scary..

Was going through the book "First things first".., and it had one nice example. A boss asked all his colleagues to go through the job columns and select the better ones than the current. Then he asked them to go and look whether they will get the job. They tried, but failed in interview. The jobs required new knowledge, new skills, new informations they did not have.

The moral of the story is: Put our job security based on the capacity to do the job, rather than the job itelf.

This will make us fearless!

7 habits for highly (in)effective people

7 Habits
Habit 1: Be Proactive®
Take responsibility for your life.

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind®
Define your mission and goals in life.

Habit 3: Put First Things First®
Prioritize and do the most important things first.

Habit 4: Think Win-Win®
Have an "everyone-can-win" attitude.

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood®
Listen to people sincerely.

Habit 6: Synergize®
Work together to achieve more.

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw®
Renew yourself regularly.

These are the famous 7 habits prescribed by Stephen Covey in his best selling book "The 7 habits of highly effective people".

After reading that i was thinking it was too much idealistic. What a shit.

But my doubt was cleared when i read the FAQ section. In that he clearly says: The book he has written is about 7 habits of highly effective people and not ineffective people.

Now i have started reading it again with an open mind..

Also this happens to be my 100th post in Poonaji Speaking.

P and PC

Sometimes I am too much immersed in improving my and our team's production capability that i forgot to produce...!

And then i come back producing.., without using the capabilities that i built..

bad Anoop! very bad.

Relationship

we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. – Stephen R. Covey

motivations -- part 2

Till 2003, i was not much fascinated by motivational or self improvement books.. but after that i have tried many..

1. First break all the rules
2. Now discover your strengths
3. Seven habits of highly effective people
4. First things first
5. Straight from the Gut

and some books which really inspire being effective like "The Goal", "The Critical chain" etc..

Even tried "Rich dad, poor dad" thinking that money is what i want..

But the Coveys and co are not doing the trick.. But I have got lot of info by this time, so that i can be a really good "policy server".. anybody need my help ?

anyway i have brought a small vivekanda message to be put on my table "'Stand up, Be Bold, Be Strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny'."

Important things

I am blogging less now...

Thought of increasing productivity... In the process started planning using stephen covey's four quadrants again ( Important and Urgent, Important and not Urgent, Urgent and not important, not urgent and not important ).

But the only "Important and Not Urgent" thing I am doing is looking after lachu.. All the other things I am lagging... I am afraid to take on them..

I reduced blogging to get me more time.. But i am using that time for commenting other blogs.. Now the worst happened, started a class blog also.. But the response is not that good!

How to deal with the important things in life ? I should ask Covey again..