Monday, May 18, 2015

The Smoking World-One billion smokers

The world has reached a 1 billion smoker level. That's around 20 % of population that is smoking.

Assuming that for every person that is smoking there are 5 passive smokers, you can say the whole world is smoking. 
This awareness needs to become alive in these people. Somewhere during the college times or school age they pick up the habit and it becomes an addiction. In fact none of them benefit from smoking. 
Oh, you say the job opportunities that this industry has created? Do we need to create opportunities when the whole world will suffer.
I posted this picture because it was symbolising nature begging to safeguard the ecosystem. This is the height of human irresponsibility using the plant/tree pot as an ash tray. 
If you are a smoker, you should be offended of course in the right way. 
If you want to quit there is a pshycic way to do it. Attribute all negatives in your life to smoking and start to hate it act like hating it. For more details on quitting connect.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Will your degrees matter in the future?

In the exploding internet era, does a formal degree matter any more?




    Once upon a time, joining the MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT, was a dream for many. It was not easy to join the institute. MIT is regarded as the world's best in many of the faculties. This dream has come true to many, thanks to the internet and MOOC systems. In fact we need to thank the legends of MIT for offering these courses  in collaboration with other universities.

    If some one is looking for a world class online course, he cannot miss being here edx.org (offered by MIT) . It offers courses in many fields at the world class. The lecturers and professors are world renowned and are legends in their fields. The point is, it is almost FREE.

    If some one is planning to learn Arabic, it is available free and one can in fact become a professional, using the content available online. Check the youtube video below to understand how easy learning Arabic is. Thanks to Maha. She is the Arabic instructor. There are options like this for other languages and skills too.




   Now let us compare a student who has got a 3+2 years of formal college study and a person who has spent time undergoing the courses like those available on edx,org. The college education would have given  an exposure  in an area of study and if the student was curious, she would have learnt more than her curriculum. On the other hand, the person who would have studied based on his interest and curiosity, through online and MOOCs, would have learnt a lot, but may not have been in a focused area of study.
 
    There was a period, when people had to study deep and width was not very important. Today it has become that one has to have a wide knowledge. The width is at times more important than the depth. Not denying the fact, we need docs and enggs, who are pro's, who have the deep sense of their subject. Even those doctors, engineers and professionals are expected to exhibit knowledge in other areas. The intersections of disciplines are continuously expanding.

    There will be a time, where the formal degrees, will no more be important than the real knowledge, understanding, curiosity and the capacity to implement an idea.   

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Practical happiness and progressive success - Try it!

When you are in distress, you want a relief. But you do not believe in a party or  a bear to cool you down. So you google. How to become happy?
And there are many suggestions by google. The search results ranges from an Oprah Winfrey’s motivational discussion with a world leader to Deepak Chopra’s speeches, courses and therapies. It is nice to hear them. You know that they are talking about highly stressed C level people. They talk big stuff and use a phrase ‘simple way’ and they never seem to let the secret out.
When you hear them speak or listen to preview, you feel that there could be a magic solution. I should agree partly, many will be motivated towards peace seeking in that kind of environment. But should finding success and peace should be a right of already successful people?
Also from successful mentors’ point of view, how can they show examples of simple people learning the success and peace lessons from them? Assume they do a course with a mid-level corporate executive, who is yet to be famous, why would that video be a hit on YouTube or a hot search on Google?
Ok then what is the way for success and peace if you do not have the money to attend their courses. Let us make it really simple and economical and articles like these famous.
I have made this topic as ‘practical’ happiness and ‘progressive’ success intentionally.
Following below methods (you already know it) are economical; no tickets to a highly paid course and the success will not come overnight and will be progressive only. (Progressing is better than procrastinating- so let us take a step)
1)      Know that there are 2 parts to success and happiness – Internal and External
2)      Internal part is not controlled by money
3)      External  - major portion is influenced by money
External success first, as it requires urgent attention(for many).
How to achieve?
progressive success
1)      Build Knowledge: Whatever position you are in now, think about what knowledge you should posses to handle a level that you are aiming. Example -  You are a Junior banker and you would like to become a branch manager. So start thinking what would it require to handle that responsibility. So when you are ready with your knowledge the only thing standing in between you and the position is experience. World is changing and people are ready to try young people at senior levels.
2)      Keep your antennas active: Look for signals of learning and be aware of the opportunities coming your way.
3)      Be patient: Succeeding does not happen overnight and there is no escaping the time. Everyone waits at some point of life. So be patient.
4)      Keep calm and be confident: The more you wait the more you tend to panic. Key is to be confident and use the time to learn more in the field of your choice and wait for the right moment when you have done the other parts.
For disruptive innovative growth (if you are capital rich, or know someone who is, or you are lucky – You are 1 in a 1000)
1)      Innovate: create unrealistic ideas:
2)      Be bold: Take the risk: Tell the people, make them buy your idea.
3)      See if you can bring these ideas to practicality: Try a prototype: Patent it: Sacle up to commercialization: Make money
Internal success:
                One good thing about internal success is that the acquiring process is same for successful and not so successful person.
The commonly suggested methods are meditation; the formal meditation has become impractical nowadays.
                So follow a simple method to start with.
When you take a break from what you regularly do (breaking is mandatory- better than a forest and mediation idea). Pause for a moment doing nothing, thinking nothing.
Like when you were doing your coding say for last 3 hours, and you wanted to take a break, go for a smoke or for lunch. Don’t directly go to that. Have a pause. Don’t think about the regular things, don’t do what you would regularly do.
You can start doing things like the below, to break the routine
1)      Go do a different physical place before reaching your regular smoker’s zone or pantry
2)      Walk slowly at half the pace of your’s
3)      Breath more times than you would do normally(which is comfortable for you and you can make it subtle)
4)      Think nothing – initially will be tough, because of the inertia of the mind, it will still linger on the codes you were typing, or it would be busy thinking about a morning stress or a future commitment. Just pause, say to your mind – stop for three minutes. Then by practice you will know to pause for 3 minutes.
5)      Once you know to pause, think abuot what you think without emotion, stress objectively. Thing(k)s become clearer.
6)      Already you know a simple meditation. Increase the 3 minutes to a 10 minutes and start thinking about nothing or a single thing you are progressing to better meditation levels.
7)      These simple steps over a period of time reduces wrinkles, keep yourself and people around you happy and you have more energy
This is just beginning of peace and but if you will like it you can get to the ultimate inner calm (someone said everyone really strives for only this). 
Now you can start tasting internal and external happiness, success and therefore peace. Then you move higher levels and get guided by high level coaches.  

A nice article on similar lines http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Successful

Saturday, February 1, 2014

What is good Facebook or Linkedin ?

What is good Facebook or Linkedin?








 Linkedin



Facebook
Linkedin
Shares personal details
Shares professional and personal details
Subscriber: 900 million +
And (majority) young age – sub 30s
Subscriber: 160 million +
And (majority) mid age – around 30s
Makes money and gives a peek into contacts personal details
Makes money and gives a way to connect and recruit and to learn business and business trends
Stress levels of not seeing a facebook for 3 days: High – Low
Stress levels of not seeing a Linkedin for 3 days: Medium- Low
Contributes to life – May be
Contributes to life - Yes
Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected
 Linkedin’s Mission is to connect the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful
Founder
Reid Hoffman 

CEO: Jeff Weiner: 

Mark Zuckerberg

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Pillars of Happiness -A 2014 Resolution Guide


Pillars of  Happiness -A 2014 Resolution Guide

How does one become happy. What makes one happy. When desires, wants and needs are fulfilled one becomes happy. One can think so.

There are 2 things to this equation then, finding a way to fulfill all desires, wants and needs or just to reduce them.

The corporate and business achievers do the former and the yogis, sadhus and philosophers do the later. And they are happy. At least we can think so.

Then what happens to the rest?

They can be happy at times and unhappy at times based on 'desire - fulfillment' equation.

The key is to put effort in solving the equation.

There are few people who put the effort and wait anxiously and there are few waiting to put the effort and procrastinate. This is disastrous as one wants more and does little about it.

Once the desire becomes clear the approach also can be drafted clearly. In other words one can set up a goal and action plan.

Since this is a resolution time, it is good to think about setting a balanced goal, so when achieved keeps one at ease and peace.

Good wealth without health and people around is no good or good relatives with less health and wealth is also no good.

As in the picture one can resolve to have a plan towards the below as these have been found to be the pillars of human happiness
To focus and increase
Health
Wealth
Spiritual values
Social values
Relations 
To pay attention and to decrease 
Greed
Fear
Anger

Thol.





Wednesday, December 11, 2013

What is in the Packaging


I received a courier from  a reputed bank. The item was a plastic material, (no no not any card). I opened the package and was pretty impressed at the first sight.

The packaging was almost equivalent to the actual item's worth, or may be even better than the plastic.

Yes nowadays "Mind-Share" costs a  lot.

It is so funny that the same banks, send emails reading "print if only required...........  to save environment" and compromise on environmental policies when it comes to packaging their products and accessories. Were trees not  cut down to produce such a package, I really wonder.

Any customer would take it and use it even if it had been packed in an ordinary material. Safety during the courier can be taken care in a much cost effective way.

But you know this is the game of Mind Share.

"The MIND SHARE" for the brand is the most important.

Yes they had my mind share, for sure and I am sharing the same idea with you.

But how far should one go to have the Mind Share?

Is the Packaging really important?

Thol

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Money Moon



Countries have begun the competition for their place in the space. The world war in the future can be fought for a place not in the world but for a place in the moon or for the moon itself.


USA wants other nations not to disturb its landing site on the moon and wants it to be declared as a national park. They have planned to grow vegetables on the moon. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ on the moon landing sight.

China has sent a probe to moon, which would make the dust raise, and could disturb the already analyzing US's probe.

Other countries who have their objects on the moon are India and Russia. There are also private organizations planning Moon Visits. Your Honey Moon can be literally 'Honey Moon'. Marriages can be made in Moon too.

There are already many man made objects on the moon. A sort of pollution has already begun. The detailed list as below. refer Wikipedia

All innovations are good, but when you do not keep the earth fit, and planning to live in the moon, where will the beings on earth go?

We have entered a race, which has no real end line. Live long the MONEY MOON.

Thol