Saturday, October 11, 2008
Being Positive
I hate people who crib. period.
There is so much wrong with the world. Why dont people follow traffic rules. Why is the city so dirty. The roads are so bad. Goverment is not doing anything. Maid doesnt come on time. and the list goes on of reasons why people crib.
I am also not the kind who would subscribe to the idea of taking things in your own hands and changing the world.
I think I am a spineless individual who is happy as long as he is able to find his way around things. sometimes easily and sometimes with some amount of effort.
Chill. Thats the mantra.
There is so much wrong with the world. Why dont people follow traffic rules. Why is the city so dirty. The roads are so bad. Goverment is not doing anything. Maid doesnt come on time. and the list goes on of reasons why people crib.
I am also not the kind who would subscribe to the idea of taking things in your own hands and changing the world.
I think I am a spineless individual who is happy as long as he is able to find his way around things. sometimes easily and sometimes with some amount of effort.
Chill. Thats the mantra.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Who am I? .. and conversations..
Who am I or rather what am I ? The question's been plaguing me recently.
Off late I have realized that I am not able to deeply relate with anybody. Even the most intellectual of discussions that I come across fail to enthuse me. I almost see through all of them. I participate in these discussions for the sake of it. Just so I dont come across as totally quite. I observe people arguing like great philosophers about problems of life all of which seem very mundane to me.
Is something wrong with me? I dont think so.
Whats conversation? Two people talking? How many times have you talked to somebody and realized that you are not really talking. I see the following types of conversations:
The other person
1 - Trying to express his/her point of view. Trying to make himself useful.
2 - Expressing an opposite point of view. Trying to act devil's advocate.
3 - Agreeing and then stating how a contrary point of view also makes sense.
4 - just not getting it and talking immaturely.
5 - thinking what would make him/her look impressive
What is real conversation. where you dont think about the people talking. you really think about what you are talking about. Make yourself one with the discussion. Doesnt matter if you are hurting anybody. Doesnt matter if you are quiet for a long time. Doesnt matter if you are the only one talking if you need to. Be an invisible participant in a useful conversation.
Off late I have realized that I am not able to deeply relate with anybody. Even the most intellectual of discussions that I come across fail to enthuse me. I almost see through all of them. I participate in these discussions for the sake of it. Just so I dont come across as totally quite. I observe people arguing like great philosophers about problems of life all of which seem very mundane to me.
Is something wrong with me? I dont think so.
Whats conversation? Two people talking? How many times have you talked to somebody and realized that you are not really talking. I see the following types of conversations:
The other person
1 - Trying to express his/her point of view. Trying to make himself useful.
2 - Expressing an opposite point of view. Trying to act devil's advocate.
3 - Agreeing and then stating how a contrary point of view also makes sense.
4 - just not getting it and talking immaturely.
5 - thinking what would make him/her look impressive
What is real conversation. where you dont think about the people talking. you really think about what you are talking about. Make yourself one with the discussion. Doesnt matter if you are hurting anybody. Doesnt matter if you are quiet for a long time. Doesnt matter if you are the only one talking if you need to. Be an invisible participant in a useful conversation.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Where do you go?
The first lines of the famous song came to my mind. (dont remember any of the rest of the song though) . August 2005 is when i moved to my current job. Though i have moved up and have started managing people since then, its still the same area. As I calculate exactly, I find its about 2 years and 9 months now. The reason its freaking me out probably is because I have never spent so much time in one place in my entire career. My entire career by the way is a little less than 6 years long now.
In my earlier organization I spent 2.5 years. In those 2.5 years I changed my job profile 3 times over. Is that the reason I am feeling uneasy now? Really, I dont think that is the point.
Am I scared I would stop learning if I go on like this. In the first two years I learnt a lot, and at an amazing pace. Since last 6-9 months, I am spending more time leveraging my knowledge. I have been learning but that learning's of a different kind. The subtle kind where you really do not see anything tangible. Is that it?
Probably, this is also a strange time in one's career. In the first few years one can try anything one wants. However, once the career is 5-6 years old, you've got to lock in somewhere. Its not very easy to continue to move freely. One would have developed specialised skills and would need to continue to develop those skills or grow in that particular area.
I have stopped comparing myself with my MBA peers. Have got over that. Ambition still remains. Ambition is not just about earning more money. Its about something else. Dont know what.
Is this what would help me get where I want to be 5-10 years from now. I think that is the question in my mind. Should I be patient and hang around? Should I look for a change within the Organization or outside?
In my earlier organization I spent 2.5 years. In those 2.5 years I changed my job profile 3 times over. Is that the reason I am feeling uneasy now? Really, I dont think that is the point.
Am I scared I would stop learning if I go on like this. In the first two years I learnt a lot, and at an amazing pace. Since last 6-9 months, I am spending more time leveraging my knowledge. I have been learning but that learning's of a different kind. The subtle kind where you really do not see anything tangible. Is that it?
Probably, this is also a strange time in one's career. In the first few years one can try anything one wants. However, once the career is 5-6 years old, you've got to lock in somewhere. Its not very easy to continue to move freely. One would have developed specialised skills and would need to continue to develop those skills or grow in that particular area.
I have stopped comparing myself with my MBA peers. Have got over that. Ambition still remains. Ambition is not just about earning more money. Its about something else. Dont know what.
Is this what would help me get where I want to be 5-10 years from now. I think that is the question in my mind. Should I be patient and hang around? Should I look for a change within the Organization or outside?
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Reincarnation
9th September 2007. 6 AM. Watching the sunrise... prompted me to enter the blogspace again. I deleted my last blog without saving the contents... never looked back.
I am still not sure of the purpose of this one... Like a lot of other things.
However, this is meant more for communicating with myself than anybody else.
I am still not sure of the purpose of this one... Like a lot of other things.
However, this is meant more for communicating with myself than anybody else.
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