New Year Resolutions!

New year came! So did my rush to have new year resolutions.
Heard lots from people that there is no point in having any resolutions as they anyway would be broken in 10 days!

My own personal experience taught me that having resolutions to do on a day to day basis, might not be a working model.

This time, I am twisting it a bit , to see if it works :)

All my daily resolutions are for 300 days this year. Net net, doing things for 300 days of the 365 days would give me 100% :)

This at least gives me some leeway when my little one is not well - I don't push myself to get up early or not wake up and then feel terrible that i have broken my resolution. Will know in a year's time whether this model is workable.

Some thoughts for myself:

I must continue to focus on my character ethic... easier to mesmerize people with personality ethic, but nothing beats a strong core.

Actually, of late, I am feeling at peace with myself on a host of things. Not getting unduly agitated, not bothered all the time about what people think of me, being confident of my own self, and finally, doing what is right and NOT doing what people think I should do.

One focus area for me would be to become more trusting of people and their intentions... need to figure a way of doing this...

That's for now... will get back in a few days with more thoughts and more feelings! Being an emotional person that I am, very difficult to not have 'feelings'. Feelings are very much 'me' :)

2015 !! Here I come!

Well, 2015 has come into my life. A beatiful year that has come in just for me... to get very very close to my dreams OR may be even get some of my dreams to reality!

It is my turn now to give my best to 2015!

Rewinding a bit to 2014... it was a year that was just lovely! It brought Mahatria into my life, very strongly! I have become more of a human being, loving, caring, not bothered about little unwanted things, became more spiritual, feel more blessed ... woohoo... loved the year!

Dear 2015, you know what! I want you to be a bigger, better year than 2014.This is my challenge to you... just see to it that you beat 2014, in all aspects!

My spiritual lesson for today...

Any person's Success is a result of Investments done by so many! Teachers, Siblings, God, Parents, and so many others who have put in efforts to make you successful (like an Apple that I eat today is a seed sown by someone who I don't even know and watered by someone else...). Don't take success to your head, but treat it as a way to be grateful to all who moulded you directly or indirectly.

My Corporate lesson for today...

Focus on the big picture... don't get too bogged down by the execution steps which might be a little different from what you want.

Also, leading a team means you are "responsible" for the success if your entire team... work towards their success. You have enough success now that you should start looking at making others successful

A little on New Year Resolutions in my next post!

How thinking gets moulded by circumstances!

Was listening to a program on Radio and the RJ was asking people to describe in one line what 'zindagi' (life) is.. I was thinking ...This is the only journey where people would never want to reach the ultimate destimation.. does it sound too morbid?
So surprising that I can think of such sad stuff... a few years earlier, if someone asked me, it would have been something like... "Life is an amazing journey that takes us through so many colors that we wouldn't even have imagined ever" or something like "Life gives us all that we want and more"
Are these signs of aging :), or, is it the result of seeing some harsh realities of life!
Anyways, need to come back to my chirpy self.. always chattering and full of energy and extreme optimism.
Now that I used this term... will want to write my next blog on this... just like extreme programming ... we all need to work on extreme optimism - being super positive.

Ok, back after a week's gap...
Thinking about the glass ceiling...
Talk about it, do you really feel that there is a glass ceiling for women to move up the corporate ladder? I don't see a glass, I see a proper concrete roof.
Inspite of ability, qualification, experience and everything, there is so much of stiff resistance - not from superiors, but a solid teaming up from peers! How cheap... can't even voice it out, 'coz it looks so cheap to talk to people about this.
Why do men have so much of ego? And bloody - the more I see it, more I feel like colliding it head on. Let me see what happens. People concentrating more on how to pull someone down than minding their own business..

Dear teacher...

30 Oct 2009..
Felt really good today.
Talked to my ex-teachers - Sri BLN and his wife, Ramakant sir. It was a pleasant surprise. Must thank Bolashankar for connecting them to me!
How often do we really take some time out to call teachers and thank them (or even talk to them), for making us what we are today? And to know that they care so much for us, after more than 20 years of separation! (do I call it separation... maybe they never thought so... may be it is togetherness... for so many years!)
To start my blog with this post makes me feel even better. Need to make a resolve - to talk to all those who matter - at least once in a while to make them happy ... and more importantly - to make myself happier :) Let me see how I fare here.