I want to break free and do something else; I want change; I want to fly high… Very common off late. 

Frustration, higher calling, entrepreneurship, business ideas, boredom – the list seems endless. But there is also a significant percentage who just want change in current job or role for higher pay or grade. Which is also fine.. 

Let’s only look at the first set listed above. 

Working in a corporate world is always exciting in the beginning, drags on for some years and then suddenly there is a lull. Blank space. This is where one feels lost, with the same questions “What am I doing, where am I heading?”

Some respond with a change in job and manage to go on more years…but they may also somewhere hit the same space. Depends on what triggers it, though.

For the ones who no longer get impressed by the corporate, the untreaded road is rather risky, but very promising and satisfying, if planned and executed meticulously. The important point is to decide what you want to do – if that’s your calling. 

When I think of few ideas and plans which I am currently in the process of executing, there is this flutter in my belly, an excitement sending sparks of energy through to the head and there are goosebumps making a mass entry. Suddenly all the focus and ideation needed comes right in front of my eyes.

What an amazing feeling!

But, core truth is, you need to identify that calling, harmonize your thoughts on the same lines, believe strongly about it and then DO something about it!

Else if its a mere wish that you want to do something else, then my take is that you are just bored. In that case, take a few minutes break from your work and twiddle your thumbs. That’s doing something else 🙂

The decision or intention to take a route which truly fires up passion is a serious and demanding one. Because you are looking at being the shepherd, not the sheep. That takes a lot. 

So, if you are one of them who feels the flutter in your belly, then I suggest you let the passion fire you up completely, surrender to it and do every single action which will truly boost it to become the next best thing to happen for yourself and the world. 

My wish and prayer that you find your calling, start strong, thrive and shine as the brightest star of the generation!!

Most of us have plans and schedules we set with adequate tracking to ensure progress and hence success can be monitored. This also allows us to learn from previous mistakes and make improvements to execute in one more chunk of a month.

This, I feel is a very good way of execution. One, it ensures that the seriousness carries through every day of the month, thereby optimising the available days. Two, it allows to make minute but significant daily corrections, so that the proposed outcome will be closer to reality at the end of every month.

The cumulative progress in 6 months and for the matter, in a year is massive if the above is done diligently.

So, I encourage you on the first day of this month to plan and completely exhaust the next 31 days. Make specific completion targets daily so that they add up to the final outcome. Its very much possible that you might do 80% to 90% of expected target. But that’s fine and is way farther than 0%. 

Everyone has a different target every month. So plan, maximize and destroy the month. 

Happy 31 days to you!!

Have you ever wondered… You sit alone, on a bright day or a rainy day, without anything or anyone to take your time. You think about what’s going on in your life and what you want to do. As you progress in the thinking, you notice strands of energy run through your hands slowly in bursts, your eyes focused and most possibly the fingers bent near the chin in the ‘Standard thinking pose’.

There is an energy ball of deliberate silence which suddenly engulfs you and you don’t want anyone to come in right now. This is quite an amazing feel. I suggest you spend a bit more time in the space. Not everyone gets to do this.

Silence is a very able weapon. An enabler. (I will only focus on the positive world). It allows you to take many routes. Few to mention here. 

It can allow you to Stop, redirect, Re-start. It can allow you to Pause, check, fix and Resume. Or it can allow you to just be.

In a way, this is core space. You can define directions, plan, build rigour, identify possibilities, create pathways, strategize, cut off unwanted parts – streamline, stretch the mind, build yourself from wherever you are to wherever you want to be, learn to accept things, unleash the fury of silence!

Every person has the access to this space. Its for each one to identify this early and make best use for maximum impact. Deep work can be done with silence. Sometimes this can be seconds, sometimes years. Its the vacuum before the explosion.

I  believe its extremely important to understand how this sacred space of silence can change things for you on a massive scale. Mind you, this is not for the faint hearted. You must be open to the possibility of a personal overhaul. 

But I invite you to open the door, explore a bit. Cautiously, meticulously…because this space will make or break!

I have opened up my space of silence. I have seen its ruthless power and continue to. 

I hope you do too..

At every step of life, unless pre-decided by the divine, we can as individuals be aware and act as we want to. The concept of ‘by chance’ gets eliminated by dedicated hard work, adequate planning include possible slips and focussed execution.

At stages where we doubt, we falter or tend to explode emotionally, it makes great sense to be aware, step back, observe and reattempt the actions. This will eliminate impulse outbursts which cannot be taken back and prevents damage to the audience pro actively.

As we add value to ourselves and come to realise that we are good enough to care well for ourselves, that’s the cue to start extending the support outwards. If I know I will succeed or do well, no matter what, that eliminates any threat to self. This is good opportunity to do selfless acts of support to the first circle of people around you and then to the larger audience.

This completes the cycle. Ability to care for self and strength to care for others as well.

Self indulgence, self glorification and self centered approach is a sure shot path for permanent failure on a long term basis. Simple explanation: you like to grow a flower plant, because you like a rose. You buy the pot, the soil, the seeds and plant in. In the beginning, with enthusiasm, you water it daily, pat the soil, keep waiting for the small sprout to come out. When it comes one day, you smile with your heart. Same with the rose plant. Your willing ness to NURTURE builds its enthusiasm as well to see who is this guy…it would also be smiling when it comes out for all you know. As days go by, you continue watering and the plant grows well and one day the rose blooms….what a feeling of completeness. On the other hand, you screw up, not water it and neglect… One day you will have a dead plant, which even if you realise then can’t be brought to life. You can’t blame the plant because you didn’t nurture the relationship. Same with us. Nurture now, selflessly and it will grow strong, make you a great person and drive your life in the right path.

Neglect now and be prepared to weep alone in the far landscape of time.

How we want to grow is up to us. Be it personal success or outside relationships. Without the dedication, planning, hard work and execution, we will end up a joke in this beautiful journey called Life.”

I wish you well. Lots of love and happiness.

“The 5 fingers of our hand represent the 5 energies – Ether, Air, Water, Fire and Earth. When we willingly try and help someone, we share these energies of the creation with them.

The connection so created stays for a long time because that’s the language of the creation – you strike a chord with the baseline. But, when you refuse to extend the helping hand, the energies repel. This creates a significant distance between people. Two creations of the same creator, one willing to share the energies and the other not willing to…creation has a way of getting back to settle this imbalance. If not now, definitely in future. Its not the choice of us mere humans, but of a power beyond our understanding which runs the show.

We can go on, blow our trumpets and be the pompous kings of our own created worlds. But, true power comes when one can let go of that bloat and be nothing” Happy living!

You like to work out and be physically fit. You like nature walks. You like photography. You like to paint. You like cricket. You like to listen to music. You like to sing. You like to write. You like to help the needy, do community service. You like spirituality and God, You like food…

The Bubble –
Find a place where you can be with yourself for about 30 minutes. No cellphones, no technology, no people around. On a sheet of paper, list the things which you like to do, personally and which you would like to pursue in a longer term.
Examples:
Wrong – You possibly like to watch TV, but you wouldn’t want to be an addict in the long term.
Right – You like music, you might want to have the best collection of songs in the long term, or maybe launch a music album by yourself.

Now, make the list with definitive actions to do something about every item in that list atleast 2 times a week. These actions will create a bubble. Step inside this. Meaning to say, surround yourself with all these personal to-dos’.

As you progress your daily routine – home, work, family – you have the bubble which needs to grow along with time. This need not necessarily be discussed with anyone, because its a personal bubble.

Vague, but relative point – My former VP once said to some of us, “Be selfish and take care of yourself first. Its ok. How can you take care of anyone else, if you don’t take good care of yourself?”

So, this Bubble will grow, it will make you stronger as an individual, it will complete you as a person…

I have a small Bubble, inside which I grow my personal strengths. It works, keeps me open to learning, gives me a better perspective, allows me to enjoy life, makes me grounded..

The Bubble – Try it…

As individuals of the current time, competition, competence, talent, creating your own space, identity, adding value through a new idea or product truly is a driving force.

In view of the time needed and commitments on a daily basis, we do notice that as much as what we do is important, the why we do and how we do are equally crucial.

The Why is a fundamental question which forms the basis for How and What. If the work you want to take up or an idea you want to implement is not a product of your mind or not well thought, then the Why fails.

Once the Why is clear, its time for the next steps. The How and the What are basis for the actions you will take. And my basic formula for actions is : “Actions must always be DELIBERATE, INTENSE & CONSISTENT”

Deliberate: You know why you want to do and hence you are putting it in motion towards an identified end result. This eliminates wastage – no unrequired or irrevelant actions. Saves big on time.

Intense: Once your actions are defined and are deliberate, you know where to put your strongest and intense efforts. This is a clear bar raiser. This will test and define your abilities every single time on how much and how focused you can do things.

Consistent: By doing the above two, you create an edge in terms of focus and performance. But it’s very easy to lose the fizz if you lack this last bit.. Consistency of actions is what maintains the edge in the long term, and hence etches who you are, for good.

We are all destined for greatness in whatever we wish to do in our lives. However,it is important to know that this will not be served on a silver platter… Being Deliberate, Intense and Consistent in our actions every single time will shape our route to greatness.

I wish and pray that every one I know or everyone who get touched by this post, get to reach over and beyond every level of greatness and success they have had till now.. And then definitely, the old quote ‘Actions speak louder than words’ will stand proven through the history of time..