….and so all are preparing themselves for the inevitable….the various small 3hour battles with different subjects that will eventually help them win the war for the DEGREE of Engineering.
Exams are the time when the worst fear of most of the engineers_would_be show.
I mean true they may all be tensed cause they have to appear for exams! But they’re not the only ones… Check out the parents of these kids! Its not like the hostelites (as we call em) are totally left to take care of themselves, they too get long distance calls from their DADS on what the progress on their studied is. And the localites, most of them who thought once out of school parents would let them be on their own, now realize how wrong they are.
I know one of my friend’s MOM studied most of the subject he himself was learning just so that she could monitor him!
Bliss is the college Library where you can go and sleep when you like, and study when you want to. Parents, they are happy their wards are spending much of the time in the library. Students, they are happy just to get out their homes and their MOMs who keep buzzing around them all day.
Speaking of library, I, being an engg student, too have seen and experienced a lot from the last 3 years in my college Library. Also getting a lot more stuff since currently my exams are going on too.
A typical Library night...
I don’t know what happens during the daytime much cause I just go to the lib around 12 in the night and return at 5 in the morning.
So it goes like this...
When I enter I see most of the students drowsing bcos of sitting all day.
Others who came in the evening seem to be pondering on whether to stay for the night or rather have a peaceful sleep. But most of the students at that time don’t have the mood to study cause it’s the time after the control time that the doors to freedom open and they can go out, get some clean chilled water, smoke, some tit bits maybe, a cutting chai, or at least some blood circulation down their lower body that had stopped half an hr after they sat down to study.
After that all the students coming back to get that fistful of chewda that is distributed so miserly by the peon as though food being sent in some calamity stricken area.
All of the night then, except a handful of students study , others sleeping and that do in a very bindaas way on the desk.
Morning comes, and again the chatter starts and the discussion bout whether going to station or CIDCO bus stand or the Tapri in front of the Gajanan Maharaj mandir(I am talking about Aurangabad engineers).
These places are like swarg to students who would like a Wills and a chai in the morning.
Speaking of night outs, it’s not just the students who stay up all night. No not the parents this time, but the XEROX guy!
Exam is time when dhandaa joro se chalta hai. All night the guy stays up with other members of his shop, Xeroxing textbooks, notes and other Xeroxed materials themselves.
Looking back at all my engg years, I ask myself, Will I get to have this fun again?
Yeah its fun, and you’ll agree if you have been an ENGG student yourself. I am sure that no other study course has this kind of spark in it…..
Hail the Engineer!!
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Enggineer's Fact BOOK
Facts About Engg..
1. Some Basic definitions..
Engineering College : Place where you're punished for getting good HSC marks.
Senior : Guy who got ragged as junior and wanna get some payback...
Fresher : Guy who has to ask where the canteen is...
Really Dumb Fresher : Guy who asks a senior where the canteen is.
Really Really Dumb fresher : Guy who follows the senior to the canteen.
Ragging : The unfortunate fate of the previous idiot.
Evasive action : Watch the juniors when any seniors come nearby. (No one runs faster than a fresher. NO ONE.)
Lectures : Waste of time. Physical presence is a must...only meant for sleeping, completing assignments & general TP
Tuitions : What you take when you don't waste enough time....
Professor : Perso! n paid to put students to sleep.
Vernacular Prof : Unusual variant of previous individual who comes packaged with his own brand of English ("Now you check me our journal." "You Out get from class." "Are you Understand, Beta?" )
Senior : Guy who got ragged as junior and wanna get some payback...
Fresher : Guy who has to ask where the canteen is...
Really Dumb Fresher : Guy who asks a senior where the canteen is.
Really Really Dumb fresher : Guy who follows the senior to the canteen.
Ragging : The unfortunate fate of the previous idiot.
Evasive action : Watch the juniors when any seniors come nearby. (No one runs faster than a fresher. NO ONE.)
Lectures : Waste of time. Physical presence is a must...only meant for sleeping, completing assignments & general TP
Tuitions : What you take when you don't waste enough time....
Professor : Perso! n paid to put students to sleep.
Vernacular Prof : Unusual variant of previous individual who comes packaged with his own brand of English ("Now you check me our journal." "You Out get from class." "Are you Understand, Beta?" )
(for JNEC students.......Prof Shelke)
Practicals : 60 to 90 minutes in which you watch the girls do your experiment, and usually destroy a considerable array of lab equipment.
Hopeless Practical : The practical in which there are no girls in your group simply look blankly at each other, fiddle with the equipment, and finally copy the readings.(from the girls of course...).
Hopeless Practical : The practical in which there are no girls in your group simply look blankly at each other, fiddle with the equipment, and finally copy the readings.(from the girls of course...).
2. The Truth about exams....
Irony : The guy who copied your entire paper passes and you flunk.
Critical Calculation : Summing up the marks you attempted worth in the exam...
Re-verification : A cruel joke. (results of which come after you give the KT exam).
3. An engineer's 10 engineering commandments of Life 1. Thou shalt study only during the preparatory leave.
2. Thou shalt never write thy assignments thyself.
3. Thou shalt begin writing thy journals only on the morning of submission.
4. Thou shalt treat all marks above 40 as bonus.
5. Thou shalt have at least 70 per cent attendance in the canteen.
6. Thou shalt pass GRACEfully.
7. Thou shalt always be an OUTstanding student.
8. Thou shalt give thy attendance without being present...PROXY is a MUST
9. If thou can't convince them , confuse them.
10. Thou shalt start every sentence with a four-lettered word.
4. The Years of Engineering
F.E. Fond of Engineering
S.E. Sick Of Engineering
T.E. Tired of Engineering
B.E. Balls to Engineering
Engineers Anthem:Hum Honge All Clear,Honge AllC lear, Honge All Clear Ek Din, OH-HO, Mann me hai vishwas, pura hai vishwas, hum ho! ge all clear ek din
Top two Engineering Rumors:
'Did you hear the results are being put up today at 5:30pm'
'Did you hear the exams are postponed by two weeks, its been put up at VJTI'
The most dreaded acronym for Engineers:ATKT ( After Trying Keep Trying)
The most important criteria while selecting an engineering college:Girl to Boy ratio ( if more than0 .025% then that college is engineers dream come true)
Engineers at work:Assignments solved by one and then carrying out mass transfer operations throughout the class
The most important machine for Engineers:Xerox Machine (Without which assignment completion wouldn't be possible)
The most important table in an Engineer's House:The glass table ( to carry out GT operations, during Night Duty.)
The only queue an Engineer is familiar with:Submission Queue
An Engineer's favourite watch:Bird Watch !
Common Engineering Dialogues after a paper:
'What is this yaar, more than 70% of the paper was out of the syllabus'
'This was the worst paper set in the entire engineering history'
'I am failing....I got screwed royally'
5. Feeling after Completing Engineering:
Survived Engineering !!!!!!!!!
Monday, April 18, 2005
CIGGI Blues
Here's one the put u in "lighter" mood if u know wat i mean.............
AND YA I DONT ENCOURAGE SMOKING AND AM STRICTLY AGAINST IT........
You are in a boat in the middle of a river. you have 2 cigarettes andhave to light any one cigarette. you don't have anything else with you in the boat? How will you do it?
Give up...????
Answer: Take one cigarette and throw it in the water. so the boat will become LIGHTER........using this LIGHTER you can light the other cigarette;-)
More Answers follow...
You throw a cigarette up and catch it. Catches win "Matches". Using the matches that you win, you can light the cigarette!!
Take water in your hand and drop it drop by drop...(TIP - TIP)"TIP TIP barsa Paani. Paani ne aag lagayee."aur us aag se humne cigarette jalayee...
If the first solution is not working...you jump into the water...The boat now definitely becomes LIGHTER...and then you know what to do...
Otherwise take the boat at the end of the tunnel, u can catch the light there..... (remember the saying -- there's a light at the end of every tunnel !! ;-)
another solution..u have 2 cigarettes.. just look at one and tell other one "the former looks better"... us cigarette ko jalan hogi aur woh jal jaayegi...
EK CIG PER DAAG LAGA DO AS PER SANJAY DUTT'S MOVIE........DAAG - THE FIRE so, DAAG = FIREREST U KNOW WHAT TO DO
Film se yaad aya Wait for cig to get jawaaan
As u know jawaaani,deewaani Todeee aaag hai thoda sa paani .. Now u got aag again... so go ahead !!!
AND YA I DONT ENCOURAGE SMOKING AND AM STRICTLY AGAINST IT........
You are in a boat in the middle of a river. you have 2 cigarettes andhave to light any one cigarette. you don't have anything else with you in the boat? How will you do it?
Give up...????
Answer: Take one cigarette and throw it in the water. so the boat will become LIGHTER........using this LIGHTER you can light the other cigarette;-)
More Answers follow...
You throw a cigarette up and catch it. Catches win "Matches". Using the matches that you win, you can light the cigarette!!
Take water in your hand and drop it drop by drop...(TIP - TIP)"TIP TIP barsa Paani. Paani ne aag lagayee."aur us aag se humne cigarette jalayee...
If the first solution is not working...you jump into the water...The boat now definitely becomes LIGHTER...and then you know what to do...
Otherwise take the boat at the end of the tunnel, u can catch the light there..... (remember the saying -- there's a light at the end of every tunnel !! ;-)
another solution..u have 2 cigarettes.. just look at one and tell other one "the former looks better"... us cigarette ko jalan hogi aur woh jal jaayegi...
EK CIG PER DAAG LAGA DO AS PER SANJAY DUTT'S MOVIE........DAAG - THE FIRE so, DAAG = FIREREST U KNOW WHAT TO DO
Film se yaad aya Wait for cig to get jawaaan
As u know jawaaani,deewaani Todeee aaag hai thoda sa paani .. Now u got aag again... so go ahead !!!
Sunday, April 17, 2005
Facts about India and Indian contribution
This is from a mail that I got from som1........
See how great Indians are... Very interesting. Casts a different light on the contributions of Indians.
Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
A. Vinod Khosla
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to theLatest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji, who is theCEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1> web based e-mail program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT&T-Bell Labs is theCreator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few) A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, McKinsey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar. Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are
3.22 million of Indians in USA (1.5% of population).
YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with
WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years ofhistory.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty stricken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works datesto the 6th Century which is long before the European mathematicians
9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053
10. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world. 11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India.
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India.
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation)
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
QUOTES ABOUT INDIA
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. * Albert Einstein
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech,the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition. * Mark Twain
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. * French scholar Romain Rolland
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.* Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA)
If we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential. If we do, we could, once again, be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest ofthe world to follow.
See how great Indians are... Very interesting. Casts a different light on the contributions of Indians.
Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
A. Vinod Khosla
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to theLatest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji, who is theCEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1> web based e-mail program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT&T-Bell Labs is theCreator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few) A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, McKinsey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar. Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are
3.22 million of Indians in USA (1.5% of population).
YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with
WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years ofhistory.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty stricken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works datesto the 6th Century which is long before the European mathematicians
9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053
10. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world. 11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India.
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India.
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation)
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
QUOTES ABOUT INDIA
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. * Albert Einstein
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech,the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition. * Mark Twain
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. * French scholar Romain Rolland
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.* Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA)
If we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential. If we do, we could, once again, be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest ofthe world to follow.
Great Quotes
Well as part of this BLOG is 2 provide u some insight ............here's 2 u som quotes......not by me of course.......
1. "Consider the postage stamp; its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there." Josh Billings
2. "The man who can drive himself once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."
3. "It’s a very funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
4. "Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was." -- Dag Hammarskjvld
5. "Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket." --Andrew Carnegie
6. "Winning is not everything. It is the only thing."
7. "Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take your breath away."
8. "There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other."
9. "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
10. "The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”
11. "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
12. "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
14. “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.”
1. "Consider the postage stamp; its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there." Josh Billings
2. "The man who can drive himself once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."
3. "It’s a very funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
4. "Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was." -- Dag Hammarskjvld
5. "Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket." --Andrew Carnegie
6. "Winning is not everything. It is the only thing."
7. "Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take your breath away."
8. "There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other."
9. "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
10. "The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”
11. "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
12. "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
14. “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.”
RESPOND INSTEAD OF REACTING
This is a very thought provoking article which i hope every one would like it.
By Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro CorporationAddress by Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Corporation, in the "Shaping Young Minds Program" (SYMP) organized by the All India Management Association (AIMA) in collaboration with the Bombay Management Association (BMA) on February 9, 2004 at NCPA in Mumbai on " My Lessons in Life"I am very happy to be here with you. It is always wonderful to be with young people. The funny thing bout life is that you realize the value of something only when it begins to leave you. As my hair turned from black, to salt and pepper and finally salt without the pepper, I have begun to realize the importance of youth. At the same time, I have begun to truly appreciate some of the lessons I have leant along the way. I hope you will find them useful when you plan your own career and life
The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our strengths. While it is important for us to know what we are not good at, we must also cherish what is good in us. That is because it is only our strengths that can give us the energy to correct our weaknesses. From the earliest years of our schooling, everyone focuses on what is wrong with us. There is an imaginary story of a rabbit. The rabbit was enrolled in a rabbit school. Like all rabbits, it could hop very well but could not swim. At the end of the year, the rabbit got high marks in hopping but failed in swimming. The parents were concerned. They said, "Forget about hopping. You are anyway good at it. Concentrate on swimming." They sent the rabbit for tuitions in swimming. And guess what happened? The rabbit forgot how to hop! As for swimming, have you ever seen a rabbit swim?
The second lesson I have learnt is that a rupee earned is of far more value than five found. My friend was sharing me the story of his eight year-old niece. She would always complain about the breakfast. The cook tried everything possible, but the child remained unhappy. Finally, my friend took the child to a supermarket and brought one of those ready-to-cook packets. The child had to cut the packet and pour water in the dish. After that, it took two minutes in the microwave to be ready. The child found the food to be absolutely delicious? The difference was that she has cooked it! In my own life, I have found that nothing gives as much satisfaction as earning our rewards. In fact, what is gifted or inherited follows the old rule of come easy - go easy. I guess we only know the value of what we have if we have struggled to earn it.
The third lesson I have learnt is no one bats a hundred every time. Life has many challenges. You win some and lose some. You must enjoy winning. But do not let it go to the head. The moment it does, you are already on your way to failure. And if you do encounter failure along the way, treat it as an equally natural phenomenon. Don't beat yourself for it or any one else for that matter! Accept it, look at your own share in the problem, learn from it and move on. The important thing is, when you lose, do not lose the lesson.
The fourth lesson I have learnt is the importance of humility. Sometimes, when you get so much in life, you really start wondering whether you deserve all of it. This brings me to the value of gratitude. We have so much to be grateful for. Our parents, our teachers and our seniors have done so much for us that we can never repay them. Many people focus on the shortcomings, because obviously no one can be perfect. But it is important to first acknowledge what we have received. Nothing in life is permanent but when a relationship ends, rather than becoming bitter, we must learn to savour the memory of the good things while they lasted.
The fifth lesson I learnt is that we must always strive for excellence. One way of achieving excellence is by looking at those better than ourselves. Keep learning what they do differently. Emulate it. But excellence cannot be imposed from the outside. We must also feel the need from within. It must become an obsession. It must involve not only our mind but also our heart and soul. Excellence is not an act but a habit. I remember the inspiring lines of a poem, which says that your reach must always exceed your grasp. That is heaven on earth. Ultimately, your only competition is yourself.
The sixth lesson I have learnt is never give up in the face of adversity. It comes on you suddenly without warning. One can either succumb to self-pity, wring your hands in despair or decide to deal with the situation with courage and dignity. Always keep in mind that it is only the test of fire that makes fine steel. A friend of mine shared this incident with me. His eight-year old daughter was struggling away at a jigsaw puzzle. She kept at it for hours but could not succeed. Finally, it went beyond her bedtime. My friend told her, "Look, why don't you just give up? I don't think you will complete it tonight. Look at it another day." The daughter looked with a strange look in her eyes, "But, dad, why should I give up? All the pieces are there! I have just got to put them together!" If we persevere long enough, we can put any problem into its perspective.
The seventh lesson I have learnt is that while you must be open to change, do not compromise on your values. Mahatma Gandhiji often said that you must open the windows of your mind, but you must not be swept off your feet by the breeze. You must define what your core values are and what you stand for. And these values are not so difficult to define. Values like honesty, integrity, consideration and humility have survived for generations. Values are not in the words used to describe them as much as in the simple acts. At the end of the day, it is values that define a person more than the achievements. Because it is the means of achievement that decide how long the achievements will sustain. Do not be tempted by short cuts. The short cut can make you lose your way and end up becoming the longest way to the destination.
And the final lesson I learnt is that we must have faith in our own ideas even if everyone tells us that we are wrong. There was once a newspaper vendor who had a rude customer. Every morning, the Customer would walk by, refuse to return the greeting, grab the paper off the shelf and throw the money at the vendor. The vendor would pick up the money, smile politely and say, "Thank you, Sir." One day, the vendor's assistant asked him, "Why are you always so polite with him when he is so rude to you? Why don't you throw the newspaper at him when he comes back tomorrow?" The vendor smiled and replied, "He can't help being rude and I can't help being polite. Why should I let his rude behavior dictate my politeness?
In my youth, I thought of myself as a rebel and was many times, a rebel without a cause. Today, I realize that my rebellion was another kind of conformity. We defied our elders to fall in line with our peers Ultimately; we must learn to respond instead of reacting. When we respond, we evaluate with a calm mind and do whatever is most appropriate. We are in control of our actions. When we react, we are still doing what the other person wants us to do.
I wish you all the best in your life and career. I hope you achieve success in whatever way you define it and what gives you the maximum happiness in life. Remember, those who win are those who believe they can.
SHaXank Says;
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By Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro CorporationAddress by Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Corporation, in the "Shaping Young Minds Program" (SYMP) organized by the All India Management Association (AIMA) in collaboration with the Bombay Management Association (BMA) on February 9, 2004 at NCPA in Mumbai on " My Lessons in Life"I am very happy to be here with you. It is always wonderful to be with young people. The funny thing bout life is that you realize the value of something only when it begins to leave you. As my hair turned from black, to salt and pepper and finally salt without the pepper, I have begun to realize the importance of youth. At the same time, I have begun to truly appreciate some of the lessons I have leant along the way. I hope you will find them useful when you plan your own career and life
The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our strengths. While it is important for us to know what we are not good at, we must also cherish what is good in us. That is because it is only our strengths that can give us the energy to correct our weaknesses. From the earliest years of our schooling, everyone focuses on what is wrong with us. There is an imaginary story of a rabbit. The rabbit was enrolled in a rabbit school. Like all rabbits, it could hop very well but could not swim. At the end of the year, the rabbit got high marks in hopping but failed in swimming. The parents were concerned. They said, "Forget about hopping. You are anyway good at it. Concentrate on swimming." They sent the rabbit for tuitions in swimming. And guess what happened? The rabbit forgot how to hop! As for swimming, have you ever seen a rabbit swim?
The second lesson I have learnt is that a rupee earned is of far more value than five found. My friend was sharing me the story of his eight year-old niece. She would always complain about the breakfast. The cook tried everything possible, but the child remained unhappy. Finally, my friend took the child to a supermarket and brought one of those ready-to-cook packets. The child had to cut the packet and pour water in the dish. After that, it took two minutes in the microwave to be ready. The child found the food to be absolutely delicious? The difference was that she has cooked it! In my own life, I have found that nothing gives as much satisfaction as earning our rewards. In fact, what is gifted or inherited follows the old rule of come easy - go easy. I guess we only know the value of what we have if we have struggled to earn it.
The third lesson I have learnt is no one bats a hundred every time. Life has many challenges. You win some and lose some. You must enjoy winning. But do not let it go to the head. The moment it does, you are already on your way to failure. And if you do encounter failure along the way, treat it as an equally natural phenomenon. Don't beat yourself for it or any one else for that matter! Accept it, look at your own share in the problem, learn from it and move on. The important thing is, when you lose, do not lose the lesson.
The fourth lesson I have learnt is the importance of humility. Sometimes, when you get so much in life, you really start wondering whether you deserve all of it. This brings me to the value of gratitude. We have so much to be grateful for. Our parents, our teachers and our seniors have done so much for us that we can never repay them. Many people focus on the shortcomings, because obviously no one can be perfect. But it is important to first acknowledge what we have received. Nothing in life is permanent but when a relationship ends, rather than becoming bitter, we must learn to savour the memory of the good things while they lasted.
The fifth lesson I learnt is that we must always strive for excellence. One way of achieving excellence is by looking at those better than ourselves. Keep learning what they do differently. Emulate it. But excellence cannot be imposed from the outside. We must also feel the need from within. It must become an obsession. It must involve not only our mind but also our heart and soul. Excellence is not an act but a habit. I remember the inspiring lines of a poem, which says that your reach must always exceed your grasp. That is heaven on earth. Ultimately, your only competition is yourself.
The sixth lesson I have learnt is never give up in the face of adversity. It comes on you suddenly without warning. One can either succumb to self-pity, wring your hands in despair or decide to deal with the situation with courage and dignity. Always keep in mind that it is only the test of fire that makes fine steel. A friend of mine shared this incident with me. His eight-year old daughter was struggling away at a jigsaw puzzle. She kept at it for hours but could not succeed. Finally, it went beyond her bedtime. My friend told her, "Look, why don't you just give up? I don't think you will complete it tonight. Look at it another day." The daughter looked with a strange look in her eyes, "But, dad, why should I give up? All the pieces are there! I have just got to put them together!" If we persevere long enough, we can put any problem into its perspective.
The seventh lesson I have learnt is that while you must be open to change, do not compromise on your values. Mahatma Gandhiji often said that you must open the windows of your mind, but you must not be swept off your feet by the breeze. You must define what your core values are and what you stand for. And these values are not so difficult to define. Values like honesty, integrity, consideration and humility have survived for generations. Values are not in the words used to describe them as much as in the simple acts. At the end of the day, it is values that define a person more than the achievements. Because it is the means of achievement that decide how long the achievements will sustain. Do not be tempted by short cuts. The short cut can make you lose your way and end up becoming the longest way to the destination.
And the final lesson I learnt is that we must have faith in our own ideas even if everyone tells us that we are wrong. There was once a newspaper vendor who had a rude customer. Every morning, the Customer would walk by, refuse to return the greeting, grab the paper off the shelf and throw the money at the vendor. The vendor would pick up the money, smile politely and say, "Thank you, Sir." One day, the vendor's assistant asked him, "Why are you always so polite with him when he is so rude to you? Why don't you throw the newspaper at him when he comes back tomorrow?" The vendor smiled and replied, "He can't help being rude and I can't help being polite. Why should I let his rude behavior dictate my politeness?
In my youth, I thought of myself as a rebel and was many times, a rebel without a cause. Today, I realize that my rebellion was another kind of conformity. We defied our elders to fall in line with our peers Ultimately; we must learn to respond instead of reacting. When we respond, we evaluate with a calm mind and do whatever is most appropriate. We are in control of our actions. When we react, we are still doing what the other person wants us to do.
I wish you all the best in your life and career. I hope you achieve success in whatever way you define it and what gives you the maximum happiness in life. Remember, those who win are those who believe they can.
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