Whatever is my destiny, that will happen.
But what I will place my neck on the line for; what I will climb vertical glaciers for; what I will push for till my last iota of strength; what I will die to make myself eligible for; what I will get lost in the depths of Shraddha for; what I will ultra-ultra-ultra-sharpen my focus to the finest level possible for - this is what I have the power to control.
This one thing, for which I will fight right till the very very end; the one thing for which I will push till the ends of the world; the one thing for which I will go the depths of the ocean called focus; the one thing for which I shall concentrate sharper than the butcher's knife; the one thing for which I will get lost in the abyss of fervour;
This is the one thing for which I will work, never compromising, and ever steadfast.
O Lord, Father mine, I offer this to you - all that I do in my pursuit, I will do in an equanimous manner, considering it as your work. Bless me with your grace, such that this effort might take place to the most consecrated level possible. Let it be your work, and mine. Whatever your Will be, so shall the outcome be. Yet, let your kind grace move me ahead in my work, filling me with ardour, zeal and the strength to say no to those things which ought to be rejected, and the determination to keep moving forward at all times, and to never let go even when all seems lost. Kind Father, thou art the way, the light and the truth. Place me ever by your side, teaching me to trust your will, and your omniscient knowledge. I believe that whatever is your will, is for my best good. Father, let your Grace be with me.
This one thing which I have spoken about, is this - an AIEEE rank of below 1000. Wether I will get there or not, the Lord alone will decide. But that I will even pass through hell to make myself eligible 100% for my goal - this, is decided. With your grace, Father.
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There seems to be a great importance given to a balanced diet, regular exercise and workouts, and consistency in work.
I shall pay utmost importance to these factors.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
What will I need ?
From what I've deduced till now, I will majorly require two things - Focus and Stamina.
With focus, comes knowledge. With Stamina, comes an ability to concentrate at a razor sharp level for prolonged periods of time.
How can I build these two?
Focus - Withdraw yourself into yourself. Lose a sense of everything else - forget about everything - your friends, any movies, or outings, or anything else. Just forget about Everything else. Just forget it. Start musing in the depths of solitude; Deep within yourself, away from all the bustling sounds and activities of everyday's mundane life, you live, lost in the depths of your focus.
Stamina - A balanced diet, a good workout schedule, and studying with the aim of building stamina. Try to concentrate to your fullest possible overall. Exert yourself to the required level. Push yourself. This is the way you will actually push your abilities. Concentrate at a level of 80% while u study. All the time you study. There is no average-formulation in this. 80%, at all times. Increase the time you study as much as you can. As a rule, extend the average time, every 1-2 weeks, by about 1/2 an hour to 1 hour. Use your discretion, and proactivity.
Meditation: I will meditate 4 times a day, for 15 minutes at a time. During this time, I will exert myself to a concentration level of 100%. Every nerve-cell, every particulate element of my brain - Everything, should be concentrated on my breath. Everything. A 100% exertion.
I will also spend 10 minutes in Prayer, every single day, during the evenings.
I will aim to wake up by 5 AM every single day, and kick-start my day with the workout. After that I will jump into my studies.
Also, I will try my best to sit at the table while I study.
Astalavista'.
From what I've deduced till now, I will majorly require two things - Focus and Stamina.
With focus, comes knowledge. With Stamina, comes an ability to concentrate at a razor sharp level for prolonged periods of time.
How can I build these two?
Focus - Withdraw yourself into yourself. Lose a sense of everything else - forget about everything - your friends, any movies, or outings, or anything else. Just forget about Everything else. Just forget it. Start musing in the depths of solitude; Deep within yourself, away from all the bustling sounds and activities of everyday's mundane life, you live, lost in the depths of your focus.
Stamina - A balanced diet, a good workout schedule, and studying with the aim of building stamina. Try to concentrate to your fullest possible overall. Exert yourself to the required level. Push yourself. This is the way you will actually push your abilities. Concentrate at a level of 80% while u study. All the time you study. There is no average-formulation in this. 80%, at all times. Increase the time you study as much as you can. As a rule, extend the average time, every 1-2 weeks, by about 1/2 an hour to 1 hour. Use your discretion, and proactivity.
Meditation: I will meditate 4 times a day, for 15 minutes at a time. During this time, I will exert myself to a concentration level of 100%. Every nerve-cell, every particulate element of my brain - Everything, should be concentrated on my breath. Everything. A 100% exertion.
I will also spend 10 minutes in Prayer, every single day, during the evenings.
I will aim to wake up by 5 AM every single day, and kick-start my day with the workout. After that I will jump into my studies.
Also, I will try my best to sit at the table while I study.
Astalavista'.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Adjusting my Focus.
I'm writing this post to help me determine and adjust my focus so that I can move ahead and accelerate to great speeds on the journey to my goal.
This is my goal - Securing an All India Rank of below 1000 in AIEEE, 2008.
To do this, I plan on completing my portions completely by Mid-February (say around 20th maybe).
There are 35 chapters in Mathematics. My strategy for Mathematics will be mainly to just focus on devouring the chapters, one after the other. There is no approximate time-limit or anything set for a chapter, or a set of chapters. I'm confident that I'll complete the whole thing, 100%, by the stipulated target.
The most scoring subject is Chemistry, where my aim will be to get 95% of the questions in the examination correct. This will greatly depend on my knowledge and strength in Organic Chemistry and knowing the overall theory perfectly. So this means I'll plan on first devouring the whole NCERT text book one chapter after the other, including organic chemistry; but I'll concentrate far higher on the organic part in both the NCERT and Modern Abc text books. As for solving the objectives, I will use either the Page Material or find a book for it. As soon as I do find the book, I'll update you guys. But overall, theory seems to have a great importance.
The Physics part of the exam will be the part which will require maximum concentration. It will put the exam-taker's concentration levels to a great test. For physics, I'm most likely going to read theory from the NCERT text books for 1 hour everyday, and solve the objectives from Ladiwala and the Page Material. I'm looking at a practical scoring aim of 75% of the problems in Physics.
This is the plan. I'll record my results in this week and update you guys.
I'm looking at kick-starting this journey off with 7 days with a minimum of 6 hours each on an average, and if possible 8 hours towards the end of the week. I'm looking at touching an average of 10 hours a day for November and 14 hours a day for December, and maintain 14 hours thru Jan and Mid-feb.
Astlavista.
This is my goal - Securing an All India Rank of below 1000 in AIEEE, 2008.
To do this, I plan on completing my portions completely by Mid-February (say around 20th maybe).
There are 35 chapters in Mathematics. My strategy for Mathematics will be mainly to just focus on devouring the chapters, one after the other. There is no approximate time-limit or anything set for a chapter, or a set of chapters. I'm confident that I'll complete the whole thing, 100%, by the stipulated target.
The most scoring subject is Chemistry, where my aim will be to get 95% of the questions in the examination correct. This will greatly depend on my knowledge and strength in Organic Chemistry and knowing the overall theory perfectly. So this means I'll plan on first devouring the whole NCERT text book one chapter after the other, including organic chemistry; but I'll concentrate far higher on the organic part in both the NCERT and Modern Abc text books. As for solving the objectives, I will use either the Page Material or find a book for it. As soon as I do find the book, I'll update you guys. But overall, theory seems to have a great importance.
The Physics part of the exam will be the part which will require maximum concentration. It will put the exam-taker's concentration levels to a great test. For physics, I'm most likely going to read theory from the NCERT text books for 1 hour everyday, and solve the objectives from Ladiwala and the Page Material. I'm looking at a practical scoring aim of 75% of the problems in Physics.
This is the plan. I'll record my results in this week and update you guys.
I'm looking at kick-starting this journey off with 7 days with a minimum of 6 hours each on an average, and if possible 8 hours towards the end of the week. I'm looking at touching an average of 10 hours a day for November and 14 hours a day for December, and maintain 14 hours thru Jan and Mid-feb.
Astlavista.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Goals -
From now on, these are my goals.
Academic:
- Score 2250+ on the SAT Reasoning Test
- Secure <1900 All India, in AIEEE and thereby get a seat in IIIT, Hyderabad.
Health:
- Develop an allround diet and fitness regime
- Follow the diet and fitness regime, and feel the energy flow
- Develop an excellent posture and great fitness
Mental:
- Get to a level where I can meditate for 1.5 hrs at a stretch, in 6 months
- Maintain a level of focus and concentration
Academic:
- Score 2250+ on the SAT Reasoning Test
- Secure <1900 All India, in AIEEE and thereby get a seat in IIIT, Hyderabad.
Health:
- Develop an allround diet and fitness regime
- Follow the diet and fitness regime, and feel the energy flow
- Develop an excellent posture and great fitness
Mental:
- Get to a level where I can meditate for 1.5 hrs at a stretch, in 6 months
- Maintain a level of focus and concentration
Sunday, September 16, 2007
A physical ascent to focus.
A physical ascent to focus.
How is it, that one develops this immense focus that defines a person? How can a person grow to a level of focus and then further reach the levels of SuperFocus? How can one immerse oneself into his work intensely?
Certain things seem to enhance the growth and sustainment of focus(not just basic, but even higher levels of focus). These include a constant dwelling on the objects of focus, a largely physical lack of mental interruptions, an inbuilt response-system in your head which prevents mental distractions, and a tremendous drive which grows with time. The drive isn't necessarily intense right in the beginning. It grows and grows proportionally to its exercise. It is not an instantaneous drive that we speak of, but a sustained 24-long drive. A drive which drives you, all the time. The way braces work for our teeth - applying a latent pressure in the direction of duty. It moves you at every instant, pushing you towards your goal, inch by inch. It grows and grows. It is a drive which starts to define you. It doesn't cease to exist when the immediate or final goal is reached, but continues and becomes a part of your lifestyle.
One is to support his growing focus with action. This is the water, this is its food. Your focus thrives on action. Give it the nutrients of your action, and its sustainment gets accelerated. It strengthens, and grows. Action seems to be the primary, life-sustaining elixir for your focus. Action, Action, Action. Act on your work. Mechanically start the engine of your creativity. The work shall flow, and along with it, so shall you.
A lack of interruptions is necessary for a continued state of flow. A complete physical isolation, though achievable, is pretty difficult to maintain for long periods of time. Some physical distractions are bound to come, unless you have the stellar opportunity of complete physical isolation. But the more major and important thing, is a lack of mental interruptions. And what is the best way to prevent those mental interruptions? By remaining lost in your work for longer and longer hours, so that the mindset of concentration on the task in right in front of you, and at hand, grows and spreads into your whole day. Condition your mind to think solely about the destination and the path. Nothing else. It by-default rejects the creation of any other thoughts.
Calm yourself. Quieten yourself.
Quiet.
How is it, that one develops this immense focus that defines a person? How can a person grow to a level of focus and then further reach the levels of SuperFocus? How can one immerse oneself into his work intensely?
Certain things seem to enhance the growth and sustainment of focus(not just basic, but even higher levels of focus). These include a constant dwelling on the objects of focus, a largely physical lack of mental interruptions, an inbuilt response-system in your head which prevents mental distractions, and a tremendous drive which grows with time. The drive isn't necessarily intense right in the beginning. It grows and grows proportionally to its exercise. It is not an instantaneous drive that we speak of, but a sustained 24-long drive. A drive which drives you, all the time. The way braces work for our teeth - applying a latent pressure in the direction of duty. It moves you at every instant, pushing you towards your goal, inch by inch. It grows and grows. It is a drive which starts to define you. It doesn't cease to exist when the immediate or final goal is reached, but continues and becomes a part of your lifestyle.
One is to support his growing focus with action. This is the water, this is its food. Your focus thrives on action. Give it the nutrients of your action, and its sustainment gets accelerated. It strengthens, and grows. Action seems to be the primary, life-sustaining elixir for your focus. Action, Action, Action. Act on your work. Mechanically start the engine of your creativity. The work shall flow, and along with it, so shall you.
A lack of interruptions is necessary for a continued state of flow. A complete physical isolation, though achievable, is pretty difficult to maintain for long periods of time. Some physical distractions are bound to come, unless you have the stellar opportunity of complete physical isolation. But the more major and important thing, is a lack of mental interruptions. And what is the best way to prevent those mental interruptions? By remaining lost in your work for longer and longer hours, so that the mindset of concentration on the task in right in front of you, and at hand, grows and spreads into your whole day. Condition your mind to think solely about the destination and the path. Nothing else. It by-default rejects the creation of any other thoughts.
Calm yourself. Quieten yourself.
Quiet.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Focus
Focus.
What is this one word, which makes me lost in a world of deep thought? What does it mean, in essence? How do we get to that level of focus, and then to the desired levels of Super-focus?
What are the ascents and descents?
Focus seems to be a concentration - a latent, constant, mental, physical concentration on what you want to focus on. A state of constant concentration on the destination, and the path. A concentration that is pretty hard to even initiate in the beginning, but one which adds more and more strength to you. Focus seems to be a state of mind. A state of mind in which every there is no scope for any decision which causes you to act outside your field of duty. It seems to overrule everything that hinders speed on the path to the destination.
It seems to be sustained by growing periods of intense concentration. It grows and grows, and then the continuous concentration power increases. You immerse yourself in your work, and relax only for the sake of relaxation - in order to give your mind and body the rest they need. Every time a distraction comes, you immerse yourself in your work more deeply. You push deeper and deeper, into the quietude of the depths of your mind.
To delve deep into the calm, undisturbed, intense depths of focus; to remain in the light, transparent, revitalizing water; and to delve deeper and deeper - this seems to be the state that strongly pulls me towards itself. Lost in your work, you become one with the Present - losing all sense, except the task in front of you. You become more and more intensely focussed and further strengthen your concentration and focus.
In racing games like 'Nfs: Most Wanted', there's a certain thing called the "Nitro" boost. Your car emits a blast of nitrous oxide, which gives you rocketing speed. Instantaneously. And in your period of nitrous boost, your surroundings blur. You're moving ahead in such levels of speed, that the objects at the side of the road - the trees, the buildings, the cars, the telephone booths; literally everything - blurs. You can see something similar to a time-drag. As if the inertia of those objects holds them back even as they get pulled by your tremendous speed. I don't know if you're a gamer, and if you know at all, about Nfs. But there' is a striking similarity between a sustained state of focus, and the scenario I just described. In fact, to me, both things are the same. While in a state of sustained focus, you're the car. Everything around you are the objects around the road. The road is the path of action and duty. So when you're immersed in your work so intensely, you lose sense of everything around the path. Everything else loses its clarity. Solely the path, and your destination. Everything else is a blurred vision, not worthy of your full attention, or even partial attention.
It is these intense levels of focus that are really worth being called levels of focus. Rest all is imagining that you're focussing.
SuperFocus. A word that I use to describe the highest levels of focus. SuperFocus.
To describe SuperFocus, SuperFocus is a sustained level of intense focus, for extremely long periods of time. Your levels of focus are so high, that your time of intense focus encroaches into eveything else. Your focus, becomes like a 'Yajna'. In the literal sense, it means "religious sacrifice", but in the way I understand it, 'Yajna' is like a consecration of all actions - every single one, done as an offering to the Divine. SuperFocus, in my view, doesn't go to such high levels when the destination is a physical goal. Yet, if the goal is a manifold one, it manifests in beautiful ways.
At the moment, since I am concerned only with the physical goal aspect of SuperFocus, I would like to write about that. I shall write about the physical aspect of SuperFocus in my next post.
Till then, Sayonara. :-)
What is this one word, which makes me lost in a world of deep thought? What does it mean, in essence? How do we get to that level of focus, and then to the desired levels of Super-focus?
What are the ascents and descents?
Focus seems to be a concentration - a latent, constant, mental, physical concentration on what you want to focus on. A state of constant concentration on the destination, and the path. A concentration that is pretty hard to even initiate in the beginning, but one which adds more and more strength to you. Focus seems to be a state of mind. A state of mind in which every there is no scope for any decision which causes you to act outside your field of duty. It seems to overrule everything that hinders speed on the path to the destination.
It seems to be sustained by growing periods of intense concentration. It grows and grows, and then the continuous concentration power increases. You immerse yourself in your work, and relax only for the sake of relaxation - in order to give your mind and body the rest they need. Every time a distraction comes, you immerse yourself in your work more deeply. You push deeper and deeper, into the quietude of the depths of your mind.
To delve deep into the calm, undisturbed, intense depths of focus; to remain in the light, transparent, revitalizing water; and to delve deeper and deeper - this seems to be the state that strongly pulls me towards itself. Lost in your work, you become one with the Present - losing all sense, except the task in front of you. You become more and more intensely focussed and further strengthen your concentration and focus.
In racing games like 'Nfs: Most Wanted', there's a certain thing called the "Nitro" boost. Your car emits a blast of nitrous oxide, which gives you rocketing speed. Instantaneously. And in your period of nitrous boost, your surroundings blur. You're moving ahead in such levels of speed, that the objects at the side of the road - the trees, the buildings, the cars, the telephone booths; literally everything - blurs. You can see something similar to a time-drag. As if the inertia of those objects holds them back even as they get pulled by your tremendous speed. I don't know if you're a gamer, and if you know at all, about Nfs. But there' is a striking similarity between a sustained state of focus, and the scenario I just described. In fact, to me, both things are the same. While in a state of sustained focus, you're the car. Everything around you are the objects around the road. The road is the path of action and duty. So when you're immersed in your work so intensely, you lose sense of everything around the path. Everything else loses its clarity. Solely the path, and your destination. Everything else is a blurred vision, not worthy of your full attention, or even partial attention.
It is these intense levels of focus that are really worth being called levels of focus. Rest all is imagining that you're focussing.
SuperFocus. A word that I use to describe the highest levels of focus. SuperFocus.
To describe SuperFocus, SuperFocus is a sustained level of intense focus, for extremely long periods of time. Your levels of focus are so high, that your time of intense focus encroaches into eveything else. Your focus, becomes like a 'Yajna'. In the literal sense, it means "religious sacrifice", but in the way I understand it, 'Yajna' is like a consecration of all actions - every single one, done as an offering to the Divine. SuperFocus, in my view, doesn't go to such high levels when the destination is a physical goal. Yet, if the goal is a manifold one, it manifests in beautiful ways.
At the moment, since I am concerned only with the physical goal aspect of SuperFocus, I would like to write about that. I shall write about the physical aspect of SuperFocus in my next post.
Till then, Sayonara. :-)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
When the going gets tough.......the tough get going....!
This is the truth that time has proven again and again. In fact, the situations getting immensely hard to handle, are a sign of your internal hardness. The more testing circumstances become, the more strong you become within.
For any great thing to be done on this earth, there is always resistance. A tremendous amount of resistance usually. TRemendous. But then, what great deed was done, without overcoming herculean opposition?
This is the truth that time has proven again and again. In fact, the situations getting immensely hard to handle, are a sign of your internal hardness. The more testing circumstances become, the more strong you become within.
For any great thing to be done on this earth, there is always resistance. A tremendous amount of resistance usually. TRemendous. But then, what great deed was done, without overcoming herculean opposition?
Gonna be posting every single day frm now on.
Hey All!
Frm now on, I'll be posting on this blog every sIngle day. Everyday. May not be what u guys may expect as such, but i will definitely write everyday. Hehe.
I know this is a lamely small post in length, but dunt worry, i'll keep building on that level onto higher avenues. :)
Study Well Everyone.
Luvv ya'!
Tata fr now. :D
Frm now on, I'll be posting on this blog every sIngle day. Everyday. May not be what u guys may expect as such, but i will definitely write everyday. Hehe.
I know this is a lamely small post in length, but dunt worry, i'll keep building on that level onto higher avenues. :)
Study Well Everyone.
Luvv ya'!
Tata fr now. :D
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Some Changes;
Today, in the wake of new realisations, and a forward & zero-based thinking, I've decided on some things to do, and some things to not do.
It seems verily, that I must enter into some "sacred blocks" of time, sometimes extending even upto 6-7 hours at a shot. Concentration seems to be a major requirement. So when I'm channeling myself into one of these "sacred blocks" of time, I guess I become close to inaccessible.
My phone has become a major menace to me - sometimes trying to disrupt my focus, and further irritating me with its horrible keypad. =D So I've decided to give it some rest for a few months. Bills seem to rocket sky-high. That also is a concern. So the newest trend in the world of Aditya is to either keep the phone switched off, or on silent the whole day, and respond only to family calls (which are a way of tracking me, which i hate, lol) or extremely urgent calls.
I usually am online almost close to 24/7. But I guess that is about to change. I'm gonna be online approximately for 1 hour everyday if my time and mood permit, and in all probability, the whole day on sundays.
Earlier, I had planned on becoming a biphasic sleeper, and was adapting pretty well, except that this stupid cold came along. So now the new rule is, wake up at 6. If ur intensely sleepy, sleep. try to sleep after 1:30 or so. thats it. need-based. completely. Sleep whenever u need to in the night. and so on. but then i guess i will most likely take a nap almost everyday in the night.
Another thing i've found a little bugging is my fitness levels. I've decided to embark on a walk every single day, first thing in the morning when i get up, for like 45 mins. :-) I guess that should act like a nice stimulant for the whole day. :)
Lots of water, some nice juice, and stuff too would enhance the overall quality of the day! Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper. Light meals overall, nice rehydration - super cool..! B-)
I'd even train myself to sit with my back completely straight and upright, to walk with my shoulders unsagged, and learn to put weight on my heels instead of my toes while walking. Excellent! :D
In the evenings, a nice dose of meditation for half an hour should also be awesome. Some meditation to improve concentration, to relax my mind, to keep me going. :-) Awesome! :D Apart from this, I guess I'll add my mp3 player with the soothing songs which i love, like the Fur Elise, or some songs from Guru, Yanni, Beethoven, and some carnatic Krithis! :)
Wowie. ;D I luvvv this. ;D
Nice blocks of uninterrupted, happy study time to focus 100% of my grey matter, nice relaxation in the evening, my muscles nicely stretched out and exercised in the morning, and an awesome diet which includes lots of juices. Awwwwwsssuummmmm!!!! ;D
It seems verily, that I must enter into some "sacred blocks" of time, sometimes extending even upto 6-7 hours at a shot. Concentration seems to be a major requirement. So when I'm channeling myself into one of these "sacred blocks" of time, I guess I become close to inaccessible.
My phone has become a major menace to me - sometimes trying to disrupt my focus, and further irritating me with its horrible keypad. =D So I've decided to give it some rest for a few months. Bills seem to rocket sky-high. That also is a concern. So the newest trend in the world of Aditya is to either keep the phone switched off, or on silent the whole day, and respond only to family calls (which are a way of tracking me, which i hate, lol) or extremely urgent calls.
I usually am online almost close to 24/7. But I guess that is about to change. I'm gonna be online approximately for 1 hour everyday if my time and mood permit, and in all probability, the whole day on sundays.
Earlier, I had planned on becoming a biphasic sleeper, and was adapting pretty well, except that this stupid cold came along. So now the new rule is, wake up at 6. If ur intensely sleepy, sleep. try to sleep after 1:30 or so. thats it. need-based. completely. Sleep whenever u need to in the night. and so on. but then i guess i will most likely take a nap almost everyday in the night.
Another thing i've found a little bugging is my fitness levels. I've decided to embark on a walk every single day, first thing in the morning when i get up, for like 45 mins. :-) I guess that should act like a nice stimulant for the whole day. :)
Lots of water, some nice juice, and stuff too would enhance the overall quality of the day! Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper. Light meals overall, nice rehydration - super cool..! B-)
I'd even train myself to sit with my back completely straight and upright, to walk with my shoulders unsagged, and learn to put weight on my heels instead of my toes while walking. Excellent! :D
In the evenings, a nice dose of meditation for half an hour should also be awesome. Some meditation to improve concentration, to relax my mind, to keep me going. :-) Awesome! :D Apart from this, I guess I'll add my mp3 player with the soothing songs which i love, like the Fur Elise, or some songs from Guru, Yanni, Beethoven, and some carnatic Krithis! :)
Wowie. ;D I luvvv this. ;D
Nice blocks of uninterrupted, happy study time to focus 100% of my grey matter, nice relaxation in the evening, my muscles nicely stretched out and exercised in the morning, and an awesome diet which includes lots of juices. Awwwwwsssuummmmm!!!! ;D
Monday, July 30, 2007
Proactivity
In this post, I will outline my views on "PRoactivity" the first habit of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey.
To me, proactivity is more a lifestlye than a habit. It is a life-choice, more than anything else. A person with a proactive personality is able to achieve anything that he wants, and change anything that he wants to. He carries an air around himself. But coming to what exactly proactivity means, and what its effects hold for us, is written below.
Proactivity is something which enables us to engineer our lives in the way we wish to. It says that no matter what the stimulus is, the response to that stimulus is entirely under our jurisdiction. It says, that if something happens to you, it your choice how you react. You use four human endowments, including creativity & imagination, to deduce what your response to the stimulus will be, using the yardstick of a set of predefined core values.
Your core values are a set of values upon which you wish to build your life. Proactivity advocates that the responses you give to any stimulus, are to be in line with your core values. So it basically means, that you're in control. You are to consciously decide your responses, instead of merely "reacting" to stimuli.
Proactive people carry their weather with themselves. Wether it is sunny outside, or its raining, they are in the mindset in which they want to be. A reactive person, on the other hand, may be happy if its raining, and unhappy if its sunny, or vice-versa. His moods and mindsets differ according to the conditions surrounding him. At some places he is enthusiastic, and at some he is dull.
Proactivity thus allows you to carry on with what you decide to do, irrespective of your exterior surroundings, or the people who surround you.
A small post compared to my usual length, but hey..Its not all that easy to write all your ideas in flow when your short of time right? :)
Tc, and keep coming! ;)
To me, proactivity is more a lifestlye than a habit. It is a life-choice, more than anything else. A person with a proactive personality is able to achieve anything that he wants, and change anything that he wants to. He carries an air around himself. But coming to what exactly proactivity means, and what its effects hold for us, is written below.
Proactivity is something which enables us to engineer our lives in the way we wish to. It says that no matter what the stimulus is, the response to that stimulus is entirely under our jurisdiction. It says, that if something happens to you, it your choice how you react. You use four human endowments, including creativity & imagination, to deduce what your response to the stimulus will be, using the yardstick of a set of predefined core values.
Your core values are a set of values upon which you wish to build your life. Proactivity advocates that the responses you give to any stimulus, are to be in line with your core values. So it basically means, that you're in control. You are to consciously decide your responses, instead of merely "reacting" to stimuli.
Proactive people carry their weather with themselves. Wether it is sunny outside, or its raining, they are in the mindset in which they want to be. A reactive person, on the other hand, may be happy if its raining, and unhappy if its sunny, or vice-versa. His moods and mindsets differ according to the conditions surrounding him. At some places he is enthusiastic, and at some he is dull.
Proactivity thus allows you to carry on with what you decide to do, irrespective of your exterior surroundings, or the people who surround you.
A small post compared to my usual length, but hey..Its not all that easy to write all your ideas in flow when your short of time right? :)
Tc, and keep coming! ;)
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Right Now......
Right Now......
Caught in the eye of an immensely strong storm....
And I say to myself...Remain calm and silent. Let the storm pass. Quiet. Silent. Alert.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or the faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. So spoke the famous football coach Vince Lombardi. So i tell myself, believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities when they are put to use in the right manner. Believe in yourself.
Don't think you are. Know you are. So spoke Morpheus. So I tell myself - Don't think that you can win.....Know you that can win. Don't think that u can overcome the odds. Know that you can overcome the odds. Don't think that within you lies infinite potential. Know that within you lies infinite potential.
Deeds and Not words shall speak me. So spoke a wise man. So I tell myself - Deeds and Not words, shall speak me. Acts and not mere promises, shall define me. Action, and not letters, shall comprise me.
Life.....
From this point onwards, I take a sharp turn into positivity! :)
"Better to laugh than to weep, says the Lord!" - I luvvvvv this statement!
How true!!
Life is always the same. It is our outlook that makes the difference.
Every person has some thing or the other to spoil his mood if it is his will to spoil his mood. And in the same way, there's always something to feel good about, at any point of time -- just that one should decide to feel good. :)
Life, is about living. About living in a wonderful, happy, delightful, enthusiastic way!
Life is about dreams, and love....about passion, and compassion.....about giving, and sharing, about loving, and recieving!
How lovely and beautiful it is, when one's life is of such a nature! Alas, we all spend our time, worrying about something or the other, 24/7!
Don't Worry! All will fall in place. :-)
Be at peace, and enjoy the ride! B-)
But build your foundations rock hard, for their strength will be put to test; Fortify your values, and integrate them into your life, for they will stand by you; Love yourself, and the Lord, for he is your unfailing friend.!
This is my philosophy of life....the philosophy I will build my life upon.
Your dreams can come true only if you support them with your action. You must enforce your goals, your dreams, your ambitions, with your actions. They alone will instill an air of consistency, which will become a sure guarantee of the splendor of your future.
'Laugh more. Appreciate more. and All is well.' I read this on my friend's profile. And I smiled.
How wonderful! What a joyful way of looking at things!
My life is a life of dreams ~ A life filled with my airplanes, my Lord, my loves', my joy;!
This is the life i will work for, and shape into reality!
Fly high, one and all, and hey! Smile!! :D
Caught in the eye of an immensely strong storm....
And I say to myself...Remain calm and silent. Let the storm pass. Quiet. Silent. Alert.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or the faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. So spoke the famous football coach Vince Lombardi. So i tell myself, believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities when they are put to use in the right manner. Believe in yourself.
Don't think you are. Know you are. So spoke Morpheus. So I tell myself - Don't think that you can win.....Know you that can win. Don't think that u can overcome the odds. Know that you can overcome the odds. Don't think that within you lies infinite potential. Know that within you lies infinite potential.
Deeds and Not words shall speak me. So spoke a wise man. So I tell myself - Deeds and Not words, shall speak me. Acts and not mere promises, shall define me. Action, and not letters, shall comprise me.
Life.....
From this point onwards, I take a sharp turn into positivity! :)
"Better to laugh than to weep, says the Lord!" - I luvvvvv this statement!
How true!!
Life is always the same. It is our outlook that makes the difference.
Every person has some thing or the other to spoil his mood if it is his will to spoil his mood. And in the same way, there's always something to feel good about, at any point of time -- just that one should decide to feel good. :)
Life, is about living. About living in a wonderful, happy, delightful, enthusiastic way!
Life is about dreams, and love....about passion, and compassion.....about giving, and sharing, about loving, and recieving!
How lovely and beautiful it is, when one's life is of such a nature! Alas, we all spend our time, worrying about something or the other, 24/7!
Don't Worry! All will fall in place. :-)
Be at peace, and enjoy the ride! B-)
But build your foundations rock hard, for their strength will be put to test; Fortify your values, and integrate them into your life, for they will stand by you; Love yourself, and the Lord, for he is your unfailing friend.!
This is my philosophy of life....the philosophy I will build my life upon.
Your dreams can come true only if you support them with your action. You must enforce your goals, your dreams, your ambitions, with your actions. They alone will instill an air of consistency, which will become a sure guarantee of the splendor of your future.
'Laugh more. Appreciate more. and All is well.' I read this on my friend's profile. And I smiled.
How wonderful! What a joyful way of looking at things!
My life is a life of dreams ~ A life filled with my airplanes, my Lord, my loves', my joy;!
This is the life i will work for, and shape into reality!
Fly high, one and all, and hey! Smile!! :D
The Importance of a Goal
In anyone's life, the presence of a clear goal is vital. In order for one's life to have some amount of meaning and clarity, it is the presence of a clearcut goal that is the most important. Now lets look at what exactly I mean when i say that a goal is needed for one's life to have meaning.
Now, take two ways of life in consideration.
Life without a goal
First lets look at the life of a person without a goal. His life, in simple terms, will be morbid and meaningless. Lets see why. In everything he does, there seems to be a boredom filling him. In every choice he makes, its not something he wants that presides over the decision, but a kind of thick layer of laziness that determines his reactions. There he is, just bored. Nothing, but bored. There is nothing to inspire him to do something, and nothing to keep him going when he starts something. His life is plain and uneventful, filled with mental laziness. He is in a shell. A kind of cocoon which he has built around himself.
If you see such a person, there's nothing in him, that you will benefit from either, because he himself is in a state of mental inactivity. Maybe he's working. Maybe he's performing a job that demands lots of mental attention. Yet, as he does not have a goal, everything seems bland. There is nothing for him to look forward to. Just another uneventful day, with the same damm work, boring to the core. Its irritating for him. But there's little he does about it. Why? He doesnt have a clear goal. There's nothing in him which will ever make him do anything different from what he does everyday. Maybe he wont write the same programs he may have written yesterday.But its still the same thing he's doing with the same mental state : writing programs.
Such a life of zero excitement and full boredom had tons of disadvantages. To name a few, it hardly promotes mental growth in the sense that such a way of life is opposed to any progress in the person's ability at whatever he is doing, it leaves the person with no interest in whatever he is doing, it disarms the person with the prospects of perfection at what he does(which is vital in any sphere of life), it demotivates not only the person living this life, but also others. Its a lazy, uneventful, boring, savourless life, a life without a great goal. At this point, i feel more elaboration in not needed.
A Life with a Goal
Now, think about the life of a person with a great goal in life. This guy we're talkin about, is one guy who's fired up about his goals to the extent that we shall see in the following lines. For one minute, think of such a guy who has in front of him a wonderful goal and who is willing to go to any lengths to achieve his goal. Its a kind of perfection that graces his life. A Wonderful harmony in everything he does in his effort to reach his destination of success in whatever he has set for himself as a goal.
This guy, is willing to go through anything to attain his goal. If there's a way to heaven, its through hell or so say many people who speak about success. Now this guy in front of us says the same thing too. And bloody hell, its true. Whatever the needs be, whatever the odds be, whatever people say, whatever people do : There's no stepping back for this dude. Let people say anything they want to. Let people tell him on his face, that he will achieve only outright failure, he cares a damn. Let people obstruct his way to success in whichever means they want, but this guy is not going to stop.
Now, just look at his way of life. Its something far more happy than the 1st case we discussed. This guy is innovative and enterprising and inspired. Why? Solely because he knows that the responsibility of reaching his goal lies entirely upon him and solely on him. He knows, that he makes things, or he breaks them. So he's always thinking of new ways to do things, and new ways to reach his destination. Now, assume he is a programmer. He too, is writing programs, and nothing else. But whats the difference between the first guy and the second? The second guy writes programs, but is always innovating new methodologies and thinking of new prospects. For him, its not boring and savourless, but its interesting and is a way for his growth.
Now, as for my part, i would say that if i was to choose between the two, i would definitely choose only the second way of life and not the first. The choice is entirely yours readers, but my advice would be to experiment and then decide through practical experience.
The Charecteristics of a Goal
Now, lets see the charecterisitcs of a goal. A goal as i would define, is more like a destination. The steps you take to achieve your goal, are like places in the journey to reach the destination of your goal. A goal must be so inspiring that you must be able to face the whole world in opposition and stick onto it. It must be so interesting that time flies in your pursuit for it. It must be so wonderful, that once u've reached ur goal, u shud be sure to go mad in ecstacy.
BUT, there are two small loop holes in what i just said.
1. Your goal must be BIG and Longterm. Your goal must be a way of life for u. A pursuit. A journey.
2. Your victory is a private Victory. Not a public one. Be sure about this one.
Your goal must be sumthin that must be over a slightly long period of time, for it to become ur way of life. But remember, these are not the only type of goals. The small ones are stepping stones to the big ones. The small ones will let you succeed in small steps. But its the big ones which make or break you. You will see the changes the goal has brought about in you.
So, here's the conclusion as I wud have it.
Have a Goal - A life without a great goal sucks.
And once u have a goal, do anything and everything to achieve it.
In anyone's life, the presence of a clear goal is vital. In order for one's life to have some amount of meaning and clarity, it is the presence of a clearcut goal that is the most important. Now lets look at what exactly I mean when i say that a goal is needed for one's life to have meaning.
Now, take two ways of life in consideration.
Life without a goal
First lets look at the life of a person without a goal. His life, in simple terms, will be morbid and meaningless. Lets see why. In everything he does, there seems to be a boredom filling him. In every choice he makes, its not something he wants that presides over the decision, but a kind of thick layer of laziness that determines his reactions. There he is, just bored. Nothing, but bored. There is nothing to inspire him to do something, and nothing to keep him going when he starts something. His life is plain and uneventful, filled with mental laziness. He is in a shell. A kind of cocoon which he has built around himself.
If you see such a person, there's nothing in him, that you will benefit from either, because he himself is in a state of mental inactivity. Maybe he's working. Maybe he's performing a job that demands lots of mental attention. Yet, as he does not have a goal, everything seems bland. There is nothing for him to look forward to. Just another uneventful day, with the same damm work, boring to the core. Its irritating for him. But there's little he does about it. Why? He doesnt have a clear goal. There's nothing in him which will ever make him do anything different from what he does everyday. Maybe he wont write the same programs he may have written yesterday.But its still the same thing he's doing with the same mental state : writing programs.
Such a life of zero excitement and full boredom had tons of disadvantages. To name a few, it hardly promotes mental growth in the sense that such a way of life is opposed to any progress in the person's ability at whatever he is doing, it leaves the person with no interest in whatever he is doing, it disarms the person with the prospects of perfection at what he does(which is vital in any sphere of life), it demotivates not only the person living this life, but also others. Its a lazy, uneventful, boring, savourless life, a life without a great goal. At this point, i feel more elaboration in not needed.
A Life with a Goal
Now, think about the life of a person with a great goal in life. This guy we're talkin about, is one guy who's fired up about his goals to the extent that we shall see in the following lines. For one minute, think of such a guy who has in front of him a wonderful goal and who is willing to go to any lengths to achieve his goal. Its a kind of perfection that graces his life. A Wonderful harmony in everything he does in his effort to reach his destination of success in whatever he has set for himself as a goal.
This guy, is willing to go through anything to attain his goal. If there's a way to heaven, its through hell or so say many people who speak about success. Now this guy in front of us says the same thing too. And bloody hell, its true. Whatever the needs be, whatever the odds be, whatever people say, whatever people do : There's no stepping back for this dude. Let people say anything they want to. Let people tell him on his face, that he will achieve only outright failure, he cares a damn. Let people obstruct his way to success in whichever means they want, but this guy is not going to stop.
Now, just look at his way of life. Its something far more happy than the 1st case we discussed. This guy is innovative and enterprising and inspired. Why? Solely because he knows that the responsibility of reaching his goal lies entirely upon him and solely on him. He knows, that he makes things, or he breaks them. So he's always thinking of new ways to do things, and new ways to reach his destination. Now, assume he is a programmer. He too, is writing programs, and nothing else. But whats the difference between the first guy and the second? The second guy writes programs, but is always innovating new methodologies and thinking of new prospects. For him, its not boring and savourless, but its interesting and is a way for his growth.
Now, as for my part, i would say that if i was to choose between the two, i would definitely choose only the second way of life and not the first. The choice is entirely yours readers, but my advice would be to experiment and then decide through practical experience.
The Charecteristics of a Goal
Now, lets see the charecterisitcs of a goal. A goal as i would define, is more like a destination. The steps you take to achieve your goal, are like places in the journey to reach the destination of your goal. A goal must be so inspiring that you must be able to face the whole world in opposition and stick onto it. It must be so interesting that time flies in your pursuit for it. It must be so wonderful, that once u've reached ur goal, u shud be sure to go mad in ecstacy.
BUT, there are two small loop holes in what i just said.
1. Your goal must be BIG and Longterm. Your goal must be a way of life for u. A pursuit. A journey.
2. Your victory is a private Victory. Not a public one. Be sure about this one.
Your goal must be sumthin that must be over a slightly long period of time, for it to become ur way of life. But remember, these are not the only type of goals. The small ones are stepping stones to the big ones. The small ones will let you succeed in small steps. But its the big ones which make or break you. You will see the changes the goal has brought about in you.
So, here's the conclusion as I wud have it.
Have a Goal - A life without a great goal sucks.
And once u have a goal, do anything and everything to achieve it.
Loving Airplanes - The joy of being an airplane-crazy-freak...:D
Where do I start?!
Where do I end?!
Airplanes, Airplanes....and more Airplanes, is all I want to see and fly in my life....:D
Well, There are certain common *thingies* for an aspiring pilot.
Watching airplanes take off and land (standing near the wall of an airport or airfield), going like "aawww....woowwww" on seeing an aircraft, nearly fainting in joy on seeing a flight deck, and dreaming every minute....i guess these are sume of the attributes of a passionate aspiring pilot, or rather, the experiences which every person who loves airplanes, goes through.....:D
Its sumething inevitable that happens, when people actually get to know about how crazy you are about airplanes - When they go like "This is not called 'passion' - this is called going insane - there should be a limit for everything you do. Is there no limit to your lunacy with regard to planes?? Everyone thinks you are wierd..!!!" and we are like " Thanks for the compliments mate!!! :D:D:D ".
I guess one thing that most pilots at least a lot of the ones whom I know, have faced is this. The stupid problem with most people is that they dunno a shit about airplanes or aviation or flight decks, and they go on yappin about airplanes and aviation and flight decks...! Funny!!! And sumetimes, ( correction, most times), you come across fools, who say " Why do u need to study to fly...? If a person wants to drive a truck, he just has to learn to drive and then get a license. Then why are u studying so much? ". And yupp, all the aspiring/future/present pilots, have had to face these fools at some point of time in their lives...!! And guess what, the thing is, that we dunt know what to say to those fools who say such things. In telugu, they say "Navvalo Edavalo Teliyadu" - lol - which literally means, " After listening to this, i dunno wether to laugh or to cry"....lol.....What CAN you do with such people.....On one side, its dumbos saying crap, and on the other side, its airplane-crazy maniacs who are "Fida" over airplanes....What can you expect, but these kind of situations...:D
The thing is, all aspiring pilots (the ones who really really really want to fly) are dreamers. U touch them, and all that comes out is "Airplane". U talk to them, and all they want to talk about, is "airplanes". You go to their rooms, its airplanes (miniatures and posters and pic..! ). Look at their computer, its full of airplane pics. Look at their books, there's things like "A340" or "777" or names like "Airbus" or "Boeing". Look at their anything, and all u find is stuff related to "Airplanes". You talk to them, and they compare everything to airplanes....("This thing is as kewl a 777's look...:D / Nuthing can beat the joy of flying an A340").
For them, Life is Simple. Eat, Sleep, Fly. And if u ask them about this attribute, they go like "What else do I need?".
Lol. Are aspiring pilots soooo crazy?!!? So lunatic to the core?!! So airplane-infested that they have no other world to dream in?!!
Well, the answer is not a choice. Its Inevitability. There's nothing they can do about these things. These are not things they cultivated. They came on their own.
Pilots and aspiring pilots by nature, are CRAZY.
But on the other hand, lets talk about the polished side of these guys.
They are masters in their areas of interest - (airplanes...:D ). They are ever learning, and ever joyful. They open sume book to do with planes at 8 in the evening today, and they dunt get up till 8 in the evening the next day. They have the inbuilt capacity to stare and stare and stare and stare and stare at their models (airplane miniatures) and posters (flight decks and exteriors) for hours and hours. People can go mad in the presence of these people u know!
They have a flair for mastery over sleep - If u tell them, I will take u to distance of 100 metres from an A320 or an A330, they will raise up like Zombies who nightwalk. You say it at midnight, and up they rise, like its sume magic spell...!!
They are capable of withstanding any weather - sweltering heat, humid weather, rain, snow, anything! All they wanna see is airplanes and all they wanna do is think about airplanes...:D.
Let the weather be anything, they dunt care.
Well, well, People who are THIS mad in life, ought to be really really crazy eh!
Lol. Thats what we all are....:D
Now, hold on for a second. I guess many people in this world have mobile phones. But the thing with these airplane-crazy-lunatics is, that even in their mobile numbers, they want sumething to do with airplanes.
Wait a sec...how are these guys gonna have sumething to do with airplanes in a mobile number?!
Guess.
Its simple - the number will contain the name of sume aircraft....Eg.: It ends with sumething like 00747 or 00787 or 00340. This is teh actual number of a pilot i know. That pilot flies a 747-400. And guess what, the last six digits of his number are "747400". :D
Crazy!!!!! :D
Lol. thats what we all are. What else could we ask for...?! :D
Eeeeeee!!!! There's just so many thingies to write about, and such little time...
Will get back to you for sure folks....Keep coming...:D
Where do I start?!
Where do I end?!
Airplanes, Airplanes....and more Airplanes, is all I want to see and fly in my life....:D
Well, There are certain common *thingies* for an aspiring pilot.
Watching airplanes take off and land (standing near the wall of an airport or airfield), going like "aawww....woowwww" on seeing an aircraft, nearly fainting in joy on seeing a flight deck, and dreaming every minute....i guess these are sume of the attributes of a passionate aspiring pilot, or rather, the experiences which every person who loves airplanes, goes through.....:D
Its sumething inevitable that happens, when people actually get to know about how crazy you are about airplanes - When they go like "This is not called 'passion' - this is called going insane - there should be a limit for everything you do. Is there no limit to your lunacy with regard to planes?? Everyone thinks you are wierd..!!!" and we are like " Thanks for the compliments mate!!! :D:D:D ".
I guess one thing that most pilots at least a lot of the ones whom I know, have faced is this. The stupid problem with most people is that they dunno a shit about airplanes or aviation or flight decks, and they go on yappin about airplanes and aviation and flight decks...! Funny!!! And sumetimes, ( correction, most times), you come across fools, who say " Why do u need to study to fly...? If a person wants to drive a truck, he just has to learn to drive and then get a license. Then why are u studying so much? ". And yupp, all the aspiring/future/present pilots, have had to face these fools at some point of time in their lives...!! And guess what, the thing is, that we dunt know what to say to those fools who say such things. In telugu, they say "Navvalo Edavalo Teliyadu" - lol - which literally means, " After listening to this, i dunno wether to laugh or to cry"....lol.....What CAN you do with such people.....On one side, its dumbos saying crap, and on the other side, its airplane-crazy maniacs who are "Fida" over airplanes....What can you expect, but these kind of situations...:D
The thing is, all aspiring pilots (the ones who really really really want to fly) are dreamers. U touch them, and all that comes out is "Airplane". U talk to them, and all they want to talk about, is "airplanes". You go to their rooms, its airplanes (miniatures and posters and pic..! ). Look at their computer, its full of airplane pics. Look at their books, there's things like "A340" or "777" or names like "Airbus" or "Boeing". Look at their anything, and all u find is stuff related to "Airplanes". You talk to them, and they compare everything to airplanes....("This thing is as kewl a 777's look...:D / Nuthing can beat the joy of flying an A340").
For them, Life is Simple. Eat, Sleep, Fly. And if u ask them about this attribute, they go like "What else do I need?".
Lol. Are aspiring pilots soooo crazy?!!? So lunatic to the core?!! So airplane-infested that they have no other world to dream in?!!
Well, the answer is not a choice. Its Inevitability. There's nothing they can do about these things. These are not things they cultivated. They came on their own.
Pilots and aspiring pilots by nature, are CRAZY.
But on the other hand, lets talk about the polished side of these guys.
They are masters in their areas of interest - (airplanes...:D ). They are ever learning, and ever joyful. They open sume book to do with planes at 8 in the evening today, and they dunt get up till 8 in the evening the next day. They have the inbuilt capacity to stare and stare and stare and stare and stare at their models (airplane miniatures) and posters (flight decks and exteriors) for hours and hours. People can go mad in the presence of these people u know!
They have a flair for mastery over sleep - If u tell them, I will take u to distance of 100 metres from an A320 or an A330, they will raise up like Zombies who nightwalk. You say it at midnight, and up they rise, like its sume magic spell...!!
They are capable of withstanding any weather - sweltering heat, humid weather, rain, snow, anything! All they wanna see is airplanes and all they wanna do is think about airplanes...:D.
Let the weather be anything, they dunt care.
Well, well, People who are THIS mad in life, ought to be really really crazy eh!
Lol. Thats what we all are....:D
Now, hold on for a second. I guess many people in this world have mobile phones. But the thing with these airplane-crazy-lunatics is, that even in their mobile numbers, they want sumething to do with airplanes.
Wait a sec...how are these guys gonna have sumething to do with airplanes in a mobile number?!
Guess.
Its simple - the number will contain the name of sume aircraft....Eg.: It ends with sumething like 00747 or 00787 or 00340. This is teh actual number of a pilot i know. That pilot flies a 747-400. And guess what, the last six digits of his number are "747400". :D
Crazy!!!!! :D
Lol. thats what we all are. What else could we ask for...?! :D
Eeeeeee!!!! There's just so many thingies to write about, and such little time...
Will get back to you for sure folks....Keep coming...:D
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
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