Author: alearningaday

Deep and profound..

Good morning.. and good day! :)

It’s back to Singapore today after the longest break yet in 4 years.. :)

A friend’s mission in life..

I think it’s very worthy and inspiring as well.

From Benjamin Zander’s great video.. :)

Good morning.. and good day! :)

Wow.. very applicable for me, this one.. haha..

:D

Loved it..

Good morning all. Great day ahead! :)

http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf

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Once again, among the most inspiring videos I have seen.

Thank you Monsieur Zander..

Nice way to start the week! :) Thanks KD for sending this in..

Good morning everyone..

Happy monday and hope you have a great week ahead!

Stolen from a friend’s status message:

‘While doing engineering some people make wonders happen, some watch wonders happen, some just wonder what happened’ – Credit: Srivathsan Srinivasan

Amazing.. And as you might have guessed, I’m the 3rd kind..

Haha.. :D

Leaves a sour taste in the mouth.

Sir Alex Ferguson believes that ‘it’s fine to lose your temper as long as you have a good reason‘

Who defines a good reason though, eh?

Anyway, I lost my temper today. Funnily enough, it was not even because I was provoked, it was because someone else was.. haha..

Anyway, I tried staying silent for a whole 15 mins to let it pass, apologized and I’ve moved on..

But, it does leave a sour taste in the mouth nevertheless..

Good reason or not..

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On further introspection, I realized a couple of things –

1) I hadn’t moved on, whether I liked it or not. I was still reflecting on what went wrong..

2) Gladwell in ‘Outliers‘ says it takes 7 consecutive things to go wrong for a plane to crash. I think there is a similar such equation applicable in an anger scenario for every one of us which is bound to be useful..

3) After the quote about ‘grace under pressure‘, I think I could have done better to live up to it. Lots of room for improvement, as always! :)

At dinner, yesterday, we had one of the restaurant managers come to us and say ‘Welcome! How are you ‘ (with a big smile) and then, right when we finished, he took a photo for us and said ‘Thank you for coming! I hope you had a great meal‘

Small courtesies..

They make such a big difference..

There was a time (when I was in my rebellious teenage years) that I used to think that it is not necessary to say ‘Thank you‘ or even ‘Please‘ to people I knew very well. I mean, why bother? And close friends often said ‘Hey, don’t keep saying thank you! Why are you being so formal‘..

I’ve said that as well..

But hearing a ‘Thank You‘ and knowing what you have done has been appreciated is a wonderful feeling..

Small courtesies DO count. There’s no ‘small‘ thing.. I am always reminded of this quote –

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things… I am tempted to think, there are no little things