Category: Everything else

The challenges never stop..

This is picked up from the PlugIn ID blog –

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I got into this process of self-improvement because I never wanted to have a bad day again. I wanted to create a utopia – in my mind – so the world could never hurt me in any way. I wanted a state of permanent happiness, of endless joy, and was willing to do all the studying it took of philosophy and psychology in order to make it happen.

You know what?
I got to the point where I was happy – but I realized there is no escape from the pain, sadness, and exhaustion that is so common in our world. None. No matter what happens, even if you become “enlightened” (and I’m certainly not), there will always be trials in our life that test our courage, strength, and resilience. They will push us to our limits, they will hurt us, and we’ll have to fight through them every time.
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I can’t agree more. I had a similar motivation when I first started this blog – to learn every day and hopefully reach a point where it’s all happiness and where I don’t get down on simple stuff easily.

I’ve realized a few things –

-> Happiness is purely internal..
-> In the long run, subordinating your moods generally results in more self control
-> Try as you might, life will make sure everyone gets their share of ups and downs
-> Our reaction to an action is infinitely more important than the action..
-> ‘You can either run from it or learn from it’ – Here, ‘run from’ can be substituted with ‘dread’, ‘despise’, ‘curse’ among others..

And finally..
-> The challenges NEVER stop..

Remembering Rudyard Kipling..
‘If you can meet with triumph and disaster
and treat those two impostors just the same‘ ..

If..

I can’t, not yet atleast.. but I do believe I will get there..

Drivers, Creatives, Analytics and Amiables – How to Present your ideas super effectively..

There are essentially 4 tendencies in people –

The Driver: This tendency is the one that aids us when we need to get stuff done, when we ignore food, relaxation etc to get a task done.
Creative: This is the part of us that loves painting visions to stimulate our intellect.
Analytical: This part makes us ache for facts, for numbers to solidify our belief in a concept.
Amiable: This characteristic encompasses the desire to please.

While all of us have all 4 characteristics, ONE characteristic is always particularly dominant. When we look at this list, we should (ideally) be able to identify with our most dominant characteristic.

And here’s how to apply it –

Let’s imagine we are trying to present an idea to our bosses/clients, do we know what characteristics define them? I think this is a great way to crack the ‘managing the boss/client‘ problem!

Secondly, imagine we are delivering a presentation to a large audience, do we have enough straight applications to life, creative ideas, facts and an engaging presence to keep all 4 kinds of people engaged?

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Food for thought.. :)

Blur of activity, Change and the Get it done guy’s book…

There’s been a blur of activity over the past couple of days. It’s one of those times when I have so much to write on this blog but just haven’t been able to find time to do so. And that’s when I’ve realized how important it is to keep taking these ideas down and build a repository of posts for the future.

The other theme of the past 2 days has been change. It is more or less confirmed that I will be relocating from good ol’ Singapore for a few months on a client project. And that means making sure these days are spent with close friends. (Priorities after all..). As a result, book writing has taken a back seat!

The Get-It-Done guy was true to his word and I have received his book. (See here). I’m looking forward to getting to it soon!

Have a great week all!