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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

What are we looking for?

First of all, I’m the email kind..

I’m generally looking for an email with a personal touch, a note, a message – akin to receiving a letter by snail mail from someone just relaying news, happiness, talking about life etc.

We might be closer to each other than ever before in this digital age, but the need for that personal touch still exists. Why else do we have so many marriages breaking up, serial job quitters..

The big question here is – Are we giving others the opportunity to enjoy a note with a personal touch? i.e. Are we giving away what we would like to see?