The graph of success

“The kinds of eagles you fly with are the eagles you become”. When all the birds go and stay in their nest when it rains, there are some eagles which go over the top of the cloud to not get drenched. There are many solutions to a problem and there are many ways to success too. But there is always just one best solution and one best way to achieve. You can either think about the obstacles you might face within you own nutshell or you can figure out ways to tackle problems emerging from your outer world too. 

There is no linear graph to success. It is only an exponential curve. Success doesn’t happen overnight but it happens after thousands of your sleepless nights. Every passing minute you spend efficiently adds to the successful future. Every failure is a new lesson .It is only after a million failures, you will value the taste of success and it’s sweeter after achieving. You learn and learn and learn but if you don’t implement what you have learnt, it’s as good as no learning at all. There is no use of talking and talking if you don’t follow and achieve what you talk. The feeling of happiness after succeeding is immeasurable. Some things spread to eternity.

You need to set your own deadlines sometimes and also meet the existing deadlines.2 very important things to meet up with the deadlines are planning and execution:

•  1 minute of planning saves 3 minutes of execution and hence it is very necessary to plan properly and the attributes to be kept in mind while planning are time, resources, obstacles. 
• The execution must be executed as per the plan and it is best to finish 2/3^rd of the work in first 50% time. This way there won’t be any last minute panic, incomplete work, imperfection. If you only plan and does not execute, the there is no use of planning.

Plan well to achieve!

My lessons and experience - all about promoting education.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. This quote was truly epitomized through the best experiences of my life!!



Reading blog: Some people have made an ever-lasting impression through books. Ink-linking is like the whispers of immortality. Life is not worth if one can’t inspire another.

Video making: At times, you shouldn’t ask. Just say “Do it”! There are 3 different kinds of people. 

• One: who are ready to help
• Two: who will help you with a little push
• Three: no matter what you tell them, they will never help and when they say no, it means “next one”!

Spinning inspiration: When you do the good work; you inspire thousands to achieve greatness.

Interview: When someone can start from scratch and grow to a level where the whole country knows them for their work, why can’t you?

Empty plate: I felt so happy to be using face book for a better cause.
Posters: When you stand up to do something good, people actually suggests and help you . 
 
Twitter: The impact that we can make in the world by using a social network site is massive. I am happy I used it to spin inspiration across globe!

Fund-raising: You are thrown out the minute you ask for money! Hard work is necessary, but what is more necessary is to pitch in the idea in the right place. 
 
Collecting used books: Collecting books was truly fun. When 50 people on facebook mark as “going” to the event, only 5 turn up. The art of negotiating is something that is to be learnt from your mother when she bargains with the vegetable shop keeper. It is not a skill, but an art. 
 
Likes and managing: Likes on facebook will increase once the posts are good. So it is very important to manage the page very well. The page manager is responsible for what is being posted, so post only positive things to make a good impact on the world.

Comments: What’s challenging is not to promote your work, but your opponent’s work. 
 
Teaching children: Ever did something that brought tears in your eyes?  The feeling of teaching kids who are unaware of the basic needs who treat you like a princess for having taught them something that is so basic to us is something that I fail to pen down. At the end of each session, the kids would lovingly come and hug me, take autographs, thank me a million times. I was truly touched by their reaction and innocence. They all inspired me to raise high and do something massive to the country’s underprivileged kids.


These experiences have made a great impact on me as a person. I can now face anything as that is the only solution against fear. Whatever I do, I will keep my country in my mind. Let yourself be free to learning and non-egoistic. Never worry about your results, give your full heart and soul for some work and it will yield you the best results for sure. Sleeping less in fact gave me a feeling like there were 2 days in 1 day. I learnt to stop cribbing and start doing, stand up for the change instead of sulking about it. You can manage exams, blogs, tasks and much more at the same time. Time is precious; make the best out of each second. I am responsible to the country’s growth because I now know that each individual can bring about a massive change.

My learning would not have been fun without Aditi, Anusha, Harikiran, Spoorthi and Nikhil.

I would like to conclude saying “Anything is possible if you believe! But when you believe, believe it with your full heart”

Parallel world of the real world

“The beauty of nature is its parallelism”.

In this post, I would like to bring about the abounding contrast and adjoining happening in reality. World is made up of different kinds of people, aspirations, living and non-living never ending cycles and processes, beauty ,perceptions, visions, ambitions , favourites, and most importantly different needs.

While you are crying because you dint get you favourite flavour pastry, there are billions who are dying due to starvation.
While you are rebuking against the system of education, there are millions who doesn’t even know the first letter of alphabet.
While you are cribbing that your parents don’t give you enough freedom, there are lakhs of little children who are forced to work because they have to feed their parents.
While you are sulking about the poor network connection, there are crores who doesn’t even know the existence of electronics.
While you are struggling to wake up at 10 o clock in the morning, there are thousands who spend sleepless nights.
While you are looking for a promotion, there are many who are struggling to get a work to fill their stomachs
While you are trying to steal money from your own parents, some innocents are put to prison for someone else’s crime.
While you are saving a penny very carefully, you tax is being used illegally somewhere.
While you are reading this blog, a revolution is taking place. A revolution that would be filled with misery if you don’t take care and show a helping hand or a revolution that would be blissful if you stand up and strive against what is wrong!

You are the revolution maker; make a change, A better change towards a happier future.

Deciding the paths of Life

“There is a parallel world running and it depends on what you are doing right now!”

While there is chaos, misery, sadness in the world on end. There is happiness, inspiration, positivity on the other end. The irony is that both the different groups lie within the same attribute. It’s up to the person as to what he wants to see and exhibit. The happy person is the one who brings out his positive side ,makes everyone around him happy, stays calm, works hard and expects less, has a smile on his face all the time, doesn’t over think, ego less, humble, generous, manages time. On the contrast, a sad person is the one who tries to suppress his positive side the moment it tries to dominate. He stays sad most of the time, has very few friends, closed, has ego, is not a helping hand, does less work and expects more, cribs most of the time.

It’s up to you to decide what you want to be. Before saying you can’t do it or the famous “it’s impossible” excuse, why don’t you give it a try? You won’t learn until you try. If you feel it’s too risky to even give a try, then your Life is truly boring and colorless. Be crazy enough to take risks, explore the world and make your life adventurous. It’s none but you will decide what you aspire to be what changes you want to bring about in the world. Learn to love what you do. If it’s not you who loves yourself then nobody else will like you for anything up do. Realize the beauty of loving yourself and how do you realize? Well, do things that you love and eventually the person you will love the most in this entire universe will be yourself. After that, watch how people fall in love with you madly. It’s only after that do you learn to value the hidden gifts you have got in life and make use of it in the best possible way.

“Life is what you make it, so stay calm and be happy”

All about blogging

“After working really hard towards a goal, deep down you already know that it’s all yours! ”

The fact that my writing was appreciated and liked by a pro-blogger Mr Mohan B really took my on the 9^th cloud. It’s one thing to work hard and it’s another to be rewarded for your real uphill struggle. You know it’s all yours only when you have worked exceptionally well and the biggest competition is only you. You will reach the top only when you have reached top once and keep competing with yourself to enhance your skills.

What I learnt from today is the blogging skill improvement.

10 things a blogger has to remember when they blog:

1) Share genuinely: there are thousands of people who are spending their time to read your blog. So be genuine 

2) Length: ensure that your blogs aren’t very small like two or three lines.

3) Font: select a suitable font size and type and ensure you use the same font for all the posts.

4) Paragraphing: it’s important to divide your content into paragraphs. Try to put your contents into 3 paragraphs. First- introduction. Second- experience or your perception. third- conclusion. Extending up to 4 or 5 paragraphs is fine if you have a lot to share.

5) Background: ensure that the background is very subtle and gives a very pleasing look.

6) Pictures: add only relevant pictures. They add to the beauty of your blog.

7) Labels: add labels that relate to your blog only.

8) Color: choose the right color depending on the background. Highlight some important lines with a different color to enhance readability.

9) Presentation: ensure your blog size, its indentation, placement of an image. Positioning of different elements in the blog are in the right place.

10) Read twice. Read twice before you publish!. Make sure that there are no grammatical errors, spelling mistakes and proper indentation.

Write like you own the world of ink!.....

It was finally out!.

Stephen Covey- The 7 habits of Highly Effective poeple

My thoughts after reading first 12 pages of the “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” novel are as follows:

Common practices are in stark contrast from principled solutions and ineffective people are ruled by the below factors such as:

1.    Fear and Insecurity -  Most of our daily life is spent on securing our future, our possession, our relations. We are always worried of losing what we already have and most of the times this acts as a major impediment to achieve anything new or even learn anything new. One has to go beyond fear and naturally this will also help in feeling secure which in turn will help in creating a positive mindset, a open mind to accept new challenges (to accept challenges instead of seeing them as threats and staying in our own cocoon) and continuously learn to adapt ourselves to changes.

2.    Impatience and short term satisfactions - Whatever we want, we want it right now. People say it is the whole generation problem. We say why wait when we deserve to get everything that we ask for. Well, if I alone decide that “ I deserve” no wonder that I will get impatient -  fundamentals are wrong here don’t you think. We should let our actions decide for us, we must constantly reinvent and re-educate ourselves to survive. It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change. So lets set a long term goal to survive in the toughest of competition by putting in our efforts in a steady manner to adapt with patience.

3.    Blame and victimization - Blame and victimization has never done any good to anyone till date. It is like our soap operas, dramatic and never ending. Its very easy to blame outside factors (other people, outside situation etc) and crying over getting victimized. However, both are a waste of time and energy, which will many times lead to troubled image of self and gets the worst of every relationship. So any situation should be handled in a objective manner to solve instead of blaming or victimizing.

4.    Hopelessness - If only our ancestors had resented to “Hopelessness” during their tough times, human species would have been wiped off the our planet. We are the same species who have fought famines, earth quakes, ferocious animals, oceans, bloody long wars and we have almost lost every possession, loved ones still we survive. We have to face life as long as we are alive and hope is believe me the best companion that has been with us all our lives right from Adam and Eve. Reminds me of a famous quote from Shawshank Redemption Movie "hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies".

5.    Lack of life balance - What’s important in life keeps changing every second is what we think, we also feel that once we achieve a particular goal we will be happy and that what we want in life but don’t you think that we get carried away in achieving the goal so much that we actually forget the main point as to why we set out to achieve that goal. Happiness is state that everyone has to be in, that they have to strive to achieve. This fact has been acknowledged even by great psychologist like Abraham Maslow during his last few days on Earth and this fact has also been very beautifully included even in United Stated Declaration of Independence by saying “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness “. If  even the most capitalistic country includes this in their Independence declaration  then don’t you think this is something that everyone has to strive to achieve!

6.    Selfishness - Selfishness has ruined kingdoms, has made brothers kill each other, has broken many beautiful relationships. But even after doing the worst deeds that anyone could imagine, owner of selfishness has never been at peace. Because happiness, peace are those things that can be achieved by being selfless, by helping others, by growing together, by achieving together like we are doing in IU.

7.    Hunger to be understood - We will never listen to anyone but we surely expect and hope that the whole world listens to us. First thing we should understand is it’s mutual relationship, once we listen to people and empathize with them, am sure they will reciprocate the same.

8.    Conflict and Differences - I found this idea the most interesting and though provoking because here the author introduce a great idea which could not only solve all our personal, professional problem but if this idea is made the barometer am sure we can solve most of the problems faced in our World today and in future too.
Differences are a part of life as every person has lot in common and magnificently lot more differences. Conflict is a natural outcome of these differences but right now the best way conflicts are solved is by compromising, where in the parties involved reach an acceptable lower point and neither gets what they had started with or better. This art of compromising is a waste of the magnificent differences we have inherited, only by mutually cooperating and creating a solution which is greater than the sum of both our differences will lead us to use this great human ability. The outcome of this “creative cooperation” cannot always be measured in terms of numbers like most of the best things in life yet like we strive for these priceless moments we have to try and make best use of the differences that we all are gifted with to solve all kinds of problems immaterial of their nature.

9.    Personal Stagnation - Stagnation is not good, it could be harmful enough to cause end to lives. If nature has though us one important thing then that is “ ADAPT”. We have changed, we have adapted and that’s why we are still alive else we would be endangered species too.  We need to continuously change and adapt to survive in this ever fast moving times. Stagnation is not even an option. Beautifully used in one of the Bollywood movie “ I want to fly, I want to run, I even want to fall but I don’t want to just stand”



I would like to leave with awesome lines from the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” -
“ To learn and not to do is really not to learn.
   To know and not to do is really not to know.”

Psychologist Abraham Maslow's HIerarchy of needs

While reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” I came across Abraham Maslow, a renowned psychologist. So I looked up to read about him and found that his contribution to the understanding of the human psychology is great and his best work is “ Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs” - a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization. Its a pyramid with 5 distinct levels and a human transcends from the bottom most to the top after satisfying the needs in each level, levels here also cover our famous Indian saying“ Roti, Kapda and Makkan”. The 5 levels of the “Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs” from the bottom are

1.    Physiological – At the bottom of the hierarchy there as basic needs such as breathing, food, water, sleep etc
2.    Safety – Second level covers safety of body, employment, resources, morality, family, health and property.
3.    Love/ Belonging – Third level covers various relationship in human life
4.    Esteem – Fourth level covers self- esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, and respect to others.
5.    Self Actualization - Fifth level consists of Morality, Creativity, Spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice and acceptance of facts.

He was initially of the opinion that one person cannot move to a next higher level without fulfilling levels from the bottom of the pyramid. Later he concluded that self-actualization was not an outcome of satisfying the other human needs.

During the end of his life he put happiness, fulfillment and contribution to this posterity ahead of his self-actualization, calling it self- transcendence.

And we call it “Pursuit of Happiness”.

Making a short 1 min clip video

“I am leaving now. Stop me if you want me. because remember if I leave now, I won’t come back!”-This is what ran in my mind every time a minute passed by. And I feel happy to tell that I realized the worth of every single minute today and I dint even waste a single second. I got so much involved in the book “7 habits of highly effective people” that I kept blogging every 10 pages.

 Today I helped my friend take a video for applying for Google student ambassador and wrote the script for him. It was a wonderful experience and we shot one full day for just one minute video and I have started respecting the whole movie making crew which makes a movie for around 3 hours. I understood the value of a director, background music, voice editing, crowd controller, script writer, actor, actress, and cinematographer. This is the first step towards making one of my dreams come true-movie making.

Today was yet another beautiful day and each day is getting better. 

“If you haven’t done any mistake in life, then you haven’t tried anything new and exciting.”My life has been so exciting from past one week.

Adventure continues…..