Mantra!

Happened to be a part of very intriguing conversation with a friend, where I was asked to define mantra of my life. Considering it as one of those clichéd philosophical discussions where I’ll have to put everything I think or believe in under a scanner and give him a concise answer I ignored the question and changed my chat status from Available to Invisible.(of course net disconnect was my obvious refuge) But the question unfortunately again got stuck in my ever restless mind (which my other set of friends consider nothing but effect of trivial job I keep looking for unlike their big MNCs ones) So left with no choice but to think, these are the few things that popped in my mind.. 1. To learn (Bullshit! that can’t be my mantra, of course I do want to learn a lot many things but m not doing stuff JUST to learn) 2. To experiment (Yes, that’s thrilling to hear but would I be experimenting at the same rate the way I do now, considering the loads amount of desired and undesired responsibilities age brings with it ) 3. To help (Damn! Who cares after a point? And this comes after I had made an unsuccessful attempt to help some NGOs with my business insights(however little I have currently) ) 4. To create (Yes, that’s something I really enjoy but Gosh everything I think of is already there and has been created, is recreating the created ones going to count) 5. To earn (Yes for now it does give a sense of confidence and happiness but is that it is that what I want...) 6. To lead (I won’t mind if I manage to do something that somebody would like to follow me, considering it can’t happen overnight and it will come unless I shake my comfort zone every now and then and prove my worth) To travel, To Read, To Run (not literally of course)...I happened to think about a lot of other things but nothing seemed satisfactory and hence I left the thought process then and there. I think like everything else mantra for life also evolves with time .One shouldn’t stop keeping a check on the choices which one makes from time to time and feel sad, happy or contended about. For now I shortlisted Learn to Create as my mantra let’s see how long does it lasts for.

Education

While I spent couple of weeks away from the office and the normal discussions on career, growth, strategy, etc. what I realized all this while is Education simply doesn’t mean knowing what you plan to learn but I think the major aspect of Education is what you choose to unlearn while striving to learn things. At least most of the things which I find are quite realistic, practical and easy to implement in my day to day life are the ones I never paid any fees for/or gotten up early to attend lectures of.

Yes courses did channelize my thought process and they did sharpen my approach at micro level but at macro level it’s always things which I learnt while I was pursuing courses, job, socializing etc.. helped.

So I believe Learning and Unlearning both should be given due consideration while we define our growth.

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While I spent couple of weeks away from the office and the normal discussions on career, growth, strategy, etc. what I realized all this while is Education simply doesn’t mean knowing what you plan to learn but I think the major aspect of Education is what you choose to unlearn while striving to learn things. At least most of the things which I find are quite realistic, practical and easy to implement in my day to day life are the ones I never paid any fees for/or gotten  up early to attend lectures of.

Yes courses did channelize my thought process and they did sharpen my approach at micro level but at macro level it’s always things which I learnt while I was pursuing courses, job, socializing etc.. helped.

So I believe Learning and Unlearning both should be given due consideration while we define our growth.

 

Romance

"They live for love, die for love, kill

for love. It can be stronger than the drive to stay alive."

 

I wonder what is this drive and why is this so strong?What makes us go so loony over this.

Science says Dopamine(to give that adrenalin rush),serotonin( to bind) and caudate nuclei(for memory aka inertia), these three makes the feeling consuming. The process is initiated by  factors like (smell, taste…) leading to the insatiable desire for Good Genes and perfect nurturing Ground.(that’s how we are evolved)

 

This consious effort to rip off this obscured yet coveted practice was just to shed light on the powerful force behind it.

I cant deny the importance and indespensibilty of the NON-CHEMICAL factors involved after all they are the ones on our mind all the time and makes it more elusive.

But as I write this post many things seem to make sense to me like the importance and need of Reciprocity for the sustainability of a relationship(considering the chemical secretion involved) and also the NON-chemical factors involved which inherently leads to the same thing but again I still need to discover the reason behind the predominance of the latter.

I hate to define the entire process too mechanical but to accept it has some mechanics involved is not bad either. 

Rejection

Many a times we wonder we should save ourselves from all these negative words or at least negatively perceived words so as to focus on the brighter side of a situation but I think in this practice of neglecting the negatives we tend to expect too much from the positives.

When we just try to focus on choosing the best ones we tend to miss out on learning more about rejection, which in itself is an amazing skill to work upon.

Rejecting something involves more honest assessment of our requirements and helps us to keep focused unlike choosing the best ones coz the latter is not just mostly influenced but is many a times  misleading as well.

To reject something is more likely to give us clarity on what exactly we want coz it not only removes the clutter  but also leaves us with may be not the best option available but the most appropriate one and hence can put away those unnecessary hiccups which otherwise is due to the misconception between what’s best and what’s apt.  

So strive to be appropriately best and not just THE BEST!

We Campaign in poetry, but live in prose!

 

Bump into these couple of ads I really liked.

Common trait I found these ads share is their essence, which is not to Campaign but to reflect /live/share the reality. J

 MP Tourism

 

Tanishq

 

 

Airtel

 

 

 

 

 

Secret to Happiness Is Low Expectation!