Being a Rebel

How does it like to be one! You fight for the injustice knowing that you will fall prey, but it is that selfless act, sometimes could be an egoistic act, that small act of defiance by few, could uphold Justice, had been the starting point of many revolutions when it echoed the popular sentiments and has changed this world for better. The sacrifices of those few need to be honored and the younger generation should be encouraged to fight against those injustice rather than showing apathy towards the social concerns.

And Rebellion is not just fighting against an authoritarian regime, but that first act of defiance against the injustice, that voice against the wrongdoings, is the right thing towards a better future..

An insecure leader

Read somewhere, that a leader is paid 50% for protecting his team and another 50% for what he delivers. A leader who is so insecure, will never be able to do this, instead he will put the entire blame on his team and shortly, he will be on his way out..

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

We need daily results, monthly target achievements, monthly market share growth at any cost, that's the expectation today in most of the organization, True, in Long term all are dead, but too much of short sightedness is killing the Indian Industry and employees standard of working..

Enlightenment

I was trying to comprehend the meaning of Enlightenment, understood that this cannot be described in words to a person who has never gone through the process of Enlightenment.

Enlightenment is not taught today, it's what we learn from the process of self realisation and this is superior to all other forms of learnings.

The talent that one gets is phenomenal, have you seen Sadguru's speech on "consciousness" in Harvard Medical school, where did he learn all this. If this form of talent is superior, shouldn't it be taught, learned by everyone for the well being of this society. Should one go to Harvard business school to do a PhD or go to Himalayas to get enlightenment, wouldn't the later be able to give better business solutions. Why should it be learned only from monks/Guru's and why only in Himalayas, shouldn't it be part of the formal education.. Till then let's go to Himalayas, at least once in a life time, as early as you can..

Google Guide

It's not just a map and a guide, it's changing the way we buy products, the way it is delivered and most importantly the product itself. Everything that exists in the world are rated by everyone across this world and this is not just a guide for the buyer, but it's improving the whole standard of the product & services itself.

The biggest curse for improvement is the monopoly of existing players and the customer tendency for risk aversion by choosing the known, existing products.. Google guide breaks this open and gives customers the confidence to take risk on new products & services which in turn forces the existing players to constantly improve themselves.

And this is across every single player who exists in the world and this is making the world for better in a big way, very quickly than ever before..

Worst of the times are the best of the times

Really, remember the worst things that happened in your life, it was the period just before the best of the times.. we get struck in status quo and make big attempts to come out of the shell only when we go through the worst of the times.. And those are the times that brings us down to the ground, teaches the reality, value of relationship and the value of money, it also builds our stamina & perseverance..

Those are times that we have nothing to lose, time to take the next big risk. Feel it, go through the pain, get disappointed, frustrated and that should make you run far away from where you are, to a new place on Earth, where you live your dream, live your life. Remember the worst of the times are the moments of big opportunities!

Panicking

Panicking complicates the issue further and leads to serious problems. This organisation was losing market share and it was sharp in some months, so they brought in a new head, market share dropped further, and in turn he changed the team, process etc, still market share was dropping, he put enormous pressure in the system, given lot of credit, still market share dropped, worse it lead to huge bad debts. And now guess, they ll look for a new head,  sure the market share will drop further. All this happened within a year time in an automobile industry where the lead time to make visible impact is minimum two years..

Looks stupid, that's what panicking does. The organization was cashing in on the strong brand loyalty for a very long time and there was no major drop in it's market share for years inspite of bureaucracy, gaps in products & processes. It took long time to bring in the right products and come out of the bureaucracy and by that time, its too late and there was a free fall.

When there is a free fall, first understand that its not a result of what you did today but yesteryears. Accept that the damage will be far worse than what it is today and provision for the same. Have a long term plan for making visible impact and in short term, measure the lead indicators and not the results. And for godsake don't panic and try short term results, that puts the entire organisation into jeopardy..