Chicken...!?!

Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle's nest rested. The eagle's nest contained four large eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked the mountain causing one of the eggs to roll down the mountain, to a chicken farm, located in the valley below.

 

The chickens knew that they must protect and care for the eagle's egg, so an old hen volunteered to nurture and raise the large egg.

 

One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, but his spirit cried out for more.

 

While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and noticed a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies.

 

"Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds."

 

The chickens roared with laughter, "You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar."

 

The eagle continued staring, at his real family up above, dreaming that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his dreams be known, he was told it couldn't be done. That is what the eagle learned to believe.

The eagle, after time, stopped dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken.

 

Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle passed away.

 

You become what you believe you are

So if you believe you're an eagle,

Follow your HEART...

Not the words of a chicken...!

 

Stay tuned and soar high...!

Secret...!

The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are two very important junctions of climatic and solar influence. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother Durga in Hindu religion.

Today is ‘GHATSTHAPANA’, beginning of Navratri festival dedicated to the worship of a Hindu deity Shakti. The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit, NAVA meaning nine and RATRI meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped.

 

Navarathri represents celebration of Goddess Durga, the manifestation of Deity in form of Shakti [Energy or Power]. The Navarathri festival or ‘Nine Nights festival’ becomes ‘ten days festival’ with the addition of the last day, Vijayadashami which is its culmination.

 

 

The 10th day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami – Day to Celebrate the Victory or Success!

To be able to celebrate Vijayadashami in its truest sense, on this auspicious occasion of GHATSTHAPANA, let us learn the ‘secret’ of success...!?!

 

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning.

 

They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water.

 

The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air.

 

 

Socrates asked, "What did you want the most when you were there?"

 

The boy replied, "Air."

 

Socrates said, "That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it."

 

There is no other secret...!

 

A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results...

 

Stay tuned and keep the desire burning...!

Do-it-yourself...!?!

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family.

He would miss the pay check, but he wanted to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favour. The carpenter said yes, but his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.

When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you."

What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.
 

 

So it is with us. If we build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that we would have done it differently.

 

Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity.

 

The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it-yourself project."

 

Your attitudes and the choices you make today will be your life tomorrow, so...

 

Build it wisely...!

Work as if you don’t need the money...!

Learn as if you will live forever...!
Believe as if you’ve never been cheated...!

Dance as if nobody is watching...!

 

Stay tuned and... Selfless!

Homage...!

This is neither an inspirational story nor a motivational stuff but a real incident that is TOUCHING if not anything else. If you get some inspiration or find motivation, that would be purely your insight illuminated...!

Mr. Zavere Poonawala, a well-known Parsee industrialist in Pune had a chauffeur named Gangadatta with him for over 30 years on his limousine that was originally owned by OSHO Rajneesh.

 

When Gangadatta passed away Mr. Poonawala was in Mumbai for some important work. The moment he heard the sad news, he canceled all his meetings, requested Gangadatta's family to await him for the cremation and returned to Pune immediately by a helicopter.

 

On reaching Pune, he asked the limousine to be decorated with flowers as he wished Gangadatta should be taken in the same car which he himself had driven since the beginning. When Gangadatta's family agreed to his wishes, he himself drove Gangadatta from his home up to the cremation place on his last journey.

 

 

When asked about it, Mr. Poonawala replied that Gangadatta had served him day and night, and being eternally grateful to Gangadatta, he could at least do this. He further added that Gangadatta rose up from poverty and educated his children very well. His daughter is a Chartered accountant and that is so commendable.

 

His comment in the end is the essence of a successful life in all aspects:

 

“...Everybody earns money which is nothing unusual in that, but we should always be grateful to those people who contribute to our success. This is the belief, we have been brought up with, which made me do, what I did...”

 

Stay tuned and GRATEFUL...!

Management Guru...!

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

 

Dear Son,

 

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden because your mother always loved planting time. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren’t in prison.

 

Love,
Dad

 

Shortly, the old man received this telegram:

 

‘For Heaven’s sake, Dad, don’t dig up the garden!! That’s where I buried the GUNS!!’

 

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

 

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what had happened, and asked him what to do next.

 

His son’s reply was:

 

‘Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It’s the best I could do for you, from here...’

 

...No matter where you are in the world, if you are determined enough to do something deep from your heart, you can do it. It’s the thought that matters, not where you are or where the person is..

 

Secondly... this is called M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T...!

 

Stay tuned and learn Management...!

Bappa Morya!

It’s been exactly 3 years I had sent a ‘Prayer’ on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi in my daily mail. Even after three years every word of that prayer is only truer and would get more and more hard hit unless we the humans don’t think and act other-wise…!

As the troubleshooter GOD blessed me with the words ‘Be Happy…’, I made it my mantra and found out this... 

 

Happiness is like a butterfly,
The more you chase it,
The more it will allude you,
But if you turn your attention to other things,
It will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
 

The place to be happy is here.
The time to be happy is now.
 

Laugh when you can,
Apologize when you should, and
Let go of what you can't change.

 

Life is too short to be anything but happy.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
 

You don't stop laughing because you grow old, 

You grow old because you stop laughing.
 

Money never did buy happiness,
And credit cards aren't doing much better.
 

The heart is happiest when it beats for others.
 

For every minute you are angry,
You lose 60 seconds of happiness.
 

Someday everything will make perfect sense.
So for now, laugh at the confusion,
Smile through the tears and
Keep reminding yourself that
Everything happens for a reason…! 

 

Be Happy and Stay tuned…!

My Convocation...!

Remember my IEMBA post...? Here are some pictures of the convocation event that seemed more like a filmy award function (without any bodyshaking and mindslaughtering performances, thank GOD) with complete lack of ‘Management’ (!?!)

 

Mr. Salunkhe, being the modest businessman that he is, seemed more concerned about the branding and networking of his company than the products of it, Mr. Dirk - Dean of UBI was as enthusiastic and charming as ever though!
 

 

Anyway, I didn’t regret attending it as I had an opportunity to have a word with Shobha Dey, one of my favourite nonconformist authors. However I missed to discuss ‘Big Boss Season 3’ with Poonam Dhillon, another Celebrity at the event…!

The fervour of (Post) Graduating was quite comprehensible nonetheless and this should and would be just another milestone in the journey of learning I envisage.

Wish me luck and Stay Tuned...!