Monday, March 23, 2009

ReCeNt AchiEveMents :P

Prolly, you guys are gonna laugh at this stoopid list but, they rilly are some of my achievements... oh yeah "RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS"
  • Living with my parents after grads is probably the best decision i ever made till date.
  • After lots of practice, the minimum time I took to solve a Rubik's cube is 3 and a half minutes. The world record is for 27 seconds blindfolded :| *sigh, incomparable (not that i dreamt of breaking the world record :P )*
  • Joined Photography classes. Was always my dream and I'm proud of myself for having convinced me folks into it. :D
  • Getting up early these days :| People who know me will never believe this one.. i know i know
  • Managed to get my passport after spending 23 years on earth. Damn! Don't laugh okay.. i had my own problems
  • Completed my re-su-may but doh! havent made use of it yet. :(
  • I danced on stage for my cousin's sangeet :O hell yeah it was a group performance but AGAIN..people who know me will never believe this one too :|
  • Meeyynn!! How can i forget this one.... Blogged after ages :P
Well... Thats about it!!!

Friday, February 6, 2009

Know your GENIUS

Very interesting forward...

From the book "The Greatness Guide" authored by ROBIN SHARMA.

"QUOTE

Focus on any area or skill with a relentless devotion to daily improvement and a passion for excellence and within three to five years, you will be operating at a level of competence (and insight) such that people call you a genius.  Focus plus daily improvement plus time equals genius.  Understand that formula deeply and your life will never be the same.

Micheal Jordan was a basketball genius.  Was his spectacular success on the court purely the result of nature gifts?  Absolutely not.  He took what nature gave him and ran the formula: Focus plus daily improvement plus time equals genius.  He didn't try to be good at five different sports. He didn't scatter his focus.  He just got devoted to being brilliant at basketball.  And he was.

Thomas Edison registered a stunning 1093 patents over his lifetime and invented the light bulb as well as the phonograph. (A schoolteacher labelled him a slow learner when he was a kid: he didn't listen.  Kudos.)  He didn't try to be a great merchant and a great poet and a great musician.  He focused on his inventions.  He improved daily.  And he let time work its magic.  Genius came knocking. 

Makes me think of a story about Pablo Picasso.  One day a woman spotted him in the market and pulled out a piece of paper.  "Mr.Picasso," she said excitedly, "I'm a big fan.  Please, could you do a little drawing for me?"  Picasso happily complied and quickly etched out a piece of art for her on the paper provided.  He smiled as he handed it back to her, and said, "That will be a million dollars."  "But Mr.Picasso," the flustered woman replied, "it only took you 30 seconds to do this little masterpiece." "My good woman," Picasso laughed, "it took me 30 years to do that masterpiece in 30 seconds."

Know that you can excel at-your genius.  Discover your talents and then work like crazy to polish them. 

One of the most important of all personal leadership skills is self-awareness. Know what you are really great at.  Reflect on those abilities that others admire in you.  Think about those capabilities that just come easily to you-and that flow effortlessly from you.  You might be a fantastic communicator or have a way with people.  You might possess an extraordinary ability to execute and get things done.  Perhaps your special talent lies in innovation and creativity and seeing what everyone else sees but thinking in a different thought.  Find your genius points and then develop them.  Focus plus daily improvement plus time.  Start today and in three to five years people will be writing about you.  Calling you a genius.

UNQUOTE"