Just do it!!

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

There is always a Goal Keeper standing in front of a Goal post,That does not mean you should not try to score

I am only responsible for what I speak.. Not for what you understand..

I do it because I can; I can because I want to; I want to because you said I could n't..

Life is not about the moments of breath you take, but the moments that take your breath away.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.. (Zuckerberg)

Positivity & Excellence..

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Anytime you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that dont help you to climb, will help you to crawl. You friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those that increase you, will eventually decrease you.

Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problem with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always the first one to tell you how. Not everyone has the right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with wrong person. Don't follow anyone who is not going anywhere..

With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest in it. Be careful where you to stop to inquire for directions along the road of life. Wise is the person who fortifies his life with right friendship. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate - for good and the bad.

Be not mistaken. This is applicable to family as well as friends. Yes.. do love, appreciate and be thankful for your family, for they will always be your family no matter what. Just know that they are human first and though they are family to you, they may be a friend to someone else and will fit somewhere in the criteria above.

In prosperity our friends know us. In adversity we know our friends.

Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude..

Approach to Problem Solving

Problem Solving
Problem solving begins not with facts but with structures i.e by defining the boundaries of the problem and breaking it into its component elements. This is called MECE Approach. (Splitting of the problem into mutually Exclusive and Completely Exhaustive elements).

Don’t try to re-invent the wheel. Taking all-or-nothing approach may not necessarily be the best way to create value. Your goal is to bring order out of chaos. Disregard un-important factors and prioritize the options available. Don’t slog but ‘work smart’ to get the work done!

Problem is not always what you think is the problem. You will do your client a service by getting to the real problem, even if, sometimes your client does n’t like it.

An initial hypothesis will make your decision making more effective : You should do a QDT (Quick and Dirty Test) of your hypothesis. QDT – What assumptions are you are making that need to be true in order for your hypothesis to be true? If any of these assumptions is false, then the hypothesis is false.

Put things on paper first – If you cannot put it on paper – then either you don’t have it clear in your head or its not a good idea. When facts contradicts the hypothesis, you should change your hypothesis and not suppress the facts. Data without intuition/ insight is mere ‘raw information’ and ‘intuition’ without ‘data’ is mere ‘guesswork’.

Don’t boil the ocean i.e don’t try to address too many things at a time. Work smarter, not harder. Forget about absolute precision because precision is very costly. 80/20 rule: 80% of the results is obtained by 20% of the efforts. We have to identify these 20% and assess whether the remaining 80% of effort is actually needed or not.

Brainstorming - There are no bad ideas. There are no dumb questions. Be prepared to see your ideas get shot down. Don’t let the brainstorming drag on past the point of diminishing return. Last and most important, get it down on paper.

Presentation: KISS Principle – Keep It Simple Sir. Presentation os a “killer skill” we take to the real world. Its almost an unfair advantage.

Buy-in: Prewire everything : Discussing results outside the context of large meeting rooms increases your chances of getting the decision makers buy your ideas. In intimacy of a one-one meeting you open up your thought process in a way that is difficult to do in a formal setting.

Managing Clients: Don’t overpromise because you are bound to underdeliver.

Managing Self: Strike a balance between work and personal life. If you want a life, lay down some rules. Perform sanity checks – “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Happiness!!

The moment one stops spending so much time chasing the big pleasues of life, one begins to enjoy the little ones. How can one do good when one does n’t even feel good? Success on outside means nothing unless you have success within.

Spend a little time with music everyday. No one should take life so seriously that they forget to laugh at themselves. What is the point in climbing steps of success when you have missed your child’s first step!!

Begin to live everyday as if it was your last.

'Genius' Re-defined

They are the ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
The only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.

They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.

While some see them as the crazy ones,
I see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Great Sayings: Know These

Only two things are infinite, the universe and the human stupidity, and i am not sure about the former.

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

Great Sayings: Follow them!!

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Attitude
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Take the first step forward and others will follow you.

Give me a place to stand and i will move the earth.

Make sure you get what you like, otherwise you will have to like what you get!!

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

When the things get tough, the tough gets going.

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will.

Dreams will find the means!

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit.

Winners dont do different things; they do things differently.

Smooth seas dont make skilful sailors.

Life is not about the moments of breath you take, but the moments that take your breath away.

You will always find excuses why you can't do things today, excuses for why tomorrow will be better. These are traps of time.
Tomorrow is no different from today. If you are able to do things tomorrow, You can very well do it today.

There is no security on this earth, only opportunity.

I dont know the key to success; but the key is failure is trying to please everybody.

The roots of education are bitter. But the fruits are sweet.

A good head and a good heart is always a formidable combination.

Do not give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

The characteristic trait of a mediocre is that he never speaks, he only repeats.

The cynic knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong or absolutely right.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you WIN.

Time is most precious. Forever realise that the time is always right to do the right.

Everything in the world can be endured except continued prosperity.

He who angers you, conquers you.

Anything grey --> is 'BLACK'.

The fire in the belly is useless, without the spark in the mind.

The more you can dream, the more you can do!

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking!

The only thing that can stop you is YOU!

Never regret your past. Rather embrace it as a teacher. Everything happens for a reason. Every action has its purpose and every setback its lessons.

Life is all about choices. Ones destiny unfolds according to the choices one makes.

Great Dreamers’ dreams are never fulfilled – they are always transcended.

‘Crisis’ comprises two sub-characters - Danger & Opportunity.

There is a brighter side to even the darkest circumstances provided you have the courage to look for it.

There are no mistakes in life – only lessons.

From struggle comes strength.

To savour the good, one must know the bad.

Weak minds resort to weak actions.

A journey of thousand miles begin with a single step.

You will never be able to hit the target that you cannot see.

The only way to improve tomorrow is to know what you did wrong today.

Let LIFE be beautiful because of the world,

LET LIFE be beautiful inspite of the world.
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Behaviour
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Mend your speech a little
lest it may mar your fortune

The best strategy in war is to win without having to fight.

Power is useless until it turns into influence.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

To err is human, but to blame it on other party is politics.

If you are the master, be sometimes blind. If a servant, sometimes deaf.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Confession of our faults is next thing to innoncence.

There is a point when patience ceases to be a virtue.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

You can complain because roses have thorns,
or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

Be true to your words, your work and your friends

The world is like a mirror, if you face it smiling, it smiles right back!

We might not be able to control the traffic or the weather or the moods of all those around us. But we, most ceratinly, can control our attitude towards these events. When you form the habit of searching for the positive in every circumstance, your life would move to great dimensions.

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Finance

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Why own a cow when the milk is so cheap? All you really need is milk and not the cow.