After a lazy drive down from bangalore, reached udupi at 8 am in the morning. Luckily there were no rains.
After breakfast with muku at his place, caught up on the latest gossip ;)
Then played snooker and met up with zed and raki. Sumptuos meal with some beer. Zed went home and we three carried on to chandan sirs place. Had a rocking time. Now am on the bus to my home in Nagara (in shimoga district) to celebrate ganesh chaturthi.
Will post some beautiful snaps of the scenery once i getback, cos theres no internet or mobile network at home...meanwhile lets see if mobile blogging is fun..go blOgger!!!
Chèèrs!
Aug 31, 2008
Aug 30, 2008
Going home !!!!
Hey hey...
Finally the month is ending, time to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi!!! Going home on Saturday an will be back on Thursday with lots of interesting stuff. Also going to try out mobile bloggin till then..lets see if its worth it?!!
Meanwhile,lots of things happening on the professional front. Making up a journal for some 15 entried on ma new blog business bubbles, so that I can have a similar line of content. Of course I will be posting randomly on daily mirror, Thats what its for anyway!
Somehow motivated another roomie to get into blogging. Can check out his blog at www.tenbestmoments.blogspot.com
Lots of intersting stuff going to come up there too!!!
Any way till then
Cheers!!!
Finally the month is ending, time to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi!!! Going home on Saturday an will be back on Thursday with lots of interesting stuff. Also going to try out mobile bloggin till then..lets see if its worth it?!!
Meanwhile,lots of things happening on the professional front. Making up a journal for some 15 entried on ma new blog business bubbles, so that I can have a similar line of content. Of course I will be posting randomly on daily mirror, Thats what its for anyway!
Somehow motivated another roomie to get into blogging. Can check out his blog at www.tenbestmoments.blogspot.com
Lots of intersting stuff going to come up there too!!!
Any way till then
Cheers!!!
Aug 27, 2008
Aug 25, 2008
Beautiful poem
शर्म कहाँ से होगी
कपड़े हो गए छोटे, शर्म कहाँ से होगी
अनाज हो गए हाय ब्रीद, स्वाद कहाँ से होगा
नेता हो गए कुर्सी के. देश भावना कहाँ से होगी
फूल हो गए प्लास्टिक के, कुश्बू कहाँ से होगी
चेहरे हो गए मके उप के, रूप कहाँ से होगा
खाना हो गया दालदा का, थाक्थ कहाँ से होगी
प्रोग्राम हो गए केबल के, संस्कार कहाँ से होगी
आदमी हो गए पैसे के, दया कहाँ से होगी
भक्त हो गए स्वार्थ के, ईश्वर कहाँ से होगा
व्यापार हो गए हेरा फेरी का, मुनाफा कहाँ से होगा,
व्यवहार हो गए टेलीफोन का, शर्म कहाँ से होगी.
(This beautiful poem was written by Shri Kapur Patel from Rajasthan. I read it ina local Marwadi magazine and had written it down. I do not remember the name of the magazine or the date. It has been reproduced here in original form without any changes)
कपड़े हो गए छोटे, शर्म कहाँ से होगी
अनाज हो गए हाय ब्रीद, स्वाद कहाँ से होगा
नेता हो गए कुर्सी के. देश भावना कहाँ से होगी
फूल हो गए प्लास्टिक के, कुश्बू कहाँ से होगी
चेहरे हो गए मके उप के, रूप कहाँ से होगा
खाना हो गया दालदा का, थाक्थ कहाँ से होगी
प्रोग्राम हो गए केबल के, संस्कार कहाँ से होगी
आदमी हो गए पैसे के, दया कहाँ से होगी
भक्त हो गए स्वार्थ के, ईश्वर कहाँ से होगा
व्यापार हो गए हेरा फेरी का, मुनाफा कहाँ से होगा,
व्यवहार हो गए टेलीफोन का, शर्म कहाँ से होगी.
(This beautiful poem was written by Shri Kapur Patel from Rajasthan. I read it ina local Marwadi magazine and had written it down. I do not remember the name of the magazine or the date. It has been reproduced here in original form without any changes)
Aug 24, 2008
A tribute to "Randy Pausch"
Prof Randy Pausch was a fantastic idol who showed people through his actions, through his lectures and through sheer dynamism what living a life is all about. I just finished reading his book- "The Last Lecture" which I had picked up a day before.Prof Randy Pausch had pancreatic cancer. He was a professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and became famous after delivering his famous last lecture on september 17t, 2007. He had planned this lecture after being given 5 to 6 months of good health.
Now the important part. Randy spoke of Achieving your childhood dreams. After reading his book I have realized what optimism and honesty can do to change your life. Many things that we know are right and dont follow make a big difference in life. Randy has tried (and Succeeded .) through this lecture to make us realize what we are doing and what we can do. Its not a to do list for success. Instead its a story of how a man who knows hes got limited time lives his life to the fullest extent and places great faith in seizing the moment. Making your dreams possible and further more helping others achieve their dreams.
In no way is it possible for me to say in text what Randy has actually communicated, but these are the few highlights which I picked straight off the book
1. "When your screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore it means they have given up on you" (Pg 37-I never made it to the NFL)
2. "The Brick walls are there to stop the people who dont want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people" ( Pg 73-Romancing the Brick Wall)
3. "Dont Complain, Just work Harder" ( Pg 138-Chapter 32)
4. "Treat the Disease, not the sympton" (Pg 139-chapter 33)
5. " Look for the Best in everybody" ( Pg 145-chapter 36)
6. " Watch what they do, not what they say" ( Pg 145-chapter 37)
7. " Whether you think you can or cant, your right" ( Pg 147- chapter 38)
There are many more beautiful things in the lecture, but I wish and hope that you read the book and experience it. Its all about having fun and making the most of life.
I have never met and did not hear about Randy until a day ago. But somehow I feel that I am greatly touched by Randy and in someway he has changed the direction of my thoughts. It has been an honour and a privelge to know that there was someone like Randy in these times who honestly tried to make a difference. I am Humbled at his selflessness in thinking and sharing with the world when many would have been depressed and in self pity. The impact he has made is unbelivable.
The following excerpt is taken from a May 3rd Wall Street Journal article written by Jeffrey Zaslow about Randy Pausch and his final farewell :"Randy is thrilled that so many people are finding his lecture beneficial, and he hopes the book also will be a meaningful legacy for him. Still, all along, he kept reminding me that he was reaching into his heart, offering his life lessons, mostly to address an audience of three. "I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children," he said."
Some useful links
You tube video : http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Pausch
The book : http://www.thelastlecture.com/
CMU Lectures : http://www.cmu.edu/uls/journeys/randy-pausch/index.html
I hope everyone reads this book again and again again and understands the depth of what you can do and how life can change...Its all how you look at it. Thats the picture I started this blog with...
On July 25, 2008, Pausch died from pancreatic cancer at his family's home in Chesapeake, Virginia, having moved there so that his wife and children would be near family after his death.He is survived by his wife Jai, and their three children, Dylan, Logan and Chloe.
This is my tribute to a great Human Being.....Thank you Randy
Modest academic!!!
Well well well...fantastic saturday..met my best sir/friend and mentor in some ways today..met my juniors..some shopping for taking back home. Many things interesting but I will post some touching things tommorrow...
As for Today...we all tend to exagerate our marks by .05, .9 etc..Like when it is 62.5 it becomes 63% or 65 even..Have you ever seen somebody reduce it to 62??
Well yours truly, (smart fellow that I am )have been enlightened today by Chandan Saar that I have been telling everyone( EVERYONE including on my resume) that my CGPA was 6.9/10
When IT ACTUALLY WAS 7.9/10!!!
CAn you believe it...no wonder I wasnt getting any calls from head hunters! We were in coffee day when this gyaan was given to me and we all cheered with a cool blue to celebrate.
Tommorrow will be a new label entry too..entitled "Reviews and tributes" and I hope it would make an interesting read...
Hey do leave your comments...will be looking frward to it..
Cheers
As for Today...we all tend to exagerate our marks by .05, .9 etc..Like when it is 62.5 it becomes 63% or 65 even..Have you ever seen somebody reduce it to 62??
Well yours truly, (smart fellow that I am )have been enlightened today by Chandan Saar that I have been telling everyone( EVERYONE including on my resume) that my CGPA was 6.9/10
When IT ACTUALLY WAS 7.9/10!!!
CAn you believe it...no wonder I wasnt getting any calls from head hunters! We were in coffee day when this gyaan was given to me and we all cheered with a cool blue to celebrate.
Tommorrow will be a new label entry too..entitled "Reviews and tributes" and I hope it would make an interesting read...
Hey do leave your comments...will be looking frward to it..
Cheers
Aug 21, 2008
The day it Poured!!!
6:00 am
Wake up. Its Raining. Back to sleep
6:30 am
Its Still Raining. Back to sleep
7:00 am
Door bell rings. OPen door for maid. Sleep on chair.
7:45 am
Close door for maid. Its still raining. Sleep on nearest flat surface.
8:00 am
Alam rings. Throw mobile in nearest pile of clothes.SLeep
8:30 am
Its still raining. REad the newspaper with one eye
8:45 am
Its pouring now. Read paper with both eyes.
9:20 am
start getting ready. Chomp some bread while tying shoe lace and balance laptop.
(This is the part where I leave to work. It absolutelty STOPS RAINING ) what the #$1%^!!!
6:30 pm
Stuck in traffic jam. Plan for movie at 7 with roomies.
6:45 pm
It starts RAINING. Get wet while light turns green at signal.
6:50 pm
PArk the vehicle, run for cover. IT starts POURING.
6:55 pm
Stops raining. Run to the bike. STart. ROARRRRrrrr..
6:59 pm
Catch the sunset on the flyover. take a snap while driving with one hand.
7:10 pm
Sit wet in a cinema hall. Watch movie for three hours. Get cold
10.15 pm
Reach home. CAtch a cold (fever the next day)
sleep till 6 am. Then refer first line!!!
Cheers!!!
Aug 19, 2008
Running the rat race
The other day I was just passing by a temple. There was some ceremony going on and there was a huge crowd of people standing in a huge queue to enter the shrine.
On first apperance it looked that the vast majority of people were just localites. But on closer observation it was clear that there were visitors from outside as well. And a BIG difference in the crowd....90% of them looked like your common man, simple guys with small time jobs, families to support on tight budgets..(Hey I could be absolutely wrong) but thats what they did look like.
That brought about a very stark thought. Where were all the Civic/city/accent/corolla guys, ur high flyinf top notch businessmen..Whom by no doubt you would find at the pubs and discos around the citi. I couldnt find a single person who looked like he would be wearing a business suit to work in the morning..(Here again I can be very very wrong).
Anyway the point is, does it point to hw society is changing...how culture is changing..the moment you climb a step in the ladder in the social rat race, your out reaching for the next step..and you do that by aping what others in the upper level are doing..without a thought as to why, what ,etc
Going to pubs and discos isnt a crime..but do you know why are you going there..is it to have a good time or to show others you have a good time? Big difference there..Are you SATISFIED?
Dont run the rat race...live life today!!!
Think about it
Cheers..
MadDy!!!
On first apperance it looked that the vast majority of people were just localites. But on closer observation it was clear that there were visitors from outside as well. And a BIG difference in the crowd....90% of them looked like your common man, simple guys with small time jobs, families to support on tight budgets..(Hey I could be absolutely wrong) but thats what they did look like.
That brought about a very stark thought. Where were all the Civic/city/accent/corolla guys, ur high flyinf top notch businessmen..Whom by no doubt you would find at the pubs and discos around the citi. I couldnt find a single person who looked like he would be wearing a business suit to work in the morning..(Here again I can be very very wrong).
Anyway the point is, does it point to hw society is changing...how culture is changing..the moment you climb a step in the ladder in the social rat race, your out reaching for the next step..and you do that by aping what others in the upper level are doing..without a thought as to why, what ,etc
Going to pubs and discos isnt a crime..but do you know why are you going there..is it to have a good time or to show others you have a good time? Big difference there..Are you SATISFIED?
Dont run the rat race...live life today!!!
Think about it
Cheers..
MadDy!!!
Basanti and the dancing dogs...
Hi Yaar,
"Basanti ko bolna kuthon ke samne math nachna. Kuthe kat-the hain. " (Ask basanti not to dance in front of the dogs, they bite!) If you got a call at 2 am in the night asking you this , what would you do...I really don know but we had a hilarious time calling all our friends and asking them all sorts of questions...
It was raining and there was no power, very boring, no LPG to cook either...so we thought we would enquire about the general status of the world...with no consideration about the time..the calls went all over INdia...orissa, hydbad,mumbai (we dont discriminate you see)... we did get s ome whath the F's and Ma******s, and all that..but hey we had a rocking time !!!
So next time its raining, theres non power and your bored, pick up that phone and go ahead asking about the welfare of your society!!!
ok then, till next time..
oh just forgot,, dont forget to ask basanthi not to dance with the dogs..they bite!!!
CheErs!!!
"Basanti ko bolna kuthon ke samne math nachna. Kuthe kat-the hain. " (Ask basanti not to dance in front of the dogs, they bite!) If you got a call at 2 am in the night asking you this , what would you do...I really don know but we had a hilarious time calling all our friends and asking them all sorts of questions...
It was raining and there was no power, very boring, no LPG to cook either...so we thought we would enquire about the general status of the world...with no consideration about the time..the calls went all over INdia...orissa, hydbad,mumbai (we dont discriminate you see)... we did get s ome whath the F's and Ma******s, and all that..but hey we had a rocking time !!!
So next time its raining, theres non power and your bored, pick up that phone and go ahead asking about the welfare of your society!!!
ok then, till next time..
oh just forgot,, dont forget to ask basanthi not to dance with the dogs..they bite!!!
CheErs!!!
Aug 17, 2008
Three GEeKs and a Duffer!!!
The title should have read more as three engineers and an MBA. that ees my roomies and me.
We were just out on our usual sunday night dinner, and somewhere something motivated my roomies to start on their c++ languages and escalations and so on... . So not wanting to disturb my fellow "to-be-bill gates-steve jobs-and all" I quietly listened hoping to pick up a few "XML .net scripts to be run timed in production with SCM going thru audit for a major release " Fundas....however very soon the chineese looking waiters started giving us the looks...clearly they were not impressed with our java v/s symbian v/s something else discussion over a delicious peking chicken. And I completley agreed, cos we were there to eat right?
Or so poor ol me thought, my guys were going on about some tom doing something to harry and getting some dick to stay up all night to have a major release?! (Sounds normal rite ;p)
However the chicken started getting bored and I was worried if the fried chicken would walk over to the other table and ask the other customers to eat him, So finally I started eating and soon the food started dissapearing! And worried about the food dissapearing my roomies jump into the food...
So there, My appetite saved the day!! or dinner more appropriately!
Till the next dining escapade...
ADios amigos
MaDdy
We were just out on our usual sunday night dinner, and somewhere something motivated my roomies to start on their c++ languages and escalations and so on... . So not wanting to disturb my fellow "to-be-bill gates-steve jobs-and all" I quietly listened hoping to pick up a few "XML .net scripts to be run timed in production with SCM going thru audit for a major release " Fundas....however very soon the chineese looking waiters started giving us the looks...clearly they were not impressed with our java v/s symbian v/s something else discussion over a delicious peking chicken. And I completley agreed, cos we were there to eat right?
Or so poor ol me thought, my guys were going on about some tom doing something to harry and getting some dick to stay up all night to have a major release?! (Sounds normal rite ;p)
However the chicken started getting bored and I was worried if the fried chicken would walk over to the other table and ask the other customers to eat him, So finally I started eating and soon the food started dissapearing! And worried about the food dissapearing my roomies jump into the food...
So there, My appetite saved the day!! or dinner more appropriately!
Till the next dining escapade...
ADios amigos
MaDdy
Aug 2, 2008
Rock ON...!!!
Well whatever i wanna post would only be a repetition of what i have already said...so theres nothing interesting to post..tired of doing the same things...looking forward to having a rocking month..so lets keep rocking...rock on :) !!!
Jul 6, 2008
Aaaa Blah blah blah
when ya think its all over, there it goes and starts all over again...man really fed up of working the market!!! Guys who are in sales will tell you hw monontonous the front end line sales is..especially when Indian economy is on a vacation and all companys are seeing the colours of the rainbow in their sales growths!!
The jobs today are becoming so target/number oriented that there hardly is life left...even after work hours, life become target based..come home early=happy wife; get chocolates=kids happy; Buy a necklace=Gf happy for a month Phew!!! The entire fun has gone out of living..no surprise elelment. do this to get that..
I cant beleive I have even saying these things!! I gotta get outta here!!!
Cheers!!!
The jobs today are becoming so target/number oriented that there hardly is life left...even after work hours, life become target based..come home early=happy wife; get chocolates=kids happy; Buy a necklace=Gf happy for a month Phew!!! The entire fun has gone out of living..no surprise elelment. do this to get that..
I cant beleive I have even saying these things!! I gotta get outta here!!!
Cheers!!!
Apr 3, 2008
Hmmm..MEntor?
Its been a loooong time since the last post...been quite busy..so some how have got time to put in something... Today I had a experience which has put me in a bit of dilema... It comes to the point when you wanna achieve something, hit your goals, become something. You wanna innovate, put in ideas and make something happen that will revolutionize the way people work. But I realized that though you might have al the talent and strength to do so, sometimes you still lack it. Why?
Why do you feel all positive and charged up; and somewhere along the way fighting and fighting up u get so bogged down that u just wannt to let go. you look around and all you see is what u see within. And Strangely though I have had tough Trials before, I have always come out successfully..
And then it comes to me..like a Bang. all these years I had someone to look up to, that one person who understands you, guides you and u can go to for suggestions. for some pep up n all that... but now I dont. In this age of self motivated executives, I wonder if there really is anything like self motivation?? I always look back and take a look at what my mentors would do..not that they really were my mentors ( I considered them my mentors..and one of them still is guiding me,albeit in a more personal way) but somehow i did consider them as my guides.... At every step I would unconsciously pick someone as a mentor..my college...my MBA..my internship..all these years I did have some kind of Guidance..
But now when am actually walking on my own, in a more complete way I find no one that I would want to look up to...why? Perhaps Because I am not able to pin point some one who would want to be responsible for some one elses success..someone who would guide a generation of youngsters to achieve in their fields..
I have been on my own ever since I came to India in 1996. Hostel Life, college an now work has all been on myself and my self chosen mentors. Things would all fall into place. But today I feel lost. I don know if I am heading the right way. My Priorities seem jumbled...
Is a mentor that imprtant or is it that i Just gotta pull myself together??...
adios amigos
MadDy
Why do you feel all positive and charged up; and somewhere along the way fighting and fighting up u get so bogged down that u just wannt to let go. you look around and all you see is what u see within. And Strangely though I have had tough Trials before, I have always come out successfully..
And then it comes to me..like a Bang. all these years I had someone to look up to, that one person who understands you, guides you and u can go to for suggestions. for some pep up n all that... but now I dont. In this age of self motivated executives, I wonder if there really is anything like self motivation?? I always look back and take a look at what my mentors would do..not that they really were my mentors ( I considered them my mentors..and one of them still is guiding me,albeit in a more personal way) but somehow i did consider them as my guides.... At every step I would unconsciously pick someone as a mentor..my college...my MBA..my internship..all these years I did have some kind of Guidance..
But now when am actually walking on my own, in a more complete way I find no one that I would want to look up to...why? Perhaps Because I am not able to pin point some one who would want to be responsible for some one elses success..someone who would guide a generation of youngsters to achieve in their fields..
I have been on my own ever since I came to India in 1996. Hostel Life, college an now work has all been on myself and my self chosen mentors. Things would all fall into place. But today I feel lost. I don know if I am heading the right way. My Priorities seem jumbled...
Is a mentor that imprtant or is it that i Just gotta pull myself together??...
adios amigos
MadDy
Dec 8, 2007
LOREAL Experience- BA Management 2
Hi... today am going to continue about BA management. Like i mentioned in the last post the initial stage is to connect with your BA's and make them a part of your team. Remember without this there is no point in going ahead with part 2 as it wont work without the initial understanding and faith.
Any way in part 2 we look at how to get BA's to do their work honestly and diligently. Usually a BA will not see the logic in doing a particular work, when in essence it would definitely efect her. Confused??
Let me explain with an example. One of the task of the BA is to maintain the products in the shelfs in a particuar manner ( planogram) and very tidy. To the Ba these tasks sound similar to "cleaning the house and keeping things in place". What they dont understand is that product placement at eye level effects customer decison making and that effects sale which directly affects achievment of sales target and thereby incentives :)
That is product placement==>customer purchase==>better sales==>achieve target==>get incentive.
This logic has to be explained to the BA. But ah...the jobs not easy and not enough to convince the BA. You have to prove th logic!!! only then does the BA realize the logic.
That was just an example. I am sure most cosmetic companies would agree with me that the BA is a powerhouse of information and possibilities. Getting them to invlve actively in the selling process and providing market inteligence is a massive task. one can only expect this as that is the possibilities of such an involvement by the BA!!
Any way am planning to do some innovations, but my BA's are resigning left right and center so i need some time to set things right:)
till then friends
cheers!!!
Any way in part 2 we look at how to get BA's to do their work honestly and diligently. Usually a BA will not see the logic in doing a particular work, when in essence it would definitely efect her. Confused??
Let me explain with an example. One of the task of the BA is to maintain the products in the shelfs in a particuar manner ( planogram) and very tidy. To the Ba these tasks sound similar to "cleaning the house and keeping things in place". What they dont understand is that product placement at eye level effects customer decison making and that effects sale which directly affects achievment of sales target and thereby incentives :)
That is product placement==>customer purchase==>better sales==>achieve target==>get incentive.
This logic has to be explained to the BA. But ah...the jobs not easy and not enough to convince the BA. You have to prove th logic!!! only then does the BA realize the logic.
That was just an example. I am sure most cosmetic companies would agree with me that the BA is a powerhouse of information and possibilities. Getting them to invlve actively in the selling process and providing market inteligence is a massive task. one can only expect this as that is the possibilities of such an involvement by the BA!!
Any way am planning to do some innovations, but my BA's are resigning left right and center so i need some time to set things right:)
till then friends
cheers!!!
Dec 6, 2007
the LOREAL experience-BA management
The last 4 days has been very busy with meetings and meetings. It has been fantastic, tiring and most inspiring. I have come to know what really a team means, how targets work and how subtle things can be in an environment which is full of targets, managing people and enjoying the process...
Today i thought i would say something about BA management. BA as in Beauty Advisors. For those in the sales field these terms would be similar to sales reps, sales promoters etc. But when we speak of Beauty advisors in a cosmetic company we mean more of a permanent nature of advisors who are there at LOREAL or maybelline counters who are present to explain to the customers about the products, new launches and offers. As an employee who has to manage these BA's I found a lack of information regarding the same on the net.
Managing BA's is not as simple as handling sales reps. A BA has to be checked on many fronts. first and foremost, for a Brand like LOREAL its important that our BA at all time has to be very well presented, because she is a reprsentative of the company and an ambassador to the customer. Second how she attends to the custome and whether she is able to fulfill needs afte identifying them. Third is whether the BA is actually present at the counter, or is busy makng up reasons and not coming to the counter.
It is also very difficult to enforce the rules and policies of the company because it takes a great deal to keep the discipline alive in a BA because over a period these things get monotonous. For a BA who has to be at the counter for 9 hours standing and doing the same things day after day, motivation and energy levels tend to die down.
So how does one keep the BA going and still motivate her to go for her targets??
Well the trick is to build relations or like my boss says PR. Personal relations. Suboordinates usually see their superiors as people who are out to make their lifes miserable (if not hard) to achieve their goals. This is where the imediate superior has to build bridges ( "connect") as my boss says.. and he is as usual right on. For any relation to build there has to be two things...trust/faith and confidence. When you have confidence in the superior you tend to accept their guidance and ensure excellence. And when you have faith in your superior you know that come what may he will always stand by you and help you.
Building this relation is the essence of handling BAs, Sales teams and people......
Cheers!!!
Today i thought i would say something about BA management. BA as in Beauty Advisors. For those in the sales field these terms would be similar to sales reps, sales promoters etc. But when we speak of Beauty advisors in a cosmetic company we mean more of a permanent nature of advisors who are there at LOREAL or maybelline counters who are present to explain to the customers about the products, new launches and offers. As an employee who has to manage these BA's I found a lack of information regarding the same on the net.
Managing BA's is not as simple as handling sales reps. A BA has to be checked on many fronts. first and foremost, for a Brand like LOREAL its important that our BA at all time has to be very well presented, because she is a reprsentative of the company and an ambassador to the customer. Second how she attends to the custome and whether she is able to fulfill needs afte identifying them. Third is whether the BA is actually present at the counter, or is busy makng up reasons and not coming to the counter.
It is also very difficult to enforce the rules and policies of the company because it takes a great deal to keep the discipline alive in a BA because over a period these things get monotonous. For a BA who has to be at the counter for 9 hours standing and doing the same things day after day, motivation and energy levels tend to die down.
So how does one keep the BA going and still motivate her to go for her targets??
Well the trick is to build relations or like my boss says PR. Personal relations. Suboordinates usually see their superiors as people who are out to make their lifes miserable (if not hard) to achieve their goals. This is where the imediate superior has to build bridges ( "connect") as my boss says.. and he is as usual right on. For any relation to build there has to be two things...trust/faith and confidence. When you have confidence in the superior you tend to accept their guidance and ensure excellence. And when you have faith in your superior you know that come what may he will always stand by you and help you.
Building this relation is the essence of handling BAs, Sales teams and people......
Cheers!!!
Nov 29, 2007
TRAFFIC JAMS---the greatest leveller
In Bangalore, when riding my modest bike, I sometimes feel like a Airforce jet just zoomed across me; only to realize that its just another super rich dude on a brand new "latest- super- thing- that- moves" vehicle. I just smile. Cos in Bangalore invariably the road is jammed either due to a traffic signal, a road diversion, accidents, construction, etc and there is a traffic jam up ahead.
And this my friends (traffic Jam) is the great indian leveller... Because there along the poor mans hand cart, the bank clerks scooter, the adagency executive's Brand new Pulsar, the Software project managers Car and Your friendly neighbourhood politicans Mercedes stands my modest bike. All sections of the society all on par. All praying for the same signal to turn green, all hoping that they can get free from the jam and all exactly lined up together. It doesnt matter what your riding or driving, because to the Great Indian Traffic Jam, all vehicle owners are equal in front of it!!! and only it can choose who can pass and who cant!!1
and the traffic jam is one such place where no one is superior, no one is inferior and there lies another of universal secrets... It doesnt matter whats around you or with whom u are, in the end, in the final run to your destination, its only patience and cooperation that can get you ahead...:)
So next time you see another d.u.d.e pass ya by, You know why to SMILe :)!!!
Cheers!!!
And this my friends (traffic Jam) is the great indian leveller... Because there along the poor mans hand cart, the bank clerks scooter, the adagency executive's Brand new Pulsar, the Software project managers Car and Your friendly neighbourhood politicans Mercedes stands my modest bike. All sections of the society all on par. All praying for the same signal to turn green, all hoping that they can get free from the jam and all exactly lined up together. It doesnt matter what your riding or driving, because to the Great Indian Traffic Jam, all vehicle owners are equal in front of it!!! and only it can choose who can pass and who cant!!1
and the traffic jam is one such place where no one is superior, no one is inferior and there lies another of universal secrets... It doesnt matter whats around you or with whom u are, in the end, in the final run to your destination, its only patience and cooperation that can get you ahead...:)
So next time you see another d.u.d.e pass ya by, You know why to SMILe :)!!!
Cheers!!!
Nov 27, 2007
Kinda wierd....is it true guys???!!
They say when ya help someone it should be out of concern for the other person... but have ya heard the saying " Help a girl in trouble/need and the only time she will remember u is when she is in trouble/need again!!!"
Well though I don think its true in all situations but u now it tends to really happen. Thoug I have gone thru these things many times and been really pi#!@d off, today was just another reminder as to the popular belief.
I was going to the corp bank ATM and a lady was having a problem with the ATM card stuck in the machine. I dint want ta wait so i got on my bike when the lady in quetsion came out and asked for help. While I tried to get her debit card into the damn machine ( which obviously was enjoying the tug of war) she was busy yapping on the phone.
finally when the card did get inshe just gave me an accusary look as if I had wanted to get her PIN number. Let alone a thanks !!!
and they tell us that guys are thick skinned!!!
Cheers!!
Well though I don think its true in all situations but u now it tends to really happen. Thoug I have gone thru these things many times and been really pi#!@d off, today was just another reminder as to the popular belief.
I was going to the corp bank ATM and a lady was having a problem with the ATM card stuck in the machine. I dint want ta wait so i got on my bike when the lady in quetsion came out and asked for help. While I tried to get her debit card into the damn machine ( which obviously was enjoying the tug of war) she was busy yapping on the phone.
finally when the card did get inshe just gave me an accusary look as if I had wanted to get her PIN number. Let alone a thanks !!!
and they tell us that guys are thick skinned!!!
Cheers!!
Nov 26, 2007
SMS PErsonality
Have you ever wondered how easy it is to be mistaken for another person, not physically but a a personality just by chatting to someone over SMS.
There ae two angles to this. One where a person is deiberately taking advantage of the non visibility of the other person to create a false image of himself to extract any advantage from the other person. This could go even to the heights of damaging the other persons self belief or mental stability, or more obvious things like getting personal account numbers, etc
But what am more interested in is the other type of misreprsentation that happens due to the games our minds play with us. I believe every human always tend to look for things or characteristics which he desires, or lacks in himself. Thus when chatting to an unkown person without actually seeing him, even the simplest of messages can connote 100's of things to the other. Its like a multi personality syndrome wit everyone and the mobile sms being the hub of a number of personalities. The bottom line : dont get fooled. Of Course many times our imaginations do run wild, even to the extent that we may imagine the other person to be Tom cruise or Angelina Jolie!!!
But more or less over a long period of time in such situations we do get a more accurate picture of the other person and its these friendships that go loooong way even without meeting up ever:)
Cheeeers !!! :)
The mind is a funny thing.
There ae two angles to this. One where a person is deiberately taking advantage of the non visibility of the other person to create a false image of himself to extract any advantage from the other person. This could go even to the heights of damaging the other persons self belief or mental stability, or more obvious things like getting personal account numbers, etc
But what am more interested in is the other type of misreprsentation that happens due to the games our minds play with us. I believe every human always tend to look for things or characteristics which he desires, or lacks in himself. Thus when chatting to an unkown person without actually seeing him, even the simplest of messages can connote 100's of things to the other. Its like a multi personality syndrome wit everyone and the mobile sms being the hub of a number of personalities. The bottom line : dont get fooled. Of Course many times our imaginations do run wild, even to the extent that we may imagine the other person to be Tom cruise or Angelina Jolie!!!
But more or less over a long period of time in such situations we do get a more accurate picture of the other person and its these friendships that go loooong way even without meeting up ever:)
Cheeeers !!! :)
The mind is a funny thing.
Nov 23, 2007
Its pretty cold out here in Bangalore. not too cold has my home town is freezing cold now. But its more of a nice cool climate out here in bangalore. Today is the 12th day of my joining and my ex comapny is launching its products tommorrow. I have wished my colleagues all te best and i hhope everything goes well.
I just remebered that how life never turns out how we want it too. we believe we are the cause for something which happens that is beneficial to us. and its someone elses fault when something unfavorable happens to us. Ha, how culpable we are. When the fact is that we are all here for a purpose. and we see things happening around us and consider it our happening. when the fact is everything there is a more higher reasoning. we are mere puppets.
But that doesnt mean we just sit and wait things to happen. instead work hard towards what you want to achieve, but the catch is that you cannot expect anything to happen as per your efforts
HEll man what the hell, the bottom line: Do your best, enjoy life and hell with results!!!
I just remebered that how life never turns out how we want it too. we believe we are the cause for something which happens that is beneficial to us. and its someone elses fault when something unfavorable happens to us. Ha, how culpable we are. When the fact is that we are all here for a purpose. and we see things happening around us and consider it our happening. when the fact is everything there is a more higher reasoning. we are mere puppets.
But that doesnt mean we just sit and wait things to happen. instead work hard towards what you want to achieve, but the catch is that you cannot expect anything to happen as per your efforts
HEll man what the hell, the bottom line: Do your best, enjoy life and hell with results!!!
Nov 21, 2007
Hi there, though we tend to always look at doing good things we hardly ever start from smal things. Usually people ( me included) think of doing BIG good things like saving people from a great catastrophe, or changing the planet, and in the process forget the little things we can do to make a difference.
Today what I saw put me into a deep thought that how rich are we at heart as compared to rich in the pocket?? walking down Church Street to have my regular noon snack I saw a tabla wala. He was wearing a torn full sleeve shirt and what seemed o be a torn pajama. Both the pieces of clothes complete with mud and dirt, his hair long and dusty and his fauthful tabla hanging from a thin string across his back.
From across the street he seemed to be reaching for the top of a ledge which was way beyond his reach. He was holding some cloth in his hand and trying to push it on top of the ledge. stretching and jumping in the process.
As I came near It was obvious that the cloth was trying to fly!!! It was a baby pigeon which had fallen from the adjacent building and there was this man who dint have enough to have a single meal trying to save the baby from the dogs.
I spoke to him after he had put the bird back and he said that " ali bididre nai yala hidkon hogathe, yelo building inda bidirbeku" ( If it lies there on the ground some dog will take it off, poor thing must have fallen from the building) For a moment I envied his simplicity and the ease with which he thought of the birds life.
I wondered if i would have done the same? And where I stood today as a human being in comparison to the question mind had asked.....
Today what I saw put me into a deep thought that how rich are we at heart as compared to rich in the pocket?? walking down Church Street to have my regular noon snack I saw a tabla wala. He was wearing a torn full sleeve shirt and what seemed o be a torn pajama. Both the pieces of clothes complete with mud and dirt, his hair long and dusty and his fauthful tabla hanging from a thin string across his back.
From across the street he seemed to be reaching for the top of a ledge which was way beyond his reach. He was holding some cloth in his hand and trying to push it on top of the ledge. stretching and jumping in the process.
As I came near It was obvious that the cloth was trying to fly!!! It was a baby pigeon which had fallen from the adjacent building and there was this man who dint have enough to have a single meal trying to save the baby from the dogs.
I spoke to him after he had put the bird back and he said that " ali bididre nai yala hidkon hogathe, yelo building inda bidirbeku" ( If it lies there on the ground some dog will take it off, poor thing must have fallen from the building) For a moment I envied his simplicity and the ease with which he thought of the birds life.
I wondered if i would have done the same? And where I stood today as a human being in comparison to the question mind had asked.....
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