5-S (success sutra) of life

Implementing 5S concept of Workplace Organization in our personal life too can be more effective.

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1- Seiri (Sort) - Sort out problems versus value contributors, weed out time wasters

2- Seiton (Set in order) - prioritize based on perceived needs - see what is important and what is not in everything from personal to professional

3- Seiso (Shine) - make a practice to practice good, positive actions and value addition, continuously improve

4- Seiketsu (Standardize) - keep following those actions which augments initiative, value addition, always set your levels high

5- Shitsuke (Sustain) - sustain the actions that induced positive changes in behavior, professional attributes in achieving results

#5s, #selfimprovement

The Rythm for Soul - music

Music is the way of expression. Music is a feeling. Music means different to different people.. for some it is the expression of joy, for some it is the expression of grief, for some it is the expression of excitement, celebration, etc. The word in itself is so powerful that it creates positivity, generates enthusiasm in the mind. Music is the air and water to mind just like air and water to a living being.

Music is just like beauty. As beauty lies in the eye of beholder, so is music to a listener :)
Many might like the rhythm created by tinkering of a tin or sound coming out of wheels of a running train or beating drums or beating stones rhythmically. Music can be felt in instruments, words, rhythm, humming, chirping birds, stridulating grasshoppers or crickets, swaying branches of a tree on a windy day.

Music is the global language without a lingo sans any control, geographical borders and universally loved by all. Even an unborn gets the impact of music, animals and trees too ain't uneffected from this magic.

A symphony created by all time greats like Beethoven, Mozart. Looking back at Indian mythology, Lord Krishna was a great flutist. He used to control his herd of cows by playing his flute. The great musician in early 16th century Tansen in Emperor Akbar's court, has the command on music so much so that he was able to attract the rains. Indian Maestros like Ravishanker, Zakir Hussain, Amjad Ali Khan, Bismillah Khan, Lata Mageshkar,  have global fan-following although most of them have been playing instruments which does not have any language known to a common man.

Nothing comes without practice. All these greats have devoted their life to music by non-stop practicing for hours and hours. They live with passion towards music.

Fill your void

You see a wall fully painted and decked up but you get stuck if the the wall has a lost brick in it. This is the same brick that makes the wall conspicuous even if it is a piece of marvel. 

This analogy is common in all scenarios, you drive on empty road and see a space (read void) you move towards it and that’s the reason for chaos on road. 

You have a masterpiece but the moment you see the gap (void) you start thinking why it exists, if it was left deliberately then what was the logic for the same. And you unknowingly starts assigning a reason for that. 

Same thing happens with your career: you have a seamless work profile but one gap or digression, will make you the point of attraction for interviewers, bosses and this tempts you to explore the causes that does not haunt you. Such void has become common when you have surpassed few economic turmoils in your career. The point is how to make for it. Assign a reason or engrave it.. yes, engrave it with a choice of your career - a learning some skill.

Learn today to get keep yourself employable tomorrow.

 #Learning  #Upskill  #Employable #fillyourvoidFill the coid

The best decision

Many times we think whether a decision we have taken is right or wrong.  We start questioning ourselves about the decision we have already  taken - whether it was good and bad.  However I strongly believe that any decision which is taken by the decision maker is always right in his/her perspective. A decision  is made at any time by considering the pros and cons of the given situations,  facts and opinions present.  In fact,  a dilemma is the situation created by versatile opinions, facts, past experiences of self (decision maker) and the environment surrounding him/her. Incidentally the decision which we usually take is the one which suits our heart and/or mind, where we feel most comfortable in the futuristic situation (mental simulation).

Fact of the matter is,  if  decision goes in our favor the decision-maker is termed as a leader.  If decision gives adverse or negative results then it becomes an experience or learning. A burglar deciding to lift something might be doing out of his need or fun,  is right from his perspective but it is surely unsocial and anti-system. Various wars in the past or present,  crime in the society, differences in the family,  all are driven by some decision  taken by someone somewhere.

Importantly,  our education,  upbringing,  background,  experiences contribute hugely to our decisive power. All this put together gives us the ability to decide between right or wrong. That's where humans are different than animal but the irony is we are regressively becoming an animal today.

Let's decide to remain human so that mankind can be saved.

Travel

When this word comes to mind, it relates to many thoughts such as, a journey to a lot of unknowns: an unknown area, society, people and route. First of all we should understand why we need to travel, what we are going to achieve from a travel. The very basic thought of travel is the result of mind which generates the thoughts of adventure: travel and exploring new things or areas are an adventure in itself.
Travel gives lot of direct and indirect learning to an individual. Traveler is introduced to life skills like planning, budgeting, coordination, adaptability, self-control and many more aspects of life.

A traveler on his voyage learns beyond the texts. Travel takes the traveler to the history, geography, economics, culture, traditions and beliefs, new regulations, etc. Traveler comes across various shades of life on his journey from a beggar to a petty-business owner, from never seen businesses to new society, new food, geographic areas, which could be familiar to unfamiliar depending on the places visited.

America might have been known to the world with a different name, if Columbus would not have travelled. India’s spices, culture would not have been introduced to the rest of the world if travelers like Fa-Hien, Vasco-da-Gama would not have visited India. Many countries, trades, seas, mountains might have not known to the world if Marco Polo, Tenzing Norgay and other countless travelers would not have moved out of their comfort. Religions like Buddhism, has been spread by the ancient philosophers, educators, who travelled. The famous Silk Route was known to traders and merchants who chose to travel to expand their businesses.

The inquisitiveness of the mankind has been so much grave so that Edvin Aldrin reached the moon and now trip to moon is one of the luxurious journeys. Now the next destination is Mars and there is no stopping.  

Travel has gifted today’s world lot of Oceans, Countries, Regions, Mountains, technological innovations, different perspectives, etc..

Life is a journey… and live life to the fullest!