Share your seat, prove your humanity

     It sounds weird and absurd to most of you, but surely it prove yourself as a complete human being. All of us including me tend to travel in a government bus with intention of rush into bus for occupying the seat. Finally many of us got seat and rest of us forced to stand till reach their destination. Very important thing is all of us paying equal amount as a bus fair. The people who sitting in a bus never have heart to lend a seat to the people who are standing till their stop comes.

As time and the world change, why our basic behavior is still stays in adamant condition? Consider other co passenger as a human being and offer a seat once you complete your half a journey and let him/her take a seat in rest of the journey. Infosys Shri.N.R.Narayanamurthy often insists that We India needs to learn a lot from western countries. In western countries people never behave in a same way as we Indian do in this regard.

Benefits of lending your seat:

1. You will gain a friend (sometimes girl friends based on your luck)

2.  It gives you a chance to prove yourself as kind heart human.

3. It gives you an unlimited satisfaction for helping others.

PS: The above said is applicable only for the travel less than 3 hours.

Rgds,

Mohanraj.G.K

Abdulkalam's message on "Not to lie"

               Our hon'ble former president Dr.A.P.J.Abdulkalam have narrated a real incident in his life about not to lie in his "An indomitable spirit" book. I just recall those lines here.

Abdulkalam's friend who was working in IISC, Bangalore had one child aged 10 was studying 3rd standard. He was insisted his child not to lie under any circumstances. One day, on school working day he brought his child to his friend's home celebration. The next day he wrote a leave letter for his child. In that letter he had mentioned that owing to unavoidable reason, my child couldn't attend yesterday's class. But his child looked her father after she read the letter and said, daddy you said I should not lie at any time. But you have mentioned in the letter saying owing to unavoidable reason I couldn't attend the class, even though I could skip your friend's home celebration and I could have attend the class. The dad was ashamed and he rewrote the letter with real reason for the leave.

If a 10 year old child can keep the moral in her life, why can't we matured people can't keep it so.

Tears were rolled down across my cheek after I read this real story in the book.

So, friends can we take an oath of not to lie in our life under any circumstance.

Rgds,

Mohan

Self improving lines from Swami Vivekandar

1 நாம் இன்று இப்படி இருக்க காரணம் நமது கடந்த கால செயல்கள். நமது எதிர்காலம் எப்படி அமையும் என்பது நமது இன்றைய செயல்களை பொறுத்ததே.

2 தன் மனத்தை அடக்க முடிந்தவனால் மற்றவர்  எல்லா மனதையும் அடக்க முடியும். 

3  நீங்கள் ஒருவரது உண்மையான குணத்தை அறிய விரும்பினால் அவரது மகத்தான காரியங்களை பார்த்து முடிவுக்கு வராதீர்கள். முட்டாள்கள் கூட சில சமயம் மகத்தான மனிதனாக மாற முடியும். ஒருவன் மிக மிக சாதாரண செயல்களை செய்யும் போது கூர்ந்து கவனியுங்கள். அவையே அவனது உண்மையான குணத்தை தெரிவிப்பவை. எந்த சூழ்நிலையிலும் யாருடைய குணம் எப்போதும் உயர்ந்ததாக இருக்கிறதோ அவனே உண்மையில் சிறந்த மனிதன்.

4  எண்ணங்களுக்கு ஏற்ப நாம் உருவாகிறோம் எனவே என்ன நினைக்கிறாய் என்பதில் எச்சரிகையாக இரு.

5 தொடர்ந்து நற்செயல்களை செய்யுங்கள். தீய விஷயங்களை அடக்க இது ஒன்று தான் வழி. திருந்தவே முடியாதவன் என்று பிறரை ஒரு போதும் குறை கூறாதீர்கள். ஏனெனில் பல பழக்கங்களின் மொத்தமான ஒரு குணத்தையே அவன் வெளிபடுத்துகிறான். இதனை புதிய தொடர்ந்த நல்ல பழக்கங்களால் மாற்ற முடியும்.

 6 ஒருவன் தீய செயல்களை செய்யும்  பொது அவன் தன் மனதை ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட அதிர்வு நிலைக்கு கொண்டு வருகிறான். அப்போது அதே அதிர்வு நிலையில் வான வெளியில் மிதந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் எண்ண அலைகளெல்லாம் அவனது மனதில் நுழைய முயல்கின்றன. இதனால் தான் தீமை புரிகிறவன் மென்மேலும் தீமை புரிகிறான் மற்றும் நன்மை செய்பவன் வான வெளியில் உள்ள நல்ல அலைகளுக்காக தன்னை திறந்து வைக்கிறான். அவனது நற்செயல்களும் உறுதி பெறுகின்றன.

7 நாம் தீயவனாக இல்லாமல் பிறரிடம் தீமை காண முடியாது.

8 தனக்கு தானே கட்டுப்பாடு உள்ளவன் மீது வெளியில் உள்ள எதுவும் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்த முடியாது.

9 உண்மையிலே நான் என்னை அடக்கினால் துயரம் ஒரு போதும் வராது.

 10 தீய எண்ணங்களும் செயல்களும் புலிகளை போல உன் மீது பாய தயாராக இருக்கின்றன. அதே போல உன் நல்ல எண்ணங்களும் செயல்களும் நூறாயிரம் தேவதைகளின் ஆற்றலுடன் உன்னை எப்போதும் நிரந்தரமாக பாதுகாக்க தயாராக உள்ளன.

11 யார் ஒருவனுக்கு இயற்கையிலேயே கூரிய அறிவாற்றல் இல்லையோ அவனுக்கு தான் பெருமளவில் உதவிகள் கொடுக்கப்பட   வேண்டும்.  ஏழை எளியவர்கள், ஒதுக்கப்பட்டவர்கள், கல்வியறிவு இல்லாதவர்கள் ஆகிய இவர்களே உனது தெய்வமாக விளங்கட்டும்.  

12 ஒழுக்கமாக இருப்பது மட்டுமே நமது லட்சியத்தின்  முடிவல்ல. மாறாக அது ஓர் லட்சியத்தை அடைய செய்யும் பாதையாக மட்டும் தான் இருக்கிறது.

13 மற்றவர்களுக்காக நாம் மேற்கொள்ளும் மிக குறைந்த அளவு உழைப்பும் கூட நமக்குள் இருக்கும் சக்தியை தட்டி எழுப்புகிறது. மற்றவர்களின் நன்மைக்காக சிறிதளவு நினைப்பதும் கூட சிங்கத்திற்கு சமமான ஆற்றலை நமது இதயத்திற்கு அளிக்கிறது. 

14 மக்கள் உன்னை புகழ்ந்தாலும் சரி இகழ்ந்தாலும் சரி; அதிர்ஷ்ட தேவதை உனக்கு அருள் புரியட்டும் (அ) அருள் புரியாமல் போகட்டும்; உன் உடல் இன்றே வீழ்ந்து போகட்டும். நீ மட்டும் உன்னை "உண்மை" எனும் பாதையிலிருந்து அணுவளவேனும் தவறி செல்லாமல் இரு. 

 15  லட்சக்கணக்கான மக்கள் பசியாலும், அறியாமையாலும் உழன்று கொண்டிருக்கும் போது, அவர்களது செலவில் கல்வி கற்று அவர்களை சிறிதும் சிந்திக்காத ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனையும் நான் துரோகி என்றே சொல்வேன்.

16 நாம் தோல்வி அடையும் பொது பிறரை குறை கூறுகிறோம். நாம் வெற்றி பெறாத அந்த கணமே நமது தோல்விக்கு இவர் தான் காரணம் என்று ஒருவரை காட்டிவிடுகிறோம். நாம் யாரும் சொந்த குற்றங்களையும், பலவீனங்களையும் ஒப்புகொள்வதில்லை . உங்கள் தவறுக்கு பிறரை பழி கூறாதீர்கள், சொந்த காலிலேயே நில்லுங்கள், முழு பொறுப்பையும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளுங்கள்.  

வாழ்த்துகளுடன்
உங்கள் நண்பன் மோகன்

Feedback session

Couple of days back, my manager has conducted a session titled “Feedback session”. Many of us do not heard this activity before. Let me tell you what the session is all about.

In the globalized corporate world, working with team is an inexplicable thing. In such a scenario, most of us unable to know what our team mates are thinking about us. Everyone has positive as well negative views on any individual. But most of the time we don’t want to let the individual person knows.

In “Feedback session” this barriers could be broken into particle as if the glass has fallen on the floor.

Pre setup before kick starts session:

1. Every person has to sit and form a circle.

2. Everyone has to write his/her name on the top of the white sheet (make sure both side should be unused)

3. Everyone has to pass his paper to the person sitting next to you and this process should be repeated to 2 or 3 times.

4. Now each of us has a different owner’s paper. Now each one should write the positive things about the person (whose name is available in top of the paper) in one side and negative things on the other side of the paper.

Pass the paper once you have done your job and ready to get next paper from the person sitting before you.This process cycle should be completed until you get your paper.

At end of this session, each of you comes to know what your team mates are thinking about you.

Significance of Feedback session:

1. Everyone can analyze his/her positive as well negative. So, we can be more cheerful about our positive and give more care on our negative to convert them into positive.

2. Some people have found some negative things with somebody else but they don’t want to spell out to him as they feel uncomfortable to do it. But through this process we can express our views about our team mates.

People I’m really came to know what my team mates are thinking about me through this activity. I personally honor my manager to brought this activity to our team.

Why you are gazing at computer now?. It’s time to start a Feedback session in your team.

Ready to know what your team mates are reckoning about you.

Rgds,

Mohanraj.G.K

Quote on Leadership

Leadership

“In everything that you do, if you want to gain respect of your men, you must be professionally better than them. You must be work harder than them. You've to stretch yourself more than them. If you ask them to work 8 hours then you must work 10 hours. If you ask them to walk 10 miles, you should walk 20. If you tell them to go without food, then you must go without food and water. Whatever you do make sure that you are better than them in quantum of efforts and competence. Whatever you do put them before you”.

                                  - Captain Gopinath, CEO of Air Deccan  

                                               (From “Simply fly” book)

"The best advice I ever got"

Recently I got an opportunity to flip through 100+ pages of the book titled “The best advice I ever got”. I would like to bring you some of the best line/advice/quote of the famous personalities those given in the book. Hope everyone will enjoy.

Here you go…

1. Satisfaction is death. We must never satisfy with what we have achieved. But continually strive to improve.

2. Be the change you want to see in the world. If I want others to follow, I must be prepared to go first.

3. There are always two paths you could travel. One is ordinary and comfortable path and another one is very challenging one. But you must always take up the later path. Because, the challenging path will take you to the destination whereas the comfortable path itself a destination.

4. Believe in the present and do justice to it. Instead of pondering over the past and trying to argument what went wrong. It is always better to concentrate on the work to be done at present and try to do the best.

5. One should strive to do one’s duty to the best of one’s ability but not worry about the result as they are never fully in one’s hand.

6. Result matters, not efforts. Hard work is nullified if not accompanied by the result.

7. Just don’t deviate from your plan of action. Continue to doing the right thing, the way you are doing now. One day the world will notice it.

8. Whichever decision will give you peace of mind and help you go to sleep peacefully is the right decision.

9. If you let others to decide for yourself, you will reach nowhere.

10. Ears have twice the surface area of the mouth. We have only one mouth against two ears. So, it is better to listen 4 times as much you speak.

11. Avoiding mistakes by observing others mistakes are most opt to keep free from sorrow.

Rgds,

Mohanraj.G.K

Reservation system in India. What need to change?.

Reservation system in India. What need to change?.

        

Couples of decades back the time India got Independence, many people were working as coolies. Especially life of the schedule caste and schedule tribal people was so obnoxious. So, Govt of India had planned to introduce “Reservation” system in educational institutions, govt jobs etc. We can’t assure all these SC and ST folks were utilized this facility. But be pretty sure some bunch of people had been well effectively absorbed this scheme and uplift their life and finally attained a decent status in the society.

Many of us aware that our Indian govt rules are flexible and can be changed at any point of time for the people’s welfare. Now in 2010 almost 64 years have been passed, still we are following the same rule, where this reservation rule affects many number of people. Am not finding any fault with SC and ST people. Yes, still too many people in these SC and ST category yet to develop and don’t had have access education. This is not only applicable just for SC and ST people. Even to other people.

IIM-A graduate also an entrepreneur from slum dwelling place Food King CEO Sarath rightly pointed about reservation is” you might be poor when you was young. When you was studied or got a job using your reservation quota, then afterwards you make your life better one and can offer many things to your children, wife, parents which your parents couldn’t offer you because of poverty. The time you developed yourself you should not let your children’s to use the reservation quota also should not get any scholarship from govt. Give a chance to other people who wish to develop”.

Govt body of India should sit and negotiate about the various aspects of changing the basic law of reservation quota. Many reserved people are getting rich more; in parallel, many non reserved people are getting poor in our country. Instead of amending reservation just based on the caste, we should take Person’s actual financial status, family member’s education as some parameters to give reservation.

Seriously am not blaming any individuals who enjoying the reservation scheme.

This is highly right time to think and stand together to make every India to get a good life. Read this blog twice a time and think of it. You will come to know what the entire things we need to change.

 

Rgds,

Mohan