Nothing is wasted...Specially the Hard Work

Let me start with an important incident happened with Thomas Alva Edison, someone asked Mr. Edison that what did he gained by 23 trials of making an Electric Bulb, wasn’t it a waste of time for you? He deliberately said, No! it was not waste of time, Now I know there are 23 ways by which a Bulb Cannot be made. … Interesting Answer….Right...?

A positive note is that no effort is a waste, all efforts transforms to some lesson.

Few people are natural hard workers and never wait for results before their second effort, while some of us (I should say more of us) are looking for return on investment like a stock market. But life is not a stock market where return on investment is faster.

A popular and respected religious book Bhagwat Geeta in Hindu religion which is said to be gifted by Shri Krishna, it has clearly indicated that Do the Karma first (your task, your duties), don’t worry for results. If you worry for results, you will never do your Karma well.

I have heard people saying “Why should I Work More If I don’t get Results faster…”, true but believe me the results are not coming in a physical form or in a visible form always. The work done (hard work precisely) has following invisible results which are overlooked by many of us.

1. An experience of various things that could not be experienced without hard work

2. A knowledge of many of new technologies, people, processes that could have not been learned

3. A Perfection in our routine work, a faster work capability which cannot be gained by average worker

4. A chance of winning confidence of people around us, all of us like hard working people, why not you?

5. Above all, a capability and Brave heart to run things on our own without anyone’s help.

None of the above results are physically visible or neither of them could be achieved in a day or two, but if they are achieved, the physically benefits also come slowly but surely. In opposite to that, if physical benefits are received fast, the above given benefits have lesser chances of entering into your life.

Whenever someone works hard, he is the receiver of Direct Benefits, others get indirect benefits.
So a statement saying "Why should i give benefit to other, That's waste of my efforts" is possibly wrong, because the other person is indirect beneficiary, so the other person's gain is less anyway. If someone doesn't work hard just because other may gain it will possible harm himself than other.


Let me tell you the reality in society. I might get some criticism against that, I am prepared for it.

Big Corporate employ young Graduates from High Profile Universities. Why? Some of you would say because they want to grow their Business? True in one sense but here is the truth.
Big Corporate knows that those graduates have tremendous capabilities, if they join small companies, they will make those small into big companies and that will increase competition of corporate.

Rather they give fatty package to High university graduates and ask them to work for them in closed offices with amenities like Ac, mobiles, Bungalow, luxury trips etc.
So as a result, the person becomes addicted to that, doesn’t have to work for long hrs to get those all.

So end of the day we have a person with all Physical things but he will always lack the above 5 benefits. In absence of such 5, he will be always depended on big corporate and never be on his own.

Such physical things give a lot to your body but your soul will not be satisfied unless you do what you want to do in life.

In Small companies, People work hard, at small cost, they learn above 5 and probably more. So they become prepared to face any situation in life. In short their hard work is not wasted. The soul is satisfied, the body is tired and you get a good sleep in night.

One more example, A son of Rich person cannot fit a screw because he has never done it but a son of poor person can fit a whole machine because the hardship of his life teaches him do all his own. A son of Rich has high chances of becoming poor in absence of experience while Son of Poor has full chance of being a Rich one day because of his experience…..

Decide who is the winner in Life.. No need to answer Now.. We all know it …
have a great life ahead :-)

Put lot of hard work and it won’t be wasted at all.

Asking right questions

Do you know assumption is a killer of relations? Expectations are always difficult to fulfill unless they are clearly defined.

When we are in relation with someone (friend, father, mother, wife, siblings, kids, clients…) we start assuming something and that increase the level of expectations from receiving person. Now here is the catch, the other person if having his very strong (6^th) sense to find your expectations, he will surely meet expectations but if that is not the case (most likely) then you face a clash or frustration towards the individual. If this happens couple of times, then god only is the savior, especially when it’s the relation of love, marriage or friendship. (People cannot break blood relationship very often but other than that all relations are open for breakage)

Question comes to the mind; did we set the expectation right? Did we inform the person in advance that we are expecting this much in this time duration? If no then sorry but we were the epicenter of this entire clash that could be major if we don’t control at the beginning.

A theory of asking right question can save lot of damage. By asking a right question especially at right time is as good as pioneering a success in relations. DO NOT HASITATE TO ASK QUESTION, NO MATTER HOW STUPID IS THAT : - )

A stupid question is much better to ask then replying intelligently without objective.

Asking questions not only saves relations but it builds a base for long terms success and peace of mind. The questions could be from either end, if you are the person who wants someone to do something for you, better to ask now that “my dear, I am expecting this from you, do you think you can? When? If not why?” . It might sound illogical (certain cultures doesn’t permit it also ) if such questions are asked in blood relations but I believe it’s high time to be open in relations, no matter how close they are. Because at least you are reducing chances of hurting someone unknowingly.

You could be at receiving end, you are a son of father, brother or husband, better to ask “Can you tell me something that how we can make our relations better, What shall I do that can make you happy? Did I hurt you sometime in past?”. Try this;
Believe me you will come across something really shocking, you will know if that person was hurt some day by you or what you are doing wrong with that person.

So next step, improve and keep asking the questions.

Talking about business relations, the key to retain clients, Ask questions.
Now a days clients are not sitting close to you, you cannot just drive and reach them, so relation with them has become crucial. They asked you some project work or some product, expected a lot, you didn’t knew it and here is the clash.

Interview the client, ask them what do they expect, do they have any deadline for this? And then set expectation right, Only if you are capable to finish , tell them yes you will sure try it and if you are not, better say no.

How good are you?

How Good Area you?
When we are living a common life and busy in day to day activities, we really don’t know our value of existence. We really don’t know how precious we are to various people around us. I would like to make an effort to make you realize how good you are, that would surely make you feel special.

How good are you At Home
do you know when you are not at home, there are various eyes waiting for you to come back? Your wife, your kids, your parents, your neighbors (sometimes :-)).
If you are good to your family & friends, being calm and suggestive, helpful to them, you are favorite to them. Not only that, your family is known with your name due to your reputation. People outside call your family with your name… “oh this is Mr. X’s family, oh such a nice person Mr. X is”… “oh Mr. X made his family so strong financially…I wish I could have a son/brother/husband like him…”
Your nature of helping others and achieving fortune created a whole new environment and new name for your family….
is this true for you? Have you created such environment? Hopefully yes and if not, I am sure you will do it soon.


How good are you At Work?
sometimes we feel, Can me alone do anything for my work place? The answer is yes, one individual can do a lot than a group. Your presence at work place creates an environment and an image of your company. Your feeling about the company not only motivates you but plenty of people around you. Not only around you but people outside, clients, vendors and associates could be inspired. When you work hard, your employer is benefitted by one or other way, he makes money, if not money then a reputation, if not reputation then by earning a new client.
Your approach, your attitude towards work, your professionalism can create positivity in environment. People outside when they see you, would say… “Hey this must be a good company because Mr. X works for this company”…. “Oh that company where Mr. X works, we would love to do business with them”…. These could be the possible comments given by people outside. So see how important you are for the company you work…. The whole impression of the company, the whole business of the company is dependent on you and I am sure you know this well.
So when you come to the work place, feel like most valued personality and Work like a most responsible person.

How good are you In Society?
How healthy you are? How clean you keep outside your home? How often you help a child to cross the road or how often you offer a lift to elderly people? Have you helped a new comer in the city? All above applies to your personality. Your city, your neighborhood is rated based on your own behavior and attitude towards life. A one good help to neighbor can make the whole family or society make feel proud. .. “Oh this is a great neighborhood, great apartment, I wish if I could get a Flat in this area”… why would people say that.. Because they might have experienced your attitude when you were helping someone… “Oh such a clean city is this, I will visit again…”... Because you kept your neighborhood clean, the outside would love to visit it again.
So dear Mr.X, be a responsible citizen, love your place, love your work place and love your family. Give them the maximum you can because YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

Business but Not Just Money

I would like to compare business with a common ecology system existing in the nature since the inception of the world. The business is not just done to make money but to run an ecology system which connected everyone around us and gives livelihood to you and me.
You cannot imagine a society without a business and businessman. Three essential outcomes of a business are as follows.

1. Employment generation: every business needs manpower. When manpower joins a business, an employment is generated in society, so with one business, hundreds or thousands of people earn their livelihood.

2. Need of vendors: A business supports a business. Almost all businesses needs goods, equipments, raw material, machinery or technology to support their business and for that you need a vendor, so a vendor runs his business based on one business requirements and this is how the whole cycle runs. One supports the other and other supports another few.

3. A reason to live and chance to achieve the dreams: Think what you and me would have been doing if we would have not been employed or we would have not been in business. Our body and mind needs to be engaged at something somewhere :-) . A business gives employment or business to other and this is how money circulates in market and that money helps all of us to achieve our dreams. One wants to marry, one wants to go abroad, one wants to have home, other wants to own a car…. Blah.. blah..blah.. All is possible because we are working.

Now, earning a profit from the business is another most essential thing. You cannot think of business without some profit. A business if earns a profit, that will again put the same money back into the ecological system. He will hire more people so more employment in the market, produce more goods, supply to market and earn little more again. During that he will ask more raw materials to his vendor and that vendor will also increase his supply to business.

The last but not least, the business brings the solution of problems in day to day life. Consider the situation if the railway bookings would have not been automated or computerized? Consider if there would have been only one mobile operator or there would have been no mobiles? , or going back home, consider if there was no grocery store near your colony?
They are all businesses that brought solutions of your problems, without them life would have never been easy :-)

So consider business and businessman as a the important objects of ecological system, they run the social cycle and as a return they earn some money to run their families :-)

Me, My Time and My Goals

I would like to describe the importance of time and goals in everyone’s life.
There is a difference between a dream and a goal, the dream is a thought or unclear picture of a goal. If that unclear picture or a thought converted into tangible plan then it becomes the goal.

The vast majority of people in this world have failed to convert their dreams in to reality because of two reasons. One reason is either they have never shaped their dream into a goal or the second reason is “full of excuses” for almost everything. I cannot do it, I don’t have time, my job doesn’t permit this, I have kids, I have wife to be taken care, my parents are not well…. The list could be infinite for excuses.

So the only options remain with “excuser” is either to wait for miracle to happen for dreams coming true or just stop dreaming, because such people don’t have a right to dream.

Now coming to the Next steps for “Dreamers”, those who have converted their dreams to goals or they really wish to try at least. It’s essential to analyze how you spend your day at work or at home.

Remember “Each day should bring you closer to your goal”, a waste of time can slowly take you away from your goals.

A waste of time at work or home is very common, simple belief in all of us is “it doesn’t matter to employer if I spend few minutes here and there”. Yes employer doesn’t have to do with it but that time is of yours, few minutes here and there end up several minutes at end of the day. Sometimes hrs of wasted time will delay your goals coming to reality.

Let me describe how to waste a good time, let me chat with friends, let me check few of my mails; let me see what is new on yahoo/google/msn/….., let me see new jobs around, let me read news of the day, let me listen to music, let me see Video of friend on youtube, let me sit down with friends and discuss politics, what obama is doing today, … I am sorry I am tired of describing all but the message is “You know where you waste time, can you save it?”. No friends, no yahoo google, no youtube, no longer breaks or any other like them are going to help to build a base for making your dreams coming true. Then why.. why did you spent time with them?

Excuse No.1 for above, “I am sometimes bored of my work so I see around other things”, that’s great. If you are bored of work, I believe you are not doing the work that suits to you, leave it and find other work for you. If you are tired or frustrated, go out for a while in open air, have some juice or coffee and come back to work.

Excuse No.2 “Why should at all I have goals, I am happy where I am ”. This is most dangerous, things will not be same and it takes fraction to change the scenario. Do you have plans to tackle the change?. Make money, develop skills, own a property, go abroad, take any of the goal if you cannot think beyond it. Finally if nothing works, take a social cause, teach the under privileged, earn money to donate, help non profit organization to raise money for social cause… I think these are enough ideas to have at least one goal in your life… “you should have a goal because you are alive and you have to prove your existence in the world”

Saving of time and being sincere to your goals can bring you closer to your goals every day. If you want to go abroad, do you know what the formalities are? Do you know what skills you need? Do you know how much will you earn abroad? Have you prepared yourself for all skills and experience? If not spend time everyday and get closer to your goal.

If you tackle with excuses and if you save lot of time for you ( to work on your goals) , yes you can achieve them.

At last, I would like to describe a social factor that helps to achieve your goal. You should discuss your goal with other people; they can help you achieve it. Like Your employer, your friend, your colleague, your parents or siblings. Sometimes they criticize you for not being sincere to your goals but take it as positive criticism and stick to the goal till it’s achieved.

Good luck.