My Reflections , My insights

  Discovery During a visit to the NASA space centre in 1962, President John F. Kennedy noticed a janitor carrying a broom. He interrupted his tour, walked over to the man, and said, "Hi, I'm John Kennedy. What are you doing?" "Well, Mr. President," the janitor responded, "I'm helping put a man on the moon." To most people, this janitor was cleaning the building. But he was helping to make history. This is the power of a leader who provides purpose to all the people around them; He radiates the mission/vision to people around them.              The most misused and overused word in our corporate industry is Leader . People casually use the Leader and Manager interchangeably. But there is a     difference, although both have their importance and needs.   As a Manager, you are nominated or appointed by the corporate or Authority for some task or assignment; he gets Authority by title bestowed upon him...

  I want to see chips flying There was a woodcutter who was very sincere and hardworking. He used to make his living by cutting wood and selling across. He was happy with his work, and life was going on. One day a businessman came across and liked his work; he said, “I would give you double of what you earn, come and work with me. “             Seeing the double salary, he happily started working for him. Woodcutter gave the axe and asked him to cut the wood from the round end of an axe (from the other blunt side). The woodcutter was puzzled, but he didn’t think much as he thought he was getting a double salary, so why bother.             Continuing with the same work, day by day; eventually, he got fed up with his work. He quit the job; the businessman asked why so, as he is getting a double salary, why bother. He said, “ he loved seeing the chips fly. I want challen...

  When it matters most I distinctly remember that beautiful, sunny Sunday morning; the cool breeze was blowing across the lush green ground of Wiltshire county cricket club in the UK when I was in   UK Swindon and was participating in corporate cricket league    Finals.     Although I may not look like one, I was a decent medium-paced bowler when I was there. I had a pretty good season and was the highest wicket-taker. Captain trusted me and handed over the ball to me to start the innings.   Excited and confidently, I took the usual run up and came down the pitch, bowled the batsman, and immediately looked curiously towards the Umpire. He expectedly brought his finger UP, and slowly unexpectedly, he brought another one; the ball went out of the boundary for a six. And the same treatment was given to my 2 nd ball as well. I failed to deliver when it mattered most.   It may sound familiar, as we had seen with teams like South Africa / England...

  Getting the World Right                A man was reading a newspaper on a Sunday morning. He was leisurely sitting beside the window where the sunlight was coming making him enjoy the experience. He was so engrossed that he could not pay attention to his little daughter, who insisted on him playing along with her.                As he was in the middle of paper reading and wanted to complete it. Still, at the same time, his daughter insisted on playing. To buy some time, he saw a newspaper ad with a world map of a courier company. He tore the paper into several pieces and told his daughter to arrange and solve that jigsaw puzzle.                He thought he got enough time now to finish his paper, but within 10 minutes, his daughter solved the puzzle and insisted him...

  Who’s Packing your Parachute   Charles Plumb was a US Navy Jet Pilot in Vietnam. After several combat missions, one day, his plane was destroyed by a Surface to air missile. Plumb Ejected and parachuted in the enemy's hands, and after six years of captivity, he was released. He shared his experiences. “…. I was a Fighter Pilot, and he was just a sailor.”                One day When Plumb and his was sitting in a restaurant, a man came to their table and said, “You ‘re Plumb, whose aircraft Kitty Hawk was shot down. “                “How on the earth do you know this?” Asked Plumb “I packed your parachute.” the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, “I guess it worked !!!”. Plumb assured him, “It sure did; if your chute hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be here today.”    ...

  Believe in your idea Are you ready to take the next step or responsibility? Things will happen when they are supposed to happen, things take time. Like if you join  Gym, and want to be fit, this will not happen in a day or two, you have to start from basics, and increase your core strength & then move towards complex exercises and in few months you will see benefits. We   look for instantaneous results, we need to keep trying if we believe that this is good and as an idea, I want to pursue the same. Same as you started meditating, you will not receive enlightenment or peace as you are expecting on day one, when you become hardened via practice you will achieve that state. Things happen gradually with proper practice, experience, and hard work. In Hindi, we say it as “Tapasya”. Fred Smith was studying at Yale University in 1965, he wrote a paper exploring transportation methods in the US. He came up with an idea which was efficient and could do over the ...