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This post is the outcome of certain analogies that I developed while I was lying in my bed after going through numerous slides on how to save the world! Just a few days back, I was quite charged up: I got the placement after lot of struggle, people (genuine people) appreciated my efforts, I was quite energetic and ready to go! I tried a few things, but after that the pressure of subjects started. Quizzes, project reports, presentations, assignments and finally end-term exams. While I was lying there, I felt like that scientist, who just discovered a new element, but when he reached his home, his wife asked, "Tarkari laye?" which of course he forgot! This is a bad feeling. As we end our college, and become part of the new workforce, the chores of the daily life should not be such as to extract the creative juices and enthusiasm out of the soul. Here I am waiting for few hours and few days to pass so that I can go home and have some fun, those useless exams awaits me in between...

I posted the previous blog on FB. All hell broke loose. There were a few who loved it. A few who were concerned. Finally, seeking a few advises, I removed it. The process was nice, however. I chatted with my sister after many days, and it was chat between two similars: one out of whom has changed over a period of time majorly because of the harshness of the world, and the other is in a process of joining the same world and motivated enough to give the best shot to change it. During the chat, there was concern shown towards me. I was tending towards a more idealistic scenario which even I know won't exist. The same was told to me by my sister. I was not ready to accept that though. It was not convincing even though she has 8 years of HR work ex. The reason it was unconvincing was that even she believed in what I was saying: probably she only accepted that nothing much can be done to change the situation, a feeling that " ek chana kya bhaad phodega ". I am ye t to face thos...

Dear Sir Finally, even I was able to fool one company after trying to cheat other companies by giving them similar bogus answers in the interviews, showing fake interest in the organizations, telling every interviewer how great their job offering was (which was, by the way identical for all the companies) and blowing my own trumpets, which were all false by the way. Now has to pay me for all this. Though the process started on December 12th, 2010 with CV calls from , the actual interview process was from 21st of December. Whereas there were the most ordinary who got through their first pecked company within 2 hours of attending the whole Placement process, and there were certain lesser mortals who did this within 15 days, I was among the best! I was one of the longest standing candidates in the history of XLRI (an additional CV point). I took a total of 52 days to achieve the feat. I saw next to every process and I also know why is every company so great, or rather GREATEST. I am mo...

This is a blog that I read. A guy left his job and started to work on his own. He shares his good and bad experiences. I liked them, so sharing them here With Clear Presentation Design being just over a year old I thought it might be a good time to put together some of my thoughts on the good and bad aspects of running your own business. Now, while these views are my own, and based on my experiences over the last yearI would imagine that most business owners would identify to a certain degree with at least some of what I have to say here. I’ll kick things off with the “Bad” aspects so I can end with the good news - THE BAD … - 1. You do what?… oh that’s nice. The majority of people who are important to you, friends, family etc, will just not understand. Firstly, they will probably not fully understand what exactly it is that you do. This is of course fair enough, especially if you inhabit a pretty specific niche like I do. The bottom line is that people won’t understand what you do an...

What a way to bring about the fifty-first! Looked like a celebration post the fiftieth. More than a bombastic innings, this one had all the ingredients of a typical first-class test century coming form a master batsman. The pitch was hostile. The bowlers gave nothing away. The ball seamed and swung more than ever. And it was under these circumstances that the 146 was made. It required patience, grit, perseverance, calm and cool mind, top-class and every other thing that I missed out here. The ball did a lot. What was more special was that no side dominated. The bowlers were top-class. So many nicks didn't reach the slip fielders. So many balls hit the body. So many leg-before appeals. So many times saved from the skin of the teeth. But every time coming back stronger. We are in a bad habit of praising heroes who are flashy. A flamboyant innings laden with fours and sixes with a strike rate of over 120 would have gained innumerable applauses. What would have missed would be the clas...

How the hell can you feel motivated the very next day after the rejection? That is precisely what I am feeling. After the interview, in which I was royally screwed in acads, I felt great, because I didn't know acads. Preparing acads is not difficult. You just have to sit down with the books and start reading. What is difficult is to change the attitude! How do I sit with the books?! As the process is progressing, the belief that the job is a hygiene factor is only increasing. I can now empathize with Maslow and appreciate what he wrote ages ago. A good job, a well-paying job isn't a motivating factor for me. It is only a necessity, because without that, the survival would be difficult. That is the problem. In order to fulfill them, I have to let go of the things that motivate me, keeps the spark alive and makes me tick! I love them still there is a problem. Sala padhna hai . There are so many beautiful and amazing things to do than to read the academics, none of which will be a...

The placement season is going on, and the header of the topic would have indicated to you the result that I received. As great men say, "Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." I am slightly confused about that. Why do only those speak such things who are successful? After screwing up badly in an interview, I would never come up with any such statement. And if I do, it would sound like a loser's comment. The interview was horrible. I could barely answer a question. More than my own , I was worried about my college's reputation. "Creme-de-la-creme" students come here, and those students of don't know the basics of what has been taught and what is supposed to be "the best course of Asia-Pacific", there are reasons to worry. Though this experience is not a new one for me, and in general I hate giving excuses, but as soon as my interview started, I didn't get a good feeling like I did in the previous interview (I s...