Showing posts with label Motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motivation. Show all posts

Monday, December 03, 2007

Together they inspired me

Inspiration in artistic composition refers to an irrational and unconscious burst of creativity. Literally, the word means "breathed upon".

I am sure all of us get inspired by something or the other. I have seen an artwork in my office cafeteria. It had a small statement that the art is an inspiration of desert sand pattern.

I have come across people who are inspirations for others. These people are self motivating and they try to do something different for what ever reasons.

This works well if they have like minded members tagging along with them. Then the inspiration takes a shape into action.

One of my college, I had heard of him before he started working with me. This chap keeps writing of what ever he comes across. In fact he goes to the level of writing a blog about the damages made by his manager. Not sure to call it as guts, but to look things in a positive sprit it’s an incident that looked funny to him.

I got inspired on his writings and started writing blogs. Lol, day by day I started writing more and assume it has improved. This chap is always there to comment on them.

This is another incident that happened in my office.
Some of my colleges who were young and energetic had always wanting to do something. Because they were a group and were living almost together they do all crazy things. Some of the crazy moments that I remember.

• They all will remove their moustache for a week
• They will all have their hair done
• They will grow French beard for a while

Perhaps there is a leader who decides what they should be doing differently for the following week.

The ultimate was coming to work wearing tie to office. There is nothing shocking if everyone is wearing a tie but unfortunately my client office is not strict in mandating any business attire.

You know what happened, even the customer them selves were wondering if they have missed something.

One of my colleague went back home to get himself dressed with a tie. Poor chap did not know the reason why people are dressed so.

Thought this can be called crazy but most of us were inspired by it. As many joined in this tie club even the boss has to accept to the group formality and was forced to join the tie club. I joined the tie club last week. To be honest it was nice to be dressed this way. Not sure if everyone in the club were inspired, I was definitely and perhaps assume others were motivated

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

O! I am in a Big Worry

O! I am in a big worry that is what I always think about myself. I worry for anything and everything like say for example:

My daughter is just two years old but she has lost her canine teeth so I am in a worry!

My boss has got a promotion that makes me worry - worry because you don’t know how the new boss is going to deal with things and particularly me!

My friend has bought a big car, I am in a worry because his company is paying more for the less work he does than me!

My client manager does not take any decision and sits like a dumb ass! - That worries me a lot

I got worry my wife with all these and she gets worried because of me.

O - holy god, Why should I be worrying so much when I don’t have to worry for things that are beyond my control ?

So, I went to a swamiji seeking his advice. You know, he told me a small story

He came across a prince who has lost his Kingdom, He had to live in forest with his wife and brother, his wife was kidnapped by someone - With this much told he asked me if I am in such a pathetic situation?

I said - definitely not this bad! – He said Ok Good to hear that by the way do you know who was that? I said no – He said the prince was later known as King Rama – King of Ayodhya.

He started again: You know, here is another chap he came across who promised that he will never lie and just keep his promise he ended up loosing his Kingdom, his wife became a slave, he son died and he worked in a cemetery

He then questioned me if I have any such worries – I said nop, not at all, I said they are not worries but more a pain to pass through

He said O’ is it so? How do you compare your worries with these? When compared with it, mine seems to be simple.

So you got the answer!

I said yes, I understand that this is simple when compared with these but my worries are bigger for me and why should I compare with these?

He said, yes, that’s the message, you just stop comparing yourself or events associated to you with others.

You worry because you compare events associated to you with everything else and when you can compare all things why not compare your worry as well?

As long as you don’t compare you will not have worries because you do not have the power to change certain things and the best is to accept such things.

After all everything has to change and this will also change hopefully for good.