Young Directors……..Wise CEO’s

 

A family enterprise that’s functional for over 3 decades and knows the business like the back of the hand at times turns so cautious, calculated and overtly watchful; they miss opportunities and the big picture – Growth!

Failures in the past only become a block. Diversification & Expansion plans take a back seat, purely due to the loss in confidence of taking new risks. Excuse – We are a 3o year old company and we know what works.

Let loose a young entrepreneur with an education in management. Life is all about passion, ambitions and explorations. The young brain is brewing with ideas and concepts. Someone sees business as a 30 year old experienced company with young wings. Talents reshuffled, drawing board witnesses’ constant changes. The organization is going through a makeover.

While the young gun is at his boyish best of growing overnight, a wise Founder/CEO should smartly let him take the risk, while he works on risk management & contingency plans. This turns into a magical combination. While the organization is poised for growth, the young guns are fluttering their wings to reach the pinnacle of success; the wise & experienced team is ensuring they are safe guarded with all the necessary tools & ammunition.

If you look back and analyze; only companies that have let the young guns fly, with the experienced bazookas waiting to support in case of warnings have triumphed in this world of cut throat competition.

A flourishing enterprise is generally Energetically Experienced!

Life is the biggest prankster

Life is the biggest prankster
Gives you love and builds hatred
Introduces friends and welcomes foes
Develops Faith and leaves the rest on Fate
And then there are needs and wants, for survival and misery
There is hope and a prayer
There is a path and a barrier
The Will is not willing
Love is not loving
The lips and its curves, can make you smile, frown or smirk
There is no speech in communication.
There is no eye in far sight
The eye can smile and it can cry
Relations many..relating to very few.
There is passion, but no money
Where there is money there is fission.
Fool life, soften your heart and train yourself to say " there's always another chance"
Life is the biggest prankster, play pranks with it.

I am strong....

I am strong..I dont need nobody
Like the bird on its first flight,
I dnt need nobody to hold me tight.

Set me free, lemme fly my dreams
Cut thru all the barriers, strong as a warrior,
Dnt hold me tight, Just lemme go

Fly with pride, spread my wings with peace and joy
I look brave, I am kinda coy, yet not scared,
I dnt need nobody to hold me tight.

Beyond the horizon, lies my treasure,
My love, my peace, my worldly pleasure,
Fighting the evil, the devil within me
Lemme go..lemme go..lemme go...to the world that enriches me.

Walking every mile...just to see you smile

There’s more to love,than living together;

And pillow fights with one another.

The morning cuppa tea;

The struggle to get debt free.

Walking every mile;

Just to see you smile.

Destiny may keep us apart;

Only for love to grow in our hearts.

I’ll keep nagging you,

Wheneva u r out late night.

I’ll keep calling you,

Wheneva we have had a fight.

Comfort you baby,

When you are in a shock, with fright

I may not be with you,

But my love will always make you smile.

.....walking every mile.....just to see you smile

November Rain

Like the sun parched desert,

In the middle of nowhere,

The destiny so away
And the time flying by

See the birds up the trees
Nestling their new born child

I craveeeeeeee for the warmth
And the strong arms to hold me tight.....

And thereeeeeeeee I feel the touch, I feel the touch
The kiss on my lips....the kiss on my lips....aaaand my head’s swayingggg......yay..

And thereeeeeeee I feel the drop,
Its rainin..its rainin...its rainin....yay

Ohhhh.....November rain..
Over the ocean, the mountain and the plainnnnnnnnn....

I feel it..I feel it... I feeeeeeeel it
The deserts wet again....

November Rain.....

Touching Lives

Wow! Yet another challenging day and meeting another few hundred first time faces. Right from a pan handler to the driver at the traffic light, the store keeper at a grocery and to the CEO and to a customer.

Expressions, body language, interactions and sometimes just a friendly smile. Attitude, respect, knowledge. You get to pick up one or more of these in our everyday lives.

Networking sites are a wonderful medium for interactions and I have had the privilege of getting introduced to some very wonderful individuals.

The other day, I took a rickshaw back home. In a few minutes, the driver & I got chatty. Our conversations though were limited to inflation and inflation hit this man really hard. A father of two, a son of ailing parents, a cancer diagnosed wife and two rented rickshaws (the owner would give a rickshaw for only 8hrs) were the factors that forced the driver start his day at 5.30AM and end at 12.00AM with in between visits to his shanty to check on his folks. He managed to make Rs.1500 a day of which Rs. 400 would go as rent to the Rickshaw owners, Rs.100 to a local municipal goon as protection money. Rs.500 towards medicine, Rs 100 for his children.

The driver yet smiled and laughed at his state of affairs...he coined it "Karma". He continued, "this is my duty, if I don't this for my family, who will? My customers are my god; it’s for them that I am able to take care of my family. Everybody has some stress or the other, it depends on individual how big or small they make that"

I was moved. Very foolishly, offered financial help only to have the offer turned down.

I paid the fare for the travel and got off. Something hit me, hit me hard. A man with the world crashing down, has just refused to give up hard work, honesty and the best ever smiling.

Folks, I realize it is easier said than done, however, whenever you think you are encountering a bad patch, just think of this rickshaw driver, hopefully your problems are not really bad.

Continue to fight, learn, pray and never forget to SMILE.

Go Green!!!

In the last few months, especially with the heat on Global Warming hitting high temperatures, followed by Summits, seminars and conferences, directed me to explore, how we as global citizens can help in cooling this.
The coincidence of being associated with an Energy & Infrastructure company, encouraged me to deep dive into the possibilites of engaging alternative/renewable energy for our daily electricity needs. During my research, I realized, 50% of the total energy consumed by a household in India is a criminal waste. The kissing proximity of two buildings ensures very little passage for natural light during the day and most commercial establishments have lights switched "on" 24*7.
Wastage of water, right from cleaning of dishes to self. Axing of trees to usage of plastic bags is extremely concerning.

Development is being misued, with construction activities eating into the forest areas. We are taking away the homes of the wild. Extinction is not a process but a folly of we humans.

I would like to leave it here for you to think, and share how we all can help ourselves live a better and healthy life without causing anymore damage to nature.