Train your mind to look at the uniqueness

Sometimes in life we yearn to be like the one who we love, especially a kid who emulates his father in the early stages of life. Hence for every kid his father is the first hero in his life. But on the other hand a truly loving father would like to see his kid earn a unique name and position in this world.

Being unique doesn't mean you sway away from society, a garden has unique breed of flowers but still it is the unique collections of all such flowers makes a garden unique. You may be wondering what will you achieve after all those efforts of training your self to be unique? Its just about adding a unique flavor to the creation, hope I am clear about the significance of being unique.

To practice uniqueness you need to train your mind to see the uniqueness surrounding you in small aspects. But to be frank this world is trained to make an individual hate the uniqueness of the other individual for the reasons well known to the trainer. So if you want to train yourself to see the unique side of the world it is at your own risk.

But once you have trained your self to see the unique side of the world, you will be free from the herd mentality, a prerequisite to see how uniquely you can contribute to the world.

Can Tom enact laws for Jerry ?

We all know the famous Tom and Jerry show, and it is one the best cartoons which connects with that kid in us. It is ever struggle between Tom and Jerry each vying to put each other in trouble. There is logical solution to the problem either Tom leaves the home or the Jerry leaves home to end the never ending drama between them but life doesn't give room for the same. They are after each other's neck.

Imagine in a city where all Toms and Jerrys decide to go democratic. They hold elections, get elected and pass the laws. As Toms are in majority, they get a say in deciding what promulgates as the law. Now the situation is Tom wants to pass laws for the Jerry in the city. Ideally since Tom and Jerry have decided to go democratic and give up brow beating way of life, in one word we can say that they are on verge of being civilized and hence Jerrys shouldn't be having any problem in Toms passing laws for them. 

So is the state of democracy in the country wherein BJP wants to pass laws for minorities in the country. Ideally minorities shouldn't be having any problem with BJP passing laws for them as both have agreed to tread the path of democracy as means of living away from feudal fighting history which they share.

Now the problem is Tom while passing the law for Jerry tries to recall all the atrocities Jerry had orchestrated against it during pre-democratic period of time. And hence wants to teach a lesson for pre-democratic atrocities while framing the law for Jerry. But the Jerry knows it has edge when dealing in undemocratic environment but still clings onto the democratic process with a belief in the institutions of democracy which it can approach against the nefarious designs of the Tom.

Tom knows that it has no advantage once Jerry gives up the democratic way of life but still harasses the Jerry. It is a peculiar case of democracy wherein Tom wants to play spoil sport and hold Jerry responsible for the same.

 

Small lies

Lying is a strange phenomenon wherein we want to prove something which doesn't really has any standing when given a chance to prove itself confronted with the truth. Yet, there are lies under which we have to take shelter as the truth which the lies tries to hide can break a whole life who grew on the basis of the lie they believe.

I had a personal experience wherein fact checking certain lies can break relationship. I had a crush on a girl in my school days and expressed it to her via a social media platform. And she began sharing memes which were completely false and I as usual began fact checking her in those days. And the result was she stopped sharing them with me. I couldn't understand her behavior but when I recall the incident I could realize she wanted me to take part in her lie as a prerequisite to further the relationship which unfortunately I could not figure out. 

Lying is a skill which is like handling the double edged sword and the basic character of surviving a lie is that it doesn't get caught. But it is quite relative as lie requires a believer to gain traction. A lie becomes ineffective before two people, one who lies more than the one who he is being lied to and lie becomes ineffective before the one who transcends the lie with his truth.

A lie should be like a magic show which we resort to in order to expand our imagination limits despite knowing that it is a trick and that doesn't disturb the character of greater truth which we all have to depend upon when our basic belief system is challenged upon.

80/20 - Pareto principle

The 80/20 rule is also known as the Pareto principle or the law of the vital few, which basically means that in many events 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. The Pareto principle name came from the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who discovered the principle after realizing that approximately 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population, and he kept observing the same pattern in other different situations.

 The Pareto principle or 80/20 rule is the universal truth about the imbalance of inputs and outputs. You don’t need to create mathematical formulas, do some complex math, or understand statistics to leverage the 80/20 framework and start using it in your daily work. Let’s also keep in mind the 80% and 20% are just indicators. It’s a misconception that the numbers should always be around 80 and 20. They do not necessarily need to, these numbers are just a baseline.

The main point is to find the small things that give you the biggest results. The 80/20 rule is a guide that will help us understand typical distributions not matter what the numbers are. The point isn’t the ratio, it’s the imbalance, the inequality. The Pareto principle is not about working less and producing more, it’s more about working smarter and prioritizing the right things in order to deliver better results and value.

How to set goals based on the 80/20 Rule

1. Identify your key tasks based on your goals. What’s blocking you? Make a list of your constraints. What’s standing in the way of your priorities? Together with your team, come up with a plan to unblock. Take this opportunity to clarify the goals and visions with your cross-functional team. This is also an opportunity to collect feedback.
2. Clarify and unblock. More clarity will help you and your team have a better vision of your goals and what you need to do in order to achieve those goals. Removing impediments opens the door to more focus, keep in mind that we want to maximize the value of focusing on tasks that will give you more return.
3. Use the 80/20 framework. After you have evaluated your goals and tasks using the 80/20 framework, it’s so much easier to focus on the right things. Since you’ll be focusing on what will bring you more value, you’ll start to see the results faster. This can also be another incentive to continue to focus on what matters the most.
4. Work smarter. This should be a constant basis in our daily lives: evaluate, prioritize, focus, and continuously work. Don’t be discouraged, work smarter, and help your team to work towards their goals.

Source: https://medium.com/pm101/how-you-can-apply-the-80-20-rule-in-your-life-and-work-7d094a78e136

 

Beach tourism

India has a vast coastal line and hence houses some of the magnificent beaches in the world. Some of the famous beaches which are world renowned are situated in Andaman Nicobar islands , Kerala and Goa. When I say these beaches are world renowned so does the visit of foreign tourists to such beaches.

Some of prime destination beaches are possessed by the beach resorts and when I say beaches are possessed because according to Indian law beaches are public property, hence beaches cannot be owned by any private entity but can only be possessed by the entities.

But you know how far our people are smart enough to master hoodwinking the laws and hence have almost trick to occupy beaches and tuned them into premium spots as foreigners only visit. I had a personal experience when I visited the Kovalam beach in Kerala a few years before on an official tour to Kerala, was warned not to cross certain distance into the beach shore adjacent to resorts over there. 

Yes! Foreign tourist guest add to the exchequer of the country but giving them god status and demeaning the local population however ignorant they are about international standards makes the entire experience of the foreign guest artificial which makes entire purpose of their touring unwelcome. Experiencing the tourist place without experiencing the local population is like experiencing fire without heat.

India not the right place to establish your jungle raj

By latest India is in news for all the wrong reasons, it may be stock market crash, language row, electoral roll scam and so on. And most of the problem is related to taking spirit of the nation for granted. We have a prime minister who boasts of having a hold on the pulse of the nationhood.

But why is the brains which find pride in being cultured for centuries together just yearning for tasting the blood. These brains created doubts in crores of the people about glory of pre-independence social moments. Their lies, deceit and treachery stands defeated before the sacrifice of millions of satyagrahis.

India is definitely not the right place to establish the rule of chaos which houses spirits of devdoots. If some one is very much fond of tasting the blood of people who wish to tread the path of raj marg  they should relocate to that part of world which gives free hand to uncivilised and prove their prudence before imposing the same on the country.

Even when they shall conquer the entire mankind but India shall remain out of bounds if they tried to desecrate it with evil intentions.

Every penny saved is a penny earned

It was all blaring at the traffic signal, unable to find a way to give space for ambulance the vehicles were continuously honking. An ambulance is making noise because it is not reaching the place wherein it is supposed to be saving someone's life. Similar analogy holds good for a fire engine, a police convoy and so on.

Most of the world's problem is because of one simple reason i.e. right people are at wrong place and wrong people are at very wrong places. In simple terms people who are supposed to be behind bars are outside and people who are supposed to be outside are behind the bars.

Without going into much details on why it is so or what are its roots about, we can put our efforts in firefighting the situation. I mean to say that the fire has engulfed the world and we cannot waste our time in discussing what led to the fire and who gains from the same. But the need of moment is to devote our time in putting out the fire and in parallel save the individuals who are stuck in furnace. 

Having laxly response to the burning moment isn't going to help anyone as every effort matters and every moment counts in the eyes of the eternal. Every penny saved is a penny earned.