I’m loving it !

Nice episode of “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’ll champs”
Followed by few Sitafals :-)
Few great games of FreeCell (It was 11^th win in a row :-) )
Low temperatures outside (Yuh, that’s start of winter here)
Inside, even with fan on, a bit warm breeze making me remember of one of the evenings during those early days of summer in Nagpur.
"Tuu bin baataayee, muzhe lee chal kaahin" (Raang dee basanti), just got over.
The mood is all set !
And that old cassette starts with Gulzar’s great voice followed by “Dil dhundta haai, firr waahi, fursaat kee ….”
Writing/reading/commenting blogs in the night at 1’o clock.
Not even thinking about tomorrow …

I’m loving it !!!!!!!!

(I’m back after a bit long holiday!)

Still searching …

Few days back, read an interview of “Shreyas Talpade” in Sakaal. He has really done well in his short stint in BollyWood. He has acted really well in “Iqbaal”. His new film, “Dor”, is Nagesh Kukunoor’s new movie. Just like his other films, I hope this one to be good too.

Coming back to the interview, Shreyas, like many other new comers, mentioned that he has no “GodFather” in his area of work. And so he is expecting viewers to appreciate his work and keep on giving him their support and appreciation.

All the best Shreyas!

Now tell me one thing, how many times in life you faced a situation where, even after putting all your honest efforts, you fail to get proper recognition?

You end up solving really tough problems. Problems where no one had any clue, even when they are considered to be THE domain experts and you solve the problem as if you were working in that area for years? And you still do not get proper reward!!! You keep on trying to give your best, still no one notice it or may be, do not want to notice it!

I know many of you must have faced this kind of situation in your life for more than once.

There can be many reasons for you not getting the real reward. Some times, the higher authority do not want to recognize your efforts, because they either do not want you to grow as they see you as threat for them or they have some one else who is more dear than you and you can be a possible threat for him/her.

From my personal experiences, I have learned one thing. If you want to grow, you have to have a GodFather who can support you in your difficult times and who can give you the proper rewards when you are right! A guide, to show you the path of success and progress and has powers to protect your interests.

Here I am not talking about the unfair kind of GodFathers, who only see how much useful you are to them and not your work. Because with this kind of people, you may end up doing things just to keep yourself in their good books, for example, opening car door for them, even when you were forced to wait for a long time for them!

And then there are those bluff masters who end up pleasing some good authority figure by their bluff. And they get a GodFather who is fool enough not to understand the bluff.

I know many who are really good and brilliant, but just because they could never do any bluff or could not open the car doors, are still waiting to see the real success in their life, in their career. Let’s hope all such folks will get their GodFather and help them to get everything they deserve and lead them on a path of success, before it’s too late…

Bluff master!

You must have come across many individuals who have limited talent related to the work they are expected to do. But the amount of manipulative powers they posses is so huge that they end up creating an illusion, where others start thinking that these individuals are really brilliant and extraordinary and are doing some very good stuff.

I have seen many talented folks getting fooled by such individuals. Some times, the pressure these folks create is so much that, it forces higher authorities to just let them go with high rewards, even when their contribution is actually close to zero or very minimal.

I just fail to understand as to why can’t people detect the games they play?

On the other hand, I have seen some really talented individuals working hard and proving their worth at each available opportunity, still end up getting absolutely nothing.

How come there is so much disparity when it comes to giving credit. How come only few individuals, having good contacts with higher authority get all the good things?

Few characteristic by which you can spot these crooks are:

1. They always agree with their boss, especially in public. (Generally in private conversation, they make fun of just everyone.)

2. They will not let go any opportunity to make everyone else feel that the work they do is absolutely crap.

3. They will do everything possible to stop all those who they think can come in their growth path. One common practice they follow is to keep on finding flaws in the other person’s work and try to highlight that in front of others. The second strategy is generally to keep on praising some one else for some similar kind of work so that focus is shifted from their competitor to some one else, who they know how to control.

4. With every available opportunity, praise their own work, even if they have actually taken some one else’s help in completing everything.

Basically just keep on creating issues and attracting other’s attention to them. And with all this, these folks actually succeed in their plans very well. I don’t get the reason behind higher authorities’ failure to notice this behavior???

Do they get afraid to act against these individuals thinking that they can potentially spoil others? Or they are just so DUMB that they fail to understand the bluff?

If the first reason is true, then I want to tell them that by not acting against such individuals, they are killing the real talent! At the same time, they are creating a brigade of bluff masters who can not contribute to the growth of their group/organization.

And if the second case is true, then I would like to request the real talent to understand this situation and move on in life rather than working with DUMB higher authority. I hope such DUMB higher authority is not a “Universal Phenomenon”, because I know about bluff masters and their widespread existence!