Goals
- three operating zones red, green and blue
- association with Badminton England
- studying the game of top players and putting the learnings into practice
- communication skills for work; can something be done on the Economist
Achievements
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Monday 29 September 2008
Tuesday 23 September 2008
Goals & Achivements - 22 Sep
Goals
- three operating zones red, green and blue (see fleeting thoughts blog)
- communication skills for work (see work blog)
- association with Badminton England
- 2 new areas in badminton for determination and coverting into habit (see badminton blog)
- weekly time budgeting (Mon, Tue, Wed - work focus, Thu, Fri, Sun - badminton focus, Sat - family & social circle focus, all days - family & health focus)
Achievements
- mostly in green, but am conscious abt blue. A couple of instances have been in red.
- not much done in the area of communication skills for work; the interview conducted went good. I sense lack of orgnization in my thought and oral/written communications at work or socially.
- stretching has not been upto the mark; warm up is satisfactory. Home exercise has been very rudimentary. But have made some good progress on analysing the game of top players. Should continue this together with concerted attempts to put the learnings into practice.
- time budgeting looks ok for now.
- had execueted the set objectives for family well. Need to continue on this.
- three operating zones red, green and blue (see fleeting thoughts blog)
- communication skills for work (see work blog)
- association with Badminton England
- 2 new areas in badminton for determination and coverting into habit (see badminton blog)
- weekly time budgeting (Mon, Tue, Wed - work focus, Thu, Fri, Sun - badminton focus, Sat - family & social circle focus, all days - family & health focus)
Achievements
- mostly in green, but am conscious abt blue. A couple of instances have been in red.
- not much done in the area of communication skills for work; the interview conducted went good. I sense lack of orgnization in my thought and oral/written communications at work or socially.
- stretching has not been upto the mark; warm up is satisfactory. Home exercise has been very rudimentary. But have made some good progress on analysing the game of top players. Should continue this together with concerted attempts to put the learnings into practice.
- time budgeting looks ok for now.
- had execueted the set objectives for family well. Need to continue on this.
Friday 19 September 2008
Operating Zones I am in
3 zones - Red, Green, Blue.
Red - Alert needs immediate correction and good attention
Green - Looks healthy but would be ideal to make further attempts to get into blue
Blue - Talent zone. Highly focussed. Perfect harmony. Optimum use of resources. Fully in control. Great results.
Red - Alert needs immediate correction and good attention
Green - Looks healthy but would be ideal to make further attempts to get into blue
Blue - Talent zone. Highly focussed. Perfect harmony. Optimum use of resources. Fully in control. Great results.
Focus Circles Status Check
Family - Supporting Sireesha and Disha. Spending time with them. Understanding them. Supporting parents.
Work - Communication skills, determined to do well in the next engagement.
Health - Maintaining weight, eating balanced diet. Managed finances.
Badminton - 4-6 hrs weekly. Making adjustments. Organizing tournment.
Social - Meeting people. Taking family out.
Nothing Else - Eliminated efforts on AP as a distraction.
Overall situation is in the Green zone. Attempt to get into the Blue zone.
3 zones - Red, Green, Blue.
Red - Alert needs immediate correction and good attention
Green - Looks healthy but would be ideal to make further attempts to get into blue
Blue - Talent zone. Highly focussed. Perfect harmony. Optimum use of resources. Fully in control. Great results.
Work - Communication skills, determined to do well in the next engagement.
Health - Maintaining weight, eating balanced diet. Managed finances.
Badminton - 4-6 hrs weekly. Making adjustments. Organizing tournment.
Social - Meeting people. Taking family out.
Nothing Else - Eliminated efforts on AP as a distraction.
Overall situation is in the Green zone. Attempt to get into the Blue zone.
3 zones - Red, Green, Blue.
Red - Alert needs immediate correction and good attention
Green - Looks healthy but would be ideal to make further attempts to get into blue
Blue - Talent zone. Highly focussed. Perfect harmony. Optimum use of resources. Fully in control. Great results.
Thursday 18 September 2008
Fleeting thoughts to Determined thoughts
Fleeting thoughts to become determined thoughts if they are practised or executed from at least 3 months and are to be embraced as a habit in me.
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Decision - Buy or not buy the 2 books
The two books are:
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation - John Carlin
The Independent's former South Africa bureau chief chronicles the 1995 Rugby World Cup victory that united a divided country.Carlin (White Angels, 2004, etc.) presents a revealing and entertaining insider's view of the improbable events leading to South Africa's upset triumph over New Zealand, which many believe instantly secured a peaceful future for the then-unsettled nation. The Springboks, as South Africa's team was called, may have secured the World Cup trophy, but the real hero of this stirring tale is recently elected President Nelson Mandela, who adopted the mostly Afrikaner players as his own and somehow got the predominantly black population behind them. Carlin shows that Mandela's genius for swaying hearts and minds was nothing new. Jailed since 1964 by the country's apartheid government, the African National Congress leader systematically won over his enemies, from a cruel prison warden to President P.W. Botha. By the time he was released in 1990, Mandela was a celebrated world figure and a hero to many at home. But even after his inauguration in May 1994, South Africa remained on the verge of civil war. The new president was smart enough to realize that his best chance of calming the white minority's anger and fear was by getting a united South Africa behind the celebrated Springboks, who'd been banned from the first two Rugby World Cups, in 1987 and '91, as part of an international anti-apartheid boycott. Carlin follows the events leading up to the 1995 World Cup with a knowing eye for both history and the sport of rugby. But most memorable of all is his portrait of Mandela: an inherently simple man (he rises at 4:30 a.m. every day to a breakfast of papaya, kiwi, mango, porridge and coffee) with a knack for the perfect political gesture, and the courage and conviction to pull it off.A rousing, highly readable piece of history. (Kirkus Reviews)
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles - Richard Dowden
The finest living Africa correspondent delivers, after a lifetime's close observation of the miraculous continent, a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa.Dowden has now, after 35 years on the continent, written a memoiristic history of its peoples' experiences in the wake of the European withdrawal and the superpowers' arrival. He has been present at each of the continent's major crises and writes illuminatingly about them, but he is as passionate about the warmth, wisdom and joy he has encountered in peacetime, and the diversity of habits, attitudes and purposes to which he has been Britain's best witness. His book is no less than a benchmark publication on this most misunderstood and mishandled of continents.
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation - John Carlin
The Independent's former South Africa bureau chief chronicles the 1995 Rugby World Cup victory that united a divided country.Carlin (White Angels, 2004, etc.) presents a revealing and entertaining insider's view of the improbable events leading to South Africa's upset triumph over New Zealand, which many believe instantly secured a peaceful future for the then-unsettled nation. The Springboks, as South Africa's team was called, may have secured the World Cup trophy, but the real hero of this stirring tale is recently elected President Nelson Mandela, who adopted the mostly Afrikaner players as his own and somehow got the predominantly black population behind them. Carlin shows that Mandela's genius for swaying hearts and minds was nothing new. Jailed since 1964 by the country's apartheid government, the African National Congress leader systematically won over his enemies, from a cruel prison warden to President P.W. Botha. By the time he was released in 1990, Mandela was a celebrated world figure and a hero to many at home. But even after his inauguration in May 1994, South Africa remained on the verge of civil war. The new president was smart enough to realize that his best chance of calming the white minority's anger and fear was by getting a united South Africa behind the celebrated Springboks, who'd been banned from the first two Rugby World Cups, in 1987 and '91, as part of an international anti-apartheid boycott. Carlin follows the events leading up to the 1995 World Cup with a knowing eye for both history and the sport of rugby. But most memorable of all is his portrait of Mandela: an inherently simple man (he rises at 4:30 a.m. every day to a breakfast of papaya, kiwi, mango, porridge and coffee) with a knack for the perfect political gesture, and the courage and conviction to pull it off.A rousing, highly readable piece of history. (Kirkus Reviews)
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles - Richard Dowden
The finest living Africa correspondent delivers, after a lifetime's close observation of the miraculous continent, a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa.Dowden has now, after 35 years on the continent, written a memoiristic history of its peoples' experiences in the wake of the European withdrawal and the superpowers' arrival. He has been present at each of the continent's major crises and writes illuminatingly about them, but he is as passionate about the warmth, wisdom and joy he has encountered in peacetime, and the diversity of habits, attitudes and purposes to which he has been Britain's best witness. His book is no less than a benchmark publication on this most misunderstood and mishandled of continents.
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Weekly Goals & Achievements - 15th Sep
Goals
- Stablilize settling down the family in London home
- Continue with the two responsibilities taken up in the kitchen for the family
- Reinforcing will power in tasks I do
- Analysis of the long term planning - with the books from The Economist
- Documenting the weekly goals & achievements
- Applying for OCI for Pups & Disha
Achievements
- Taken rest when I felt I needed it
- On target with the kitchen responsibilities for the family
- Eliminated thinking abt AP as of now. I need to achieve something significant before I embark on development thoughts in AP.
- Documenting the achievements for the week
- Applied for OCI
- Settling down in London home quite well. College friends and Prahllad/Shiva came to see Disha.
- Played badminton for 5-6 hours. Beat all other playmates!
- Dinners on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were from outside (Nass, Desi Flava, Salaam Namaste)
- Identified some new areas to convert to habits
- Stablilize settling down the family in London home
- Continue with the two responsibilities taken up in the kitchen for the family
- Reinforcing will power in tasks I do
- Analysis of the long term planning - with the books from The Economist
- Documenting the weekly goals & achievements
- Applying for OCI for Pups & Disha
Achievements
- Taken rest when I felt I needed it
- On target with the kitchen responsibilities for the family
- Eliminated thinking abt AP as of now. I need to achieve something significant before I embark on development thoughts in AP.
- Documenting the achievements for the week
- Applied for OCI
- Settling down in London home quite well. College friends and Prahllad/Shiva came to see Disha.
- Played badminton for 5-6 hours. Beat all other playmates!
- Dinners on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were from outside (Nass, Desi Flava, Salaam Namaste)
- Identified some new areas to convert to habits
Weekly & Daily Goals & Achievements 8 Sep 08
Goals
- Settling down the family and myself back home in London
Achievements
- Baby settled down in all the rooms
- Using the bed, car seat, strawler, rocker, bath tub comfortably
- Cold and cough have caused a little problem but coping well
- Registration with NHS and for the red book
- Kettle
- Streamlining the storage boxes in the kitchen
- Standardising the photo frames in the living room
- Executing the responsibility of washing dishes everday and cooking on Thurday's and Sunday's
- Washing takes on a average 20 min
- Cooking would take 40-60 min, so plan for these
- Actively using this blog to log all my thoughts
- Learning of the week is do not lose focus until the target is reached. A slight loss of concentration can cause the target to be missed totally. Success is measured in only boolean when it can be clearly measured.
- Settling down the family and myself back home in London
Achievements
- Baby settled down in all the rooms
- Using the bed, car seat, strawler, rocker, bath tub comfortably
- Cold and cough have caused a little problem but coping well
- Registration with NHS and for the red book
- Kettle
- Streamlining the storage boxes in the kitchen
- Standardising the photo frames in the living room
- Executing the responsibility of washing dishes everday and cooking on Thurday's and Sunday's
- Washing takes on a average 20 min
- Cooking would take 40-60 min, so plan for these
- Actively using this blog to log all my thoughts
- Learning of the week is do not lose focus until the target is reached. A slight loss of concentration can cause the target to be missed totally. Success is measured in only boolean when it can be clearly measured.
Saturday 13 September 2008
Will to change for better times!
I am feeling that the greatest resistance affecting positive development of mankind is their own will to change and progress.
Hobbies - 1
Reading and assimilating fiction and non-fiction books on regions/places of the world. For example, Africa - Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Bowden. I would like to write a similar book on Andhra Pradesh.
Collating biographies of people who have pursued their passion. For example, Ian Hibell from Brixham who cycled across all parts of the world. I would like to pursue a similar interest targeted at Andhra Pradesh.
Studying the influence of sport on mankind (my passion being sports). Promotion of badminton in Andhra Pradesh and the influence it can have on the development of the region. I would like to pursue this. Read the book - Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation.
Holiday with Shangri-la? Seems quite interesting - why not gift ourselves on one of the ocassions?
Study of Telugu movie songs - songs being best instances to apply holistic comprehension. Identify the top 3 best songs in each category? What should be the categories?
Collating biographies of people who have pursued their passion. For example, Ian Hibell from Brixham who cycled across all parts of the world. I would like to pursue a similar interest targeted at Andhra Pradesh.
Studying the influence of sport on mankind (my passion being sports). Promotion of badminton in Andhra Pradesh and the influence it can have on the development of the region. I would like to pursue this. Read the book - Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation.
Holiday with Shangri-la? Seems quite interesting - why not gift ourselves on one of the ocassions?
Study of Telugu movie songs - songs being best instances to apply holistic comprehension. Identify the top 3 best songs in each category? What should be the categories?
Friday 12 September 2008
Mera Jehan - Taare Zameen Par
Song of Taare Zameen Par
Song : Mera Jahan
A Little Sweet, A Little Sour
A Little Close Not Too Far
All I Need, All I Need
All I Need Is To Be Free
(Repeat)
Chhoo Loon Main
Itna Kareeb
Chal Padun
To Kitne Door
A Little Sweet, A Little Sour...
Chhoo Loon Main Itna Kareeb
Chal Padun To Kitne Door
Sapna Ka Buna Sweater Sa Warm
Safed Baadalon Ke Paar
Mera Jahan
Let Me In Without A Shout
Le Me In I Have A Doubt
Let Me In Without A Shout
Let Me In I Have A Doubt
There Are More,Many More
Many Many Many More Like Me
Akela Nahin Main
Khuli Aankhon Se Neend Mein Chalta
Girta Zyada Kam Sambhalta
Akela Nahin Main
Khuli Aankhon Se Neend Mein Chalta
Girta Zyada Kam Sambhalta
Phir Bhi Na Koi Shaq Na Subha
Nikalega Phir Se Sooraj Jo Dooba
Hairat Ho Sabko Aisa
Ajooba Hai Mera Jahan
Open Eyed How I Run
How I Run To The Other Side
Open Eyed How I Run
How I Run To The Other Side
Then I Glide Like A Bird
I Just Want To Be
Udne Ko Sau Pankh Diye Hai
Chadme Ko Khula Aasmaan
Udne Ko Sau Pankh Diye Hai
Chadme Ko Khula Aasmaan
Mudne Ko Hai Karwat Karwat
Aur Badhne Ko Mera Jahan
Bachpan Ke Din Chaar
Na Aayenge Baar Baar
Jee Le Jee Le Mere Yaar
Jeib Khaali To Udhaar
Jee Zindagi
Song : Mera Jahan
A Little Sweet, A Little Sour
A Little Close Not Too Far
All I Need, All I Need
All I Need Is To Be Free
(Repeat)
Chhoo Loon Main
Itna Kareeb
Chal Padun
To Kitne Door
A Little Sweet, A Little Sour...
Chhoo Loon Main Itna Kareeb
Chal Padun To Kitne Door
Sapna Ka Buna Sweater Sa Warm
Safed Baadalon Ke Paar
Mera Jahan
Let Me In Without A Shout
Le Me In I Have A Doubt
Let Me In Without A Shout
Let Me In I Have A Doubt
There Are More,Many More
Many Many Many More Like Me
Akela Nahin Main
Khuli Aankhon Se Neend Mein Chalta
Girta Zyada Kam Sambhalta
Akela Nahin Main
Khuli Aankhon Se Neend Mein Chalta
Girta Zyada Kam Sambhalta
Phir Bhi Na Koi Shaq Na Subha
Nikalega Phir Se Sooraj Jo Dooba
Hairat Ho Sabko Aisa
Ajooba Hai Mera Jahan
Open Eyed How I Run
How I Run To The Other Side
Open Eyed How I Run
How I Run To The Other Side
Then I Glide Like A Bird
I Just Want To Be
Udne Ko Sau Pankh Diye Hai
Chadme Ko Khula Aasmaan
Udne Ko Sau Pankh Diye Hai
Chadme Ko Khula Aasmaan
Mudne Ko Hai Karwat Karwat
Aur Badhne Ko Mera Jahan
Bachpan Ke Din Chaar
Na Aayenge Baar Baar
Jee Le Jee Le Mere Yaar
Jeib Khaali To Udhaar
Jee Zindagi
Next engagement - long term?
My next engagement should be planned to be a long term one that will cover my medium term goals of 2-3 years. And I should apply all my learnings especially those in the last 2-3 years here.
A few things that may interfere with this plan of mine are:
- Proximity of the workplace to our home
- Opportunities and diversions of contracting
- Interest level in the kind of engagement
A few things that may interfere with this plan of mine are:
- Proximity of the workplace to our home
- Opportunities and diversions of contracting
- Interest level in the kind of engagement
IT Asset Consilidation - 1
I am sure that in the wake of IT revolution there had been a proliferation in IT investments in response to market forces be it from the business environment or the technology environment. This was especially true during the internet boom days and SOA boom days. Other technology developments that required investments have been in the areas of integration backbones, ESBs, BIs, portals, tools, legacy system modernization (web enabling, etc), BPMs, etc. (Action: Prepare a comprehensive list and consolidate). Also the business environment has required some IT investments - Disaster Recovery, ERP packages, regulatory changes (utility industry deregulation, faster payements), cost rationalisation via outsourcing, new markets on the web, etc.
With these fluid forces influeincing the financial objectives of an enterprise it is highly important to firstly to understand the existing and future IT investments underpinning the current and future business goals (current efficiency of business operations and preparedness for the future business strategy and change). Secondly classify the assets into a list of useful categories/views to enable to give the necessary insight and confidence into what we are doing and also enable us to make appropriate sound decisions on the future of the IT investments. (Action : Prepare a list of useful categories. Which is the best view - applications, OSI stack, business units, business process?).
Large organizations would have made huge IT investments and would invariably have a compelling business case for consolidating their assets. (Action : Why can't we make use of the BT proposal on asset consolidation to other similar large organizations who would be interested such an initiative? Not all these kind of deals can be fulfilled by Accenture alone!)
With these fluid forces influeincing the financial objectives of an enterprise it is highly important to firstly to understand the existing and future IT investments underpinning the current and future business goals (current efficiency of business operations and preparedness for the future business strategy and change). Secondly classify the assets into a list of useful categories/views to enable to give the necessary insight and confidence into what we are doing and also enable us to make appropriate sound decisions on the future of the IT investments. (Action : Prepare a list of useful categories. Which is the best view - applications, OSI stack, business units, business process?).
Large organizations would have made huge IT investments and would invariably have a compelling business case for consolidating their assets. (Action : Why can't we make use of the BT proposal on asset consolidation to other similar large organizations who would be interested such an initiative? Not all these kind of deals can be fulfilled by Accenture alone!)
Dream thread...
Close the obligatory financial situation in 2-3 years. Work/Live/Travel in France/Spain and learn French and Spanish before embarking on MBA or entreprepuership or normal routine job! Sounds cool!
Contribution in the Family focus circle
Keeping home clean and tidy
Washing dishes
Cooking on Thursday and Sunday
Quality time with Disha - introducing new things and training on them
Anyways other supporting activities!
Washing dishes
Cooking on Thursday and Sunday
Quality time with Disha - introducing new things and training on them
Anyways other supporting activities!
Indra Nooyi's mantras for success
Thursday 11 September 2008
Habitual Activities for Focus Circles
It'd be a good idea to do some regular activities within each of the focus circles so that the promise I have made for them are satisfactorily fulfilled and would make and keep me happy.
Some of the activities I have come across that if embedded into my habit could prove very fruitful are - give Sireesha Thursday and Sunday off from the kitchen; do all the activities of the kitchen for her including dish washing and making the three meals of the day. I am having a planned menu for these two days for 2008. Thurday - upma for breakfast and green leafy vegetable based item for curry (spinach, methi). Sunday - Rava dosa for breakfast and Thai curry for curry. These activities should reflect my care for Sireesha. How abt a montly cinema evening for the ladies?
For Disha some of the activities that I can think of are - taking her out to the park once a week, taking for a stroll in Beeches, weekend snaps for first 5 years, giving her new gifts or new things in the mornings, etc. More thought needed!
Family circle seems to be covered. What abt the other circles?
Some of the activities I have come across that if embedded into my habit could prove very fruitful are - give Sireesha Thursday and Sunday off from the kitchen; do all the activities of the kitchen for her including dish washing and making the three meals of the day. I am having a planned menu for these two days for 2008. Thurday - upma for breakfast and green leafy vegetable based item for curry (spinach, methi). Sunday - Rava dosa for breakfast and Thai curry for curry. These activities should reflect my care for Sireesha. How abt a montly cinema evening for the ladies?
For Disha some of the activities that I can think of are - taking her out to the park once a week, taking for a stroll in Beeches, weekend snaps for first 5 years, giving her new gifts or new things in the mornings, etc. More thought needed!
Family circle seems to be covered. What abt the other circles?
Monday 1 September 2008
Continuous Improvements - 1
2 hrs in focus circles - mornings
Board, pen
Complete responsibility for my composure & balance under any circumstance; every event is a challenge??
Elasticity, rythm, balance
Breathing - strength, composure and concentration
Board, pen
Complete responsibility for my composure & balance under any circumstance; every event is a challenge??
Elasticity, rythm, balance
Breathing - strength, composure and concentration
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