This is the speech made by Steve Jobs on june 15th 2005 at Stanford University.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html
There is no hurry in life.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Monday, November 14, 2005
Shark in your Tank !!
I was out of town for a few days and just returned back. I have observed many a times that when you are outside your regular routine you can analyse many problems and challenges that you face and get lots of idea to solve these problems. So after my few days escapade i had com back with much energy and look what came in mail today. This makes me firmly believe that
" when the student is ready The Teacher appears"
The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the Fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price.
So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little hashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference, because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The Shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged.
As soon as you reach your goals, such as finding a wonderful mate and getting married, starting a successful company, paying off your debts or whatever, you might lose your passion. You feel that you don't need to work so hard so you relax.
Like the Japanese fish problem, the best solution is simple. It was observed by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950's. "Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment." The Benefits of a Challenge: The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a good problem. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are happy. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun. You are alive!
Recommendations: Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game. If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help. Don't create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.
Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price.
So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little hashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference, because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The Shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged.
As soon as you reach your goals, such as finding a wonderful mate and getting married, starting a successful company, paying off your debts or whatever, you might lose your passion. You feel that you don't need to work so hard so you relax.
Like the Japanese fish problem, the best solution is simple. It was observed by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950's. "Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment." The Benefits of a Challenge: The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a good problem. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are happy. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun. You are alive!
Recommendations: Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game. If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help. Don't create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.
Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Reality Bites
Top Ten Things To Remember For Bringing Change
1) Practise what you Preach.
2) Start at the earliest.
3) Be ready to face the music.
4) There is no easy way but there are smart ways.
5) There are more than one way to do it.
6) Be sure of what you do.
7) Never put hold on things if you don't like it but sort it out
8) Have a do or die attitude
9) Some people always get hurt and you are not responsible
10) Practise what you have preached.
1) Practise what you Preach.
2) Start at the earliest.
3) Be ready to face the music.
4) There is no easy way but there are smart ways.
5) There are more than one way to do it.
6) Be sure of what you do.
7) Never put hold on things if you don't like it but sort it out
8) Have a do or die attitude
9) Some people always get hurt and you are not responsible
10) Practise what you have preached.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Perceptions
Having a different point of view is always so nice if you have the mind to accept others thoughts and ideas. Until recently i was of the opinion that India should have had an armed revolution to get its freedom and only then would we appreciate the freedom. I was talking with my Uncle last sunday and this topic came for discussion. His point of view was this. India being an agrarian society didnt have the people skill for an armed revolution and the mass disobedience usually called as ahimsa was the best strategy to adopt. Point well taken. Analysing again I was thinking werent there enough soilders in the pre-East India company India ? Yes but then only after beating those fellows did East India company become such a super power in India. My heart still bleeds for the valiant heros who fought with arms and believed in an armed revolution. Finally being a student of Strategy i would conclude that the leadership and charisma of Gandhi suceeded in pulling more people for the ahimsa strategy of mass disobediance and not the strategy of armed revolution strategy of Subash Chandra Bose.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Y Plan
Thinking back to the time in college when we had no plan, everything was done spontaneously and life was so much better, I wonder why it is not the same now?
I have now come to understand the need for planning. Not that the MBA classes have not taught me anything about planning and i have been suddenly enlightened but running around same problems, trying to solve them each time they re appear has made me think over again.
Take this case why planning has got to me. Solving a problem and finding a solution is not all it takes, most often without planning we endup changing the implementation so many time that change itself becomes boring. So from now on i am going to make a plan, plan B and upto Plan Y before implementing anything.
Heard Microsoft is Going LIVE?
What where they till now?
I have now come to understand the need for planning. Not that the MBA classes have not taught me anything about planning and i have been suddenly enlightened but running around same problems, trying to solve them each time they re appear has made me think over again.
Take this case why planning has got to me. Solving a problem and finding a solution is not all it takes, most often without planning we endup changing the implementation so many time that change itself becomes boring. So from now on i am going to make a plan, plan B and upto Plan Y before implementing anything.
Heard Microsoft is Going LIVE?
What where they till now?
Friday, November 04, 2005
Bekal Fort
Yesterday i went to Bekal Fort, a tourist location near my place. My cousine brother had come from Bangalore along with his family and we went for a picnic there. I tried in vain to send a message in a bottle from the sea shore there. The sea washed the bottle ashore as soon as i threw it. Anyway i will still try the next time.
Diwali was fun. Lots of goodies to eat, visited lot of relatives, and enjoyed some fireworks.
Diwali was fun. Lots of goodies to eat, visited lot of relatives, and enjoyed some fireworks.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Happy Diwali
ok ok I did slip up on my vow to post everyday. Next time if the broadband gives up on me i will definitly go to a internet cafe and make the post.
Its Diwali and i am in Sivakasi (Little Japan) the worlds firecracker shop. Going to celebrate it to the max.
Interesting there is so much to Diwali.
One very interesting story about this Diwali day is from Kathopanishad of a small boy called Nichiketa who believed that Yam, the god of Death was as black as the dark night of amavasya. But when he met Yam in person he was puzzled seeing Yam's calm countenance and dignified stature. Yam explained to Nichiketa on this Diwali day of amavasya that by only passing through the darkness of death, man sees the light of highest wisdom and then only his soul can escape from the bondage of his mortal frame to mingle with the Supreme Power without whose will not an at ton moves in the world. And then Nichiketa realised the importance of worldly life and significance of death. Nichiketa's all doubts were set at rest and he whole-heartedly participated in Diwali celebrations.
Its Diwali and i am in Sivakasi (Little Japan) the worlds firecracker shop. Going to celebrate it to the max.
Interesting there is so much to Diwali.
One very interesting story about this Diwali day is from Kathopanishad of a small boy called Nichiketa who believed that Yam, the god of Death was as black as the dark night of amavasya. But when he met Yam in person he was puzzled seeing Yam's calm countenance and dignified stature. Yam explained to Nichiketa on this Diwali day of amavasya that by only passing through the darkness of death, man sees the light of highest wisdom and then only his soul can escape from the bondage of his mortal frame to mingle with the Supreme Power without whose will not an at ton moves in the world. And then Nichiketa realised the importance of worldly life and significance of death. Nichiketa's all doubts were set at rest and he whole-heartedly participated in Diwali celebrations.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Serendipity
I was looking for a guideline for my efforts to bring change in my company and like the saying goes " when the student is ready the teacher appears" the rss feed from How to save the world came up. Hope to make good use of it.
- Save our breath, stop trying to tell and convince people, and instead show them -- by creating working models of communities in which people are a harmonious part of all life in those communities, living in balance with a light footprint. The woman rap poet in Toronto who says she's tired of 'environmentalists' coming into her urban neighbourhood talking about the importance of planting trees, when that neighbourhood is full of angry young people with no job prospects drawn to the promise of wealth and glamour in local drug gangs, is absolutely right not to care about the-environment-as-other.
- Use the arts (including film and photography) to convey the message, since they are not constrained by the limits of language. As an example, there's a song by James Taylor called Gaia which includes the passage below. Unless you know the song, these lyrics probably won't have any impact on you, but few people who have listened to the song are unmoved by its soaring melody and brooding harmonies, which 'say' much more than the words and open people up to its message:
Turn away from your animal kind,
Try to leave your body just to live in your mind,
Leave cold cruel Mother Earth behind -- Gaia,
As if you were your own creation,
As if you were the chosen nation,
And the world around you just a rude and dangerous invasion.
Explore some inventive linguistic ways of expressing new (and ancient) ideas with everyday words. In yesterday's post, for example, I was playing with hyphenated words as a means of trying to convey concepts that defy clear one-word _expression: I used 'engaged-as-part' as an adjective to describe awareness (instead of 'integral') and 'being-a-part-of' as an adjective (instead of 'holistic') to describe human activitythat is not automatic, disconnected information processing activity.
Try to leave your body just to live in your mind,
Leave cold cruel Mother Earth behind -- Gaia,
As if you were your own creation,
As if you were the chosen nation,
And the world around you just a rude and dangerous invasion.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Inertia to Inertia
Hey i did what i planned to do for the day. The posting in blog yesterday made me do it for sure. The meeting started off well and lot of ice/eyes breaking happening. They responded well to my thoughts but i can see a lot of ego stopping progress situation within them. Now i have converted their inertia of not doing new things to inertia of looking at new things for a beginning. Later i will try to make it an inertia of doing new things. Ok sorry i am taking management science a bit seriously. So what are the next baby steps?
1) As my good friend suggested reward for doing something new is definetly going to work
2) making it a habit to ask them what they have done new
3) make it a point to listen to what they are saying.
1) As my good friend suggested reward for doing something new is definetly going to work
2) making it a habit to ask them what they have done new
3) make it a point to listen to what they are saying.
One pair of ears would exhaust a hundred tongues.
Day2 2day
It was really exciting to see comments for my previous post.
Today I learned a lot about human behaviour at work from my small business . Building a team of people from diverse background is so difficult. I have an operator who is educated(Diploma in Electrical Engineering) and four assistant printers who have not completed their 3 rd standard for running a printing machine. The operator with his education is able to accept new ideas, scientific reasoning for problems and is willing to try new things and learn. While the assistant printers had learned the trade from their previous work place from and experienced operator who works on "rule of thumb". The four assistant printers so now are classic products of rule of thumb believers and do not believe that there is more than one way to do it. I want to bring up a Continuous Learning, continuously improving work environment in the company. Such diversity in the attitude of work is making my task a herculean effort. So what am I going to do about it?
1) Call all of them tomorrow for a meeting and tell them what I expect from each of them.
2) Tell them that they are a team and should compliment each other in skills.
3) Explain them how continuous learning and improvement can increase their quality of life.
Hope this works.
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
~Albert Schweitzer
Today I learned a lot about human behaviour at work from my small business . Building a team of people from diverse background is so difficult. I have an operator who is educated(Diploma in Electrical Engineering) and four assistant printers who have not completed their 3 rd standard for running a printing machine. The operator with his education is able to accept new ideas, scientific reasoning for problems and is willing to try new things and learn. While the assistant printers had learned the trade from their previous work place from and experienced operator who works on "rule of thumb". The four assistant printers so now are classic products of rule of thumb believers and do not believe that there is more than one way to do it. I want to bring up a Continuous Learning, continuously improving work environment in the company. Such diversity in the attitude of work is making my task a herculean effort. So what am I going to do about it?
1) Call all of them tomorrow for a meeting and tell them what I expect from each of them.
2) Tell them that they are a team and should compliment each other in skills.
3) Explain them how continuous learning and improvement can increase their quality of life.
Hope this works.
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
~Albert Schweitzer
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Starting today
Starting out today with my daily dose of life. I am starting a blog for the third time and let me see if i will be "Third time Lucky".
What did i create this blog for? I dont know. I did start the earlier blogs with something in mind, for example my blog Management for Entrepreneurs was started off with my idea of sharing management realities and experience of small and medium scale industries and what happened - I got a comment from a robot inviting me to join a dating website, WOW i would say rather than not having anyone comment on my first blog. So this time I have decided not to have any "Ideas" for the blog but be commited to atleast make a post a day.
What did i create this blog for? I dont know. I did start the earlier blogs with something in mind, for example my blog Management for Entrepreneurs was started off with my idea of sharing management realities and experience of small and medium scale industries and what happened - I got a comment from a robot inviting me to join a dating website, WOW i would say rather than not having anyone comment on my first blog. So this time I have decided not to have any "Ideas" for the blog but be commited to atleast make a post a day.
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