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

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.

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.

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?

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.