Saw this quote somewhere…

“Whether you think you can or you can't, either way you are right...”

A thought that might help... you know how is that whether you think you can or you can't, either way its right... it’s simple, that’s how our brain works.
Take for example, when u say “I cannot become richer than Bill Gates in a year! " You think in such a way that it is not possible and hence you are closing off the portion of the brain which says that it is possible. And that’s how people end up in using just less than 1% of their brain... We constantly keep on closing our part of brain saying that things are not possible... Einstein used 4% of his brain and that is considered to be the max used by any person, coming from him, the person who has challenged most of the things that were till then called “IMPOSSIBLE” ...

See, it’s simple... I’m not saying that you can get richer than bill gates in a year. What I’m saying is how is it to work with that context, with that mindset of making it happen. What would be possible for you in that year? Just imagine about what kind of possibilities you will experience if you work with that mindset. Yeah, breakdowns will occur. Breakdowns will occur when you take on extraordinary challenges. As it is so often said 'It is a mistake to aim high and not acheive it but a bigger mistake to aim low and easily acheive the target'. Even if you get some 10000, that's a begining :) Work with the mindset of --it is possible...

Our brain doesn't know the difference between what happened and what we believe in... that is, if u believe in actually becoming richer than bill gates in a year, the brain takes it as the truth and it operates from that paradigm and that’s when you get new possibilities. Example, u have seen someone who is so confused and after going to temple or somewhere they feel that they have got an answer?! Temple doesn’t workout anything. What works is their mindset, their belief that if they go to temple everything will be fine! And that becomes the truth for them and that works for them...

And WHATEVER I HAVE SAID IS MY POINT OF VIEW AND NOT THE TRUTH.

So, What are you taking on focusing on from now?! :)

Take whatever you want, IT WORKS. And do share it with me :)

what do you do when you know you have the capacity to work at thrice the efficiency of your neighbour???
do you go around bragging about it, or do you bear with them and slow down?
either ways, you are never held as an equal and often accused of being someone who cannot understand the difficulty of a slow worker.
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what do you do……..when the one you love doesn’t make you feel wanted as much as you make them feel so…… you know you have the power to hurt them with a single rash word or a sharp action. you know it is present in you that you ignore them and make them feel deserted.
do you still remain the sweet, caring person or is feeling important an important enough feel?
i wonder what is the worth and truth in such a love that is forced!
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what do you do when you are blessed with the Midas touch? you are above average in everything you work on………..
do you take the path that is more prosperous than the path your heart desires to travel??
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these are decisions we have to take each day of our lives…. some of our decisions will not please those around us, but if they are the ones that you feel are best for your life, then it is about time you decide your priorities!
one fact to be reiterated is that no law or petition will please the whole of the society……..trying to be a good person to everyone in this world is going to get you no where!

I feel so cut off from the blogosphere and my blog these days! Trust me, I deleted 6 first paras already!! I don't know how I want to begin! I'm irritated with the social networking sites too. I am know beginning to feel Orkut is for stalkers and also for people who have the IQ of Paris Hilton to not understand Facebook!!! Facebook, too, after a time, gets boring.... I mean, come on for how long are you gonna keep taking stupid quizzes that prove that you do have the IQ of an Einstein, even though you do understand Facebook. (Yeah, I still take these quizzes....like you had to doubt if my IQ was anything great!!). I joined Twitter too. But I fail to understand why people call it the 'next big thing'. I don't see it like that...it's just about okay... !!


So, what do you do when you're bored of all these social networking sites? You switch on you TV and hope there's something watch-able being aired on TV. But, unfortunately all you can see is people eating worms, insects and other reptiles and arthropods, or people being truthful . Lets begin with RAhul ka Swayamvar ...sorry shaadi. It is one of the most crassiest Tv shows.Period.I'm not gonna write more on it. Some channels like MTV and Channel V used to provide some respite....but now all I can see there are the re-runs of Splitsvilla, Roadies or the Stunt Mania.... And Channel V's Player is just pissing off. Why people participate in these shows is beyond my IQ! These shows are at least bearable... try watching Bindass' Emotional Atyachaar..... trust me, you'll my mentally marred forever! It beats me why there can't be more shows like Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai. The only saving grace are the channels like 'Travel and Living' and 'NDTV Good Times' especially HOMP but even such shows are very few in number.


And, if you're still alive and bored after all this, you can spend some time downloading songs. I spent an unbelievable 3 hours downloading Ishqiya music(that is because of my fked up net connection). Only to find songs just 2 good ...i should say bearable songslike Dil toh baccha hai ji.The last time I had downloaded an entire album was Whats ur Rashee...13 songs!!!And what i get is Su Chhe. I'd rather listen to Himmesh on repeat!!! Till now, I always felt the lack of songs that have Gujju words in them... but, if songs are gonna be like Su Chee.... then, please spare me horror!!!! Please use Punjabi in Hindi songs...the combo suits... Gujarati in Hindi songs make you feel like throwing up! Try imagining Mauja hi Mauja in Gujarati....! Deadlier than H1N1.


So, the best bet to beat boredom still remains social networking sites...!! Am off to Facebook now, taking more quizzes and irrtating everyone on my friend list by my incessant status updates... yeah, I'm too lazy to switch tabs and use Twitter for microblogging!!!
Cheers!

This is a sort of a sequel to my very famous or rather infamous post about the pros of being single. I f u don't remember it here is the link...click here
I had decided to write this soon after my so called '25 comment post'...but it still took me almost a year to write.

Everything has its pros and cons and so does being in a relationship. I, however, wish to list all the pros of being committed…

1.It's good for your growth. Being in a relationship can develop not only your love life, but also your sense of responsibility, decision-making, time management and self-improvement and also hone your lying skills.
2.Those staying away from home can get get some of their desires fulfilled by their loved ones eg. you can anytime ask ur loved one to prepare some special dish that u miss the most.
3.If friends are not around an evening walk wid ur loved one is a gr8 stress buster.
4.A girlfriend/boyfriend provides you happiness when you are feeling dismal, monetary donations when they are needed, and countless other things that are also important
5.someone to be with in your darkest hour, or just to hang out with, the thought of knowing someone loves you more and more each day. and the knowledge of being in someones heart and mind every day
6.someone to share your incredible experiences, have "inside jokes", intimate and private communication, establish and build trust, explore new interests together and develop a passion you might not have discovered on your own.
7.As a friend put it-It's an ego-booster. Guys who have girlfriends are more confident and secure about themselves...Bah!
8.If the movie is very boring u hav other things to do.
9.The couple muvie tickets /couple passes u win actually can be put to relevant use.
10.The 'Grill-Chill' theory-Suppose one has to attend a very long torturous lecture and he/she who is then totally grossed out gets a nice hug from his loved one. The smile on his/her face just says it all.

BREAK FREE

I am uploading this post a little late...I wrote it on the night before our DTSP exams. The soul reason being because I wanted to write something that didn't involve equations and functions. We are all control freaks by nature...No matter how much one denies...We are...We like to believe that we have some sense of hold over every aspect of our lives...Family, friends, career, boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse, kids...everything!!!
We want to KNOW everything and stay within the confines of our COMFORT ZONE so that we FEEL we are in control. Ironically this need for control gets even more pronounced when one is provided with independence, choices, freedom...the works!!! Seems strange??? Think about it!
While I am a stickler for freedom with responsibility I sometimes can’t help but think why should a person always follow what is supposed to be done. Why does one have to keep himself/herself in front of books before an exam? Why not go out and do what your heart fells like?(It has its own drawbacks too!) Why should a person always know all the time where he’s headed for in life...why can’t for once he/she throw caution to the winds and go with the flow...while we may not always be presented with an opportunity to do so nor can we sometimes afford the risks that come along; we can however in some insignificant ways lose the sense of control, get out of our comfort zones and hand over our lives to the unknown forces around us for may be just a while...Here’s how:
1) This one is inspired from a friend’s blog, the next time you are listening to your mp3 player instead of you choosing a song for yourself let the player decide for you...Ask yourself any random question or think of any random person before a song begins...You’ll be surprised at the kind of insights it can give you...
2) Go to a library, pick up any title that interests you but you don’t necessarily want to read and flip through the book and come across a random page and a random line...Again you may just be amazed at the connection that one line has to any part of your life...
3) Close your eyes and flip through the contacts in your cell-phone, maybe you’ll come across the number of a long-lost friend, an acquaintance who you haven’t been in touch with for a while...Make that call or send a message...You never know how that call could change your life...
You truly will be amazed at the kind of insights, revelations, associations that can come up when you handover your life to something as insignificant as a music player, a book, a cell-phone etc...That’s why when destiny has a plan for you it is something that makes you break the shackles of your comfort level, makes you reach greater heights than you thought was possible, unleash the dormant potential and see the world you didn’t know exists...Happy Exploring!

My first 20-20-20 match

It was a perfectly sunny morning, humid as usual. The venue was Thakur Polytechnic. The match was supposed to start at 10 a.m. but the pre-match preparations had to begin at 8. The forecast wasn’t very encouraging though with server Gods playing spoilsport the previous day. After a bit of frisking and fingering(Yes I had to do that too!!!) I reached the pitch where the game was to be played. Exactly 2hrs 15 mins was to be the duration of the match not a second more as decided by the officials .At the stroke of 10 the match began.
The first few overs were a run feast. Taking full advantage of the power play I started adding runs though treading cautiously as the pitch was doing a bit. It was more about INTERPRETATION than anything else. I played along skillfully keeping average in mind. Afterall AVERAGES are very important for success. As the ball got a bit old it started to reverse swing. But that too didn’t pose much of a problem as I had SUFFICIENT DATA about the ball. But one always needs to be careful as data can be misleading and hence a few deliveries almost beat me. Later when the spinners came on they created quite some trouble and me being a bit weak against them some very good LOGIC was required to face them but in the end I managed to sail through.
The next powerplay was the real slogfest. I had to just add and multiply runs to maximize my score. It was like the part-timers bowling and almost each and every delivery being a loose one. Here again SUFFICIENT DATA about the bowlers helped me a lot. Also the GEOMETRY of the ground came in handy at times.
The last 20 overs were spent mere comprehending . Here I learnt a very important lesson-A man’s ABILITY lies not only in COMPREHENDING but also how he copes up with the JUMBLED problems that he is always faced with. Also he must learn to CORRECT his own mistakes. The better he is at correcting his mistakes the more are his chances of succeeding . And finally since it is CAT what you are hearing all around these days here is a CAT question…The last line of this post has been deleted. Complete the post by selecting the most appropriate option.
a). Cut the crap
b). STFU
c). _|_ _|_
d). None of these
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Chalte Chalte

As I write this post I have my feet dipped in a bucket of hot water. Reason…an immense pain in the ankle. This post is about a liking that I have developed over the years…My liking to walk .Many people say they love to travel. Travelling doesn’t mean you must have a car or a comfort vehicle to carry you all around the city. If you were to explore a congested city like Mumbai, what would you prefer as your mode of transport? You may prefer a car, taxi, public transport or some other vehicle but I would choose to walk! Walking is one of the simplest and more healthy way to wander around the places of interest within a city. While walking you can experience the zeal various places and things exhibit. The best walk is from under the side trees which house cool breeze and offer refreshment. Of course there are some places where the roads are uninhabited by these green and shady living things, but you may find a good number of plantations along the footpath
(I think I am seeing things). Forget walking in the cities, try walking or even better trekking to a hill station instead of just taking a vehicle to your destination, you will not have second thoughts about deciding what was more enjoyable.
Now, traveling in a vehicle does provide you with comfort, but if you happen to see some interesting place out there, you think it’s worth visiting, you can’t just call out the driver every time to pull over for you. Not to mention your contribution to air and noise pollution!
While you can wander capturing the memories with a camera on your own along the narrow gangways and shortcuts, visit the market place, waste time in the parks, cafes and spend time in the museums, libraries all on your feet; you don’t have to worry about the car you have parked while you are enjoying the trip! Moreover you benefit from not having to follow the traffic rules, such as one way, traffic lane, speeding, license, emissions and many more!
Alright, so much said in favor of the little feet, what will you do if you want to travel to some place a bit far from where you stand? If you have the stamina you could walk straight exploring more, if not you can always cab in and head where ever you want to be. Or ask for a lift or get in the public transport!
What I want to emphasize here is (most of the time) the better way to explore a place is by foot. There is always an option of alternate means, if you feel tired. But simply going to places with a car along with you all the time does not serve your purpose of exploring a place. You actually miss the most attractive highlights and in sights the place has to offer!!
Sure, there are certain things that one has to plan before just setting along on foot. One has to decide what places you have to visit, where to start and where to eat! If you don’t know the location simply hire a cab and you will be there shortly!
In my college days I usually travel on foot along with my friends to places that are worth visiting. We rarely hire a cab, cause we are many and are willing to walk gladly anywhere cracking jokes and discussing current affairs of our college life. If the place is unknown (read Hiranandani,Powai) to us and even its residents we always have the pannwallas or people around to guide us through the right path!
The area from Andheri station to Bhavans has became known to me, as I have been strolling around with friends around the same street for the last 6 years. The sprit of travel, walking has gripped me. And I am loving it!!