Thursday, December 22, 2005

XAT-2006 I am coming

After the D-day on the 20/11/2005 thrown me on the edge of the CALL or NOCALL situation it was natural that the next 5 weeks goes in pondering over the if and but and breaking my head over the all possibilities finally I chosen my way.
First I thrown the all possibilities and the CUT OFF speculation to the dust bin and pulled up my socks for the next encounter and that's the XAT 2006.
Thanks to the 3 XAT papers give by IMS which will help me to identify the GRAY AREAS that I need to work on.
There will be 2 long weekends coming over next 2 week with some parties and picnics around the corner it will hard to stick to the books but I need to show some managerial guts by managing hard work with fun.....
After all I am shaping LEADER OF TOMORROW.

The BEST Bussiness Books of Year 2005

Just gone through this article today .......
They said you should not miss them.
Why I should ??? One of them already finished partly. Will collect the rest of them and get
back to you !!!!
Still then Happy Reading for you !!!

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Self Management-01-----> Just be COOL !!!

As I already emphasized on the need of the Self Management and believe me I took it seriously also. You don't need to apply some stringent rules to achieve this but some close observation and introspection will always help you in identifying the gray areas. I think the time is also helping me to learn these lessons fast and last week was major contributor towards this....

I observed one thing that if you are some one who can easily get perturbed by the act or the behavior of the others then they will use it as weapon against you. On the other side if you are someone who never get affected by anyone or by any circumstances then it is hard for the others to make you suffer. I summed up this observation from the things happened with me over the last week. Just I lost control over something caused me to loose my patience, which resulted in the many things I just screwed up.

Take it as any exam or any condition in which you are stressed with the external things and these things just test limit of your patience. If you maintain cool under such circumstances then definitely there will be very few things that can affect you. So my first self Management Lesson is Ready.......

"JUST COOL" !!!!

That's it for the day.

Monday, December 05, 2005

The ALCHEMIST

As I decided yesterday the first step towards my destination should be self-Management and cogitated over the steps I need to take towards it. Vinayak suggested me to go through a book The Alchemist and I finished it in 4 hours straight reading …. and that also on the Sunday Night.....At the end of the book I realized that I gained a some wisdom from it (definitely less than what the Crossword CEO Shreeram guaranteed with the FULL REFUND in 15 Days Tag on the Book).
Here is what I would like to share with you ..

It's a story of a boy who always believe in his dreams and decided to become shepherd just to experience the world fullest. The same boy had seen a dream of a treasure near the Pyramid of Egypt at first he just neglected it as something that can NEVER BE ACHIEVED. Later on when the old lady and then King of Salem added some confidence in him he started believing that his dream can be achieved one day. During his journey towards his destination whenever he lost his belief and found him on the verge of almost relinquishing the idea of finding the treasure, the confidence added to him by the Old Man always reminded him his dream and brought him back on the right path.......Then he met the Girl at OASIS whom he felled in love with(This love is driven by the Language of the Universe....Not the laws of attraction) who again boosted his confidence to go and get his DESTINATION first (To much contradiction to the Modern Girls of Our Time?).

Then came the ALCHEMIST in picture and his wisdom, which underscore the boy's belief in Language of Universal. The story ends with the boy seeing his Dream come true!!! The GYAN from that 172 pages can be summarized as ......
1. Believe in your dreams.
2. You dream might be the futile for others but don't give up......It is precious to you.
3. Follow the omens (as per the old man's saying " All the things happening around you doing their best to lead you to your DREAM)
4. Never give up. (Look like clinch but that’s what the book tells you)
5. Never loose the larger picture of life indulging in trivial things.
6. Learn the language of the universe (This is the most baffling term used throughout the text...To make it easy I can coined it easy I can coined it as PURE LOVE)
So that's about the ALCHEMIST.
Should I go and ask my 195 bucks back????.....Surely NOT !!

I also picked the famous 'Five Point Someone' yesterday......Don't know how much it will add value......But 3 pages that I finished yesterday will definitely indicative of the one more good book on my list....

Sunday, December 04, 2005

About Final Destination

About the DESTINATION

I always found some qualities(some inborn and some intentionally acquired) inside me which always inspire me to go ahead in my field of interest. When I was in college I realized that I can bank on these qualities to build a successful career in the field of management.
So I decided my final destination as MANAGEMENT CAREER.....

Why MBA

This is favorite question for the aspirant facing a MBA interview and have varied answers.
For me MBA is value addition which metamorphose me from technocrat (Don't u think a clerk can best fit here?) of today to leader of tomorrow.
I know the good course from a reputed university will have no substitute here.
But should that be enough ?
Definitely not otherwise many great leaders haven't marked the pages of history.
I know one need to build oneself so that one can survive against the vagaries of time.
So journey should start from SELF.
I will rather say the first lesson of the management is SELF MANAGEMENT.

Why Blog

There are many reasons to start this blog few are listed below
1. I am inspired by Eric and his blog Beat the GMAT the way this guy keep the track of his GMAT prep and helped many others like me.
2. I realized there should be some tracking mechanism and found blog as best suited for this purpose.
3. I strongly believes "Success is not only the Destination but the Journey towards it". So just thought to share the joy of this journey with you.

What for YOU
1. I will be sharing my experiences about the preparation and about various tests.
2. I will update you about the happening in the areas of the ECONOMY and BUSINESS.
3. There will be some interesting articles and the discussions happening around for which you can get link from this blog.

So friends stay tuned.....