Life

I think I think too much about things that I shouldn’t be thinking about.

Or, maybe I should just do what the heart says, and not care about the consequences. Loosen up a little, live life.

Jolly good idea, I’d say. But that’s not me, really.

Then again, what’s up with the bloody timing issue? It’s almost just never right. Things will come and hit you when you don’t want them to; and it’s not so much about hitting, even good things come when you are already stuffed with the good things in life. Spread them out, will you?

Why is it that we have to wait a lifetime for knowing the real fun that we could have had with out batchmates? Why is it that we construct what-if scenarios in our head for things that we didn’t allow to go one way, even though we probably should have let them go that way anyway? Where’s the protagonist who pushes us to live life to the fullest and not care about the itsy-bitsy things?

I want to be able to just do things.

There’s amazing power in just doing things. Interesting stuff can happen. Face the consequences, whatever they may be. What’s the worse that could happen?

Stuck with this stupid risk aversion. Hope it is not lifelong.

I was with IMS for the past two days conducting mock GD-PI sessions at the Achievers’ Workshop. And boy, what an experience! It feels extremely good to be on the other side of the table. I had the most wonderful time, guiding people, giving feedback and even taking their cases in the unstructured “stress” PI.

There are some truely outstanding individuals who have geuiniely good profiles; they have already worked hard and prepped for the entire process. It’s amazing to see their level of preparedness. And at the other extreme are those who have the potential but haven’t worked towards realizing it; my heart goes out to them. Guys (and gals): You’ve worked so hard to clear the CAT, don’t screw this up now. Of course, there are a few others who don’t deserve the MBA anyway, so I’ll not talk about them.

It feels so good to be treated as a demi-God of sorts. The IIM grad in the making! Wow! You cleared CAT! You cleared the GD-PIs! You have arrived! The way the aspirants look up to you – and even the other faculty, especially since they have passed out years ago, and you’re still in there. It’s a lovely feeling. Pride. Brand recall. Equity. Values. Godly!

Like I keep saying, all of us IIM students should move out of the campus every once in a while and see what the world thinks of us. You’ll begin to appreciate yourself a lot more, and see that the minor setbacks, the minor things in life on campus, it all just doesn’t matter. Perceptions or otherwise, it’s a rather interesting feeling. IIM / MBA / Cal rocks.

Hats off!

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Wake up and smell the coffee.

Well, it’s one of those moments again. When I end up wondering what’s not going right?

And there are a couple of things actually. Strategic Management helps. I’ve diversified and lost my core competency. So I’m planning to go searching for it, and reinvent myself.

Such bullcrap.

But thought-provoking.

So it is going to be a year where I focus on what I do best. Take the time to develop myself, and not do the bidding of things that I would have done just because I could. Think about the big picture. Why am I here? What do I want to do? How will doing this help me? And that there’s a bigger ocean out there, than this pond, nay, puddle here.

So like I said, you’ve won! Congratulations.

But only for now.

Because I’ll return stronger, and make you irrelevant.

Because it is my life.

Because I am in control.

Because I can look the other way.

Peek!

I created this new instance of WordPress during my second end-terms. I wanted to write. The tendency of wanting to do this, (or anything other than studies, really), pops in quite frequently when studies assume prime importance, such as, during the end-term. Once they got over, I moved on to other things, like playing Spore, heading the Internet Solutions Group at IIMC, preparing cases and pondering over life.

Now that the new year is here, and the cliched time to ring in the new has passed few hours ago, I think I’ll write something. And I am.

So what did I want to put up here?

It was meant to be a chronicle of my life. Memoirs or something. Or maybe just a quick compilation of things that I feel like noting down.

Then, how is it any different from the original blog?

Probably not different at all. I just got bored of it. Simple.

Advice for the day: Know what you want.

My original blog is at http://blog.hthite.com. This is a refresh, and will be up and running soon.