Getting Rich & Successful

Hello. I came across these links through Linkedin. Good thoughts.

9 Beliefs of Remarkably Successful People

How the Rich Got Rich

Regards,

Rohit

Some Gyan

Found this interesting article.

Best advice I ever got

This New Year

 

 My friend Subodh sent me a nice email. Some very good thoughts here ...

 

1. Remember that the quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
2. Keep the promises you make to others - and to yourself. 
3. The project that most scares you is the project you need to do first. 
4. Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results. 
5. Stop being busy being busy. This New Year, clean out the distractions from your work+life and devote to a monomaniacal focus on the few things that matter.
6. Read "The War of Art". 
7. Watch "The Fighter". 
8. In a world where technology is causing some of us to forget how to act human, become the politest person you know. 
9. Remember that all great ideas were first ridiculed. 
10. Remember that critics are dreamers gone scared. 
11. Be "Apple-Like" in your obsession with getting the details right. 
12. Take 60 minutes every weekend to craft a blueprint for the coming seven days. As Saul Bellow once said: "A plan relieves you of the torment of choice."
13. Release your need to be liked this New Year. You can't be a visionary if you long to be liked. 
14. Disrupt or be disrupted. 
15. Hire a personal trainer to get you into the best shape of your life. Superstars focus on the value they receive versus the cost of the service.
16. Give your teammates, customers and family one of the greatest gifts of all: the gift of your attention (and presence).
17. Every morning ask yourself: "How may I best serve the most people?" 
18. Every night ask yourself: "What 5 good things happened to me this day?" 
19. Don't waste your most valuable hours (the morning) doing low value work. 
20. Leave every project you touch at work better than you found it. 
21. Your job is not just to work. Your job is to leave a trail of leaders behind you. 
22. A job is not "just a job". Every job is a gorgeous vehicle to express your gifts and talents - and to model exceptionalism for all around you.
23. Fears unfaced become your limits. 
24. Get up at 5 am and take 60 minutes to prepare your mind, body, emotions and spirit to be remarkable during the hours that follow. Being a superstar is not the domain of the gifted but the prepared.
25. Write love letters to your family. 
26. Smile at strangers. 
27. Drink more water. 
28. Keep a journal. Your life's story is worth recording. 
29. Do more than you're paid to do and do work that leaves your teammates breathless. 
30. Leave your ego at the door every morning. 
31. Set 5 daily goals every morning. These small wins will lead to nearly 2000 little victories by the end of the year.
32. Say "please" and "thank you". 
33. Remember the secret to happiness is doing work that matters and being an instrument of service. 
34. Don't be the richest person in the graveyard. Health is wealth. 
35. Life's short. The greatest risk is risk-less living. And settling for average.

Reado - Story Tellers

I recently ordered Audio Books from audiobooksindia.com. These are Rashmi Bansal's Books. Though I have read hard copies, I wanted to try out Audio Books. The Audio Cassettes have been delivered and they look very good. In the process, I learned about Reado. They are story tellers. The portal is not yet ready. This is an interesting concept. Worth taking a look.  On one hand, I am wondering that I do not find soft copies (ebooks) of the most financial books in India. On the other hand, I am happily surprised to see Audio Books. On the ebooks, let me go and check the options Amazon India has.

Must see movies for Business School Students

My friend Jitesh Shah has shared an interesting link. I suppose the movies are good for everyone in Corporate world at leadership positions. Here is the link

Radio Ghar in Mumbai

This is actually a retail outlet from Raj Audio at Sion Circle, Mumbai. They are into Audio & Video CDs & specialize in Gujarati CDs & VCDs. We visited this store yesterday & were pleasantly surprised. I suppose this is one of the few store in Mumbai having such a huge collection of Gujarati voice media on Laughter, Bhajans, Movies, Philosophy etc.

They also offer courier services. Unfortunately, they are not on web. Store Contact number is 91 22 24075556.

This is a store that every Gujarati in Mumbai will be very happy to visit.

My Bets

Sara -my nephew - was studying for 10th (ICSE) and mentioned that he would score 80%+. We agreed that I would gift him a Laptop if he does score so. I also mentioned that if he scores more than 90%, I would gift him whatever he likes but if he scores less than 80%, then he would need to gift me a Laptop at some point in time. He took the bet.

The dude scored 93% but restricted his demand to a latest Dell XPS Laptop. I offered him a deal. It did not make sense to spend so much money on Laptop when he does not really need one at the moment. Suggested him to refresh his Old Desktop and put differential money in a Mutual Fund that would help him later for further studies. For a change, dude took with my advise. His Dad said he would take care of the Desktop upgrade so I just transferred the Laptop equivalent funds to his bank account for a MF investment. Happy to loose this Bet.

On a different note, since I travel long distance every day, I have a driver. He keeps bothering me after every few months for a Salary hike. While I accommodated two times, can't do this every time. I know he needs a radical change to manage his financial problems. So I have challenged him and asked to take a bet. I have bought him a Rapidex English Speaking Book and CD and asked him to learn English in next few months. I would be happy to assist him getting a Drivers job that can get him a substantial hike, with English speaking capability, especially at 5* Hotels or Rental Car agencies for Foreigners. He has ample time during the day and seems willing to learn. So let's hope this one too turns around with a pleasant surprise.

Hamara CD & Zoomin

Came across two interesting sites. Hamara CD allows you to customize your CD and they have a vast collection of songs to select from. You can also listen to the songs and select. Price is bit on a higher side but I still see a value. I have not yet tried this out but seems very useful.

We have used Zoomin site earlier as well. Recently, we got a photo cover album made for our vacation in Shimla & Manali. They now have an excellent site with so many features and options for one to customize. The site has a bit funky look and I am amazed with the flexibility it gives one to select. Must have gone lot of efforts in backend infrastructure to support this as well as to get to this level. Yes, sure they can add lot more things and features in the time to come, though.

http://www.zoomin.com/
http://www.hamaracd.com/

Mukam karoti wachalam

Its been a long time that my dad asked us to visit a place for blinds and get them some food to eat. Finally, we recently visited the National Association for Blinds, Worli office. We arranged lunch for about 11 of them. My Wife promised them that we will visit regularly and let us know what we should get for you guys, next time please? The answer was, just come and talk to us. That's more important than anything else. 

We walked around the premises. They have a Computer Lab, Training Center and many other things. What I could see all around is lot of confidence in these differently able people. I wish sometime I could hire them at our workplace.

Mukam karoti wachalam,
Pangum langhyate girim
Yatkrupa tamaham vande,
Paramanad madhavam

Simple Truths

I recently learned about Simple Truths. They are a provider of inspirational & beautiful gift books. I found lot of good thoughts and contents though I did not yet buy any book from there. You can visit there site here

Colorful Holi

We enjoyed playing Holi this year. The Apartment guys arranged for a celebration in the Water Fountain near Club House. This was a good arrangement as using Swimming Pool for such purpose is not a good idea. I observed all kids having great fun. We stay at Rustomjee Ozone in Goregaon (W), Mumbai.

Cheers

5 Years Service Award

I recently completed 5 years of Service with IBM. This is a remarkable career journey as I moved into full fledged Project Management, obtained PMP Certification, ITIL Certification and now gearing up for IBM Internal Certifications for Sr. Project Manager and Delivery Project Executive.

The Doctors Quality Policy

I was operated on my ear in 2008. Somehow, the intended benefit did not come. So this Christmas vacation, I took up the follow up operation. While I paid close to Rs.80,000 or so in 2008, for the same operation repeated now, Doctor charged only Rs.7,500 or so. This charge was also only for Anesthesia & medicines. No fees by the doctor or room rent or OT charges and so on. They explained to me that this was part of their Quality Policy. It seemed that I had not completely followed their instructions post operation in 2008 so it was my mistake. However, Doctor decided to stick to his Quality Policy. Its difficult to find such Doctors in today's world. I have seen utter commercialization and profit maximization objectives every where. But this is completely opposite.

I am referring to Dr. ABR Desai Clinic. I was operated by Dr. ABR Desai.

http://www.drabrdesai.com/

Doctor - we salute you for your noble intentions & ways of working.