EACH NEW DAY

For years I lived my life like a rebel,
Fighting who I really was inside,
Looking back, life was just like a battlefield,
With my sword forever by my side,
All my troubles I would blame on others,
People were out to do me wrong,
I never knew or really understood myself,
Did not know where I belonged,
My head could burst from frustration,
Because I just could not find my way,
But this was all part of my journey,
I had to learn from each new day.

Don't cry and be scared young child,
Cos your lost along your way,
One day you will look back and smile inside,
You will learn from Each new day.

I walked the Earth as if I was blind,
And was forever getting into trouble,
Problems never seemed to go away,
They always seemed to double,
I felt so empty and more so confused,
Then myself I began to hate,
I believed that I could never change,
For me it was too late,The world..

I believed did owe me,
And nothing right seemed to go my way,
But this was all part of my journey,
I had to learn from each new day.

My life went from bad to worse,
I longed so much to die,
I woke up and I could see clearly,
I lived a life just like it was a lie,
But it was because of living just like this,
That I had been given me my proof,
It was because of reaching this great height,
I could see clearly my own truth,
And although it took a long time learning,
I never thought I would feel this way,
But this was all part of my journey,
I had to learn from each new day.

Now I forgive all of my imperfections,
As life is about learning from your mistakes,
It's erased all my bitter feelings,
And my heart no longer aches,
I've learnt in life to accept the joy,
But even more to embrace the pain,
Just as the Earth needs the sun,
It equally needs the rain,
And when I look back at my life now,
I see a lost child that has found its way,
But that is so far my journey,
I will learn from each and every new day.

यह हौन्सला कैसे झुके, यह आरज़ू कैसे रुके

यह हौन्सला कैसे झुके,
यह आरज़ू कैसे रुके

मंजिल मुश्किल तो क्या,
धुन्धला साहिल तो क्या,
तनहा ये दिल तो क्या,
होराह पे कांटे बिखरे अगर,
उसपे तो फिर भी चलना ही है,
शाम छुपाले सूरज मगर,
रात को एक दिन ढलना ही है,
रुत ये टल जायेगी,
हिम्मत रंग लाएगी,
सुबह फिर आएगी

यह हौन्सला कैसे झुके,
यह आरज़ू कैसे रुके

होगी हमें जो रहमत अदा,
धूप कटेगी साए तले,
अपनी खुदा से है ये दुआ,
मंज़िल लगाले हमको गले
जुर्रत सौ बार रहे,
ऊँचा इकरार रहे,
जिंदा हर प्यार रहे

यह हौन्सला कैसे झुके,
यह आरज़ू कैसे रुके

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ....

लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती.

नन्हीं चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,
चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है.
मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,
चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है.
आख़िर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती.

डुबकियां सिंधु में गोताखोर लगाता है,
जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौटकर आता है.
मिलते नहीं सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में,
बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में.
मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती.

असफलता एक चुनौती है, इसे स्वीकार करो,
क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो.
जब तक न सफल हो, नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम,
संघर्श का मैदान छोड़ कर मत भागो तुम.
कुछ किये बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ....

Think Different

Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.

The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.

They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Performance Appraisal - Excellent Opportunity for self auditing and formulating career plan

'Appraisals! Time to look for hikes, praises, promotions ...'. We like it or not, we all go through performance appraisal in different organizations. Existence of an appraisal program indicates to an employee that the organization is genuinely interested in their individual performance and development.

We can take it as a exercise to self improvement or waste of time. Performance appraisal can have a profound effect on individuals motivation and satisfaction - for better as well as for worse.

The latest mantra being followed by organizations across the world being – “get paid according to what you contribute” – the focus of the organizations is turning to performance management and specifically to individual performance.

In my view, Appraisal

• Offers a rare chance for a supervisor and subordinate to have "time out" for a one-on-one discussion of important work issues that might not otherwise be addressed.
• Offers a valuable opportunity to focus on work activities and goals, to identify and correct existing problems, and to encourage better future performance. Thus the performance of the whole organization is enhanced.
• Offers an excellent opportunity - perhaps the best that will ever occur - for a supervisor and subordinate to recognize and agree upon individual training and development needs.
• It is about building career plan with our managers.

Whole problem with appraisals come when appraisers are not able to create a proper relationship with appraise, and trust level is missing. Instead of constant feedback through out the year, few hard comments are provided at the end of the year. Also, failure from appraisers to make their appraisees understand the importance of appraisals and the objectives. Appraisals is not only about quantitative numbers and bonus ....

For Appraise - "Don’t blame the messenger for the bad news”. Appraise should try to understand that their managers are trying to help them to grow and succeed, as their success is linked to organization success. Areas of improvement will help them not only in coming year, but also through out their careers. Instead of being defensive, appraise should try to understand the feedback without any prejudice. Also, need to understand the importance of appraisal. It is all about feedback for improvement. We need to keep in mind is - not to blame others for our non-performance, not to lose our patience at criticism etc.


The most difficult part of the performance appraisal process is to accurately and objectively measure the employee performance. From the appraisers point of view, there are few points to keep in mind -

• Should not confront employees directly with criticism. Encourage open-ended questioning techniques that encourage the employee to identify their own performance problems.
• There are individuals who will not admit to anything that appears to reflect poorly on them. With ego defences on full-alert, they will resist the process of self-auditing very strongly. In such cases, appraisers may have no choice but to confront the poor performer directly and firmly with the evidence they have.
• In providing any feedback - especially negative feedback - appraisers should be willing and able to support their opinions with specific and clear examples. Vague generalizations should be avoided.
• Appraisers must carefully scrutinize their own perceptions, motives and prejudices.

N R Narayan Murthy - Amazing Thoughts

Some of good and enlightening articles about him -

Life lessons from Narayana Murthy

• Valuable advice can sometimes come from an unexpected source, and chance events can sometimes open new doors.
• Entrepreneurship, resulting in large-scale job creation, was the only viable mechanism for eradicating poverty in societies.
  

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Mantra for success - "There's no mantra. If you are passionate about what you are doing, then you are bound to succeed. Just don't follow a set formula; take it as it comes."

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Absence of Victimhood

Reading through Priyanka Gandhi Interview on April 27th 2009, one statement commenting on "Absence of Victimhood", stuck me completely.

She said - “Minute you realise that you're not a victim and that the other person is as much a victim of that same circumstance as you, then you can't put yourself in a position where you are anyone to forgive someone else. Because your victimhood has disappeared. And to me, people ask about non-violence, I think true non-violence is the absence of victimhood. The sense that somebody else is doing harm to you. Whatever is happening to you is happening because of your own circumstances, you are creating a lot of that suffering. And anybody else who does something overtly, like kill somebody you love, or hurts you, beats you, that is also an action that is happening because of their suffering.”

I completely agree. Most of the problems pertaining to hatred, violence and revenge are due to the feeling of Victimhood. As soon as we open our eyes and hearts and realize that there are so many people around us, who are much much more victimized by curcumstances, we are at peace.

Victim stance is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy. Hence, important is think, from different angles and come out of victimhood feeling. As soon as we do that, we are light at heart and understand things from all the angles.