Yesterday got an invite from our Thala and Roshan… They gave me a treat for my birthday and they gifted me a wonderful Sunglass…
As planned we all met at Suguna Vilas Sabha and it took some time for thala to finish his calls and join us… In the mean time had spent some time with Roshan as it has been a long time…
By the time Thala joined us it was Roshan’s time on the call… But it was really nice to get such a time with a person like thala…
It was an unpublished rag to rich story… Where a person from a village coming to Chennai… He started his business with hardware to electrical to TNHB contract to Travel Agent to Construction Business….
In every venture he was successful and every venture has lots if case study for entrepreneurs to learn…
I had to cut short the conversation as I had to come back to hospital… I need a casual meet with him for sure and need to interview him and document his case study…
I thank Roshan for facilitating a meet with Thala… And thanks to Thala for sharing his story… You are really interesting and motivating…. You have really made my day….
Also thanks you both for the Sunglass…..
This has been a very different birthday without party, glamour and fun… This time spending time in hospital to care take my dad… This time I’m glad that the first person whom I got blessed was my dad… From mid-night there were calls, wishes thru FaceBook, email and text messages…
Tough this birthday is something unusual compared with my usual celebration… I’m enjoying this moment too…
Another good news in the morning is one of my good friend Satheesh Seelan has become a proud father of a baby boy and he happily said from next year it is going to be 2 birthday celebration this day…
Also big thanks to Mr.Vipin Sachdev Chairman of Willi and Burgandys for offering me 25% discount voucher on my birthday… A special thanks to you for your gesture SIR!!!
Also it is pouring text wishes from Corporates too…
Text From Franklin Templeton
Dear Anand Nataraj S Birthday Greetings from Franklin Templeton Investments. Looking forward to celebrating many more special days with you.
Text From Standard Chartered Bank
We at StanChart wish you a very Happy Birthday and a wonderful year ahead.
Text From HDFC Bank
Dear Mr.ANAND NATARAJ SIVANESAN,Wish you A Very Happy Birthday,May this year bring you all the Success,Joy & Happiness.Regards HDFC Bank Ltd – Retail Loans
Text From Vodafone which also gifted me with 25 free text messages… Thank you Vodafone…
Hello! Mr. ANAND NATARAJ S , Birthday Greetings from Vodafone! Have a great year ahead.
Dear Customer, on your special day spread happiness with 25 FREE Local and National SMS being gifted to you from Vodafone. Thank you for being with us.
Gift Zone
Got this special gift from my loveable better half and she made my day… Thanks a lot honey…
Then it is Anand gifting Anand… Yes I wanted to buy As The Crow Flies and I placed an order in FlipKart on Saturday and just it got dispatched… And what an experience it is to make a self gift…
Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content.
One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy.
The King asked the servant, ‘Why are you so happy?’
The man replied, ‘Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don’t need too much – just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies.’
The king was not satisfied with that reply. Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After hearing the King’s woes and the servant’s story, the advisor said, ‘Your Majesty, I believe that the servant Has not been made part of The 99 Club.’
‘The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?’ the King inquired.
The advisor replied, ‘Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is, place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant’s doorstep.’
When the servant saw the bag, he took it into his house. When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy… So many gold coins!
He began to count them. After several counts, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins. He wondered, ‘What could’ve happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99 coins!’
He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally, exhausted he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection.
From that day, the servant’s life was changed. He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin. He stopped singing while he worked.
Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled. When he sought his advisor’s help, the advisor said, ‘Your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99 Club.’
He continued, ‘The 99 Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented, because they’re always yearning and Striving for that extra 1, saying to themselves: ‘Let me get that one final thing and then I will be happy for life.’
We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we’re given something bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us; all these as a price for our growing needs and desires.
A married couple is travelling by car from Victoria to Prince George . Being seniors, after almost eleven hours on the road, they were too tired to continue and decided to take a room. But, they only planned to sleep for four hours and then get back on the road.
When they checked out four hours later, the desk clerk handed them a bill for $350.00.
The man explodes and demands to know why the charge is so high. He told the clerk although it’s a nice hotel; the rooms certainly aren’t worth $350.00 for four hours. Then the clerk tells him that $350.00 is the ‘standard rate’. He insisted on speaking to the Manager.
The Manager appears, listens to him, and then explains that the hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference centre that were available for us to use.
“But we didn’t use them,” the husband said.
“Well, they are here, and you could have,” explained the Manager.
The Manager went on to explain that the couple could also have taken in one of the shows for which the hotel is famous. “We have the best entertainers from New York , Hollywood , and Las Vegas perform here,” the Manager says.
“But we didn’t go to any of those shows,” the husband said.
“Well, we have them, and you could have,” the Manager replied.
No matter what amenity the Manager mentioned, the husband replied, “But we didn’t use it!”
The Manager is unmoved, and eventually the husband gave up and agreed topay. As he didn’t have the check book, he asked his wife to write the check. She did and gave it to the Manager.
The Manager is surprised when he looks at the check. “But ma’am, this is made out for only $50.00.”
“That’s correct. I charged you $300.00 for sleeping with me,” she replied.
“But I didn’t!” exclaims the Manager.
“Well, too bad, I was here, and you could have.”
Moral: Don’t mess with senior citizens. They didn’t get there by being stupid.
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While working with freshers we notice that they get stressed quickly… We can very well understand the reason behind this mindset because they have never been exposed to;
When they get exposed all of a sudden they get bogged down which leads to stress… One thing they fail to realize is that their first 3-4 years of their career is their honeymoon period… As they grow their responsibility will grow personally and professionally…
In my case I took up entrepreneurship as a career and first four years were really like a hell… When I look back those were the days I learned a lot… As a fresh entrepreneur I had to learn the nuances of business like;
And a whole bunch of things… When I was exposed all of a sudden I suffocated… But situation made me not to quit which eventually carved a personality in me and an identity in me…
Likewise when people start their career they must realize that they are working on their;
They are in the verge of carving their own identity… So, one needs lots of patience and perseverance… They must have trust and belief in their leaders who are going to be their mentors…
Last thing I’d like to tell people is to think and take time to choose their leader or mentor… Once decided one has to show patience, belief and trust in their leader and never quit until the mission is accomplished…
Last but not least remember these quotes friends…
Heated GOLD becomes Ornament!!!
Beaten COPPER becomes Wire!!!
Depleted STONE becomes Statue!!!
So more the pain you face in your life more valuable you become…
Am fond of carpentry and modular designs… When I came across this marvel somewhere online I’ve decided this is going to be mine one day…
One of the latest learning in my team building experience is quitting for criticism and bogging down for pressure….
Also this has happened with my top management and core team… From the beginning they were shielded from facing criticism and pressure…
Once left open to face the reality they immediately bogged down and quit without even trying…
With this hard learned lesson we now decided to put people under pressure and criticise even smallest deviation… In this method many people quirt and a handful of people stayed… Now we have a bunch of folks who could handle pressure and criticism…
Situations which needs to be addressed;
