An Interesting Case... Sorry ... Experience

As a part of academics, we were required to do a Case Study Analysis which was a pretty simple, straight forward and did not require much of an "Out of the Box" thinking to solve it. Perhaps, bad luck was on our way.. The irony here is the case study which was an easy cake walk came to us on the last day of submission. In addition to it, we were informed that the case needs to be submitted 1 week from the initial date of submission (this is called extra time i guess).. Believing it and keeping our dream horses ready for the race, we sent it to the required email id only to hear that the case study extension was NOT One Week but One day.. Still living on the ray of hope (utter foolishness- we were just fooled by ------) we attended the competition as an audience building castles in air.
The 6 groups which presented were good in their own ways. The reason me saying this is unless they have impressed the panel of judges, they wouldnt have made it to the finals. LIFO stands for Last In First Out.. In this case, the team who won (IIT MADRAS) were the last ones to present and walked away with the prestigious FIRST PRIZE. I must admit and admire that the teams did very good amount of Hard work and they just had to walk that "Extra Mile" to win the prize.. Really Awesome presentation..
This was a new kind of experience. I had some take aways from this entire episode. Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. Very true ... It was a good "experience test"..
Nevertheless, it was a nice experience on a Saturday.

Mindset!! - An inspiring story

I was surfing the net and this inspiring story caught my eyes of attention.... Thought of sharing it with all. Do not know who formulated.. Nevertheless what matters is the Moral.. Here's how it goes!!

As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not. My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

"Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." My friend was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? So make an attempt to grow further.... Why shouldn't we try it again?

"YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT."

Experience, Journey of life

Welcome to my area...
Life is a wonderful train journey. We meet lots and lots of people... Some we speak once in a lifetime, some on few occasions and some stay in our mind and heart for ever. Of some we meet, we acquaint and then regret why we met them.. So, Life is a mixed bag of feelings, emotions, happiness, success etc. Just like that, after my continuous 11 years of work experience, I just decided, its time for me to stop and take a stock of where I am at present and where I want to head from here onwards. Quoting Malcolm Forbes,
" The goal of education is to replace an empty mind with an open mind",
education paves a way to fine tune and condition your mind and contribute to a great way to society. I signed up for a full time regular Masters in Business Administration... In this blog, am going to share my experiences in MBA as well as characters I met in my life... Happy Reading...

UNITED EFFORT ALWAYS PAYS OFF

Teamwork means a joint action by 2 or more people. Thanks to Wikipedia for this definition. I wonder how magnetic this eight letter could be. Although I have been a part of teams and have headed teams for quite sometime where it has done wonders, being in a B School with team members 14 years younger to you is a thrilling experience.

Yes it happened to me. This team is called 'ELEGANT EIGHTS' consisting of Sindhuja, Shubha, Shamala, Lalitha, Sowmyaa, Varsha, Ronica and myself. We were required to deliver a presentation on Indian Women Entrepreneurs and CEOs a much perfect topic at the time of celebrating Women's day!!!

India has witnessed lots of Women CEOs running successful businesses and managing work and life in a balanced approach. Perhaps this topic came to us with a hope that the above 8s would turn to be CEOs and Entrepreneurs. Who knows? Watch us for the Entrepreneur space in the years to come...

Generally presentations need dry runs more so in a team effort. But, ours was a little different. It was a sheer coincidence that none of us were really prepared that hard to make it a PERFECT 10. All of us came to the college on a Monday morning looking at each others faces just wondering what we are going to blabber. Here again we stood as a team.

Finally our turn came and we went up and whew the Introduction on the topic was given.... by none other than a Splendid Shamala (just to add a tag to the names). She did it very nicely and her English was very good. SPLENDID SHAMALA!

Second was my chance. God and I only knew what I had spoken and I mustered courage to speak in front of 50 students and to wrap my topic on Mallika Srinivasan within 3 minutes.

Next came our team's wonderful Shubha...I must admit that this girl is very confident on what she speaks, a NO TENSION girl on the stage, no fear to speak in front of the class. She is very practical and believe me she is a perfect teacher Tremendous amount of clarity, confidence, courteous... SPARKLING SHUBHA!

Next came Sindhuja's turn. She took a personality whom the entire world knows and India is proud of. She spoke about Indira Nooyi as if she knew her for several years. Except for an initial hiccup on statistics (which really did not make a difference), she sailed the topic smoothly as an experienced speaker. SMILING SINDHU!

Lalitha was the person who spoke next. I guess she must have read about this person a million times. She spoke about Kiran M Shaw (chose to shorten) as if she knew she was her neighbour. Although there was an urge in her to complete speaking within the stipulated 3 minutes she did not miss out on even one point. LUSTROUS LALITHA!

India is a country in diversity. When we take India as a whole, we stand unjustified if we don’t talk about a Hindi person. So thinking this in mind, Sowmyaa kicked off her presentation with Ekta Kapoor. Sowmyaa speaks well and maintained the good pace in her own witty style. SHARP SOWMYAA!

Over and Varsha came clad in a Saree (elegance of a woman) and spoke about a Doctor. Preetha Reddy. She is the cool person I have seen in the class. No Worries. A soft spoken yet conveying what she wants to...She did it with ease. VERY COOL VARSHA!

The conclusion was done by none other than remarkable Ronica. An unassuming character. Her English is truly AWESOME. I wonder what she is doing with this talent. She is an excellent speaker with perfect intonation, accent and style. She has the best language skills compared to any one in the class. I am sure she would be one of the best Presenters in the years to come. Girls following or becoming fan of another peer student is nothing that great. This girl has made not only many students become fans of hers but also her trainers (I mean the Faculty members). She rocks every-time she presents! ROCKING RONICA!

Although my adjectives may mean the same, every one is a gem in their own ways. - Very brilliant and very understanding. That is very important to taste the Success!!! Whether we win in presentations or not, whether we outscore other teams or not, it was a truly joyous occasion for all of us yesterday!

Thanks Team Members!!!

This part of my blog is dedicated to all my team members on the occasion of Women's day and being born as a woman is a gift. So, we are WOMEN of SUBSTANCE.

WHAT MORE A TEAM COULD ASK FOR!

First Pranams

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Welcome to my blog! Nothing goes successful without the blessings of parents... So, my first pranams to my parents, particularly my mother.... (my father is a passive motivator- he is great in short). My mother is an excellent woman. She is full of enthusiasms, positive vibrations, excellent people skills so on and so forth.. Thanks Amma. Those who have met with her will definitely enjoy her talk, her creativity etc.. I want to write a lot about her ... Running short of words...

ஈன்ற பொழுதின் பெரிதுவக்கும் தன்மகனைச்
சான்றோன் எனக்கேட்ட தாய்.

I will try to be one amma...