Life is beautiful

Important lessons that I have learnt

I had read somewhere that for the entire skin on our body to be replaced by a new layer it takes seven years. Interestingly, exactly seven years back I had restarted my work life from scratch and it has changed completely in those years. Life is really very beautiful.

Not that I am a distinguished person or my achievements are enormous but I would like to share 3 things that have helped me as an individual.

1. The tunnelled vision: Once I and Jatin Paranjape, my classmate at Don Bosco, were sharing some thoughts about Sachin Tendulkar, his fellow teammate for Mumbai. Jatin, with very high regards for Sachin, told me some things that helped me through the bad and the good days of my life. He said, "Sachin has a tunnelled vision. While batting, Sachin only sees the ball and its trajectory and nothing else matters. Also, he treats every ball differently. Each ball is a different instance for Sachin". These words still resonate in my mind and I still continue to use this technique in my career.

While doing anything or solving any issue I have always tried to focus on the main issue to be addressed or resolved and have never been bothered by the impediments that were presented.

2. Principle centric approach: It is difficult to do things the right way but by doing the things the way they are supposed to be done makes an achievement far more enjoyable. I have got myself and my family into troubled waters because of this practice but at the end of the day it is the same approach that has helped me out of those difficult situations. I am proud that I have done things that way. Many of my friends, on quite a number of occasions, have suggested me that at times it is not necessary to be principle centric as sometimes shortcuts that do not affect a situation adversely could be quick, efficient and risk free. They might be correct and I do not disagree with them as long as no rules governing those actions are broken. Also, PCA invariably helps a person to think clearly before taking a decision or acting on it. My experiments, discussions and the journey through life still continue and hence it would be worth writing about this sometimes later in life. :)

3. Building long term relationship: I must sincerely admit that I completely ignored the human touch in the pursuit of my goals. I realized this folly in my last job with Satyam Computers where I was working as a consultant and a relationship manager. I had never worked in these roles before and it was a sea of change.

My jobs prior to Satyam demanded me to be a result oriented person but in life and in career being result oriented is just an entry criterion. If one has to grow one has to work on relationship building and that too building long term relationships. I have come to realize that being result oriented and a people person are two are mutually exclusive and equally enviable traits to possess.


Here, I want to thank all who have helped me to be who I am. Some of the names apart from my family and Krishmurthy Aleti (He is my family member) are Kamlesh Sheth, Manish Patel, Ashwin Shah, Jatin Paranjape, N.R Narayana Murthy, Achuyt Godbole, Dr. Sulabha Apte

There are other very good things to share with you all and I shall do so as the journey continues.

Love-n-regards,
Mahendra

posted by Mahendra @ 6:21 PM