great ad..:)

I happened to see this video yesterday. My brother after watching this smiled at me. I too liked it a lot. He said that he would give me a blank cheque after he becomes a big buinessman...:)

Connected the dots..:)

I didn't have much passion for writing or reading. I didn't have much patience to sit and read a novel. The passion for both started before a few months. Reading and writing, both are akin to meditation. My reading started from "The diary of a young girl". I got this book "connect the dots" by Rashmi Bansal from my sister. Anything  titled MBA or IIT would interest me a lot. The front cover had the lines " the inspiring stories of 20 entrepreneurs without an MBA....".That lured me a lot. Even the title was catchy. It is  a collection of mini biographies of people who have made it big, bitten by the entrepreneurship bug. The people who have made into this book are entrepreneurs without an MBA. The stories of these men quench our curiosity and really inspires us. Each story finely ends with a section “Advice to Young Entrepreneurs”. True to its title, every story unravels the dots which none of them  could have connected looking forward but makes a lot of sense when retrospected.

I have connected the dots....now I am very hungry..:)

Stay Hungry Stay foolish follows up.

cool video on meditation

I happened to see this video in my sister's blog. Good video on meditation.
It says like if we start to fight,then the antagonist would be encouraged to do more.Silence is always a best tool and that silence can be best obtained through meditation.
Courtesy : sis...:)

Importance of an MBA degree

 I always wanted to do an MBA, but don't really have an idea of its prerequisites. Today, I came across an article in Hindu about the expectations of students(management school) from an MBA degree. It is shocking that most of them had said that their aim is to enhance communication and interpersonal skills,improve language skills and so on. No doubt that MBA will enhance these skills, but that is not the real objective of this degree. If students really wanted to improve their communication skills, there are many less expensive courses in the offing other than MBA.

This indicates that students do very little analysis before they choose their respective streams of study. Only students with real MBA skills can make it to big league.

 The real question is why do they need it.This degree actually exists because the job market needs people with sound knowledge in Scientific Management approaches. So a holistic perspective with a strong liking towards running a business venture is a prerequisite for the course. The industry expects people with an MBA degree to have knowledge on basic tenets of finance, accounting, marketing, sales and statistical analysis.


So students who join an MBA programme have to understand the core competencies and that soft skills will not propel them to a higher orbit unless they possess the hard skills.

 

Memorable Day

Had a great day today. Created a gmail id and a blog for my brother. He promised me that he would keep have this id forever. Hope it happens. He is always hyperactive. When asked to suugest a password, he gave me a funny password. Started a blog for him so that he gets lots of ideas and creative energy.
  Got back my old lost friend today. Happy to retrieve his contact again.

Random Thought

Got my EVS exam completed yesterday. I was burning the midnight oil though I had couple of study holidays. EVS class was always a funny class. As it is a subject to be taught in primary level, we didn't care about this class. This exam is like "go, sit and write on the spot." Exam was over successfully and managed my time to see a film in the evening. Didn't saw it intentionally, was browsing over the channels and my eyes caught on the film. So started to see it.
Really enjoyed watching Tamil Padam.I didnt expect anything of it. Maybe because of no high expectation, I had an awesome time. Truly a hilarious movie.It actually mocks the stereotypical scenes in Tamil cinema. Some of the nuances which made me laugh in the film are:

1. Male infanticide
2. Director has hit the bull’s eye by casting the aging actors in the role of friends of heroes.
3. Hero becoming a Billionaire in 5 minutes which all tamil cinema portray.
4. Actor's classical dance piece.
5. Some thugs started to fire at the heroine. But actor finds time to recover at the hospital, stop for a drink, slowly walk through town and finally save heroine - Note: All while the bullet is in motion.
6. Traps and challenges set by the main thug in the climax.
7. Climax in which hero would be set free  inspite of all the crimes he commited and also promoting him as DGP

 This one actually requires you to keep your brains with you, if only to appreciate all the effort gone into making it. A brave new attempt. A film to watch to loosen up your nerves.

Etiquette Angels

Asian games are on in Guangzhou after much hype. China is usually noted for its grandeur. The opening ceremony of Olympics 2008 in Beijing was lauded by spectators and various international presses as spectacular and spellbinding and by many accounts "the greatest ever". The grandeur didn't deteriorate even this time. And one of it which awestruck me are the Etiquette Angels. Also known as Asian Angels


Etiquette angels are none but the hostess whose job is to escort the VIPs to present medals to the atheletes.
During Games events they can be seen warming up for medal ceremonies by holding out their arms, elbows firmly tucked into their bodies, carrying an imaginary tray of medals to an imaginary winner on the podium. It is said that their training included learning to stand for at least one hour at a time without dropping a sheet of paper tucked between their knees or letting a book fall from their heads. If either did hit the floor, they would have to start all over again. Then there was a smile training. It is a known fact that Chinese people follow lots of traditions. Traditional Chinese deem it ungraceful for a woman to bare her teeth when she smiles. But not Asian Games chiefs. ( this makes me remember "Bound Feet" which i studied in my school). Their eyes are definitely filled with amicability and sincerity. I am much impressed by the perfection of Chinese in whatever action they do. This perfection in work is reflecting in their rise in medals tally.