Saturday, February 8, 2014

In a Perfect World That Forces You!

The warmth season of the year is back and it’s going to be Valentine’s Day drama all over the place again. As a marketer, in all fairness I love this season when even a rose petal can be sold at ridiculous prices with absolutely zero effort. Still, as just another common citizen and a responsible human, the basic question happens to be “is it actually worth the hype it gets”.

Love is like an ocean, love is like the sun and I would dedicate my whole life for that special one. Yeah true. And the special one comes with a validity period for most people of our generation. I am not stereotyping, maximum of the relationships that we encounter are based on certain critical factors and for some weird reason, factors other than love.

All this introduction was just to narrow down my thoughts to one hypothesis “People do things because the world forces them to do so” and the most disastrous thing amongst all of those is getting into a relationship.

It is not the only thing for sure. Learning music, getting on a roller coaster despite having acrophobia, driving at blistering speed despite knowing you are not Luke Skywalker, buying a phone half the worth of the annual pay, and of course becoming engineers. The list is huge and I could fill many additional sheets of such things if this were an exam.

May be, all these are because of the fact that we just let “others” to choose our choices and we are bound to maintain some virtual standards that mean nothing to us. What maximum can we get from these acts? A myth of satisfaction? A feeble circle of confidence? A brittle self confidence? Still, nothing stops us and we just go for it just to save time and our brain’s efforts.

I am sure most of us would agree to the fact that the person who is honest and admits his/her weakness is the easiest one to pick on. Still, acceptance with a little show of attitude and the confidence to say “I am not good at it coz I have no interest in it” would make the difference.

Ashamed of being oneself speaks about low self esteem. Being happy and proud of what I am creates respect/fear among the peers/competitors, though they are better than what I am. For sure, Mr. Maslow would have hated the latter class of people as he was left with nothing to sell to them.

Just try accepting and saying people about things that you are not good at. Either you get tips (from those who think they are good at it) or empathy (from the ones who are actually good at it). Both the cases the other person is happy and hence the equation balances.

By the way, Happy Valentine’s week relationship geeks. I am terribly bad at it.

Be yourself and have a blast!

Bingo.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Food, Clothing, Shelter and Smartness


I have not got an opportunity to see the recent text books of school kids, just wondering if there has been any update on the section which teaches about the basic amenities of life. If they still have printed “Food, Clothing and Shelter”, I would join the group of people who claim that the education system sucks big time. The name of the game is “Smartness” and probably it has to be portrayed as the fourth and most important amenity of any human in the advanced competitive world.

By competitive, I am not trying to speak about some useless competitions we were forced to participate in. I am not speaking about some crazy concepts like “the class topper is destined to rule the world and a kid who just gets pass mark is not worth living”. It is all about being "smarter" than the rest and not being fooled. 

In my point of view, we are a part of the most selfish ecosystem. Everyone wants to grab your money and move away, starting from a rickshaw driver to CEOs of corporations. The same company that develops anti-virus software also spreads malware and virus. That does not mean the consumers are fools. Even they get 3 keys for one license and hence feel happy and propagate the fact that they are smart J. The cycle continues.

How smart are you in sensing what the other guy standing in front of you thinks and how quickly can you strategize and outsmart him/her is the key. 

Only “being smarter” can make you stand out of the crowd and trust me, the ones who are reluctant to stand out from the crowd and who are shy to be different are probably the victims of stampede.

And of course, there is God to save us all and for sure he will choose if a skinny person or a meaty person would stamp us (The so called Karma). This decision will be purely based on his database containing information on the frequency of visits and money transfer to the sacred destinations. Just a side-track.

Hard work, like Newton’s law is just becoming a text book concept. Everybody knows a part of it, like the third law, but no one knows the significance nor is bothered about what the hell it is. But for sure a lot of people know everything about Tony Stark as a scientist and his concepts. It is a world of smart and unconventional people, even though they are virtual at times.

You are a good guy, pat yourself. You are honest, reward yourself with an extra scoop of ice cream. You never cheated on the opposite gender? Brilliant, post it on your FB wall and no one would even look at it. Precisely, no one has time to appreciate your achievements and noble nature. The clock is ticking and time is money, love and whatever one wants. If you need to be in the game, better keep playing it rough and do not waste time admiring how good you are.

In a nutshell, it is all about being smart and hence powerful to stand out of the crowd. Why am I saying all these? May be coz I am strong and I give a damn what others think about my ideas :)

Keep smiling and just say Bingo!!!