Mumbai Incident - Afterthought

Last week was a change from the normal corporate, product management and technology handling routine jobs. Tried to keep the normal work routine and meetings but the air was more than serious with the events unfolding in the city.

I was shocked to see how the Mumbai blasts and hostage event was executed and how it was handled by the authorities. There was an evident lack of concerted effort to tackle the various aspects of incidents.

Being the Mumbai resident i saw the whole event unfold and bought to an closure but it leaves a unhappy taste to see the lack of a planned response to such events.

I hope the organizations and institution holding power seats and enjoying at public expense, make sure such incidents do not happen again rather than paying the mere lip service and pushing the file like they did all the previous events (train bomb blasts, floods, serial bomb blasts etc.). Not only such steps should be taken and media fill their pages and airtime with such stories, but public need to be made aware of emergency management aspects of the city life.

(NOTE: I work in the multi floor building in Mumbai, and there was never a fire drill in the last two years. also most of the people i sure do not know how to use the first aid and kit, how to operate the fire extinguisher and where are the fire hoses)

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Diet and Excercise Regimen

Please refer to my earlier post on the diet and the recommended energy foods.

Here is my morning exercise regimen that recommend for the corporate executives:
1. Day 1: Jog on treadmill for 30 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of cross-trainer OR cycling (on fat-burning setting). Take additional 10 minutes of Abs.
2. Day 2: Jog. for 30 minutes. Go for 20 minutes of upper body exercise preferably free weight dumbell for upper and lower chest and arms.
3. Day 3: Jog for 30 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of half sit ups and leg raise. Go for additional 10 minutes of lower abs leg raise.
4. Day 4: Easy Jog for 20 minutes. Go for ten minutes of steam. Take it as a rest and recuperation day.
5. Day 5: Same as for day 1.
6. Day 6: Same as for day 2.
7. Day 7: Total Rest (enjoy with friends and family, catch that book or movie)

Trying to follow the above regimen and reaching almost 50% of it. 'll post my before and after results after two months. Let Me know your comments if you have the better exercise regimen that have yielded results.

Positive Living

Please refer to my earlier blog post where i mentioned self discovered secrets of happiness through the time when my wife (now being a single father for some time already) and to an an extent parents (due to distance and pre-occupation at the native place) left me to win the battle of cosmopolitan, family and corporate life.

Now, let me share with you few steps (i read in a book by a Japanese author some time back) that are helping me live a positive life:

1. Possess a Frontier Spirit: Areas that one want to move into, the anticipated risks and obstacles and ways to overcome them.
2. Inculcate Invincible thinking - winning in every situation: Every individual is born in this world with the purpose of refining his or her soul through various experiences, so there is no such thing as failure. All the events are just lessons and provide spiritual nourishment, so don't discourage yourself. With this attitude, one always wins. Whatever the circumstances, one is a winner in all situation and one can learn from every facets of life - such shall be the thinking.
3. Have a positive attitude: People sense aura around an individual. If one wants to be a life's winner, he must have the air of success. Positive attitude gives great power.
4. Get Snowball effect - If one learns a lesson and find saplings of success in all situation, one will grow compounded like a snowball . Life provides many opportunities and with an attitude of interest and discovery - victory is inevitable.
5. Get into positive pattern of thinking: Living a positive life, attracts many people who will help you. With their help, one can achieve much more than on his own.

I hope the above steps can provide direction to interested readers.

Will right more about my current fitness regimen in my next blog....till then....Cheers.

Few secrets to Happiness

Living in Mumbai, I go through the same turmoils like million of other inhabitants of the city and have to keep a high demanding corporate job plus being a single father takes on a extra toll.
So how do I keep going, sincerely I just keep balls in the air OR I just do it (Ala Nike). Amid all this how do i keep happy. Here are list of few things that work for me:
1. Keep good and positive human company.
2. With job, stick to priority tasks seconded by tasks that you love.
3. Do a good job and avoid office politics.
4. Keep an eye on the finance and budget.
5. Engage in physical activity e.g. jogging, swimming, tennis for at least four times in a week, 1 hour each plus take stairs in the workplace.
6. Take time out for yourself at least 10 minutes everyday, do meditation or pranayam.
7. Flexible approach but keep taking decisions (you don't want things to snowball)
8. Keep TV to minimum, only watch at max. 0.5 hr. of comedy, music/reality or Gk related shows.
9. Eat small servings of healthy food preferably vegetarian.
10. Engage in small acts of charity one in a while. Associate yourself with at least one bigger cause.

The above listed acts seems to keep things going for me. Beside, happiness there are few secrets to true happiness which i will list on my next post. I sincerely they really work for you.

Cheers and Smile.

Eight lessons in balance, love and leadership

Eight lessons in balance, love and leadership - Take it from Barack Obama (source: Men's Health, Nov. 2008)

To succeed in career and in relationships, here are the eight tips shared by Mr. Barack Obama:

1. Learn from your father, even if he wasn't a good one
2. Be there for your family, even if you're not around
3. Make the future your focus
4. Turn early lessons into big success
5. Quit smoking
6. Show others the way to common ground
7. If you want to avoid disappointing others, don't disappoint yourself
8. Don't let them see you sweat

the above tips seemed to have worked for him. You make what you want to make out of it.

Human Nature

Human Nature never stops to amaze me.

How can millions of people follow one leader, fall in line in an organization. The few people get dissatisfied and join new groups, parties and org. Does the ideology change or they just look for their convenience and material gains?

I think it is just a process of growth and development but there are black sheeps who use them for their personal agenda and gains while back stabbing the same people who bought to high level.

Anyway, the human nature especially keep amazing me and i remain a keep observer till a learn enough of it.

Energy foods

The floowing food items are suggested as energy foods that can increase the energy level, the demand of today's professional world:

1. Almonds
2. Apricots
3. Brocolli
4. Spinach
5. Oats

To beat fatigue, try drinking a pint of water. Eat proper breakfast, also keep eating small potion of food three times the day plus do not eat before excercise routine.

Have a energatic day!