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Apr 13, 2011

Prioritization - What would I do today?

Prioritization of work is really hard. That's why we screw up things, we should not.
Prioritization induces us to focus on what's really important, first.
Sounds straight forward and easy, yet so eluding.

Most of the time I end up doing things not so important, but seemed at the point of execution, so urgent.

Randy Pausch had a good story on this.

When you have a frog to eat, don't think, just swallow it.
When you have 2 frogs to eat, select, swallow the largest, first.

Frog is taken here to project our mental image towards important stuff, which is always not so easy, taking quality time, and produces lot of complaints from our mind.


Apr 12, 2011

Working from home

Life is much more simple - working from home.
All of a sudden I find my self working, efficiently, away from office.
Funny.

Mind works well with out interruptions. This is call freedom to the mind.

Problem is how disciplined I am. I can be much more productive for 4 hours - at home, which is more than work I can do in 8 hours at office + 3 hours of traffic - a wastage of fuel, time and tension.

Balance.

Yes, balance is the key. This whole day had taught me that. You can't be at extremes for too long.
I missed the tea time at office :)

Balance. Be happy for the moment. Don't hold on too tight.

I love new year...but

I see my fellow citizens buzzing around in the streets. They are holding bags full of clothes, food and drink. A time to celebrate. The new year.

One question kept nagging me for a week. Do we really need to buy this much to be happy and share happiness?

Do we really need to spend lavishly this much? I for one, is really curious.
How are they going to survive the next month?

To others as to myself

It is very hard these days. The Avurudu (the new year) is coming: getting gifts to relatives, cleaning one's own places, balancing the work at office. I heard many more from my colleagues to the list. Top of that the heat is really unbearable. Sun scorches in the day and at night, now heavy rains. Traffic is getting to the nerves. People seems to be crazy, and sometimes I also get in to the flow, making things worse.

With all these pressures...yeah...it is not a vacation anymore, it is more loaded work on your plate.

So sometimes the tension can get to you, may be depression in really good times around, but your heart and mind are somewhere searching.

So this few words "to others as to myself" worked well for me. It is so simple, and works as a guardian of your thoughts and action. Some times word and action slips away. It's ok. Let the peace come back to you.