The Golden Rule says "There are no Rules"

How many times do you think or have thought about knowing the Golden Rules of doing things. Worse, how many times have you got a concrete answer? Leave aside Theories and Pure Sciences including the Golden Rule of Accountancy. When it comes to behavior, success, outlook, achievement, attitude and our life in general do we really have Golden Rules?

Well, I doubt...

I have come across so many people who have achieved great heights but followed a different approach; at times exactly the opposite, but still reached or achieved the same goal/goals. So what does a follower understand who is looking for Six Sigma Perfection in his/her actions and can't afford to lose resources in deviations. Well, does that imply that the Golden Rule is that "There are no Rules". The examples I will be mentioning would be sufficient to prove that the title of this post makes sense...

Mentioning examples of Bill Gates, Narayan Murthy, Sudha Murthy, Mohammad Ali, Sachin Tendulkar, Warren Buffet, Katherine Bigelow etc would not help. I want you to connect with it at a personal level and realize the true logic of NO LOGIC or approach (to success).

Lets talk about academics, since you are reading this, I presume you went to some school. Now since it was a school it would have had a screwed up grading system too. Since std I till std XII you would have witnessed many success stories in academics. Think about it once and you will realize some of them were Geeks who ate, slept, bathed, chewed and vomited concepts and theories, mugged up literature. You also would have come across toppers who were completely chilled out and their parents are yet to be convinced that their (perceived) foolish nut could crack it. Then you would also have come across the ones who were extremely stupid and were always critical of teachers and talked about loopholes in every thing and argued the most. There also would have been assholes who got maximum marks because they were a kin or too cute to resist (Mind you I am not talking about Gender Bias here...).
Now the bottom line is that they were all toppers irrespective of their approach they were all felicitated at the Annual Prize Nights.

When it comes to cracking interviews people have different opinions. Some say "Show all you got", whereas some criticize saying "Show them that you are open to learning and receiving orders, be humble and do not speak much." And the 3rd school of thought says, "Be what you are and if you would suit the profile you will get selected." ha ha
I have seen people who come out of the interview room very excited  "Yahooooooo!!! I said it all, I spoke well, answered all their questions. Made them speechless. Yuppieee... " and when the results are declared their faces are as long as Qutab Minar. Well, the idea is there are no Golden Rules. It entirely depends upon the perception and outlook of the HR and of-course the Job Specifications. One must say what the other person WANTS TO LISTEN TO... without mugging any standard statements.

I had a friend in college who was as fragile as dew drops but when I actually got to know of his credentials I realized he was a National Level Hockey Player and when I spoke to him about his journey through it, He could not think of strenuous practice sessions, or of being coached by the best-est or for that matter slogging in the fields. He just knew it...

My college friend, JP a 33rd rank holder in ICAI Final cracked it in the very first attempt and you wouldn't believe the accounts teacher of my high school who was an MCom and a BEd could not achieve it and surrendered, he got married, produced a couple of children and then attempted again and he could score. Another school friend of mine a student of the same CA aspirant teacher cracked it after 4 attempts before his mentor, though he slogged like hell.... These three had a different lifestyle, different approach and a different attitude.

In government departments, some get their work done by bribing, some by power/contacts and some by massaging the ego of the officers by standing in the Que since dawn till evening with their hands folded and face wrinkled.

Then, how does it work exactly? What should one do? Well, one must follow what makes most sense, which is rational and ethical. Now ethics is a very subjective term. What one might think as ethical can be perceived as a complete NO NO by others.

Thus, my dear friends stop looking for Golden Rules, do what you find feasible and convenient without compromising on passion and dedication and you will end up creating one more Rule for the people who have no idea about the Logic of NO LOGIC.

All the Best...!!!

Money Making is as Simple as Love Making

God says, "Make Merry", but the World says, "Make Money". The irony is people got it all wrong they believe what God said is the Destination and what the World says is the Approach to reach that Destination. Well, let me discard philosophies here and get to the crux of the matter which is Money Making...

Money Making can be defined as a process of generating wealth. A process which requires a lot of brains and little investment OR a process which requires a lot of investment but little brains OR a process which requires both. Now trust me guys its an easy process. The first option sounds apt for people like you and me as we have brains to invest but not much money. Money making process is as simple as Love making, you just need to know your right moves, right time, right intensity and right people. I will tell you about one quick and smart tool of Money making and that is...

EQUITY MARKET: Trust me on this one, I have seen many who made a life out of share trading. We were a group of 16 friends in college (St Xaviers, Kolkata). Out of which 9 were actively involved in share trading. They had everything they needed and all of which was earned through the use of brains and a little investment in the stock market, they started with a modest investment of 25k approximately and soon became regular traders capitalizing on the crazy concept of Share Market. The only difference between them and the rest 7 of us including me was that we did not have the guts, inclination and determination to take the risk and make some money.

Mind you its not very difficult to make money in the share market. I will share some of the techniques with you to give you a fair understanding of how and what can be achieved via share trading.

Technique 1: Identify ONE SCRIP. Study the performance of the scrip over a period of time, record the fluctuations and try and identify as many variables / factors as possible for the fluctuations. Study closely and discard the variables / factors which do not have direct correlation with the market price. Build a relationship and then invest at the right time.

Technique 2: Wait for the BUBBLE to Burst. For Eg: When the stock market crashed in the first quarter of 2008, the scrip value of Banks and IT companies was the worst hit (I too lost a lot of money), smart traders soon capitalized on the same and now when the sensex is touching 19k, I am sure they have had many holidays this season then they ever had in their entire lives.

Technique 3: Look for CONTROVERSIES. Remember the Satyam Kaand, the scrip was trading at as low as 12 per share. Lets take an example: You bought 10 thousand shares @ 12 per share. Total investment equals RS 1,20,000. Now the scrip is trading at 100 plus lets take it to be 100/- per share. Your wealth now would be 10,000 x 100 = 10 Lacs. So the investment was 1 Lacs 20 thousand and the value now is 10 lacs. You created wealth to an extent of 8 lacs 80 thousand rupees in just ONE year . Return on Investment 733.33%. Crazy is int'd. Who and what can give you a return to this extent. Thats the magic of our Stock Market.

Note: Its easy to make money in the share market but its even easier to lose money. Its a fool's paradise but still you need to be a smart fool or else you will end up getting beaten up by your spouse and children for having made them sacrifice on their lavish needs.

So when do you plan to open a D-Mat Account....???

Your Thoughts Determine Your Life....

I am putting up this article on my blog because I thought about it. If I had never thought about it, it would not have happened. The events that happen in our lives, the timing and the intensity is entirely dependent upon our thoughts.

When I say thought is everything I mean that literally everything in your life could be a construct of your thoughts. According to Albert Einstein and other brilliant scientists like David Bohm, it seems reality is nothing more than the projection of thought. Everything in life that we perceive with our 5 senses comes firstly from our habitual thinking. The fact that we all see the same things when we are in a group of people means that collectively our thoughts work together. This togetherness of perceiving the same things makes sense since we know the entire universe is made up of energy vibrating at different rates. Everything in the universe is connected on some level even though it might not seem that way.

Some of us live in the lap of luxury and some of us live in total poverty. Some of us are happy with ourselves and our lives, some of us are dreadfully unhappy and cannot see a way out from the problems that seem to engulf us.

If thought is everything we should able to change virtually every aspect of our life by simply changing our habitual thoughts. Although this is a difficult concept to prove scientifically, you only have to look over your own life and look at the ups and downs you have gone through to see that this concept seems valid. I can only speak for myself but when I look back over my own life I can clearly see how when I am thinking positively and optimistically I have experienced success on so many levels and have felt content during those periods. At times when life has not gone so well, it was my thoughts that let me down, not bad luck or misfortune.

I enjoy reading biographies and almost all biographies are written about successful people, I guess a biography written about someone unsuccessful would not be very successful. There seems to be a common theme with all successful people and that is, they thought about being a success in a certain area of their life long before, perhaps many years before, they became a big success.

One other very fascinating aspect of the lives of many successful people was the fact that in other areas of their life, these super successful people were quite unsuccessful. Perhaps they were successful in their primary field but many suffered failures in their relationships, financially and in other important areas of life. Many of these people claim the same story and that is they never gave much thought to success in other areas of their life other than their primary goal.

If you believe in the concept that thought is everything, you could probably make incredible changes in your life that lead to greater happiness and success. If this concept seems like fiction I guess you just have to leave your life to the winds of fate, but for me I like the idea that my thoughts do control the outcome of my life and I feel I have seen enough evidence over the course of my life to know deep inside that thought is everything.

TRUST ME...