Finding me!!

"Hi Everybody..." I blabbered out on microphone. My voice echoed more in my head than in the large auditorium. A long pause!! A pin drop silence!! The focus of 700 pair of eyes and then... everything went dark before my eyes!!! I have become a statue with the only exception of my legs which were shaking in the richter scale of 7.5. I was sweating like a pig in the cool winter morning(I don't know if pigs sweat, but thats what everybody say..) I got back to my senses when back stage; my friend, Rajeev gave a tight slap. I have goofed up badly and have become a laughing-stock for rest of my school days. Welcome to the Glossophobia world of mine. Google says: "Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking."

Talent: Is that ALL ??

The other day, as I was browsing the net; came across a splendid video of Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle. I found it very interesting & inspiring. I have penned it down for all my dear friends.

The point being what is required to get you to the top 10%. Is it Talent? Talent has put you in top 10%... but then to reach the top 1% i.e. pinnacle of success what is the most vital requirement. Not Talent!!!  Talent has done its part. Now everyone in that top 10% have the same talent. So what drives us towards excellence. Excellence is not about talent alone. Beyond a certain level, Ability & Talent are the most USELESS virtues to posses. Talent breeds an ego and talent never solves any problem beyond a point. In Australian army, when building an elite core team, the track record of soldiers are checked. If the soldier has never failed then he is not picked. WHY?? Can the soldier, who has marched to success with his ability alone; take correct decisions when faced with adversary and failures. The elite team is formed out of people who have failed and have bounced back...thats where attitude matters. Attitude is far more important than talent. Tendulkar, the legendary cricketer, has played 55 games without a break @ the age of 14. At a stretch!! Continuous!! 55 days!!!!! He practices for 2 hours, play a game n then practices again for 2 more hours. He falls asleep on dining table. He does it for straight 55 days. Its not Talent but its Attitude. So Attitude and Passion counts far more than ability. Ability opens the first door, it might open the second..but its never gonna open the last door for YOU.

The Stranger

The interview sucked. Everything went bad from the word go... I had forgotten the interview call letter. I ran around for a hour in search of a internet cafe. The internet was damn slow and the printer broke while taking the printout. I waited for 2 hours for the interview to happen and when it finally happened, I hardly answered any questions. I was annoyed by the events and at my own performance. I was hurriedly walking towards the bus stop. The sky was dark and silver linings were appearing as and then. After a minute or so, the rain came down cats & dogs. The bus at the stop started moving. I ran and boarded the bus. I was half drenched. I looked out for a vacant seat. There was only one at the end of the bus. I took that seat and started wiping water from my face. I looked into the rain through the window glass and in doing so, checked the old man sitting beside me. The old man must be of around 65 years of age. He was thin, bald and was wearing a big round spectacle. The big spectacle made him look funny. His dress was simple and a cotton bag hung on his left shoulder which was now lying on his lap. He looked at me and gave me a warm smile. I was in NO mood to smile back.

In pursuit of happyness...

Why am I angry? Is it because she did not act the way I wanted her to act, may be... BUT its actually correct. I am angry because of her actions alone. In collage, Sushant used to come up with new pranks to see me get mad. But he has always lost the bet. So what has changed in these 3 years!!!!

Flashback, three months before ------ She used to act the same weired way as she is acting now. Sometime few of my friends also act in the same weired way. But I have never taken these things neither to my heart nor to my head. So WHY these problems now. I wanted the answer... and I wanted the answer badly.

The Book I was reading: The Lost Symbol

The other day I brought this book "The Lost Symbol" from a local book seller. The fiction is in line after "DaVinci Code", "Digital Fortress", "Deception Point" and "Angels & Demons" from the american author Dan Brown. The thriller is set up in Washington D.C. where a lunatic freak has kidnapped Peter Solomaon, the keeper of old secrets. Peter's friend a renowned Symbologist Robert Langdon along with Peter's sister Katherine Solomon(a noetic scholar) are in search of a lost word which the abductor has asked to be found in lieu of Peter's life. The lost word is a powerful agent for Apotheosis i.e. to give humans god like power. The lost word is hidden somewhere in Washington D.C. inside a huge pyramid. A huge pyramid at the core of Washington D.C. !!! Must b kidding... Washington D.C. is no Egypt :) A map written in ancient languages of symbols, crypts and riddles needs to be deciphered in order to reach to the lost word. Then there is involvement of CIA who considers the event as a matter of national security. Holy Crap...