Messages from a Mess

Written on Saturday, September 19, 2015 by Siddharth PV

Mumbai Airport, 19th Sept, 2015

When I came I was a mess
This I must confess

 My confidence at a significant low
My body had also dealt a big blow -
A thing of pride and pleasure
Was complaining of too much pressure

 But since then over a month has passed
And I many a lesson have amassed

 There's nothing strikingly new
But have insights emerged quite a few
A reinforcement of the fact
That most effective are the simplest didacts

 Just entered the port again
To take at promising opportunities an aim

 But this time it feels different..

 Of the outcome I am less sure
But I am sure I will endure
All I have to do..
Is by the basics persevere..

 I must know all will be well
And that sincerity will a just fortune tell

 Sometimes it might take a while
And difficult will it be meanwhile
But persist I must on the right cause
Without taking too long a pause

 For if there's one thing I have learnt under duress
Is that faith and efforts are a man's only redress

 Since efforts will your fortune tell
In the end all will be well

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How does experience help? And how do you help yourself, in case you dont have it?

Written on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 by Siddharth PV

When you are experienced - you have seen a lot more.
You have been in similar situations before.
You have seen the possible problems that you could face.
You know that A,B,C things work... And X, Y, Z approaches dont work. ( The list may not be exhaustive, but you still more than others.)
You have the initial 'comfort factor' of having 'been there and done that'
This can be a BIG morale booster. It helps you begin well.

And well begun is half done, well done.
Period.

So, how does a newbie on the job try and match his manager? (who, on most occasions would be his grand-daddy as far as the domain is concerned)

1. Be exceptionally brilliant (unfortunately cant proactively do too much about this)
2. Out-Listen, Out-Read & Out-Think

Out-Listen:
Keep your eyes and ears open - Take in ALL the gyan that you can.
You never know what might come in handy.

Out-Read:
What makes your managers so good is the rich exposure of the years that they have spent - handling problems REAL TIME.
If you read enough RELEVANT material (there are enough books, blogs, manuals out there) - You will read about the mistakes that you could make - that your manager would have already made, lived through AND LEARNT.
That way, you are cutting through your learning curve, putting yourself in a better position.

Out-think:
Most difficult of all. But spend more time analysing the problem at hand. Spend more thought on it. If you are reading and listening enough, this will be easier.

............

Of course - at the end of the day - living throuhg something can never be replaced by Listening, Reading or Thinking about it.
But atleast - you would know more. Your mind would have been exposed to a newer dimension. And as Einstein says -
Once your mind has been stretched to a new dimension, it WILL NOT go back to the old dimension.
You would have grown.

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Messages from a Mess

Mumbai Airport, 19th Sept, 2015

When I came I was a mess
This I must confess

 My confidence at a significant low
My body had also dealt a big blow -
A thing of pride and pleasure
Was complaining of too much pressure

 But since then over a month has passed
And I many a lesson have amassed

 There's nothing strikingly new
But have insights emerged quite a few
A reinforcement of the fact
That most effective are the simplest didacts

 Just entered the port again
To take at promising opportunities an aim

 But this time it feels different..

 Of the outcome I am less sure
But I am sure I will endure
All I have to do..
Is by the basics persevere..

 I must know all will be well
And that sincerity will a just fortune tell

 Sometimes it might take a while
And difficult will it be meanwhile
But persist I must on the right cause
Without taking too long a pause

 For if there's one thing I have learnt under duress
Is that faith and efforts are a man's only redress

 Since efforts will your fortune tell
In the end all will be well

How does experience help? And how do you help yourself, in case you dont have it?

When you are experienced - you have seen a lot more.
You have been in similar situations before.
You have seen the possible problems that you could face.
You know that A,B,C things work... And X, Y, Z approaches dont work. ( The list may not be exhaustive, but you still more than others.)
You have the initial 'comfort factor' of having 'been there and done that'
This can be a BIG morale booster. It helps you begin well.

And well begun is half done, well done.
Period.

So, how does a newbie on the job try and match his manager? (who, on most occasions would be his grand-daddy as far as the domain is concerned)

1. Be exceptionally brilliant (unfortunately cant proactively do too much about this)
2. Out-Listen, Out-Read & Out-Think

Out-Listen:
Keep your eyes and ears open - Take in ALL the gyan that you can.
You never know what might come in handy.

Out-Read:
What makes your managers so good is the rich exposure of the years that they have spent - handling problems REAL TIME.
If you read enough RELEVANT material (there are enough books, blogs, manuals out there) - You will read about the mistakes that you could make - that your manager would have already made, lived through AND LEARNT.
That way, you are cutting through your learning curve, putting yourself in a better position.

Out-think:
Most difficult of all. But spend more time analysing the problem at hand. Spend more thought on it. If you are reading and listening enough, this will be easier.

............

Of course - at the end of the day - living throuhg something can never be replaced by Listening, Reading or Thinking about it.
But atleast - you would know more. Your mind would have been exposed to a newer dimension. And as Einstein says -
Once your mind has been stretched to a new dimension, it WILL NOT go back to the old dimension.
You would have grown.

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