CLEANING MY ROOM

Some time back when my brother reduced his weight drastically he used to tell me that the secret to his weight reduction is cleaning the room regularly; I thought it was just a joke. I seriously underestimated the effort needed for a thorough cleaning, when better to know than when cleaning your own room. All these years my cleaning method was simple. Its to transfer junk from one location to the other and again after few months doing the reverse, Never feeling the desire to throw away anything out, hoping to use it someday, only to see that day never came. It was not very soon that the day came that there was no space for me in my own dump, the inevitable just had to be done to sleep outside, I mean to throw things outside. Yes, it was the D day; the day I might lose some of my weight. All the invisible dirt and the months of piles formed in the corners, made me feel I was sleeping not in a room, But along with the nature. It started in the morning and the monotony of the work stopped me, every inch of free space made it necessary to clear the junk. In the end of the day I wish I could say I won it (I have done it), but that the difficulty of living in a house designed by an architect there are too many places to clean, with never ending projection s and displays. I had to retreat being exhausted and tired, hoping to continue another day.

LEARNING FROM A CRYING BABY

                         A small baby is the cutest little thing that is born into this world fresh and clear in its mind and thought. Not shy to complain and to cry, it reacts to the smallest signs of harm. The cute they may seem but they possess the strongest beacon for danger (cry with a strongest voice). They have to do that to show you something is wrong to understand that they are in trouble and they need help. The instinct of million years of evolution has not spared us as we age; we have to run to attend the calling. Cutest little helpless child needs to do it and as adults we sometimes have to do it our self. In India we constantly find our self in such situations and we fail to show the displeasure, out of sense of decency or feeling of not to hurt others. But, when we stop complaining to people who make things worse for us, it’s the best worst thing that we can do. Though crying in front of the public is not the best way for an adult, we have developed our own Beacons like anger and questioning the methods in which a person does things. Only when we display such indicators, will they know that they have to change. But, if they don’t mind one person, if everyone starts complaining it becomes wrong, then they will change on their own. The change of method is necessary though screaming like a kid is an option and people do, do that. It proves little point other than that we are crazy.

                                    Why this blog you might ask in the list of meaningless blogs that I have wrote and kept, this does not figure. Since, we have forgotten to complain. We have forgotten to such an extent that the politicians think its ok to steal from us while we are suffering. They don’t know we suffer and how will they, when there is no complaint. The voice of the media as become the voice of people the voice of exaggerating media as become the thinkers of people or more guide books for people. We claim that we are intelligent than a child but, the smartness we had as a kid is actually lost while we were working hard to become smartJ. The wonder that we are ready for the world when we are born, but we choose the other way is really funny. So, start complaining with sense and thought, say no when you have to, say you are hurt when you are. Let them know, if they still not care then its time you stop caring for what they say or do and not to forget learn from a crying baby. 

A REVELATION ABOUT EXPECTATION

It was like any other day, sitting alone listening to soothing music wondering about the past and figuring out the future and while doing nothing and staring at my computer, to start a new blog, I had a revelation about a simple concept called “expectation”.

I was trying to advertise my blog for some time and tried very hard to find an Ad that will pay. When I found one and posted it on my blog I expected a lot of results. But, I did not get any. I was disappointed and stopped working on my blog. My blog’s ranking went down and I was losing interest on the thing I loved the most, writing a blog. It took some time for me to start again and to sit and wonder on this day.

 Expectation is a small word. But it has so much meaning and effect. Expectation leads to the need for results. It leads to working for what we think is the level needed to find the results and when we start working for that imaginary hard work level we lose a lot. We lose hope, we lose confidence, and we lose belief. Expectation is worst even in relationship. Loving with expectation only results in loss of interest on the person whom we love, That is when they don’t live up to our expectation. It was the strangest thing that I understood. No expectation means no boundaries and no limits to what you can do; the beauty of not expecting is that no matter what the result there will be no regret.

We will be feeling good for simply doing the things that we love and we will work more for it. I was stupid enough to not see how happy I was just having a blog and started feeling sad for unable to advertise it. It was a wonder day today learnt something, hoping to maintain it. 

FLOW OF POSITIVE ENERGY

It was a real bad day I had to face the fury of the boss; work seemed to be going on the down side along with my performance that day. Every bit of interest in me was snatched away with a really difficult data entry work, the long slow typing never seemed to have no end. With all the negatives clouding my head, I wanted to get an excuse to run out of the work early.

            Before I could carry on with the negatives to others, I got the opportunity to attend a management seminar by an energetic trainer. Seemed like a good opportunity to leave early. Though what started as an excuse to leave early turned into day changing seminar. The topic was about leadership, a very common idea, but the crowd full of energetic managers brought the better side of it and filled the room with positive energy. With eyes of a 9 year old and the interest of a 15 year old they listened acted and answered with excitement and interest. After One hour of observing their energy, little humor and friendliness I was seminared to feel better. The energy that which others possessed really transformed what could have been a gloomy topic and a bad day for me.   .

Marketing Experience

The word marketing is an important word for companies, a head ache for some customers and difficult maize for the marketer. I realized all the above, when I started conducting market survey for my internship. The marketing word threatens many fresh MBA's, scaring them away from a job filled with adventure and little amount of humiliation. like any other jobs it has its two sides. Though i just started to conduct market survey, I had to change the introduction sentence that I tell them many times before I could even get near an employee to ask questions. It has to be complicated and yet simple so that the guard does not think, we are here to bug them about a product. It is a hard journey for marketing. 

APPOINTMENT

Getting the appointment is the hardest part. You might call 20 companies per day and be left feeling like all of them have left the country or too busy to sit with you. Some are frank and sharply put you down with Echo’s of No's ringing through your hear. One thing I have realized is to never call up a small company for an appointment for a survey, they always depend on their boss and they are always outside. You can do a lot more being physically present, than calling people. But, never go to a slightly larger companies without an appointment, it’s of no use going there without one. 

COLD CALLING (Meeting without an appointment)

It’s the best method to conduct a survey and it involves going around and looking for prospective companies. It’s one of the most difficult process with little humiliation, little excitement and a tones of funny incidents (mainly based on you though). You will never know what to expect through cold calling. 

Chennai is the place where i conducted the survey and mostly in good companies there were very good response and no rejections. But, still i had to re assure them that I am not a marketer. Tell the words “Sir I am a student, here to ask some questions to find out the reach of the product in the market". Any deviation from this sentence or any reference is made to survey; they immediately think we are marketers. It’s that fast, 10 seconds is all that you get to make the difference. You can always know from their face, what they are thinking about you. Any bad judgment its a quick No and the gates are always wide open to go back out. They have an easier word and there is no other response for a "NO".

 So, the best way to describe what I do is. Challenge is market research or marketing and marketing is a challenge. Only the ones who like to challenge life are fit to fight it. Others simply have to keep searching for something better.