I came accross a very interesting poem from an anonymous writer, which I thought would be worth putting up on the blog.
DON'T QUIT
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must - but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out,
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow
You might succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
Its seems to a faint and faltering man
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.
Hope you like the above poem.
CA.Bharat B. Desai
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Winning in Life
During last monsoon I met one of my old friends Ninad. He was very keen to learn. Very enthusiastic and inquisitive. A proflic writer. So I decided to meet him at the Coffee Cafe Day. He had lots of questions in his mind. As I started sipping Cappuchino, I could see in his curious eyes, that he expected answers from me on success, failure, life, behaviour of people, my own struggle etc., He kept noting down all along and one fine day he called and said Sir, I have started writing a book and I have mailed you the first page. Following is the verbatim mail from Ninad:
"Bharat has always been a busy man, more so ever it would be appropriate if I put it this way – that he chooses to be involved purposefully and in being full of activity as that keeps him looking forward to each moment of life. And for him each moment is always waiting to be filled with achievement. There is a secret that keeps him going. And that is he has never really worried about results. He immerses himself in the process. Results,- well, they follow! They follow not in the end but at every step of the process.
I had to ask this to him, I was curious. And then again for the course of developing this book I needed to know, what are the central principles that guide, that make this vigorous man’s life what it is today? So we caught up in a nearby coffee shop. He looked relaxed and that eased me a bit. One can imagine, if ever a person like him sat in front of you, you really can’t be spared from his highly optimistic infectious energy. You will carry some home!
Outside the city welcomed its first wet showers as we sipped on the cappuccino and on that refreshing Saturday afternoon our first conversation about winning in life began.
Like I said, I was curious and so I asked him. He took a moment to absorb and then he spoke. I really never knew how those two hours passed by. I looked outside from the window pane set next to our table. Nothing much was happening. It all seemed constant. But inside me, I could feel a lot had begun to change. Something really began to make sense. I was suddenly feeling free, free of responsibility, free of emotional pressures, in charge of this moment of life, of my next step. Everything seemed possible. Yes it had everything to do with what Bharat had shared with me, taught me. And it were these principles that he spoke about.
1. Motivate Yourself
2. Read, Observe, Listen and Practice
3. Never Let your dreams die
4. Know your limitations
5. Helping others Selflessly
6. Being Generous.
7. Aim only for the best things in life.
8. Get to know everything.
9. Embrace Change, Embrace technology
10. Clarity of your thoughts – Knowing how your present affects your future"
Well, Ninad's writing on the wall is quite interesting and has given me way to put it up on the blog. I will keep writing on the above thoughts as we go along. My converstaions with Ninad and so on. Till then Bye......
CA.Bharat B.Desai
"Bharat has always been a busy man, more so ever it would be appropriate if I put it this way – that he chooses to be involved purposefully and in being full of activity as that keeps him looking forward to each moment of life. And for him each moment is always waiting to be filled with achievement. There is a secret that keeps him going. And that is he has never really worried about results. He immerses himself in the process. Results,- well, they follow! They follow not in the end but at every step of the process.
I had to ask this to him, I was curious. And then again for the course of developing this book I needed to know, what are the central principles that guide, that make this vigorous man’s life what it is today? So we caught up in a nearby coffee shop. He looked relaxed and that eased me a bit. One can imagine, if ever a person like him sat in front of you, you really can’t be spared from his highly optimistic infectious energy. You will carry some home!
Outside the city welcomed its first wet showers as we sipped on the cappuccino and on that refreshing Saturday afternoon our first conversation about winning in life began.
Like I said, I was curious and so I asked him. He took a moment to absorb and then he spoke. I really never knew how those two hours passed by. I looked outside from the window pane set next to our table. Nothing much was happening. It all seemed constant. But inside me, I could feel a lot had begun to change. Something really began to make sense. I was suddenly feeling free, free of responsibility, free of emotional pressures, in charge of this moment of life, of my next step. Everything seemed possible. Yes it had everything to do with what Bharat had shared with me, taught me. And it were these principles that he spoke about.
1. Motivate Yourself
2. Read, Observe, Listen and Practice
3. Never Let your dreams die
4. Know your limitations
5. Helping others Selflessly
6. Being Generous.
7. Aim only for the best things in life.
8. Get to know everything.
9. Embrace Change, Embrace technology
10. Clarity of your thoughts – Knowing how your present affects your future"
Well, Ninad's writing on the wall is quite interesting and has given me way to put it up on the blog. I will keep writing on the above thoughts as we go along. My converstaions with Ninad and so on. Till then Bye......
CA.Bharat B.Desai
Monday, February 15, 2010
Life is full of mistakes.
Long before Robin Sharma wrote his book " The monk who sold his Ferrari ", I had already sold my Ferrari in 2004 when I left my "high-flying"& "pressure-cooker" job with an MNC as Financial Controller.
"During the day blog" does not only mean the "day" but "life as a whole".
During the day, I meet and interview a lot of people, receive & reply to hundreds of mail, use different gadgets, learn new technologies, spend a huge amount of time on internet, think a lot about the future ( sometimes do get tensed and worried) and worry about our race as human beings.
I do admit that I committed a lot of mistakes and learnt new things in my life. But never gave up and adapted myself to constantly changing circumstances around me. I learnt to change myself on an ongoing basis. I learnt that it is a continuous process. I can very well see the future. I will keep writing on my mistakes ( so that the next generation does not repeat), new gadgets, new technologies which I have seen or tested, new way of doing the same old things etc., I generally get bored if I have repeat the same task over and over. Therefore, every time, I think of doing it in a different way or keep experimenting different things. That's how we all learn more and more things.
Let me share some thoughts on mistakes we human beings commit. We all commit mistakes but by the time we realise it is too late. Most people don't even accept their own mistakes.
My guru said that whatever mistakes we do, become our experience.
He told me " Commit 1000 mistakes, but do not repeat the same mistake again" .
Robin Sharma in one of his blogs also says " A mistake is not a mistake until it is repeated again".
We all go thru' the learning curve and condition our brain. Despite that we still repeat the same mistakes. That's why we are human beings and not robots. There are some basic things we have to accept -No human being is perfect. But we can surely try to achieve a level of perfection. The level of perfection is again relative. So, we can try the same thing again and again, do it better and better like the Einstein's experiments. Life is full of mistakes. Never mind. Take it easy. Take one task at a time and accomplish. Learn, unlearn and relearn that's what Alwyn Toffler says in his book the "Future Shock"
If you like my views, ideas or you wish to share your thoughts on my blog, I would be more than happy to receive it and post it on my blogs.
CA.Bharat B.Desai - http://www.dbarretts.com/
"During the day blog" does not only mean the "day" but "life as a whole".
During the day, I meet and interview a lot of people, receive & reply to hundreds of mail, use different gadgets, learn new technologies, spend a huge amount of time on internet, think a lot about the future ( sometimes do get tensed and worried) and worry about our race as human beings.
I do admit that I committed a lot of mistakes and learnt new things in my life. But never gave up and adapted myself to constantly changing circumstances around me. I learnt to change myself on an ongoing basis. I learnt that it is a continuous process. I can very well see the future. I will keep writing on my mistakes ( so that the next generation does not repeat), new gadgets, new technologies which I have seen or tested, new way of doing the same old things etc., I generally get bored if I have repeat the same task over and over. Therefore, every time, I think of doing it in a different way or keep experimenting different things. That's how we all learn more and more things.
Let me share some thoughts on mistakes we human beings commit. We all commit mistakes but by the time we realise it is too late. Most people don't even accept their own mistakes.
My guru said that whatever mistakes we do, become our experience.
He told me " Commit 1000 mistakes, but do not repeat the same mistake again" .
Robin Sharma in one of his blogs also says " A mistake is not a mistake until it is repeated again".
We all go thru' the learning curve and condition our brain. Despite that we still repeat the same mistakes. That's why we are human beings and not robots. There are some basic things we have to accept -No human being is perfect. But we can surely try to achieve a level of perfection. The level of perfection is again relative. So, we can try the same thing again and again, do it better and better like the Einstein's experiments. Life is full of mistakes. Never mind. Take it easy. Take one task at a time and accomplish. Learn, unlearn and relearn that's what Alwyn Toffler says in his book the "Future Shock"
If you like my views, ideas or you wish to share your thoughts on my blog, I would be more than happy to receive it and post it on my blogs.
CA.Bharat B.Desai - http://www.dbarretts.com/
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