Exploring the silent intelligence with tremendous learning......

A few months back when life had become a routine like brushing teeth, I deliberately hooked to latest phenomena of the world i.e. social media, it suddenly became like brushing teeth with nice music on which was some solaceJ. My situation was almost like wanting to go to the ground to play and but the management decided only letting me coach. So I stayed put and like the saying when things look gloomy and dark after few hours the sun will come out which is exactly what happened. One day I saw a post on one of the internal social networking mediums to make a call on a number. Filled with an abundance of enthusiasm and exuberance I called the number only to realize that there was an exciting future waiting but with it came huge risk and there was a lot at stake. In a sense it could be lot of accolades or despair.....

The opportunity was tough at the same time very exciting and irresistible. I had been asked to do something which I never done before nor did I have the experience or formal training for it. It has taken me four years and 12-13 hours a day slogging to reach where things could be calm, quiet, with some sort of visibility, trust of my seniors and respect from customers. But still I had one big question in front of me WHAT NEXT? That call had the answer but it had also infused the element of fear and doubt in me. It is always a risky affair to bet on a new companies stock but some of the best brokers have made their fortune buy doing this day in and day out. I was in a big dilemma but then I told myself you can’t make it big by playing safe, if the ship is in the safest harbor what is it made for? Nope not at all, it has to go out of this safe harbor to find its niche. I weighed my options and said YES to opportunity.

The deal had its own twist I had to move to city of The Thalaivaar ( Rajani Land), and boy if you ask any north Indian which city they would want to visit last on the earth, it is going to be this one, this is not right to say but I am afraid it’s true J. I personally had no prejudice hence thought peoples opinion is their own opinion and none of my business J thus let me go and explore, let me take my boat to rough water and let the adventure of raft begin.

To all my friends in north India here is a message from Chennai- “I am neither loud nor very vibrant but I am accommodation in highest order, I don’t aspire to be Shanghai and LA as my other competitors, I am still very much Indian and would like to remain same. But that doesn’t mean I am not modern, I am as modern and forward looking as it can get. I have most generous people who still think moral science is most important science and it has to be practiced in daily routine life. And when it comes to food I can give any city in the world a run for their money, you will get tired of counting but list is endless, the variety is unimaginable. And if you ever doubted my global appeal, chef Floyd Cardoz’s has answered on my behalf in emphatically styled “UPMA” (Believe it or not) is now a part of the global cuisine “MIND IT” J, it has won him the TOP Chef Award of 100KUSD in LA last week.

While I was gradually getting charmed by Chennai, I met some superbly intelligent people, who are masters of their craft; they change your outlook about things with their disruptive thought and knowledge on subject in each touch point. I have had my struggles but after a point I realized it was not Chennai which had issues rather the issue was with my mindset and I started embracing it gradually realizing what I could have missed. Midst of holy city exploration I have been learning thorough the journey each passing day. It has had its WOW moments along with some very low ones, but all in all it was a tremendous journey both personally and professionally. You can’t dream big and remain riskless mediocre at the same time in life, Take a chance, don’t wait for opportunities to come and knock your door, time has come to build the door.................