I’m learning very important life’s lesson from past few months, Today I thought of sharing it with all my friends (Special thanks to Ishita Gupta)

• Time is an illusion.
• Don’t measure it by the amount of hours/effort you put in, measure it by goals you accomplish.
• A lofty goal combined with serious effort gets results.
• Doing things quickly and repetitively helps you get over anxiety about failure.
• Making a decision is more important than doing things perfectly.
• When in the dip (the tedious execution phase), remember the larger goal of your project and the value it provides to the world.
• You don’t have to do everything alone.
• Good things await when you take a risk (a smart one), no matter how afraid you are.
• If you win, you win. If you lose, you win. (From Rocky and stepping out of your comfort zone.)
• When you think you’ve reached your limit, do more.
• You just might waste your life away in idleness and bullshit if you’re not careful.
• Taking initiative matters.
• Being who you want to be and who you think you really are is largely a decision
• Flexibility is your biggest asset.
• You don’t have to do things like everyone else.
• Focus on what matters. Few things matter, but those that do need maniacal focus.
• Getting rejected is OK. In fact, if you do it quick enough, rejection speeds up your road to success. (Similarly, rejection doesn’t matter until you stop trying. Once you stop trying, getting rejected becomes a big deal.)
• Taking care of the things (and people) you love in your life matters everyday, no matter how busy you are.
• Learn the language of the people you wish to speak to and communicate with (French or analytics.)
• Don’t stay busy. Get real things done that matter (ignore what looks like your job and focus on what really is your job.)

First Bungee Experience
When I went to Bridge for the jump I felt little fear just like when I look down from the roof of the building, There were around 40 people which were divided into 3 groups according to their weight G1 (70 Kg-100KG), G2 (63 Kg – 69 KG), G3 (40 Kg – 62 KG); I was in G1 which was marked with marker on my right hand. After sometime my temperature went up by 5 degree I don’t know why but I was feeling like going for my first campus interview. when I watched 4-5 jumps and swings I started to cool down and got acclimatize with height.

Jump started with heaviest to lightest weight order, my turn was 3rd last and my elder bro has last turn with 70 KG. When it was my turn I tried to stay focused and composed, I made a small plan on how I will jump like I’ll keep my hands in flying position and rest body straight, won’t bend, I’ll give a push by legs while jump which will help me to give a better Free Fall experience just like as instructor said an hour ago but when I get there on jump platform my mind went blank, has almost zero thought and no fear, all I heard was 1..2…3.. Jump.. and I jumped… very next moment my mind went completely blank like in a state of enlightenment absolutely No thoughts..those feelings were indescribable which you can experience only when you go through it, it’s like I fully lived those moments and felt those every second of free fall.. Once the rope bounced back I came back to my normal state and started shouting woooooohoooooo……

1. Connection – Frequently looses connection I have Airtel connection but it switches it’s network to Vodafone and shows no network, after running 5-6 diagnostic test it switch back to Airtel network. I thought something is wrong with my phone set but same is the story with our other BB phone.
2. SMS – Ever since I started using it i.e. yesterday it frequently route my SMS to international gateway which costs me Rs.5/SMS for local SMS even after having unlimited Monthly SMS package I complained about this to Airtel customer care but they are too dumb to acknowledge it as problem.
3. Ringtone – It frequently switch to silent mode with no ringtones and alert tone I missed many important calls and even after wasting 1 hour to fix it won’t fix up but after sometime it get fix it by itself.
4. Cumbersome – There are too many settings and options for dumb guy like me to get a hold of it, it took me more than 3 days to understand & customize the basic functionalities to use my phone normally. Unlike Android and iPhone which took me 10 minutes to understand and ready to rock & roll.
5. BIS (Blackberry Internet Service) – It’s doubling my mobile bills and without it I can’t even surf net with Airtel Live as I used to do it before in my Samsung Phone as my Mobile internet requirement is not that great that I’m going to double my mobile bill.
6. Just Can’t Switch it off – There is no button for switching it off completely, they have Full Power off but When I hit hang/power button it instantly illuminates the phone. I was travelling & wanted to save the batteries by switching it off when I checked back to call I found whole batteries was drained off as somehow it started off automatically cause it just take a simple touch on hang/power button to start unlike other phone which takes continuous pressing of power button to start. I wasted 2 hours to figure out how to switch off completely later found it can only done by taking off the batteries.
7. No Apps – I cannot access apps like gmail apps or other essential life saving apps till I subscribe to BIS, I can surf net via Wi-fi but I just cannot use apps what the hack is wrong with them.
8. There are other issues as well and these are very simple issues but making my life hell after started using blackberry as it is consuming too much time in regularly fixing things like network and ringtone issues also reducing my productivity greatly. Now I wish I have never got this phone.  Somehow my 1st impression not so good with BB I hope it may change with time.

Last time when I got inspired was by Runner Keith Golke of Minneapolis who resembled as an icicle while jogging on the coldest day, he was fully covered with ice still it didn’t stopped him from going for his daily jog.

What is La Ultra Marathon?

• Event Name: La Ultra – The High
• Terrain/Type: Mountain
• Date: 11/08/2011
• Start Time: 06:00
• Venue: Khardung Village, Leh, India
• Organised By: Back2Fitness
• Race Website: www.thehigh.in.

La Ultra – The High is a super insane ultra marathon (222km with 60hr cut-off) held in the foothills of the Himalayas, India.

The High course crosses the highest motor-able pass (controversially*) in the world, i.e. Khardung La (17,700 ft, recorded by National Geographic to be at 18,380 ft) down to Leh an then up again to Tanglang La (17,583 ft), finishing at Morey Plains.

• Highest point: Khardung La at 17,700 ft (5395 m)
• Cumulative vertical ascent: 10,193 ft (3,107 m)
• Cumulative vertical descent: 8,873 ft (2,704 m)
• At 14,765 ft (4,500 m), The High’s average altitude, the partial pressure of oxygen is 40% less than at sea level
• Temperatures between 104F(40C) to 21F(-6C)
• Find more at [Link]

You may also like to read : La Ultra The High – prelude

Life explained, in short!!

Two Wolves – Good & Evil

One evening an old Man told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

“One is Evil – It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

“The other is Good – It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, ”Which wolf wins?”
The old Man simply replied, ”The one you feed.”

One of my friend shared a link of this very inspiring speech by Oprah she made in addressing commencement day of Stanford graduates class of ’08. The above video is very long you can check this video [Link] for short briefed lessons.

Here are the lessons she gave -

Lesson one, follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it.

Now I want to talk a little bit about failings, because nobody’s journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. If things go wrong, you hit a dead end—as you will—it’s just life’s way of saying time to change course. So, ask every failure—this is what I do with every failure, every crisis, every difficult time—I say, what is this here to teach me? And as soon as you get the lesson, you get to move on. If you really get the lesson, you pass and you don’t have to repeat the class. If you don’t get the lesson, it shows up wearing another pair of pants—or skirt—to give you some remedial work.

And what I’ve found is that difficulties come when you don’t pay attention to life’s whisper, because life always whispers to you first. And if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you’ll get a scream. Whatever you resist persists. But, if you ask the right question—not why is this happening, but what is this here to teach me?—it puts you in the place and space to get the lesson you need.

The lesson here is clear, and that is, if you’re hurting, you need to help somebody ease their hurt. If you’re in pain, help somebody else’s pain. And when you’re in a mess, you get yourself out of the mess helping somebody out of theirs. And in the process, you get to become a member of what I call the greatest fellowship of all, the sorority of compassion and the fraternity of service.

I know this for sure, that doing good actually makes you better. So, whatever field you choose, if you operate from the paradigm of service, I know your life will have more value and you will be happy.

if you choose to offer your skills and talent in service, when you choose the paradigm of service, looking at life through that paradigm, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift. And I know you haven’t spent all this time at Stanford just to go out and get a job.

You’ve been enriched in countless ways. There’s no better way to make your mark on the world and to share that abundance with others.

You have the heart and the smarts to go with it. And it’s up to you to decide, really, where will you now use those gifts? You’ve got the diploma, so go out and get the lessons, ’cause I know great things are sure to come.

Congratulations, ’08!

Check the complete speech at [Link]

Here you go -

• Never ever show your girlfriend the gift you got for your Mom or sister.
• Never flirt with your best friend’s girlfriend; he’ll not forgive you till he gets his next.
• Your friend may still accept if you flirt with his girlfriend but never ever mess with his cell phone.
• Close your room’s door before you video chat with your fiancee, rather never video chat with your fiancee.
• If hit hard, even tomatoes hurt.
• Love is beyond any boundaries especially linguistic boundaries.
• If two of the three friends date one girl, and third one somehow couldn’t – he’ll one day call her a b*%#ch.
• And last but not the least – Holidays are a must – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara !

[Source : Taken from ZNMD FB Page notes]

Thank you so much for the appreciations

This after noon, one of my friend posted a link of some blog of some unknown guy named Govind Tiwari. I thought what the..hell but when I checked his blog, me and my whole office team members couldn’t stopped laughing on the floor.
Later some other friend told me he is trending in twitter, First I really didn’t believe that later when I checked on Twitter he was indeed trending worldwide, people are crazy about his blinking eyes and his jazzy blog. Apart from his blinking eyes I really liked his one of the amazing video ‘Govind Tiwari dil ka bhola hai”

Check out his picture collections some of them are really out of this world [Photo Album link]

Twitter Fame of Govind Tiwari- He is trending number 1 in India and number 5 Worldwide twitter trends which means millions are tweeting about him. People are tweeting at the rate of 20 tweets per second when I last checked.

Almost everyone has loved Govind Tiwari’s blinking eyes & blog and want to know who the hell is Govind Tiwari.

One of the tweet I liked -

RT @_eMeNeF_: Companies spend millions of dollars on Online Viral Campaigns on Social Media…and then we have Govind Tiwari beating them all with a Blink.

Facebook Fame of Govind Tiwari –

Already many has created Facebook Fan page for him [Fan Page link] and when I last checked 5417 people has shared his blog in Facebook. If he had placed Adsense in his blog then he would have made thousands of dollars by now.

He has around 11 blogs, all of them are superb, Check out -

1. Govind from Allahabad
2. Last Page by Govind Tiwari
3. HAVE A NICE DAY – Govind Tiwari
4. Thank you for visiting
5. Allahabad
6. O… MY GOD — Govind Tiwari
7. Govind Tiwari from Allahabad
8. Govind Tiwari on slide
9. Govind Tiwari with fireworks
10. Govind Tiwari
11. MY INDIA

[Update] And Govind Tiwari is news -

[Update July 29 2011] I’ve got an email from Govind Tiwari

I am thankful to all persons who have given me support and appriciation for my activity at Internet, who make me famous in the Computer world. but my Blog was only experiment for me. Now My Blog will be update for you with in few weeks. So once again lot of thanks.

My website only – www.govindtiwari.blogspot.com
on twitter – govindtiwari

Poetry 1
Pighlay neelam sa behta hua yeh samaan
Neeli neeli si khamoshiyaan
Na kahin hai zameen
Na kahin aasmaan
Sarsaraati huyi tehniyaan, pattiyaan
Keh rahi hain ki bas ek tum ho yahaan
Sirf main hoon meri saansein hain aur meri dhadkanein
Aisi gehraiyaan
Aisi tanhaiyaan
Aur main sirf main
Apne honay pe mujhko yaqeen aa gaya

Poetry 2
Ik baat honton tak hai jo aayi nahin
Bas ankhon say hai jhaankti
Tumse kabhi, mujhse kabhi
Kuch lafz hain woh maangti
Jinko pehanke honton tak aa jaaye woh
Aawaaz ki baahon mein baahein daalke ithlaaye woh
Lekin jo yeh ik baat hai
Ahsaas hi ahsaas hai
Khushboo si hai jaise hawa mein tairti
Khushboo jo be-aawaaz hai
Jiska pata tumko bhi hai
Jiski khabar mujhko bhi hai
Duniya se bhi chupta nahin
Yeh jaane kaisa raaz hai

Poetry 3
Jab jab dard ka baadal chaya
Jab ghum ka saya lehraya
Jab aansoo palkon tak aya
Jab yeh tanha dil ghabraya
Humne dil ko yeh samjhaya
Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai
Duniya mein yunhi hota hai
Yeh jo gehre sannate hain
Waqt ne sabko hi baante hain
Thoda ghum hai sabka qissa
Thodi dhoop hai sabka hissa
Aankh teri bekaar hi nam hai
Har pal ek naya mausam hai
Kyun tu aise pal khota hai
Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai

Poetry 4
Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyaan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Nazar mein khwaabon ki bijliyaan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum

Hawaa ke jhonkon ke jaise azad rehna seekho
Tum ek dariya ke jaise lehron mein behna seekho
Har ek lamhe se tum milo khole apni baahein
Har ek pal ik naya samaan dekhein yeh nigaahein

Jo apni aankhon mein hairaaniyaan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyaan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum

[Update - Check video of All Poetry of Imraan]