What an Awesome Reply man!

It was a hot meeting at the office conference hall.
All the people from the department had been called. The VP was looking much tensed.


The mood was so bad. My friend asked me – “Hey, what is this meeting all about?
I told – May be they will decide on when to have the next meeting.

People around smiled at each other. Then the VP started talking.
It was about the recent attrition rate that was so high. Around 10 people had put in their papers.

All experienced guys. It was quarter end and so work was huge. If we do not complete the work on time,
we need to be paying heavy penalty said the VP.

The VP turned to the manager and told “Hey – take how much ever resources you want. Recruit or
take them from other departments. But complete the work in another 25 days. Take people and complete
it man.


To this the sweet manager replied “Sir! Give me one wife and nine months and I shall show you results.
Don’t give me nine wives and one month. I cannot do anything.” Everyone looked at him blank.


The VP was not prepared for this answer. We looked at the manager and thought
“What an Awesome Reply man!”

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New Business Idea

Frustrated with autorickshaw drivers who would refuse to ferry short distances,
three cycling enthusiasts came up with an innovative, yet efficient, project: Cycle Chalao.

People can hire bicycles for short distances from prime locations such as railway stations,
colleges and malls for as little as Rs 10 a day. The cycle-for-hire service is currently
available at Mulund railway station and nearby Kelkar College and is limited to students
because of identification problems. Twenty-four-year-olds Raj Janagam, Jui Gangan and
Jyotika Bhatia, the core members of the seven-member team, had launched the project on January 26.
They are all pursuing Executive MBA in Social Entrepreneurship from NMIMS in Vile Parle.
After registration, one can hire a bicycle from one station and drop it at another for
Rs 175 a month or Rs 45 a week.

“Cycling in Mulund has become a trend with Cycle Chalao,” said Swejal Gangan,
who has been hiring cycles to travel short distances for the last six months.

“Cycling every morning is very refreshing and healthy.
Sometimes, we friends go for pleasure rides.”The group plans to set up four more “bicycle stations”
by January. “We also plan to issue smart cards, similar to the ones used in public transport buses,
so that everyone can use the service on showing an identification proof,” said Janagam.

“We are now facing problems in generating revenue and also getting permissions to set up more
bicycle stations because these do not come under the purview of the Regional Transport Office (RTO).
We try to recover revenue from advertising space above the wheel,” said Jui.
The Centre for Sustainable Transport, a non-profit organization, is also working towards promote
cycling to prevent pollution and tide over traffic problems. “We are in touch with the municipal
corporation to create a dedicated cell for bicycles because of the RTO norms,” said Rishi Aggarwal, director, Institutional Relations, CST

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Effort is important

A giant ship engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another,
but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine.

Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young.
He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work.
He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

Two of the ship’s owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do.
After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer.
He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away.
The engine was fixed!

A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for Rupees ten thousand .

“What?!” the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything!”

So they wrote the old man a note saying, “Please send us an itemized bill.”

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer…… ……… ……. Rs. 2.00

Knowing where to tap………. ……… …… Rs. 9, 998.00

“Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!”

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What is more valuable – gold or silver?

There once lived a great mathematician in a village outside Ujjain.
He was often called by the local king to advice on matters related to the economy.
His reputation had spread as far as Taxila in the North and Kanchi in the South.
So it hurt him very much when the village headman told him,
“You may be a great mathematician who advises the king on economic matters but your son does not
know the value of gold or silver.”

The mathematician called his son and asked, “What is more valuable – gold or silver?”“Gold,” said the son.
“That is correct. Why is it then that the village headman makes fun of you,
claims you do not know the value of gold or silver? He teases me every day.
He mocks me before other village elders as a father who neglects his son. This hurts me.
I feel everyone in the village is laughing behind my back because you do not know what is more valuable,
gold or silver. Explain this to me, son.”

So the son of the mathematician told his father the reason why the village headman carried this impression.
“Every day on my way to school, the village headman calls me to his house.
There, in front of all village elders, he holds out a silver coin in one hand and a gold coin in other.
He asks me to pick up the more valuable coin. I pick the silver coin. He laughs, the elders jeer,
everyone makes fun of me. And then I go to school. This happens every day.
That is why they tell you I do not know the value of gold or silver.”

The father was confused. His son knew the value of gold and silver, and yet when asked to choose
between a gold coin and silver coin always picked the silver coin.
“Why don’t you pick up the gold coin?” he asked. In response, the son took the father to his room and
showed him a box. In the box were at least a hundred silver coins. Turning to his father,
the mathematician’s son said, “The day I pick up the gold coin the game will stop.
They will stop having fun and I will stop making money.”

Sometimes in life, we have to play the fool because our seniors and our peers,
and sometimes even our juniors like it. That does not mean we lose in the game of life.
It just means allowing others to win in one arena of the game, while we win in the other arena of the game.
We have to choose which arena matters to us and which arenas do not.

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In the END.. it doesn`t matter!

You can love truly, act wisely, play safely and do it nicely but you can not change destiny.
If something is pre-wriiten and pre-decided then accept it as God`s blessing.
Thank you God for being with me everytime.
It`s because of you only I am existing and surviving.

In the end it doesn`t matter how much effort you have put in.
If you failed then think God wants somebody else to win.

So go with the flow, forget the fear and live life..

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