Be Worry - Free

When we are happy and worry-free, we not only enjoy our lives more, but we are also more competent, creative, wise, and productive. We bring out the best in others and in ourselves. Without the internal distractions of stress, anger, frustration, and worry, our relationships flourish, stress is diminished, new doors are opened, and our lives run smoothly.

We worry about all sorts of things; some obvious, others more subtle. We worry, for example, about making or repeating mistakes or looking foolish. We worry about what others will think if we ask for help or ask for a raise. We worry about speaking to groups, about our future, and about the past.

What well does worry really do us? Some would argue that it’s “wise” to worry, that it somehow proves that you’re able to anticipate problems. Yet while being able to anticipate problems is certainly useful, I disagree that doing so requires worry.
   
Worry is actually a dream-snatcher. It takes an enormous toll on your spirits and on your emotions. Worry adversely affects your decisions and your judgment, keeping you on-edge, uptight, and heavyhearted.

If you know successful people in any field, you’ll find a thread of consistency that runs through virtually everyone – they don’t worry much. Interestingly enough, however, the lack of worry preceded their success and was not a by-product of it. Successful people share an inner unshakable confidence that is free from excessive worry.

Part of overcoming worry is to see it as a distraction rather than as a necessity. As worries enter your mind, try to give them less significance and less of your attention.


Source -
Friends of Lord Krishna (FOLK)
Hare Krishna Movement, Chennai

Impulsiveness

I was watching Bollywood movie "Turning 30" couple of days back and what stuck me from the movie is the impulsiveness of the lady protagonist She will act impulsively when her b/f lefts her and she will be desperate to make him comeback into her life. After all the effort she makes towards it and the pain she undergoes, she finally realizes he is already left from her life and then acts wisely.

This made me to think on how many times we act impulsively in our lives and the result of those actions. It is easy to say to contain them  than to do. There will be many instances in life where we act so.

I saw this with replying to some emails. It is difficult to control the tone of emails when replied immediately during conflicts. When you feed your impulsiveness to react to these emails, the rapport between teams/colleagues deteriorates. Yeah, its always wise to delay,  replying to such emails, but what can be done if the situation arises when you are talking to others. You have to reply back immediately ? Most of  the times yes, and cannot be avoided, but should be handled professionally.
This is one of the things i am learning these days. During the course of any professional life, I believe the initial part is learning work/Technical stuff. Later on the situation is mostly depends on the inter-personal, communication skills and etiquette which depends on how you act impulsively.

Does this impulsive behavior defines our overall personality?
If you are an electronic student, your impulses says yes. From the science of electronics, any behavior of a system depends on the impulse response and the behavior of the system to any other stimulus can be told accurately. If you cut the crap of science, coz we are not some predictable electronic system, but yeah we should watch out our actions!

-Vish

Implications of Thinking Big

The implications of thinking big are widespread and impressive. Thinking big is a magic door opener that broadens your perspective and allows you to see new opportunities. Thinking big makes life easier and a lot more fun.

I’ve been repeatedly reminded by successful people in virtually every field that thinking big is one of the keys to success. Let’s consider a few examples. Successful insurance salespersons insist that it takes the identical amount of time to speak to someone about a million-dollar policy as it does a one-thousand-dollar policy.
  
The bigger your visions, the larger your potential for success. If you’re trying to sell homes for a living, as an agent, it takes the same amount of energy to ask a wealthy person for their listing as it does a low-end homeowner. You can think small, or you can think big.
  
As usual, the primary reason many people think too small is fear. Thoughts like, “I can’t speak to a room full of people,” “I can’t risk taking on a larger project,” and “I couldn’t ask the boss to have lunch with me” fill the mind and are taken too seriously. When fearful thoughts enter the mind, try to banish them. The fear you are experiencing is almost always self-created and usually unnecessary.
  
Could you be thinking in larger terms? In most cases, the answer is yes! There may be ways that you can reach more people with the same amount of effort. Regardless of the business you are in, the first step is to eliminate any fear or worry that is getting in your way. As your worrisome thoughts gradually disappear and become less appealing, new ideas and insights will begin to emerge.


Source -
Friends of Lord Krishna (FOLK)
Hare Krishna Movement, Chennai

Semester IV

After the end of Semester III, we stayed back in campus preparing for the placements.We did some combined studies and group work for the placements :P

If I am not wrong, placements for our class started with Sasken Technologies taking a double digit of students. I was placed in XILINX, thanks to my project. The placements were good during our course of stay and every one was on cloud nine once the season ended.
What followed was night outs with teen-patti and AOE.

Cards distribution by Ravi.
Photography : me :)

Wake up whole night playing games on LAN, brush and have breakfast at 7.00AM and go to bed was kind of a routine after placements. Project was just a matter of how one manage things.
Watching movies together, playing volleyball, cricket were other activities.I remember playing Basketball with Prof. RVR and we were amused by his fitness.
I have literally undergone mental torture for the last couple of months regarding my project. I was just waiting to finish my studies there and finally I dealt with project submission somehow.

 TSE 2006-2008 Batch

The joy of finishing my project and holding a offer letter of a company was to one side and sadness of leaving friends, campus, the atmosphere was to other side of the mixed emotions I was going through.

When I now look back, even the torture seems to be a sweet memory when shared with friends.
These two years are among the memorable days of my life and I definitely miss my stay @ IIT Kgp

-Vish

Semester III

Takshashila

The compulsory course work was done in first two semesters and we had to work on a project for one year during Sem III and IV. One could choose some audit subjects but need to fulfil attendance and marks criteria to get a course certification.
Plenty of free time, and only one project to concentrate on. Initial months of Sem III wasted in just browsing some of the technical journals and papers. My guide was busy all the time and I got little guidance from him.
When asked, he would say,  "come up with your own subject for project" and I had no clue.
I finally converged on some project which involved some baseband processor implementation on Xilinx FPGA.It was no new thing and I was not good at it.

Ravi, Girish, Vamshi, Sujit , Bala and me were given computers in Takshashila.

I should mention one of my friend Shiva - "Cycle Chain". Thats his DC++ ( s/w for lan sharing ) name.He spent most of his time in sharing and organizing downloaded music, movies and videos.
( My roommate Ravi comments that he spends time in copying and renaming them with his tag and then share them :P )
I should also mention about one of my best buddies - Sujit Jos.

Sujit and Me

Famously been called as SJ for his PJs and the tricks. Our friendship started from a misunderstanding and after exchange of words over some petty issue. This guy is great source of enthusiasm and one would never get bored in his company.One of the Einstein minds with around 6-10 IEEE papers published during the M..Tech course. This number is greater than what Ph.D students would publish. He is a great fun-lover, Badminton player and a martial arts student. Hope he teaches one of his Nun-Chakoo techniques to me someday. :)

We daily go to our respective labs in Takshashila at around 9AM, browse internet for an hour or so and have tea break for half an hour and browse internet again and go for lunch break.

After lunch break, take a nap, come back to labs at around 3 pm browse and then have some more tea.

My Desk @ MSPC lab in Takshashila

I only remember more of tea breaks in labs than the work we did :)

Age of Empires was the next time consuming activity at campus.
During this semester we started preparing for the placements which would come at the end of SemIII.
We formed a small group among ourselves and started conducting mock test and interviews which helped us a lot in final placements.

-Vish