On 17th August 2002 I wrote-
Thank god! Thank you very much!16th August was my birthday and it came to me with a beautiful gift. The gift that was the need of this hour for me. I got a new job. Thank god!
(I was given pink slip on just 31st of July 2002 by my American employer.)
On 28th June 2003 I wrote-
What is it that is stopping me from achieving my goals? That’s where I left my thought process last time. Firstly, I guess I lack perseverance. Secondly I am easily swayed by glitter. I need to maintain consistency of life and be disciplined.
Fellow toastmasters, honorable guests and toastmaster of the day, these are few excerpts from my personal journal. Or may be these are the excerpts from my famed autobiography to be published in the year 2020. Habit of writing daily journal has given me clarity of thoughts and a friend with whom I can share anything and everything.
Whatever may be the state of my mind– jubilant, tormented or puzzled, I always have my best friend to share my thoughts with. Almost daily I sit down and write my thoughts, observations or strategies and summarize my day. I write what I feel like, whatever is going in my mind. Writing crystallizes my ideas, gives direction to my conflicting mind by breaking my thoughts into pieces, which generally evaporate when I think without writing. I feel fresh and lighthearted after I sit down with my pen and notebook toiling with my conscience and seeking answers, writing till my fingers are tired, which are swifter on computer these days.
I reason with my conscience. Keep asking questions and getting right answers which I won’t even give heed generally. It is always a very personal interaction, a one to one candid talk. Some of my experienced friends say if you do it over a glass of wine it can be even more candid.
When I read what I have written since two year back, I observe a transition in my thought process. Often I laugh at how petty matters confused me and at times feel proud for my mature behaviour.
On 1st May 2004 My journal says
Life is taking swift turns as I am understanding life even better. With a new insight I need to look at things with new vision and implement what I have learnt so far. I guess discipline makes a difference. It guides us when we are disoriented. Everyone loves to live in luxury. Current gratification always surpasses other priorities. At this moment discipline guides us to do right things and chose priorities.
I confess no one has helped me more than these notebooks. This habit has given me a friend not only at times of dismay but even to share my bliss. There is no ego or time crisis. Neither, I get a big lecture on how I should lead my life. I just have to express myself honestly and I get an honest partnership in return.
I thank my lovely friend Tamara Mai who bestowed me this magical art of writing down my thoughts three years back. Even now she keeps a tab on me and ensures that I am writing my journal everyday.
There are several tools for writing journal. Technology has made writing journal more enjoyable, easier and faster. Most of the people maintain personal journal which can be a simple notebook or in electronic form. I personally prefer to sit with a pen and my note book and write and write and write.
Today I urge you to embrace this habit of great people like Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi and Hemanshu Joshi. And don’t forget to mention my name in the introduction
Fellow toastmasters, whether or not you get to read millionth copy of my autobiography, I shall certainly look forward to read yours. This is one habit you can depend upon at anytime of the life.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Adventures of my life
With sweat dripping down the neck, a water bottle in hand, with a zeal to be better than yesterday I run every morning to launch a new day for myself. It’s a pleasure to witness the changing seasons and feel proud to be rarest of the few who dare to see the rising sun.
Fellow toastmasters, honourable guests and the toastmaster of the day, I choose to run when most of the toastmasters here are snoring in their beds. It is not their fault, they enjoys sleeping till late …just because they haven’t discovered the joy of running yet.
What I am offering you is a simplest and inexpensive means of staying fit, realizing your true potential and confidence building. You can be a runner, simply by being disciplined, eating right and enjoying every moment of running.
I will present my own case study on how running has benefited me as an individual.
Running demands discipline. Sounds deterrent? But the fact is whenever you start with something good you feel several forces working against you. If you like to run in the morning you need to sleep early. But you will notice suddenly, every one is calling you after 10 PM or several dear friends inviting you for late night parties that you cannot refuse. Initially these issues distract. Later you learn to schedule your run accordingly. Last summer I saw a gentleman running regularly at 1:30 pm through our office building under the blazing sun. I had to admire his conviction.
Another deterrent is inhibition. How will I look when I run? What will my neighbour say if they see me running? Come on! Who is getting benefited -you or your neighbour? Only if you are RK’s neighbour he is never going to spare you.
When you follow a disciplined regime of running, your body automatically demands right food from you. I plan my run a day before and accordingly plan my dinner. A routine diet of proteins, in vegetables, legumes and lentils always help me. Also I eat pasta for extra carbohydrates when I run long distance. As Anita mentioned in her last project, our body needs a minimum of 4 Lts of water per day. My formula is – drink lots of water not wine, quit smoking and enjoy running.
I don’t run to lose weight or win accolades. Every time I don my running shoes, there is a quest to renew the same ecstasy that I felt after my previous run. A feeling of satisfaction and emancipation engulfs me every time I run. Running in a group and make it more enjoyable. Imagine a group of 30-80 people running together for fun, sharing their tremendous energy and laughter and encouraging each other. There are several running clubs in Dubai like Dubai road runners, Desert hash house harriers to which I belong. They organize several running events every year. Believe me they are fun, just fun.
With these basics lets get started. If you are a novice, don’t haste from day one. Start with a walk and enjoy it to fullest. Walk as much as you want. Walk long distances, walk on different roads, walk at different time of the day. Try to achieve maximum fun out of every walk. That’s your time, don’t let your mobile phone spoil those precious personal moments. Be your own sergeant at arms. Gradually you will realize that your speed and capacity is increasing. Listen to what your body is saying. One day without effort your body will ask you to run. It won’t be a forceful running but there will be a call from within you to run. That day you shed all your inhibitions and start running. I am sure you will never stop after that. Don’t count the kilometers, don’t look at your watch or think of your weight, just count the moment of enjoyment. Admire yourself. Praise how good you look when you run. How different you are from others.
Fellow toastmasters, don’t miss out a chance for precious healthy moments of life and join me on this Friday at 6:00 am for a lovely run and make a difference.
Fellow toastmasters, honourable guests and the toastmaster of the day, I choose to run when most of the toastmasters here are snoring in their beds. It is not their fault, they enjoys sleeping till late …just because they haven’t discovered the joy of running yet.
What I am offering you is a simplest and inexpensive means of staying fit, realizing your true potential and confidence building. You can be a runner, simply by being disciplined, eating right and enjoying every moment of running.
I will present my own case study on how running has benefited me as an individual.
Running demands discipline. Sounds deterrent? But the fact is whenever you start with something good you feel several forces working against you. If you like to run in the morning you need to sleep early. But you will notice suddenly, every one is calling you after 10 PM or several dear friends inviting you for late night parties that you cannot refuse. Initially these issues distract. Later you learn to schedule your run accordingly. Last summer I saw a gentleman running regularly at 1:30 pm through our office building under the blazing sun. I had to admire his conviction.
Another deterrent is inhibition. How will I look when I run? What will my neighbour say if they see me running? Come on! Who is getting benefited -you or your neighbour? Only if you are RK’s neighbour he is never going to spare you.
When you follow a disciplined regime of running, your body automatically demands right food from you. I plan my run a day before and accordingly plan my dinner. A routine diet of proteins, in vegetables, legumes and lentils always help me. Also I eat pasta for extra carbohydrates when I run long distance. As Anita mentioned in her last project, our body needs a minimum of 4 Lts of water per day. My formula is – drink lots of water not wine, quit smoking and enjoy running.
I don’t run to lose weight or win accolades. Every time I don my running shoes, there is a quest to renew the same ecstasy that I felt after my previous run. A feeling of satisfaction and emancipation engulfs me every time I run. Running in a group and make it more enjoyable. Imagine a group of 30-80 people running together for fun, sharing their tremendous energy and laughter and encouraging each other. There are several running clubs in Dubai like Dubai road runners, Desert hash house harriers to which I belong. They organize several running events every year. Believe me they are fun, just fun.
With these basics lets get started. If you are a novice, don’t haste from day one. Start with a walk and enjoy it to fullest. Walk as much as you want. Walk long distances, walk on different roads, walk at different time of the day. Try to achieve maximum fun out of every walk. That’s your time, don’t let your mobile phone spoil those precious personal moments. Be your own sergeant at arms. Gradually you will realize that your speed and capacity is increasing. Listen to what your body is saying. One day without effort your body will ask you to run. It won’t be a forceful running but there will be a call from within you to run. That day you shed all your inhibitions and start running. I am sure you will never stop after that. Don’t count the kilometers, don’t look at your watch or think of your weight, just count the moment of enjoyment. Admire yourself. Praise how good you look when you run. How different you are from others.
Fellow toastmasters, don’t miss out a chance for precious healthy moments of life and join me on this Friday at 6:00 am for a lovely run and make a difference.
My 1st speech at Toastmaster
Walking inside the deep forests, admiring the snow clad Himalayan ranges, listening to the chirping birds and thanking god for making me audience to such an ecstasy.
Fellow toastmasters, honorable guests and the toastmaster of the day. Good Evening.
My life has been full of adventures. I don’t like sedentary lifestyle. I feel life has to be full of personal accomplishments. To achieve this I don’t let personal inhibitions thwart my desire to do something different.
I was born in the year 1974 in a small town called Mukteshwar, which is close to the famous tourist place Nainital at the foothills of the Himalayas. My father worked there as a scientist and my mother was a housewife. I grew up with 2 elder sisters. Our house was surrounded by forest. I recall a beautiful incident of my childhood. That night at around 8 pm our household help- Devi took the leave for the day. Not more than 3 minutes later he came back shouting – Tiger! Tiger! We were shocked. He took us to our kitchen and from the glass door of kitchen we saw a big tiger sitting just under the light bulb close to verandah. Believe me … for more than 2 hours this wild cat sat there occasionally looking towards us. We gathered our chairs near the kitchen door and waited for her next move though we were not as patient as she was. Suddenly she rose on her feet, jumped towards the forest eloping in the darkness. For days we used to look out of our kitchen door with the hope of seeing some thing there again. But this was something that happens only once in lifetime.
In the year 1990 after passing my 10th standard I started studying in a boarding school. And as always hostel life had its own adventure. Even the punishments used to be thrilling. Later on, during my graduation I worked as freelance translator for some leading freelance journalists and for the famous magazine The Reader’s Digest.
I moved to Mumbai in the year 1999 to work with an IT company. It was different life altogether at Mumbai, very fascinating. The best experience was to practice French while traveling on Mumbai’s famous local trains. Not only that I could listen to the finest analysis of every cricket match or a political event anywhere in the world.
I came to Dubai in the year 2002. I came here for just 2 months for a small project with a small suitcase. But my company insisted me to stay here further. Now it is over 2 years since I am in Dubai.
If there is no adventure in life I add adventure to it. I love to run. In March 2004, I participated in 71 km relay race that started from Ras Al Khaimah and ended up at Dibba. We ran through mountainous terrain of Wadi bih under the blazing sun. Though my team of 5 finished this run in 7 hrs 15 mts it was indeed a personal victory, a triumph over confidence.
Now I am a toastmaster and I see it as start of another adventure of my life. I am sure I am going to enjoy it through out too.
But the only adventure I am refraining from is – marriage. I am not that adventurous either.
To conclude, my fellow toastmasters I request you not to kill your ambitions and desires because of your personal inhibitions. Do what you want to do and enjoy it to the best.
Fellow toastmasters, honorable guests and the toastmaster of the day. Good Evening.
My life has been full of adventures. I don’t like sedentary lifestyle. I feel life has to be full of personal accomplishments. To achieve this I don’t let personal inhibitions thwart my desire to do something different.
I was born in the year 1974 in a small town called Mukteshwar, which is close to the famous tourist place Nainital at the foothills of the Himalayas. My father worked there as a scientist and my mother was a housewife. I grew up with 2 elder sisters. Our house was surrounded by forest. I recall a beautiful incident of my childhood. That night at around 8 pm our household help- Devi took the leave for the day. Not more than 3 minutes later he came back shouting – Tiger! Tiger! We were shocked. He took us to our kitchen and from the glass door of kitchen we saw a big tiger sitting just under the light bulb close to verandah. Believe me … for more than 2 hours this wild cat sat there occasionally looking towards us. We gathered our chairs near the kitchen door and waited for her next move though we were not as patient as she was. Suddenly she rose on her feet, jumped towards the forest eloping in the darkness. For days we used to look out of our kitchen door with the hope of seeing some thing there again. But this was something that happens only once in lifetime.
In the year 1990 after passing my 10th standard I started studying in a boarding school. And as always hostel life had its own adventure. Even the punishments used to be thrilling. Later on, during my graduation I worked as freelance translator for some leading freelance journalists and for the famous magazine The Reader’s Digest.
I moved to Mumbai in the year 1999 to work with an IT company. It was different life altogether at Mumbai, very fascinating. The best experience was to practice French while traveling on Mumbai’s famous local trains. Not only that I could listen to the finest analysis of every cricket match or a political event anywhere in the world.
I came to Dubai in the year 2002. I came here for just 2 months for a small project with a small suitcase. But my company insisted me to stay here further. Now it is over 2 years since I am in Dubai.
If there is no adventure in life I add adventure to it. I love to run. In March 2004, I participated in 71 km relay race that started from Ras Al Khaimah and ended up at Dibba. We ran through mountainous terrain of Wadi bih under the blazing sun. Though my team of 5 finished this run in 7 hrs 15 mts it was indeed a personal victory, a triumph over confidence.
Now I am a toastmaster and I see it as start of another adventure of my life. I am sure I am going to enjoy it through out too.
But the only adventure I am refraining from is – marriage. I am not that adventurous either.
To conclude, my fellow toastmasters I request you not to kill your ambitions and desires because of your personal inhibitions. Do what you want to do and enjoy it to the best.
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