Friday 28 July 2017

India's first Mobile ticketing on metro

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-metro-introduces-indias-first-mobile-ticketing-system/articleshow/59775856.cms?utm_source=toimobile&utm_medium=Whatsapp&utm_campaign=referral

5 Tips to manage Stress

Extreme work pressure is felt when your body starts manifestating it in form of disease. This is called stress !

Knowingly or often unknowingly we get into stressful situations... like:
1. Overcommittment and unable to keep the committment.
2. Overconfidence of moving the world, but in reality moving yourself you find difficult.
3. Overloaded with work makes your output faulty.
4. Overemphasis on small unimportant issues makes you miss the bigger picture
5. Oversmartness makes you take those wrong unethical steps.

The above is my analysis of how people get into work pressure situation.

Keeping things simple, working step by step in methodological way and practical foresight can keep you stress free.

Enjoy while working  and work while learning. Always leave office on time and dont bring office in your personal time.
Satyakam

Sharpen your Saw

Sharpen your saw!

Working on many metros internationally, I have learnt that it is important to sharpen your saw. Let us understand it.

A saw is a tool for cutting wood used by carpenters. Have you ever handled one? When you try using it first time, even with a brand new saw it is difficult to cut the wood first time. You need to know the technique and then practice doing that. And you are able to cut the wood smoothly after that.

Well you can expect the similar on your first job as an Architect. You had already spent 5 to 7 years doing B.Arch and masters. You need to know techniques at job front and practice the same.

You understood the above, I am sure. Practice makes a man perfect.. the saying goes.

And you become experienced as the time passes. You are doing things at regular basis now. You have cut a lot of wood. You are now seeked for your experience.

But hold on... Are you sure you learnt the right technique? This is very important to know. May be you have been doing things in a wrong way without even knowing it. And you thought that you are experienced. The practice of doing things wrong has now become your mindset.  Sometimes you fail to see others doing it right, since your mind is conditioned by long time of wrong practice.

And that's where you need to sharpen your saw. A long misuse has made the saw blunt... a mindset which is now blocked. You have not realised but you do not cut wood faster even after practice since the saw is blunt. A blocked mindset stalls your skillset aquisition affecting your real progress.

A good carpenter will always sharpen his saw on regular basis so that he can cut wood faster and smoother. Same is with your mindset. One has to see where the saw teeth are blunt... that is finding your own shortcomings. Then you need to start sharpening the saw. Acquire new knowledge to improve your way of working. Honing your skillset to increase your productivity. Learn new ways to enhance your scope of works.

Remember that in life, only you can sharpen your own saw. Every moment is there to learn... to make the saw sharper.

Give time to yourself for self appraisal. Check yourself whether you can really do things better. Accept where you have been wrong... find that blunt teeth of the saw.

Trust me with a sharper and ready mindset your own life will be smoother. So dont let your saw go blunt. Sharpen it on regular basis.

by Satyakam Garg.