A Tale of Two Dads

Yesternight I was scruitnizing the pages of a book titled, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". The author has critically analyzed how the middle class and the 'upper class' perceptions about money differ and how they influence one's life.

The emphasis on getting ample money has actually two ways, according to author:

1. You save money.
2. You generate money.

Quite interestingly, the advice(s) showered over him are courtesy his two dads. Of course, the American system of life has bestowed on him the privilege of being brought up by two dads.

More than the question - How can I generate money and achieve financial stability?, was intriguing the stark contrast between American and Indian ways of living.

The author has through out the book quoted the difference in the teachings of his two fathers, and tried to set an example for us. He obviously is not bothered by the fact that he is revealing much more of his private life to others than he ought to.

I mean, how would it sound if an Indian would be manifesting the divorce of his mother and then subsequent marriage to a man richer than the previous? Lolz...In two decades of my life, I'm yet to witness such an 'exemplary' phenomenon!!!

And then on Sunday there was an article in TOI by Shashi Tharoor explaining the bizzare fact that Americans look for a non-divorcee, non-drinker, non-smoker, a complete teetotaller person as their leader with a holier than thou attitude.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!
and their hippocracy.

PS: Save the Americans, I think we Indians are no less hypocrite. But I'll save that for the next time since I gotta rush for my class...
C ya ppl!!!

'Gol Gol' Goals!!!

If you are serious about your goals, drop the conditions. Go directly to your goal. Be your goal! Conditions often disguise strategies for escaping accountability. Why not just take charge and create the experience you are looking for?

Eric Allenbaugh presented his thoughts really well that a reader, me for instance, could not just dare to move away from what he is reading. It even will cause you to pause for a moment and reflect how sensible and truthful it is. Well, this idea does not just apply to entrepreneurs but also to people from different walks of life. Have you ever thought of its relativeness to the cliche "If there’s a will, there’s a way!"? Precisely guys, if we have our goals - we have our will to that and so we must drop the conditions and find the way to achieve it. That made sense, right?

Have you ever wondered why athletes like Michael Phelps, Michael Jordan, Laance Armstrong, Michael Schumacher or even David Beckham are able to get what they want? With me, after doing research from journals and resources, I will share with you here.

1. Firstly, in order to be a master at your personal life, you need to know what you want. If you can't imagine or see it now, just ask yourself what would you want to see yourself as or what you want others to speak of you? Simpler, how would you want to feel..:)

Once you have that image, or words, whatever comes to mind, write in down on the piece of paper. (Largely)

Also, write at least three reasons why you want to achieve those goals.

2. Once you have done that, as you are listening and watching your favorite show, the next thing to do is to plan how are you going to reach your goal. What are the specific steps you need to take.

E.g. Cutting down $5.00 for your daily expenses. If you want to have a good relationship with your loved ones, spend 20 minutes communicating with them.

3. Step3Once you have done that, write down why you choose those steps. Give reasons as this will allow you to be aware of other alternatives route as well and widened your view.

4. Then, you will need to write down the resources you need to achive the goals. And by resorces, I mean things like energy, money, friends, opinions, books, magazines...the lists goes on. It can be anything that comes to mind now.

Write it down, and it would be best to have a love one next to you or someone whom you trust as you are doing this as this will create an excellent enviroment and of course they know your goal.

5. Lastly, evaluate whether with all those written down, are you able to achieve your goal? Yes/No.

If Yes, do a simple exercise. Take a deep breath and let it out, do this for 3 times. As you do so, close your eyes and vision as clearly as you can with all the sounds, feelings and emotions attached to it. Go into the future and wonder how this goal will help you, 6 months down the road...

If no, ask yourself why and re correct your goals. This could be due to you feeling torn apart at heart...

6. Once you ahve done that, promise to commit to yout steps to goal. Stay commited and focus on what you want, not what you don't want.

The Edible Goals...

Making a come back after such a long time has always been so exciting!!!
So lemme start afresh with something that I relish a lot...eating!With the advent of this new semester, here are a few of my goals (majority of them are about feeding myself)

1. Get back into blogging.

2. Blog much more about the amazing town that is Dwarahat.

#3 Eat a lot of paranthas now that the (quasi) diet is over. The goal is just geared towards the taste actually. Not wholegrain wheat, not rye, not pumpernickel, and even not potato bread. Now that I've tortured myself to hell for more than a month here's how its gonna be for the rest of the semester...

4. Make sure that my pizzas has tremendous caverns (or at least, substantial pockets) filled with melty cheese. And note the distinction between "melted" and "melty." There is a huge difference.

5. And yes, I'll be trying to put lots of pepparoni on the top of my pizza and take it in with gulps (gulps...???) of Coke!

Wishing myself a Happy Eating...

PS: Wait for the next episode of gyming or may be dieting. Phhheeww...its gonna be hard to shake my own inertia.