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To be highly successful, you have to maintain that degree of expertise,
where instinct and instantaneous reaction
supersedes conscious thought and reasoned action.
When you train like this and attain an extra sensory perfection,
the advantage swings in your favour.
On a good, successful writer
"How do you think of those things?" he is asked with awe.
"He doesn't think of them. It just comes to him. It is called inspiration," quipped another.
More comments
1."He combines superb use of language and a sure literary touch with the readability of a popular best seller."
2."Who says good literature has to be dull. The writer's talent burns like a white flame."
3."He takes you by the throat, slams you against the wall, throws you on the floor and kicks you in the guts. He leaves you as shaken and weak as if you had been in a car smash."
Vengeance and hatred are barren things.
Violence is the pleasure of fools and only the last resort of wise men.
The only excuse is to protect what is rightfully yours.
Any other display is abuse.
A bit of philosophy not valid today.
Recently, Lila's Passport had to be renewed. Application had to be online. It was unfamiliar territory for me. Late into night I sat learning it and doing it. Lila came up to keep me company. At last I suceeded in uploading it.
I would never advocate that others should follow me. It is tough.
But once you finish you are not overjoyed. You wait for the next challenge, that would certainly land on your lap without delay.
You go on.
Have a nice day.
Enjoy and savour life as it unfolds, reveals before you
Occasionally I make use of the restroom attached to the major hall.
I had observed on the floor, a shining material of two inches close to the wall. I had perceived it could be the drainage point.
Then, one day I observed the health faucet down on the floor. I wondered why it was not on the holder. I looked for the holder. It was not on the wall.
Now it clicked. The faucet was down because the holder wasn't in place.
There arose the problem. You needed a plumber to fix it.
To get it done, paying Rs.1200.00 was absolutely inconceivable.
I felt I must bring it to the notice of the Premises Department. But it slipped me as I had been immersed on a host of demands on the job. I must admit it was a cardinal neglect on my part.
But the steel holder on the floor and the faucet had been constantly in my mind.
On 1st December 2025, I reached the office much earlier. As I was parking my vehicle I saw Babu and Ravi, our man Fridays, passing by. They were proceeding to the venue for a final scrutiny. There had to be no glitches at the function scheduled for 12.30pm.
I appraised them of the steel holder on the floor in the bathroom. I said, all it needed was a screw and a drill.
I mentioned it was an emergency as the meeting of the apex body was set to begin at 10.30am. I further added that since we were going to have several visitors including dignitaries for the meeting, the sighting of poor maintenance would be a blot on the efficiency of the organisation.
They had just one response. It would be done.
True to their word, I heard the drill whirring, while I was in my cabin busy with the last minute preparations.
Later I could see the holder and the health faucet were in place.
They didn't come to me with a fancy bill either.
To me, there is a matter that I believe, would be in anyone's mind.
There is a housekeeper who is tasked with proper maintenance of the restrooms along with other duties.
If the person had brought it to the notice of the superiors earlier, the holder and the health faucet wouldn't have remained on the floor for long.
Though we cannot expect proactivity from everyone - they are all proactive in so far as their own affairs are concerned - the organisation would present a pathetic figure in front of others, when people who should, choose to turn a blind eye towards such minor, yet major, impairments.
An interesting report
Excerpts from a day in the office
Yesterday Vanaja was absent. In fact she had told me on Monday she would be on leave on Tuesday.
I had responded OK, but told her there was no leave available to her credit.
Tuesday, as I was doing something, Alexander came in. He said as Vanaja was not there, there was no one to provide tea to the staff who were waiting for it. He asked where John was. I replied he must be somewhere around. To be frank I didn't know where John was.
Alexander told me the staff would have to be advised there would be no tea today.
I enquired who would do that and should I do it.
Alexander was gracious enough to tell me, "You don't have to do that. I would do it."
Matter ended.
The greats always show the world why they are who they are. Their hunger and passion remain forever. They reveal again and again, their performance is far ahead of others.
They'd for ever be young at heart, fresh and would be eager to do what they like most. They are mentally strong. They visualise well and bring out their best at all times.
That's what the best in the world do.
They back themselves
