This is my sixth post in “Learn Life in Lifeline of Mumbai”. Today, I am writing this post for all my friends. While travelling in train today, I saw a group of friends standing and having fun, playing, fighting, enjoying and many more. They were planning for a trip to Adlabs Imagica, some of them were not ready and they were convincing them. They were having discussion of college lectures and teachers. They were also getting angry about some friends who have changed and many other things. I was just going on listening them. After sometime, I realized, I was smiling. It made me remind of my college days, my friends, our fun time, our assignment time, our outing planning, convincing others, etc. All of us had a day like dis when we were free, no tension, no worries and chilling out with friends. It reminded me of my friends. Friends are very important part of our life. They shout at us for our benefit. They have the best convincing power by which they convince you to change your mind and say yes to what you said no few minutes back.
Today, in this busy schedule, where we leave from home in morning, go to office and leave late from office then home, and friends are connected only through WhatsApp and other Social Medias. We also have friends in office but not an environment to enjoy with them. We start planning for meeting and reunion on weekends and enjoy it. But those daily enjoyments in college life are always missed. But, we can learn something from them, that no matter how hard the assignment is or how bad the exam was, we used to remain chilled and relaxed. We need to apply same in our career also. Some day may be bad, may be you lost an order or get a shouting from your boss, but see it and take it in a positive way. Don't get stressed out of this. Remember in college also during stressful situation our friends use to relax us, same applies here. Talk to your friends, they might guide you, help you and may be your problem is solved. But, you need to have a heart and mind like a college student, take the challenge, hear the shouting, correct yourself and succeed. Today, by seeing these college students, I realize how simple and free life was and how much complicated and stressful we made it with taking pressure. So, don't take pressure, instead of it deal with the situation, the same way you used to do it in college life. Enjoy life friends, don't let it affect with small things. Enjoy your life with your friends, stay tension and stress free and be happy. College days are most cherished moments in everyone's life, learn from it. It teaches not only subjects but life also. Thank you all for reading this. Do share with me if you have come across any such person or thought.... Let's share some valuable lessons which would help us to grow.
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This is my fifth post in “Learn Life in Lifeline of Mumbai”. Parents and children relationship is very unique and special. They remain always close to each other, playing or fighting or arguing or caring or loving. Parents play a very special place in very child's life.
Once while travelling in train, I noticed a small family which had mother, father and a sweet baby of not even one year. As it was small baby in hand, they boarded gents compartment and there wasn't huge rush initially. Baby is really very cute and was playing with her dad. She grabbed everyone attention with her cute smile and play. She was holding the hand bar on top and playing. And then a station came with huge rush, father gave the baby to mother to hold so that he can cover them. But as the rush entered, it pushed away the father to a different direction. Baby was in mothers arms with a confused expression that what's happening. Now there are many people in train and baby couldn’t find her father, she started searching by looking here and there, but she couldn’t find him. She started crying. Mother tried to calm her down but she couldn’t. Father tried to call her saying I am here only but she couldn’t hear. Then a station came where many people got down which reduced the rush, father came back to baby calling for her. As soon as baby saw him jumped on to his arms and started smiling, but that father still had tears in his eyes. Baby continued her play and smile, after few stations they got down at a station and went. Then I thought, when her father disappeared for few minutes baby started crying because she felt she lost him. Then why now-a-days people put their parents in old age homes, doesn't it hurt now when they are away and they are sad. Even the father cried seeing his baby in tears that shows how much love and affection they have in their heart. We shouldn’t hurt our parents ever in our life. We all have a baby inside us who love and care for their parents, we shouldn’t change it. We are always kids for our parents and we should always be kids for our parents. Keep your parents happy in life and you will get everything that you are deserved. Thank you all for reading this. Do share with me if you have come across any such person or thought.... Let's share some valuable lessons which would help us to grow. This is my Fourth post in “Learn Life in Lifeline of Mumbai”. Everyday, I used to notice a young couple in train, they may be in their college days. They used to wait at station for each other and catch the train together. He used to forcefully make her board gents compartment inspite of huge rush. Whole journey they used to keep talking and laughing making it a good and ideal couple. Everyone in compartment used to notice them. He used to care a lot for her while boarding the train in huge rush and while getting down from train.
One day, I noticed something different, I saw him with an aged lady. Slowly I understood that it was his mother. But what surprised me was his behaviour, he had tremendous change in his behaviour. They were standing in front of the door where I was also standing. By their conversation I came to know aunty was new to Mumbai and didn’t have much idea about local trains and stations. So, she was insisting him that she will be with him in gents compartment. But this guy was forcefully sending her to ladies compartment saying there will be huge rush in gents compartment. Finally aunty boarded ladies compartment, but could feel the tension in her face. After few stations, he got a call from aunty saying she got down at a station and she was asking whether it is the same station where they had to get down. He was shouting on her saying our destination was next station. Because of some signal issue train was still at station and this guy was shouting on his mom on the platform for getting down at that station. Train received signal and started to move, the guy was still shouting on her and she was in tears. I somewhere could feel her tension and pain and felt sad for her. Train continued its journey and few questions came in my mind, that, when he had his girlfriend with him he forced her to board gents compartment, then why not to his mom? She didn’t even know the stations and other things. It was his mistake and he shouted on her in front of others. What was his mother’s fault? Mother is most precious gift of life, they smile for us, cry for us, love us, care us…… she has suffered a lot of pain for you….. Before your birth and even after your birth….. She must have 100 times controlled her anger just so that you don’t cry and you could control your anger once and made her cry for your mistake. If you can care so much for your girlfriend whom you met now few months back den why you can’t care for your mother whom you know may be from before your birth. I request you all to love and care your parents first, instead of your girlfriends and wife. They are the one without which you would have never existed in this world. One day when whole world will be against you they will the first to be with you always. So Respect them…. Understand them…. Love them….. Care for them….. Be with them no matter what. Thank you all for reading this. Do share with me if you have come across any such person or thought.... Let's share some valuable lessons which would help us to grow. Teaser Video of V - Creations.... Launching on 1st January, 2016 @ 11:30 AM..... Subscribe and Stay Tuned for more details..... #VCreationsThis is my Third post in “Learn Life in Lifeline of Mumbai”, Today morning I was in hurry as I got bit late. I took my train it was full of rush, got a space to stand near door. A young person of 28 years old approx. standing at door asked me “What is time?” I said “9.18am”, he gave me smile and said thank you. He was drunken, he couldn’t even stand straight he had no control. He was singing songs loudly everyone including me was looking him as a disturbance. Then he asked me “Is this train going to CST?” I said “Yes”. He gave me a smile and said “I am getting confused actually have drunk today morning itself so I am not in senses”. I was just responding him with a smile and just telling “Ok”. He started narrating his story. He said “I am a carpenter. I have wife and a kid. Yesterday night my boss overloaded me with work as it has to be delivered today morning, so, whole night I was working on it. So, in morning, I was too frustrated and had drinks. Now, I am running to my family to spend time with them”. I kept on listening him with a smile and few others in that crowd was listening him.
At a point, it came in my mind that, he is good except of his drinking habit, but then my thought changed when he told me the reason behind his frustration to drink. He said me, “Do you know the reason why I drink so much?” I didn't respond him. He showed his right hand and there was no thumb. He said, “I am a right hander with no thumb. Last year while working on a cutting machine I accidentally cut off my thumb”. Can you imagine holding anything properly without your thumb? No because no other finger has such a huge gap between other finger which helps us to hold anything. So, if holding a thing is difficult without thumb, then just imagine how difficult it would be for a right hander to work without a thumb on his right hand. He continues to say, “After 2 weeks of my accident, as soon as stitches were removed, I started to practice as I wanted to keep my family happy and provide them food and shelter. Because of this, it takes more time for me to finish my work. At times, I get frustrated with the time it takes to complete a work with its difficulty and pain. So, I drink to forget it and finish off my work soon to spend time with my family”. All the ears at door and inside where on him to listen his story. Even I heard him because, I can't even imagine what all he must have faced and how difficult it was for him to reach here. He then said, “Do let me know when Juinagar Station comes as I now see all stations as same”. I told him, “Next station is Juinagar”. He gave me a smile and started to sing song loudly. Juinagar Station arrived and he forgot which station it is. I reminded him and he saw me again gave me a smile and said, “Thanks brother… See you again… My family is waiting for me”. I gave him smile and said him, “Thanks… See you again… Bye”. He got down at Juinagar Station and walked away towards the underground passage. Train left from Juinagar Station and I heard a voice from platform. I looked around and it was him. He was waving his hand with a sincere smile on his face and said “See u again brother”. I also gave him a smile and waved my hand and wished him all the best for future with my heart and thanks for making my day. In just a matter of 15-20 mins, he said many things which were truly an inspiration and a great learning. Life will put on limitations, it’s upon us to be limited or to overcome the limitation and become limitless. To earn his livelihood for his family, to keep them happy he overcame his limitations. It’s a matter of choice which is made by you in your life that, what is your priority for which you want to achieve something in life. Thank you all for reading this. Do share with me if you have come across any such person or thought.... Let's share some valuable lessons which would help us to grow. Strategy is a planning to prepare for future with a knowledge about present and experience of past. We use strategy in our professional life as well as our day to day life. It can be about a plan to raise your sales revenue or a plan to control your day to day needs.
This is my second post in “Learn Life in Lifeline of Mumbai”. Today, I am writing about a person who got attention of all persons on board in just a single line. Let’s see how my using a single line he not only sold his item but also was building his future business. I am talking about Mr. Santosh, he builds databases and sells it. He just entered the compartment and said "Get this all in one directory which has all details of business, shops, hospitals, fire safety, police, hotel, schools and colleges and many more in just Rs. 20........ And get special discount rate by just providing your business card and get it for Rs. 10....... Take it in your hand and have a look and only then purchase it if u r convinced." He just spoke this much and most of the public took the small directory and had a look into it. Most of the public gave their business card and took the directory for Rs. 10. I was pretty impressed with his trick. His directory was small book, but it had all the details needed in emergency or for business deals. He made a good sell in train and then he got down with me at the station. I stopped him and again had a look in his directory. It had names and addresses of offices and hotels nearby my house and details provided in it were correct. I had a word with him that how he does it. He said he was very interested in excel during his teenage so he took interest in it and in order to learn he started inputting data of nearby shops. It later became database of 100, and then he categorized the data which made it a proper directory. He had a small printing press where he used to print small pamphlets and other things. He decided to print his directory and sell it to any business associations or a common man because it had everything in it, from small business to big business unit. Then as data increased he reduced its size in small for comfortable handling. Then I asked him about the special offer and there comes his trick. He said he prints his directory in his printing press so cost is less and it somewhere comes up to Rs. 7 per book. He sells it for Rs. 20 in normal rate which includes his train fair for travelling everyday and the time he invest for inputting data. But he came up with the idea to turn his customers into his source for database. So, he started giving special offer by collecting there business card for database input and selling it for Rs. 10. Which saves his time of searching for data and people also get attracted to the special offer charged by him. I appreciated him the way he used his mind and skill to save his time, increasing his sales which improves his revenue. It’s really a clever way to boost his business with connection to present sales and also growth for future. Today this person taught me how a passion or skill can be used to turn your life and start your own business. Business doesn't need money as primary, it needs ideas, passion n skill to start the business and handle it till it gets stable, only den money comes in picture. Thank you all for reading this. Do share with me if you have come across any such person or thought.... Let's share some valuable lessons which would help us to grow. |
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