CrossRoads

At Crossroads - > choose your ‘ROAD’ -> your destination

I think this more or less summarizes anybody’s career and life …

Starting at the age of 15 years, Each individual will get to a cross road for every 2-3 years in their life and the decisions they take at these points determines the course of their life both career and personal as well!

How good it is to have a mentor who knows our strengths, what’s in store for each of the option and guide us to take the best decisions to have a fulfilled life. A dream like scenario isn’t it?

I was just contemplating some of the major decisions in my life and the above thought struck me..

After my SSC, I have taken the M.P.C.(Maths, Physics and Chemistry) route which put me into engineering  and during my engineering days, I choose not to write Gate and not to go to US for MS.. but tried for CAT , an MBA seat in top 10 colleges of India.. these decisions and my efforts put me into a software job..

 is it my preferred option 1? No . But why am I here?

I could not decide on the preferred option in time and hence could not work on that ..so I had to take the option Iam left with..

In one-way,   I am  very lucky that the option which is the dream of many is not  a preferred option for me but I could make it good in this field.. On the other hand because of my other preferences, I am not at my best here and always have that feeling of missing the thing I wanted badly..

What I want.. I want to be running a successful business spread across geographies and creating huge employment and lot of wealth for me and others involved.

So why am I nt doing the thing I want and continuing with a different career ..

1)      Not  taking a firm decision at correct time

2)      Not planning and hence not taking actions required

Why have I not done the above? Many factors including lack of awareness and distractions with temporary opportunities.

If somebody guided me correctly, what I would have done.

Somebody made me sit and discuss

what are the options I have,

what are my strengths,

what are my desires and took me through each of the options  , what I need to do , what I will get and most importantly what kind of life I will be leading by choosing each of the options, I think definitely I will be in a different track  .

Iam pretty sure, most of us will be having the same thought… how good it is if we have a place  where we can go whenever we are in a dilemma whenever we are at crossroads and get help from people who know better , who can guide us .. to be continued

Financial Freedom

during the last 1- 1.5 months, I happened to meet and hear about many people who are enjoying this state of life...and good news is, these fantastic people are openly coming out and telling people how to achieve the same.. how good it is, if we have access to the wisdom and practices of the people who has achieved it..

you do certain things consistently for a period of 2-3 years without losing hope when you get a rejection .. and end of this timeframe you have a passive income of 30K-50K per month in your hands..yeah more than 60% of us can start thinking abt leaving our 9-6 job and keep doing the tasks which are more interested and keep us all happy and excited..

unlike many people who are sceptic/negative,  i was always positive towards direct selling /free enterprise/  private franchising..and happened to remember a person who was trying his luck in this field when i was in my engineering.
This guy started with Amway during 2000 when he is doing his graduation and kept working on it... in 2010 , he and his wife both are sort of retired ( no 9-6 job) and he maintains much better life style than many of the other friends I know...

As the Rich Dad says, this process ensures passive income down the line making you financially free..
the other ways are investing in dividend yield stocks,rent yielding property ...all three options need consistent actions, reviewing our plans and yeah sticking to them..

Travelling with Infant

hmmm... just two months back , i was spending alot of my time on searching information as we were  about to travel to Melbourne from Hyderabad with our 5 month old son, Vibhav..our Vibhu :)

some of the major concerns we had are :
What to take along?
Where to sit in the flight?
what all things we should check with the airlines before starting?
will he be ok during the take off and landing
finally, will he adjust easily to the new place,weather, time zone

thank god, it all went very smooth for us ... and prompted me to write this for the sake of all young kids travelling and for their parents..

what to take along : depends if your kid is breast fed or bottled milk, for bottle fed babies, you need to take sterilised bottles, warm water (preferably in a flask) , the formula powder, and any accessories you are using for feeding.

where to sit in the flight: try to get a seat near the basinet , even if you can't use the basinet you can sit comfortably with your baby and can keep things handy..

what all things we should check with the airlines before starting? : Call them in advance and block a bassinet seat, enquire about the availability of warm water in the waiting area

will he be ok during the take off and landing  : beasue of the increase in the air pressure, babies may cry , but don't worry if its a cry for a short time.. do not cover the ears with any ear cuffs or cloth else that may lead to more discomfort for the baby..


adjusting to the new place,time zone depends on how well you plan and stick to the plan.. try to let them know the day and night times by exposing to sunlight during the day time in new place .. and this would make them adjust very easily.. our son took almost 5-8 days to adjust we could not plan well...

Ayyappa Deeksha

Lord Ayyappa is one of the main gods of India . The main temple of the lord is situated at Shabaraimalai in the south Indian state of Kerala.

The origing of the lord dates bam ack to the time when gods and demons were trying to get Amrit from the 'Ksheera Sagara' caled as PalaSamudram.

During the Karthika Masam devotees of the lord take deeksha and observe the deeksha regime for Mandalam (41) days. some say that the 41 days rule is to make people habituated to good practices as they say 'if you continuously do any thing for 40 days you will get habituated to it'

The deeksha starts by 'Mala Dharanam' at the Ayyappa temple and a Guru Swamy ( who has taken deeksha for 18 years) will do the Mala Dharanam for the devotees.

the devotees who taken deeksha should
1) Do bath twice (before sun rise and after sunset) and perform Ayyappa's puja along with his daily puja .
doing the Ashtotharam,SharanuGhosha and Harathi for Ayyappa is recommended.
2)should not eat food with masalas and eat vegetarian food prepared by a person who cooks after taking bath.
food should not contain Onion,garlic,Ginger

3) maintain composure in all your activities/discussions. donot get angry

4)follow strict celibacy

5) sleep on ground/mat and avoid bedding and pillows.

6)call all men as 'SWAMY' and women (including wife )as 'Matha'.

7)donot wear footwear.

8) visit temple ( if ayyappa temple is far visit any other temple)

9) do annadaanam for poor

the basis of these rules is to avoid luxuries, treat all others with respect ,eat simple food and pay repects to the god through regular puja.

Siddipet , Telangana

Was thinking of writing abt Siddipet for a very long time and started on 13 Nov 2010, giving the starting date just to know how long i take in writing about the city which is my birth place and definitely my most favorite place... yeah all my friends know this..

situated around 100 KMs from Hyderabad on the way to Karimnagar, this place is a buzzing town with competitive business people who are very friendly,warm and boisterous...

I was born and brought up here ..many people/families are close to me and I am to them..many of them remember my childhood antics even now when i am at 30 and they keep reminding me ..

have spent a very happy child hood near the lal kaman , then moved to our own house near the old bus stand.. loving grand mother,caring and disciplining father and concerned mother made my childhood..

Siddipet as a town is famous for the business prowess of its people.. for the size of the town, the number of businesses/firms available there is huge..
many rice mills,poultry farms ,hatcheries and retail outlets for all the things you need make the face of this buzzing town.. the reatil outlets here offer best of the prices for any goods you want to buy..

The next important feature of this town is the large number of temples ,devotional activities ..this town has temples for maximum number of gods, more than 5 for lord shiva ( 2 of them are ancient) ,2 for lord venkateshwara, saibaba,Rama, ayyappa, krishna,satyanarayana swamy,vinayaka,vasavi matha,lalita parameshwari devi,parvathi devi ,santhoshimatha and all these temples are visited by large number of people,very well maintained with the funds collected form devotees..

In addition to this great atmosphere, the town got into fame with the Telangana movement providing its complete support to Mr.KCR and presently to Mr.HarishRao who are trying their best to achieve the cause of  Telangana state formation.

my favorites in this town are the gupchup bandis which sell gupchup,famous kachori ( u try to eat kachori at narayana's gupchup near kamaan and i swear you will vote it as the best even better than famous gokul chaat of Hyderabad) ..the dhaba hotels in the outskirts are famous for the tasty food they offer at surprisingly unbelievable low prices.. 3-4 people can have a great meal within 500/- .

this amazing place is just 2 hrs away from Hyd and definitely worth visiting for people who stay in Hyd

Famous people from Siddipet : Mr. Kapu Rajaiah ( great painter) , Mr.KCR ( Telangana movement leader and First Chief minister of Telangana) , Mr. Harish Rao ( Telangana movement leader and First minister in Telangana state for many important portfolios - irrigation , mining, Aseembly Affairs and Marketing)

Directions : Leave Hyderabad towards Shamirpet/Karimnagar ..drive straight for 2 hrs you will be in the heart of this town.
Places to visit: Subhash Road,Kaman road for shopping,komati cheruvu for sight seeing,kotilingala temple ,sharabheshwara temple for devotion and Dhabhas for sumptuous food.

19 Jan 2018
What a great 2 years for siddipet under the dynamic leadership of Mr.Harish Rao ( Harishnna for many in siddipet) and great support by Mr.KCR
- Raithu bazaar looks like a upmarket commercial complex
- 2 KM walking track near the komati cheruvu : hundreds of people use this every day for walking
- open gyms at 4 places
- corporate level maternity hospital , dalysis centre
- medical college , large increase of beds in govt hospital

couple of friends from abroad  visited during sankranti and during our conversation it came out - Very happy that Telangana is a reality and in able hands. only thing Siddipet will not get is a "beach " :)

hats off to the strong and able leadership for thinking and executing the needs of common people 

Employment or Entrepreneurship!!

A thought ,a disucssion that occupies major part of my thinking almost always...

what to choose? choosing for what?

it should be done by interest? or by analysing which path can give more benefits to you monetarily, emotionally etc..

if it is by interest,do you have the capability of working on your interest and turn it into a income generating venture, build a team who can work on your goal and keep it going... yeah all successful business people are successful team builders...

as Kishore Biyani mentions in It Happened in India... life offers you certain amount of time and it all depends on how you pass that time...

employment or entrepreneurship is a very important choice anyne can make in their life..cause it determines their financial as well as personal life standards and well being..

in my personal opinion, the corporate employment helps very little in enhancing ones family/personal life and it is evident with the number of divorce cases ..

entrepreneurship on the other hand helps you to develop a community which is yours for any occassion or urgency ..thus helps is having high elevls of emotional support..

also considering the monetary benefits associated with the entrepreneurship , it beats employment hands down any day..

only one question we should ask is ..where ever we are employed, what is the firm owner doing? employment or entrepreneurship?

Pocharam, Hyderabad, Telangana

for the last one week to ten days, Pocharam is the most important place for us..
the company where I work is setting up a new campus there and many of my colleagues purchased or in the process of purchasing land near by the new campus..

the question now is will Pocharam be another Madhapur or Gachibowli in next 10 years?
there is an IT park by Rahejas near by and if more software people start living in that area, it will definitely fetch good returns ..if not we can build a home and live there close to our office at a very less cost ..

the land rates in this area are from 2k to 4.5k per sq.yd and in my opinion a very good investment for the next 5- 10 years