What's New Year Resolutions.....?????

I am writing this post on 29th December 2014. This year likely to get over within few days and New Year 2015, going to start. I would like to share few of my learning, which would be helpful for your resolution planning, in case if you have not planned any.

Most of us working sincerely and hard for your organizations, accounts, departments, better than our roles, so that our supervisors, gets impressed and recommend for hike, promotion or on-site opportunity, which in turn our incomes, by which we can feed our family, dependents better. Its very normal and common. I would like to share few past events and future directions.

PAST EVENTS

Industry Challenge

(a) Many of you might have seen porter in the railway stations, do you see now? do they exists? NO. Where they have gone? Some one from some part of world, innovated wheels for your briefcase, which has comforted people to carry their own luggage. That's it. That entire industry is wiped-off.

(b) When did you written letter to your dear ones recently? Not able to remember!!! or You do not love anyone? you do not have anyone to deserve that level?....just joking. I am sure you have been surrounded with so many good people, and still you will be blessed more. But the focus is, we do not really write any letter. We send SMS(Short Message Service) or call or Skype or Emails. Some one have upgraded the technology and that influenced to clear all these people income opportunities.

(c) Tell me honestly, would you spend money to buy calculator? would you spend money to buy Camera? would you spend money to buy Walkman? NO. why? I am your sure you are smart and carrying smart phone, which has all these features. Excellent. Good decision. But what about people representing those industry? How about their incomes? Literally cleaned up by the telecom revolution.

Company / Organization Challenge

(a) Assume you are working sincerely with your company, but somehow, their was difference in opinion or misunderstanding or conflict between your management, your team, your customers, your vendors, do you think you can continue further more in the same company and role? Either you have put papers or they would request you to move out or they stagnate your career progression.

(b) Assume you maintain excellent relationship with all your stakeholders, due non-influencing changes like, political, economical, social, technological, environmental, ecological, legal influences, your company revenues reduced drastically. What do you think your company owner would do? Either they sell it off or shut down their business. In case if they sell it, what would new company owner would do? they dictate new terms to the existing employees, either reduce the salary, or replace the staff. In case if they shut down their business, then, as employees, they need to find new employer, and again start from fresh, to gain better image, which would later influence incomes.

(c) Assume if everything goes well, and company owners gets into scams, like Enron Scandal or Satyam computers Scam, what would happen? The first attack is on the employees. They will be sacked out of their income source.

Inflation Challenge

During 1940's, if you have Rupees 10, you can run your family expenses Royally.

During 1960's, if you have Rupees 100, you can run your family expenses cozy manner.

During 1980's, if you have Rupees 1000, you can run your family expenses comfortable manner.

During 2000's, if you have Rupees 10000, you can run your family expenses decent manner.

Do you think, their would be year called 2020, what would be likely money required to run family expenses.

During 2020's, if you have Rupees 100000, you can run your family expenses, 'Somehow' manner.

Salaries, definitely increase, but also inflation increases dramatically. Already, few analysts analysed all these parameters and published few papers for public information, for cautioning purpose. The essence of it is, Salaries increase by 5% to 8%, but inflation growing more than 3 times of it. So, as employees, we are working very hard, harder, and becoming poor, poorer.

Government Influence

As Government, they have already seen the pinch of it and they have taken so many initiatives to manage these situations. Let me summarize some of them.

(a) There is NO pension for government employees, either it be central or state government.

(b) They have started asking people to take VRS(Voluntary Retirement Scheme), so that government expense can be managed.

(c) They have already asked private companies, to take over some of the Government companies, or undertakings.

(d) Few areas, where government have faced public resistance, they have stagnated government enterprises to perform for results and private companies were allowed & asked to operate comfortably, by providing so many subsidiaries.

(e) Most of the areas, government have already stopped recruitment for new staff or replacement staff, instead, they employ temporary staff, so that liability does not exist with Government.

(f) Few segments of the business, government, wanted to be watchdog, by providing guidelines, rules, regulations, to collect taxes and allowed as well as asked foreign partners to play dominance. 

So government cannot and may not help you or your family or your dependents.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

What does the above mentioned challenges, communicate to you. I am not here to threaten any of you, but wanted to caution the rough road ahead of you. In case if you wanted to be safe and smart, please do not depend upon only one income source i.e. SALARY. Always salaries, which is known wages, is not smart way of making money. You need to think out of the box to think about generating profits, but setting up business, for which I can help you.

By referring the Past few decades, few countries were ruling the world, then slowly, it went to few corporations were ruling the world, then it went few communities were ruling the world. In upcoming days, few individual people, going to rule the world. If you take decision, you can be one of the person, with me.

 In case if you are serious to generate additional source of income, without disturbing your primary source of income, and if you take decision as resolution, then, definitely I can help you to achieve the same. You can reach me.

emails: sskanagaraj@gmail.com; sskremail@gmail.com 

Cell: 9840213856 

Skype: kanagarajss

Social: www.facebook.com/sskanagaraj

Professional: www.linkedin.com/in/sskanagaraj

Physically located at Chennai, India, but can connect with anywhere and help people anywhere in the world, which is my motto.

CONCLUSION FOR NEW START

Whatever missed or got over, its OK. But look at this new year, as NEW and take decisions to provide your financial support by unconditional manner, whether you exist or not. Because your family and dependents to be safeguarded for better things in life. I hope your are smart and responsible person at least for your family and dependents.

Lastly, I heard from great business leader say, 'Not be POOR, Be RICH'. 

Definition of POOR - People Overlooking Opportunity Repeatedly......

RICH - Recurring Income Creates Happiness......

I want you to be RICH. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015.

Information Technology(IT)

-  I have been associated with Information Technology industry last 16 years. I have observed, learned, practiced, lots of tools, technologies, practices, methodologies, management approaches, tips, techniques, skills, products, solutions, both online, offline, client-server, distributed architecture, middle tiers, N-tiers, focusing on hardware, software, learning customer's culture, language, behavior, etiquette, and many many more...The list endless and goes on....But my only suggestion or learning that could help you survive in IT industry, across the technologies, recessions, cost re-structure, performance appraisals, is only one thing......Do you really wanted to know.....Guess....Its.......US VISA....Preferably H1B

-  Most of the common man say that IT people behave differently, treat others in a non-comfortable manner. And we people also, NOT all of them, but some of them, they behave accordingly. Its shows that they are in IT...means...Internally Transformed. But actually, its other way. Most of the IT projects are less timed, and expected more delivery, with less resource, by unclear requirements, needs, expectations set, lead by customer-friendly management(which means, customer is always correct), need to be delivered by hiding so many hiccups, in case if anything found, then, need to identify so innocent people as accountable, else misguide all the key stakeholders in the name of technology, methodology, tools of their versions or editions. This creates uneasiness, among the IT people, which is irritations, frustrations, upsets, to observe, the mismatch with Ideals learnt, suggested, guided and actually practiced in the most glamours IT industry. This uneasiness, leads, to health challenges. Then impacts the individual, where they are not able to connect with family members with true intentions. Always feels guilty of it, in there subconscious mind. This creates family conflicts. Just to avoid these things, they may behave bit differently. The root cause of everything is IT...Its NOT Information Technology...to some extent its Internal Transformation....but most of extent its....Insufficient Time....i.e.IT.

-  We all enjoyed on the Multinational Company employment, and also the income paid by them, which is at par with Multinational professionals. But in this process, we need to be cautioned about the Multinational Culture, which is intruding in our lives, which is overriding our culture, value systems. Most of the foreign approaches, they - 'Love things and Use People'...I have already started observing the same. This was seen most of the people in the upcoming generation...they say I LOVE my mobile phone..but the same people say, that they have sent their parents to retirement community...When asked for the reason....he just replied..."what do I get, from them, at this age"...I was just speechless.

I am not really sure...where are we heading towards...Hey God please save us.

Value System

I had an appointment with a friend and 'was waiting for him at a common place. After crossing 30 minutes of the schedule, I had no clue of the person coming to the venue. So I have called that person. He did not pick his call. After crossing 60 minutes of the schedule, I called him. He picked the call and said that he got some domestic work at home and willing to meet next week. Even before, I say something, he has disconnected the call. The person whom I am referring is a respected person in an organization, where around 100 to 150 people reporting under him and follow him as a role model. I was quiet disappointed about the person behaviour, based on the points mentioned below.

(1) He did NOT honour the appointment, which he has committed. This means, he is NOT responsible for his statement itself.

(2) In case if he is not coming, then should have called and informed the same, but he did not do the same. This means, he is NOT respecting others time. Whereas, the other person has respected his statement & waiting.

(3) Since not responded by picking the call, shows, he does not own the committed decision and behaviour.

(4) On the second call, does not even show courtesy of apologies, for NOT coming and NOT responding, instead he says he cannot make it up today(after delay of 1 hours, that too as a response to the incoming call NOT as a outgoing call) and willing to meet next week. Its shows very rude behaviour.

(5) Even before, I say something, He has disconnected the call, without showing the decency.

People having this sort of behaviour shows their quality of value system. By using this value system, people set-up their character.  People of these character, looks like they are growing-up and enjoying better life, because of time NOT because their quality, character, and charisma.

Life set-up based on the time, bound to change, but the life built of based on genuine character, value system, quality and charisma....bound to go, grow, and glow upwards.

Please cultivate, share, teach, good value systems to self, kids, and others.  Thanks.

New Year 2013

Within few hours, we will be hitting 2013, yet another year, increase in age, knowledge, maturity, cost of living, stress levels, and expectations.

Just before, that, wanted to reason-out, how did I do in 2012, at various levels.

At Personal Level

The 2012, did NOT start at a better & positive note. Instead of looking it as upset, trying to extract it as a lessons, to pray to the almighty, which should NOT be repeated in future. So, as a person, I felt, I have become, more understanding, listening, and willing to extend true help at physical, emotional, social, and (if within limits)financial also, without expecting any returns.

Reference to travel to workplace and residence, which demands around 70 kms everyday, have really eaten-up my energy level, to a great extent. Due to non-availability of flexible working opportunity, my personal time of visiting temple daily, lost it directly. This is really making me to feel, very guilty.

During few upsets, frustrations, embarrassments, disappointments, learnt the need & value of the spouse and family members. Even though spouse role is vacuum, but roles played by other family members are awesome and highly appreciated. This is one of the energy source, which making me run again and try for betterment. 

At Professional Level

I have taken-up new assignments, with new department, new teams, to realise new expectations. I got this opportunity, through the support of a person(who is a real gem), whom I got to know, when I was attending regular professional get-together networking sessions. This made me to understand, the need of connecting regular with professional get-together sessions.

At the execution level, rather than controlling & managing team, I let people to operate to their fullest extent, in the form of freedom and providing guidance, on critical situations, with constant & continuous support to them. This has given positive & negative results. Learning to minimize negative & increase positive results and impacts.

Beyond regular responsibility level, delivered, few training sessions, for the new upcoming professionals. This has given, better visibility, across the geography and keen in continuing the same.

At Public Level

Social Level

Our country is becoming quiet scary and sensitive land. By expressing few comments, at public in any social networking for the betterment of public, government have locked'em up. On the other side, so many people are yelling on the reference of inflation, increase in cost of living, corruption, Non-availability of power(which is directly impacting so many small & very small industries)....seems no-one is listening...caring...responding the same.

Instead government is suggesting, to generate power for household, by solar panel, develop roads by collecting funds from the people staying in that locality, threatening to reduce gas supply....well I am really getting confused, why the government is punishing instead of caring. We all pay taxes, still government, does not seems to showing the care. I am NOT confident to ask them why?

Economic Level

Representing in IT field, which really makes us to feel that we are getting more and cared well, but understanding & reference to present situations, I am surviving with same financial bracket, for almost last 5-7 years. The industry also, lost its attraction, shine and power to hire. In a way, we are slowly becoming like any other normal industry.

Conclusion

Overall the experience in 2012, is below average and hoping 2013 to be beyond average, to make it average. Precisely, I am looking in 2013, with stable, reliable, decisive, responsive government, with ONLY focus of caring citizens of the land. This land need to prosper with lots of opportunity, love, care, fortune, joy, were we do NOT know the meaning of cry. I am aware that my expectation is greedy, but it never mind.

At personal level, I am keen in taking few steps, by discussing with few financial experts, business professionals, Accounting experts, to evaluate various options, to leverage passive income channels. Almighty, need to bless me with the wisdom to learn and share with all my fellow men, to make their life bright, shine to keep growing, glowing and going.

WISHING YOU ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

Memories from Ex.Colleague

On 17-Nov-2012, met one of my ex-colleague, whose name is Mr. Ramanan(actually he is senior to me), and I had the blessing of working with him in 1997 for a short period of time. Now, he is Senior Sales Manager in Khivraj group of companies and promoting new residential project, 'Olympia - Pallavaram'.

I met him at Valluvar Kottam, Chennai, in an exhibition on the promotion lands, flats and Villas. The meeting lasted for 20-25 minutes. We exchanged about updates both personal, professional levels, and started enquiring about our time colleagues, both my batch members, and seniors. I felt very nice to know, almost(all of them) everyone have settled in their personal, professional life, with all the minimum expected comforts.

During the discussion, I realized that I had the same warm, welcoming, comforting, feeling, which was rendered to me, around 15 years back. That's the magic of  Ramanan. By the way, we both were working in Sales, for Union Motor Services Limited(Unipro), Chennai, which was closed after few years of operations.

After the conclusion of the meeting, I started moving to other exhibition stalls, and churning back in times, thinking about those times, for few minutes. After that, started comparing to the day. And quickly concluded, few observations as lessons learnt from the past, which can be used light post, looking at the future.

Observations - Analysis - Comparisons - Evaluations - Conclusions

(01) It's not possible to hide any person's originality, so easy. They would remain the same, because, they have been produced by god, for that purpose only.

For an example: During those days, Unipro has many seniors, and Ramanan is one of the senior, who is highly demanded within the organization. Myself and my batch members, were very new to the industry, we wanted someone to answer our queries, clarifications, concerns and provide suggestions to attack. Most of the seniors, were projected occupied with some other things and project that they cannot or may not able to talk. But Ramanan, always had quality time for each one of us. He always, talk to each-one of us, and extended his help, as much as possible. Irrespective of the team in which we were represented, and irrespective of the problems, can be feature doubts, or workshop support, or finance clarification or support or handling clients with conflicts, like anything, pertaining to the operations. Even today, when I met him, he has few suggestions, how to improve my car maintenance, service quality, and willing to help through Khivraj service support, whenever and wherever is required. I also, felt nice, because he is still approaching me as an equal human being, never ever projected as a senior or anything else sort of.

(02) God has enough food to serve everyone. Some of us finds it early, some of us find it later, but everybody gets it. God was so kind enough, to see all my ex-colleagues were well-settled, in a positive, vibrant manner. So, nobody need to feel, that they are NOT lucky, whereas, others so.

(03) In certain angle, all the appreciations, recognitions, ratings, targets, appraisals, were insignificant, referring at the long-term horizon as concerned. Does not need to be jealousy, ego-conscious, embarrassment about any incidents, because at later point of time, people remember, for your behaviour, gestures, and the charm & fun, you brought to their intellectual, emotional and physical body.

(04) Persistence - In case if we made-up our mind and struggle through, definitely we will achieve the same. Else, we will be representing and struggling to realize somebody's thoughts.

(05) Irrespective of the situation, better be pleasing and be firm on your values, strengths. In case, if we fail, never mind, because, we are working on our strengths. So, we will improve the same accordingly.

Message for Deepavalli / Diwali

Every year, we see Deepavalli / Diwali, and we celebrate, just by crackers, sweets, new clothes, watching programs in TV and what else? That's all it is?!

What's the significance of this event? We will listen to story of Narakasuran. Is that's all? Why are we celebrating the death of Narakasuran, so much? Whats the learning of the situations? Whats the lessons to be learnt?

Think about it.

We all talk about, it as festival of lights. By light, we clear all the darkness. OK. So what?

The darkness, to our times, refers to characteristics like, fear, doubts, jealousy, loneliness, embarrassment, upsets etc. The light, to our times, refers to characteristics like, courage, clarity, moral support, family support, social support, emotional support, contentment, unity etc.

Reasoning for this festival, to establish bonding within family, relatives, society to complement each other. For an example, at an individual family level, the new clothes were bought & sweets were made by love and distribute among themselves to all the family members. This new clothes is to make them feel as if they were NEW, to clear and give-up all misunderstandings among ourself and celebrate this incident as a remarkable moment, by having sweets.

We encourage our kids to take brave route, by enabling them to play with crackers, by our moral and emotional support.

These are the reasoning behind this event. But today, we do it for the sake of doing it. We get new clothes, We buy sweets from popular shop(Not much of home cooking activity), we ask our kids to play with crackers along with our neighbour kids(Not really accompanying them). Most of people, sit in-front of Television, and watch some of the latest movie OR watch an heroine interview, who will be around 20 years of age, who may not seen enough world than us(But we quiet keen in knowing and learning their experience). 

Among the family members most of them keep chatting in internet or talking some other people by phone, but NOT really sitting along with entire family members talking to each others. It has become very rare event. Matter of fact, discussion within family, need to fix-up an appointment.

The reasoning of the festival is something intended, but we turned it up to some other mechanical manner and made this as an formality. In case if we really understand the reasoning about the festival and align accordingly, then, believe me, its really Deepavalli / Diwali.

Anyhow Happy Deepavalli / Diwali

Like / Hate People for NO reason

Hope all you have experienced, same feeling, at some point of time. is it n't? We really like to talk or work or stay with few people and also, we do NOT like to talk or work or stay with few people. But we may not able to justify / substantiate with any credible answers.

Why is it so?

Based on my observations and analysis, some of the findings.

Hate - Whenever we meet people, we get to know, their credentials, achievements, power(financial, society respect, family support, reference contacts), position, growth, language, vocabulary, success, fortune, beauty, physique or health. Based on the collection of data, (mentioned few above), our brain collects and works-out, to publish some score. And if the score is more than the acceptable limits, then it means that the person is better-off than the self. 

If the person is better-off, then, next evaluation triggers, to understand, whether the person is amicable to self? whether the person, could help the self to scale-up to their level? if at all, it says firm YES, then, the brain communicates to heart as 'LIKE'. 

In case if the brain evaluation, fails to get favourable response, then, it communicates to heart as 'HATE'. 

Since all these things happens implicitly, within a fraction of a second, before we realise consciously, the mind work-out and concludes quickly.

Just because of this only, we have NO answers or justifications, for Like / Hate people. In case if these things, happen consciously, through the help of mind and brain, then, each one of us would act as advocate, in terms of logical, emotional, analytical justifications.

Next, is this good or bad? Definitely bad. Its better NOT to like or hate anyone. Lets learn to look as they are and NOT to get into evaluation basis with everyone. Need to develop maturity that, each one has their good and bad, to fit their role in this world and I am sure, they are marching towards it. Lets enjoy travelling along with them, if possible lets extend hand and help them, else, stay back and clap to encourage them. Let's avoid branding or stereotyping. That's the way to maturity.