Road To Success

Very thoughtful.


Tripped on this (old) one and couldn't resist posting. Thanks to Swapna for fwd via email.

How Apt - Considering the times we live in

The Last Lecture

A lot of professors are asked to give “The Last Lecture” as if it’s their last.
On September 18, 2007, when, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture, he didn’t have to imagine it as his last, since he’s diagnosed with pancreas cancer with few months of life left.
But the talk he gave “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” wasn’t about dying.
It was about living one's childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others, and some lessons.
In short it was about living.

Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon and so is his book based on it. Here’s the pdf & video.



Inspiring.

Being Detached

I recalled this zen story, some days back, when, we, the boyz, were chatting about college life :-)

Though, there are many versions, this one captures the spirit

Obsessed

Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him and departed.
As the monks continued on their way, the one was brooding and preoccupied. Unable to hold his silence, he spoke out. "Brother, our spiritual training teaches us to avoid any contact with women, but you picked that one up on your shoulders and carried her!"

"Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down on the other side, while you are still carrying her."

Essence’s simple :-)

But then detachment is hard to attain.

Some interesting links

2 weeks back, had attended a talk by Prof Ramaswamy on Living a Balanced Life & Expanding Horizons
Take a look here

Wish this kind of honesty’s true
Note From Boss To Employees

For those of you fortunate enough to not have had a brush with this monstrosity, called CAT, read this

Manku Timma...

Go Soul-Searching!

While organizing my Internet favorites list, came across some awesome links. These four are the best, in the inspirational category.Worth taking time to read and you might end up doing a little bit of soul-searching!:-)

How does one build a successful technical career? Subroto Bagchi(co-founder and COO, MindTree Consulting) gives the nine key factors.
Upgrade yourself from the world of coding...

The amazing Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, to the graduating class of Stanford, delivered on June 12, 2005. An absolute must-read-and-think-about.
'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says...

Welcome Address by Subroto Bagchi, Chief Operating Officer, MindTree Consulting Delivered to the Class of 2006 at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, July 2nd 2004.
Go kiss the world...

Words Of Wisdom from Goals Guy
Ten Things Every Kid Should Know ...

Inspiring...

"Inspiring you for a better tomorrow" says the pravsworld website caption. Having subscribed for more than a year, I vouch for it. More often than not you get very meaningful thoughts. Here's a, recent, one of those many gems.


If you are not yet one among those millions of subscribers then a glance @ this page's all it will take to make you one!

n just tripped on this line while wandering through WWW
Who, being loved, is poor?-Oscar Wilde
Hmm...