The Science of Commons

Commonality has always been intriguing to me right from childhood. You always get into your so-called common zone, be it anywhere.

You are forced into this during childhood but you tend to settle there even once you grow. 

This can be like being with people from your own caste, religion, status etc but surely not restricted to it.

You tend to adapt to it depending on circumstances.

The science of commons works on the theory of mistrust which keeps growing as we grow and gets a stronger base at the point where we get involved financially.

The perfect bait are those who always needs support and are not self sufficient.

For Ex:- Suppose you are searching for a job, then  it’s more likely that your Dad or Uncle will use their networks with extra determination, and suppose you land up with a job through someone who was part of their commons, then you unknowingly become a part of it as it helped you in need.

This is the same thing which is happening in our political system. (don’t need to elaborate on this)

But even too much commonality is of no use, like Hindus in India, the male gender, people who have Maggi (wasn’t paid by Nestle for this)...etc etc

However this takes a turn under different circumstances, even a Pakistani becomes the part of commons if you meet him in the U.S. or U.K. just because he is one of the few who speaks Hindi there.

The definition of commons changes as you move away from your comfort zone, which is very important for growth.

All said and done, we form commons for our own benefit and then keep switching/adding as per our selfish needs.

The sooner we ditch these commons; it will be a happy and fair world to live

ALL THIS….JUST A COMMON THOUGHT !!!!

The Brand “Me”

We have always been inspired by inanimate brands and the type of association they create. In all this awe we fail to understand that we ourselves are living brands, yes, each and every one of us.

I still can’t forget the day when one of my friends took Science stream in 11^th Std just because someone in the class whom he admired (don’t know why) did the same. If you are doing really well in life, people want to know more about you, your background and try to follow suit. 

Please don’t confuse this with word of mouth publicity because here you are not suggesting or advising someone, it’s just the persona working for itself.

One spoiled brat from a particular school totally changes the perception of other parents regarding the school no matter how great the school is. So the branding need not always be positive but can be negative as well

Also most of the times what happens is that we have a crowd mentality, in case 10 people are doing the same thing and you know that it’s not a good/right thing to do, still you go with the flow. Eg: one person orders Masala Dosa, there will be two others saying “chal mera bhi wohi bol de”

Whereas an inanimate product takes a certain average time to become a brand with loads of Marketing and PR efforts, that’s not the case with “We”. For some you are a brand because of your style, others because of your humor and for some cause of your background so the time frame is really not defined and putting effort for this is a big no no.

All this just a thought.

Idli unorganised

I have been a great fan of idli and meduwada with that unlimited chutney right from my engineering days when i used to match the idliwaala timings to my lecture timings at Matunga. A typical south indian guy we called him anna, and he had this big vessel over his head for idli and meduwaada  and small ones for chutney, sambhar and red chutney mix ( i don't know what is it called).

So stupid of me, why on earth am I explaining all this, who in Mumbai's paced life doesn't know the omnipresent and cost effective idli breakfast provider.
 I just can't even explain how much i love it till today though it has become 2 Re from 1 Re per idli or meduvada and feel so sad when he is shooed away by the BMC and I miss my breakfast.

Now after studying some MBA gyaan, i found out that there are two types of sectors, organised and unorganised ones and quite rightly our different idliwallahs spread all over Mumbai fall into the unorganised ones

I very much fail to understand why they haven't been tapped yet, why hasn't an entrepreneur come out there and explored the various aspects that can be brought about to take this to the next organized and branded level. It has been so obvious over the years the market segment it can be targeted to is a good blend due to the fact that you would see even a college guy, businessman and also a taxiwallah having the same idli at the same place.

Some or the other day it has to become organised but hope so it doesn't lose its essence and simplicity which attracts people.
Also, I think on a personal note, traditions like this should be better left untouched.


All this.....JUST  A  THOUGHT  !!!!!!!!

Just an idea....

What motivated me to write on this, a couple of days back my brother very casually told me that his company is probably going to have a scheme where the employees would be able to exchange their old mobile phones and a few thousand bucks with brand new BlackBerry phones and since my brother just got a new touch screen phone he asked me to keep it (when he gets, in case) as it’s a good offer.

Now, see the beauty of the not so promising bold italics above, I actually started living that idea and researching on BB phone features, telecom schemes and the second hand price I would get on my existing phone. I don’t know whether I am going to get that or not but it surely made my day and took me into a different space altogether.

Sharing one more experience which I would never forget for the rest of my life. My dad is a govt employee; when I was in the 5^th standard he told us (family) that the govt is planning to have their department trip to elephanta caves and the proposal would be passed soon, you won’t believe it I didn’t get sleep for 2 days I was so enthu about it, finally days and weeks passed, then my final exams came, I was desperately praying to God that the trip doesn’t get finalized during the exams else I won’t be able to attend, God heard that but in a different way. Today, I am doing my MBA and my dad is 4 years to retiring and we both are clueless where the proposal got stuck and have a good laugh on it. 

I just imagine how bland the world would be if each one of such doesn’t have a positive thought idea in place. When our parents hold our hands they plant an idea in their mind that we would do the same when they get old. When we are in the semesters we have this positive idea that the syllabus is manageable and could be done during the exams.

The very positive feeling towards that idea gives us more than half of what that idea would actually give when materialized. When am blogging I have planted the idea that people would like it and they think similarly as I do and when they really like it and comment, nothing like that.

However a important point to note is that humans behave quite differently when the ideas get realized, they tend to get complacent asking themselves “Was is that important ?” and start running after other ones.

We as generations are passing the idea to each succeeding one, a better and faster world and are very much attaining so.

All said and done….but I really love the beauty of how the mind works…JJ

ALL THIS……….JUST  A THOUGHT !!!

Management lessons- Mumbai locals

Born and brought up in Mumbai, I always had quite an experience with the local trains, however, I never took it in the sense that the trains also teach us everything daily.

I realized this when I shifted to Bhayander, half a dozen months back and started my MBA course as well, a month here and there.

The first day was simply amazing and scary, amazing in the sense that I didn’t go to office that day and scary as I wasn’t allowed to go to in a way as boarding the Virar train is something next to impossible for a first timer.

After a few weeks here and there, I now think that I am quite settled.

Especially in this lines of the Mumbai locals I feel I have learnt a lot

Here are my key lessons learnt

Time Management

In case you are late for a train which starts from your resident station, you are late for a day by a huge amount…….it’s not that simple that you would get to board the next few trains.

Same happens if you don’t follow deadlines on a project, you lose the reputation.

Understanding Groups

It is very important to understand the groupism in these virar locals where they won’t let you inside in case you are not a known face even if there’s space inside, they block the entry and you can’t do anything about it.

Same is the case when you are assigned to a new team or a project that’s not ready to accept you and you don’t know what to do or how to reason out

Getting into the comfort zone

Once you get somewhat safely inside a train, in a few seconds you get into your comfort zone and don’t bother if you need to move further inside to give someone else space who might be leaning to death outside, you start behaving like the group.

Even in the case of a job you do the same, in the first few months you really slog it out but then you get into your comfort zone and are least bothered, this is when you stop thinking.

Job and frustration

If you see the man standing in the aisle of the 3-seater on either side, you would realize that he is the calmest man on earth…though he is not getting to sit and he is standing out there in frustration, he would always give and keep your bags on the rack without cribbing.

In the same way, sometimes in our job we might be quite frustrated and lost but we should never allow that to get onto us, it should not affect our family and friends or show on our face

The Opportunity

Whenever you are standing in a local train besides the seat there is no guarantee which person would get up and whether you would get a seat or not and if yes then when….that’s something very dicy

Same thing happens in your team when you don’t know when your team member would leave and you might get a opportunity or when your quitting might give him an opportunity

Control your temper

It is very easy to lose your temper in these crowded local trains, you get n number of reasons to do that, but as we all know that this sometimes leads to a big issue out of a very small one.

Same is the case in our personal life as well, we give some trivial matters/people so much importance that it becomes a matter of life or detah.

=====MUMBAI LOCALS ROCK !!!!=====

AIRTEL - no AIR no TEL

Hello guys,
Just after seeing the new Airtel logo and design aired on TV I was wondering to myself as in what type of goof up has Airtel done here...my first immediate reaction was Yuckkkkk..........
My brother who works for Vodafone was telling me that his firm had been quite apprehensive about what is going to be the new logo and how would it impact them....hahahahahahaha...positive impact

Also, if talking in terms of actual numbers, the new airtel logo billed the company by 300 crs and the logo is said to be a 45 degree rotation of the new videocon logo with the vodafone look and feel.....


[ I just killed a mosquito....loved it to the core...was biting me very comfortably.....i wish i could provide them with a boon so that they can turn into something bigger but smaller than me so that i can feel physically satisfied by hitting them...I also love turning cockroaches upside down..:):)]

contd..
There is however a different aspect and learning from this according to me ( its obvious since its my blog..;))
Why does a organisation like Airtel need to do something stupid just for the sake of it...CHANGE fundas as we call
How can such a stupid idea be accepted and implemented in such a big organization....if thats the case then its just like a MBA team project where you just want to finish up the project and submit.
Or is it because some new face at a higher position came in the department and wanted to do something just to make his presence felt....similar to what "Dolly" did in Big Boss....well bad example...that was cheap (since this is my blog, get used to such irrelevant examples)


Well, all said and done, we all will get used to the logos over the course of time and forget the older one as if it matters to us but imagine if the logo were a employee and you just fire him for no reason whatsoever and now he is gone in some unknown territory never to return again....all this...JUST a THOUGHT

The start

Well... here i am.
I know you don't know me but i am telling this to myself as after lot of lazy tries I have finally created a blog of my own.
The best part about my blogs would be that it will be utter non sense and simple english (not for your understanding but actually that's my limitation)

My understanding about blogs is that its based on the greater fool theory
The greater fool theory in this case would imply that you would be a big FOOL to start a blog of your own...but chill, you will always get worse fools to read it..:):). Its always better to be on both sides hence I created my blog.

I think this is good GYAN for a start....otherwise it would be the start and end of my not so budding blogger journey.