College days re lived again with friends

Sometimes when things happen the ways we have not planned it, they turn out to be memorable memories to be cherished upon for life. Yesterday night was one such day for me, was about to go for bed, when Sreerag asked me to come out of my room as Jaison wanted to meet him. He will be at his room in 10 min time. Me and Sreerag got engaged in chat and Jaison joined us soon, he came with Sam and Anand.

Jaison had plans to booze got dinner and drinks along invited me to join them, initially I was hesitant but when they insisted didn’t think of anything then. Came to room changed and went to Jaison place, building opposite to my room. We started talking since it was long time we met last. Drinks started pouring in followed by chat and eatables. 3 pegs down I started losing control on myself, was finding it difficult to speak as well but had full control on my senses so didn’t utter anything rubbish.

Anand, Jaison, Sreerag and Sam had full control on themselves, my capacity is 2 pegs didn’t go beyond it anything, this time had just given a try to it reason was the good company I was with. By 1.30 all started feeling hungry since all shops were closed we decided to go ecity pahse 1 where one shop was open. I was not in a position to ride bike so Sam decided to ride bike with me as pillion rider. Anand knew the shop so Sam and Sreerag followed him. It was damn cold and I was in sleeveless was shivering throughout.

By the time I reached their was fully out, asked Sam to put to bike on centre stand and just laid upon it. Vomiting sensation was high on me so didn’t had anything but in sometime vomited whatever I had. Was feeling much better then, was very restless wanted to hit bed at the earliest. Since dinner was over for other we decided to get back, Anand asked me to go along with him let Sam come alone. Anand took good care of me while driving back, he put my hands round his chest and ensured it I hold him firmly.

Within in minutes we were at room, Anand helped me to bed and put a pillow next to me to hold upon. I feel all boys have this habit of holding pillows while at bed, most of my friends have it. Soon Sreerag took away my pillow and placed himself in its place. I held him tight like a pillow, he was perfect for it since he is bit fat.

By the time I woke up in morning, was having headache and it was then I realized Sreerag snores while sleeping didn’t know about these things at night. Was in no mood to wake up since tiredness and restlessness was high on me. Came to my room and had lime juice after that I was normal.

But it refreshed me of my MBA days when such parties was weekend routine and used to help people who used to be out after few drinks. Most important thing was the support of my friends, so I usually prefer to have drinks in the company of my friends. Thanks to Jaison, Sreerag, Anand and Sam for making my day.

An unforgetable journey by Shatabdi “Bangalore to Chennai”

I was suppose to go to chennai for an event being organized by my organization. Feeling of excitement and fear  had engulfed  me about being able to discharge the responsibilty bestowed upon me. Event was on friday,but I was suppose to leave Bangalore on Friday as few other people had already reached Chennai to make necessary arrangement.

I was suppose to be accompanied by Christo for Chennai trip. We got out ticket on Thursday. It was then that we came to that we are going by Shatabdi express, an express train, it will depart Bangalore at 4.30 pm and reach Chennai by 9.30 pm. Office people who did travel by Shatabdi  some time back told us that snacks would be provided during the course of journey.

We reached station on time by 4.10 pm, train was on time. While at station I told christo, I get vomiting sensation if we travel backward especially in AC coach. In return Christo told me he also suffer from same situation in such condition.  We were praying that we don’t seat in the direction expected by us. Finally train arrived, we settled ourselves in our respective seats.

Immediately well dressed coach attender served us a bottle of water, which I forgot to buy.  15 mins later appy was given to us, hardly had we finished it we received “sandwich, samosa and sweets”.  Christo got engaged in his work and I decided to take rest for some time. After an hour we were given soup along with bread stick and butter. This was served to by 6.30 pm, we thought, it would be the end, now we won’t b given anything.

But to our utter surprise, we were served dinner by 7.30 pm.  It was too heavy, felt like we were in some restaurant and had ordered dinner. By 8 pm we finished our dinner and decided to say no to any further serving as we were full.  Didn’t know how the time passed by and we reached Chennai. Then we realized that we didn’t face the problem of vomiting as our seats were in backward direction.

What we enjoyed the most was the timely food served to us. If we are served eatables in this manner at home, definitely will put on weight . Attender’s of the coach pampered all the passengers, which make the journey most memorable

“Why” factor in Marketing, solution to all marketing problems

Formulating marketing strategies is tough job for any marketer because there is no surety that marketing plan will work out in the very first go. Marketing depends upon trial and error because when we plan an action  few assumptions are taken into consideration, but when tested with reality changes are sure to happen. As  new few facts will come to into picture which may be crucial. Taking new things into consideration,  marketing plan is restructured and implemented keeping with current developments.

Marketing is a continuous factor which if done sincerely keeps the marketers busy day and night. If a marketing strategy has succeed or accepted well by the market, then marketers need to swing into action to know “Why this strategy was successful?”. An in-depth study of this, will enable marketers in formulating better strategy for future. Very rarely marketers go to this type of study as they are busy enjoying the success of their initiative.

When a marketing strategy fail, even then marketers need to know  “Why did the campaign fail?” This study will help them to identify their mistake, take corrective measures. Marketers want to know the reason why their campaign failed but are not able to do so because they have rolled out new campaign immediately which replaces the old one. Some time due to intense pressure marketers do borrow a idea from the campaign doing well but even then they fail.

If marketers keep pushing them on to the why factor, most of their problem could be solved. As this factor is applicable for both success as well as failure, which makes it a continuous process. As said marketing is a continuous process. “Why” factor makes it happen.

Don’t you feel the same?

Ordinary man beats Software Engineers by hacking Indian Passport website

Till date hackers were the one who were in news for hacking various websites for one reason or other. But yesterdays news about an ordinary man hacking Indian Passport website was a shock for most of us. Biggest surprise factor was that it went unnoticed for 4 months at stretch. This incident has raised questions about the credibility of India's websites and the way they are handled.

Luckily this guy didn't use the database India would have been in a difficult situation. Most IT companies in India and abroad had hired Software Engineers of Indian origin, due their intelligence and smartness.But seems like Indian software engineers are not able to safeguard their nations crucial websites. This incident is an example of it.

One question which pondered me after going through the news was "Isn't it a shame for Indian's globally?" Why aren't Indian brains willing to serve India, when they are ready to render their services globally? Such instances will have adverse effect on them and raise question about their ability to perform.

When a nations National websites is hacked by an ordinary man, one can just think about the security measured adopted the country in safeguarding the interest of its citizens. Specially in a country like India which is prone to terror attack any time. Who should be held responsible for it? Will this issue also subside like other incidents which rocked nation in past?

Whats you stand on this sensationalizing issue?

What does employees look forward to " Job Profile or Salary"

Understanding the ideology of employees is a tricky job as it keeps changing as he grows up in his career. No doubt money is always the motivating factor but Job profile also do matter in the long run. Money requirement matters in the initial years of career, the reason for it is that they want to earn well and settle first. That's the reason why some youngster join BPO at early stages of their career and later try to shift out of it.

Job profile is something which matters a lot to an individual when it comes to showcasing his credentials in front of his colleagues. Working on an interesting profile can get you easy recognition, along with better growth prospect. Interesting profile can help individuals to groom themselves in an effective manner. But before accepting any profile individuals need to check whether his job revolve around his educational qualification.

Getting a profile in alignment to one qualifications is a tough job, very rarely people find right job for them. But such profiles come with a small disadvantage i.e money. Most of the time it is seen that interesting profile with lower package but give ample opportunity for individuals to grow in career.

Sometime people find job according to their career but at a later stage of life when they look forward for a change in career they find it difficult. Reason for it could be either they are not able to find a job in the same profile or the money offered to them is too less. Then what should people do in such situation?

Should they settle in for less salary or wait for the right opportunity to come so that they can get a profile matching to their caliber.. What's your stand on this issue?

Getting a flayer of sales " My first sales meeting"

Sales person are always in demand as they are the one who generate revenue for company, hence have final say in companies affairs. Selling is a tricky job everybody can't do it, though people claim selling is an easy task. Their is no fixed trick for sale, which can help us win a deal. Its situational most of the time but ya its a challenging job for sure.

My first sales meeting was no different from others, was bit nervous obviously, went through all documents and reached the venue before time. My colleague had fixed up the appointment so things were bit smooth for me. Client was expecting me so we moved to their meeting room. First we did was exchange of cards, then moved on to business.

Client had more quires than I expected and found it bit tough to convince them on few things initially but as we proceed things getting into place and finally they were confirmed the deal. Couldn't believe I closed a deal but was true. This meeting was a learning experience for me in many way I came to know about those things which often didn't get noticed most of the time by the employees working in an organization but is in the eyes of outsiders.

It did give me confidence to move further but I am still not confident enough to move ahead thinking all my meeting will yield same success as this one. Am looking forward to learn a sure shot formula which could be applied to my sales meeting and could walk home happily with deal closed.

Not only me but all sales guys have the same dilemma and they keep trying to figure out new ways to close every deal they approach for..

Should employees be loyal to their employers?

A question which haunts both employers and employees, should they trust each other or not? As said an employee may love his employer, but can't say when employers may show him the door out. Change is a big challenge for both employer and employee.

From an employers prospective is any of his employee quits, he need to find a suitable candidate for the same post as early as possible. With each passing day employer is loosing on business, which can't continue for long. Even when they find a new person for the post, he may also take sometime to understand about the firm and operation to know it in a better way.

For employees joining a new firm is always a challenge because they need to adjust with many new things like place, people, their cabin, working pattern and many others. On top of that they have immense pressure to perform well for retaining their job. If a new employee is not able to perform well within specified period of time, he may be thrown out.

Even then both employees and employers are willing to ditch each other at any given point of time, why? Answer to this question may come out with concrete solution to one of the major problem of the organization. But to reach up to an y conclusion both parties need to compromise on few things, that can happen only then when an employee starting think from the perspective of employer and vice versa.

"Loyalty can't be bought by money, it has to be earned" this is one thing which both employer and employees need to keep in mind. That's the reason why few employees are not willing to part with their current employer even if they get good package outside.

What have you decided to stick on or move further? Any decision be cautious and firm about it.