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At the Caltrain station. Can you believe that? I couldnt.
Blew my mind out!
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Saturday, May 19, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The Calm after the storm
The last week was a storm. One of the busiest and most stressful weeks in my life!
Possibly, some weeks must have been as exhausting and as stressful. Maybe I am putting more emphasis on this week because it was more 'corporate stressful'.
But I was exhausted at the end of it all. I realized 3 hrs of sleep per night doesn't work for me.
Yesterday I went to the KGI 10th anniversary. I guess I had expected more. To talk more in depth with some friends...to talk more in depth with some favorite faculty members, to interact with some of the Board of Trustees and even though I felt it was shallow, I did what is supposed to be correct in networking... I worked the room well. Moving from one friend to another, making contact, updating and moving on. Is that how networking works? Sigh!
At my dinner table, one of my juniors was sitting with his parents. We were joined by two members of the BoT and three other people. His father asked each of us to give ONE valuable piece of advice to the new graduate. I said that as a consultant I mostly did things in threes. For me the THREE best pieces of advice are:
1) Never trade long term value for short term dollar
2) The dots dont always connect when you are doing something. But do it anyways. The more you say "I'm never going to need to do this", fate tries to make you look like a fool. The dots connect later. Have faith in this universal principal and just do it.
3) Don't do something because the boom is around the corner. When the bust comes about, you're going to hate your work. Do what you genuinely like. Come boom or bust you'd at least enjoy what you do.
Spent a few miserable hrs. at the Press. There was no seating available, music was too loud and I was miserable. I hate pubs, clubs and bars.
Tomorrow promises to start an interesting week.
Possibly, some weeks must have been as exhausting and as stressful. Maybe I am putting more emphasis on this week because it was more 'corporate stressful'.
But I was exhausted at the end of it all. I realized 3 hrs of sleep per night doesn't work for me.
Yesterday I went to the KGI 10th anniversary. I guess I had expected more. To talk more in depth with some friends...to talk more in depth with some favorite faculty members, to interact with some of the Board of Trustees and even though I felt it was shallow, I did what is supposed to be correct in networking... I worked the room well. Moving from one friend to another, making contact, updating and moving on. Is that how networking works? Sigh!
At my dinner table, one of my juniors was sitting with his parents. We were joined by two members of the BoT and three other people. His father asked each of us to give ONE valuable piece of advice to the new graduate. I said that as a consultant I mostly did things in threes. For me the THREE best pieces of advice are:
1) Never trade long term value for short term dollar
2) The dots dont always connect when you are doing something. But do it anyways. The more you say "I'm never going to need to do this", fate tries to make you look like a fool. The dots connect later. Have faith in this universal principal and just do it.
3) Don't do something because the boom is around the corner. When the bust comes about, you're going to hate your work. Do what you genuinely like. Come boom or bust you'd at least enjoy what you do.
Spent a few miserable hrs. at the Press. There was no seating available, music was too loud and I was miserable. I hate pubs, clubs and bars.
Tomorrow promises to start an interesting week.
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Dizzying speed of life
Takeaway for this post:
Time flies!
As simple as that. On May 15th I'd like to do a quick dekko at the year as it was. But the essence is that time flies.
I have realized that if your work day spans from 9 am to 10 pm, your life is going to speed by in a burst of light and fury, signifying nothing.
But having said that, I have learnt a huge lot on the job. I also learnt that if you can't talk from experience to relationships, restaurants and fun spots, you are going to be pretty much lost in a casual discussion with work peers.
I realized this more recently when we had a party in a fancy lil place with expensive drinks and hot waitresses in small black numbers, and I preferred to stay back in office and finish work.
Some would call it sad, but I just cannot identify with discussion that centers a fair bit around basketball, football, spouses and LA hotspots. I have no interest in any of these things, neither am I able to feign such interest. Sad. Cuz the bunch of guys in my office are really nice folks.
Time flies!
As simple as that. On May 15th I'd like to do a quick dekko at the year as it was. But the essence is that time flies.
I have realized that if your work day spans from 9 am to 10 pm, your life is going to speed by in a burst of light and fury, signifying nothing.
But having said that, I have learnt a huge lot on the job. I also learnt that if you can't talk from experience to relationships, restaurants and fun spots, you are going to be pretty much lost in a casual discussion with work peers.
I realized this more recently when we had a party in a fancy lil place with expensive drinks and hot waitresses in small black numbers, and I preferred to stay back in office and finish work.
Some would call it sad, but I just cannot identify with discussion that centers a fair bit around basketball, football, spouses and LA hotspots. I have no interest in any of these things, neither am I able to feign such interest. Sad. Cuz the bunch of guys in my office are really nice folks.
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