Time Wasted

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."

--Muhammad Ali 

My Thoughts:
When I read this Quote, I remember my English Teacher, Prof. Anthony. He used to tell us about his experiences with teachers with horrible English, who he claims have been teaching English for more that 10 years!

While telling this, the point Prof. Anthony wanted to make was that when these teachers said they had 10 years of experience, they actually meant they had effectively 2 years of experience and for the rest 8 years they repeated the same thing they had learned for the first 2 years.

I feel that there is always something new to be learned, each day….err…each moment. A person who had not learned anything from his life has wasted the precious time of his life.

These were my thoughts, Looking forward to hear it from you

Be The Change

"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever"

--Mahatma Gandhi

My Thoughts:

I chose this particular Quote for my first Blog because of three reasons:

1. Its speaks about Life and death -- Lets take a situation when a person knows he is going to die the next day…..would he spend his day in the same way as he had been doing all his life?

2. It speaks about continuous learning -- I always feel that Life is trying to teach me a lot each day….each moment…..and what is Life trying to teach me….? I think it is teaching me what it is…!

3. The Quote is by Gandhi-ji – It is no wonder to have such precious words of wisdom from one of the most influential person in the history of this world, whom we call as Mahatma (Superior Soul).

These were my thoughts on this quote. Looking forward to know about your thoughts and please correct me if I am wrong in any sense.

The past is finished

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Thursday, 19 Feb '09

“The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know.”

--Rebecca Beard

My Thoughts:
That’s certainly a straightforward quote. You would not sit a one place and cry for what you have lost in the past or nor will you stop if you get a success.

The past is over, concentrate on the present and act wisely. You can have only one takeaway from the past – experience.

Four important looks

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Monday, 26 Jan '09

“The four important looks in your life - Look back and get experience, Look forward and see hope, Look around and find reality, Look within and find confidence.”

--Anonymous

My Thoughts:
This is such a wonderful quote! Just see how by merely looking at four different places can find four precious things.

Look at your past, learn from mistakes and get experience. Look optimistically at your future and see hope. Look at present and things around and you know what’s happening and Look at yourself and find out what are you capable of and be confident.

Unhappy Customers

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Sunday, 14 Dec '08

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

--Bill Gates

My Thoughts:
Since childhood, we have being taught to learn from our mistakes. But as we grow up, we tend to forget this lesson. And often the most forgetful, of this lesson, are the business people; who remember and show off all the happy customer testimonials.

But when it comes to unhappy costumers, we all want to be at bay. But these are the ones who would tell you what the actual problems are with your services, because they have experienced that. And all that is required is that we listen to our unhappy customers and learn from them and improve.

People and History

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Friday, 31 Oct '08

"History never repeats itself, as most people fear. People usually repeat history."

--Divine Chikobvu

My Thoughts:
It is we Humans, who make History and Repeat them. It is we, who do not learn from our mistakes or from mistakes of others.

So if you don’t learn from Mistakes, you would then make a mistake of saying that History repeats itself.

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Wednesday, 8 Oct '08

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”

--John Powell

My Thoughts:
A mistake is not a mistake if you take something out of it. Each mistake has some learning into it. All you have to do is find that learning.

So the next time you make a mistake, you have nothing to regret if you had learned something out of it.

Lots to Learn, Lots to Attempt

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Wednesday, 3 Sept '08

"Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt."

--William Van Horne

 My Thoughts:
Whether you are at home, work, college or traveling, each day comes with learning. Learning is a rule of life, and life may teach you a lot of lessons.

But it is totally up to us to learn from these lessons that there is really nothing worth ignoring in this world and there is no such situation where you have a valid reason to say – “I can’t attempt this”