Hurray, The problem is resolved.
My feeds are back, just as Google promised. I shouldn’t have taken tension for the initial hiccup. But, man i couldn’t resist myself from panicking when i saw the Zero count (Losing Subscribers). I learnt a lesson today. The conclusion is as follows.
Respect Google… Its a great company.
I feel my feeds are in more secure hands now. No more forgotten Pwds, No more multiple usernames. One Google account does all the magic ! WoW !
The ability to communicate effectively is something all of us crave for. We want to impress our stakeholders, Boss, lover, family and almost everyone who talks to us. It has become more than important in the corporate world where every one has their own priorities and very less time to listen to others. Despite all the preparation, we are seldom successful in reaching our objectives.
Lets go back in time to learn from Lord Hanuman, who is portrayed as a very efficient communicator in Ramayana.
Ravana had abducted Seeta during Vanavasa and flew away with her to Lanka. Later when Rama went in search of Seeta, Rama wanted some one to make sure Seeta is in Lanka and he wanted to provide her condolence by letting her know that he is coming for rescue. When all other soldiers were scared and admitted that they were not capable enough, Hanuman came forward.
Hanuman flew a hundred yojana (Thousand miles or more of sea) to reach Lanka. When Hanuman entered Lanka it was dead night; and naturally all Rakshashas (a kind of generation known for destroying the peace and harmony of the society for the self centered motives) were indulging into sensual pleasures. They were all in their bedrooms with their wives, half nude, nude, heavily drunk and intoxicated! Epic says that Hanuman moved palace-to-palace; door-to-door; person-to-person but least perturbed or disturbed with emotions or with commotions. He was perfectly balanced in his mind. Though he moved in darkness in midst of unpleasant scenes, his mind was single pointedly focused in search of Seeta, only. So Sri Hanuman is known as a man with mastery over mind… “Manojavam”, he who has conquered his mind and so he was free from lust, greed or anger.
He over came the doubt of Seetha, that he is not another form of Maya by showing her the Ring of Rama. His speech followed after that non-verbal gesture.
When Rama, sitting on the shores saw Hanuman flying back from Lanka, his mind was filled with many thoughts and anxieties. “Whether Hanuman met Seeta or not? How is Seetha in Lanka?” When Hanuman landed on the shores, his first words were “ I Saw ”
Rama was immediately relieved of most of his anxiety. Then he handed over Seetha’s Choodamani ( a hair Ornament) to Rama, and then explained the status of Seetha and her longing for Rama. He could patiently listen to Hanuman, because his mind and heart were settled.
Hanuman never explained all his pain in crossing the sea, all the inconvenience he had to go through at Lanka to Rama. The priority was to convey the information to Rama.
When our manager/teacher asks about our work status, we often reply in this manner. “ Actually i had to take so many efforts to complete this. There were many problems i had to solve and circumvent to finish this work on time. The team members didn’t cooperate much with me” By this time, the manager’s/teacher’s interest is lost.
Though many mangers/teachers today are not as understanding as Rama, we have to first tell them what they want, and then convey what we intended to. That is very important to have a successful communication.
Hey, i think i lost my subscribers & Feed stats due to this shitty migration of feed burner to Google account.
When tried to Google on the issue, some bloggers say that things will be fine in 3 days. Can anyone tell me if this is really true. If not, i am in trouble.
This is a line from Google in this regard !
“Your readers will continue to receive your feeds. However, the reporting and analytics may take up to a week to adjust to internet traffic changes, so the number of subscribers you see in analytics reports may be lower for a short period of time.”
Subscribers, hope you are receiving this post
Quote of April month
“ Make things work well, then better, then the best they possibly can”
- Sam Walton in “Made in America - My Story”
One of the most practical statements by one of the best entrepreneurs ever. We often don’t practice this statement. We are in such a hurry, that we always want the best to happen at the first trial. When it doesn’t happen, we complain about the system and the situations.
We have to realize that many challenges in life, are similar to mathematical problems in which you cant proceed to the second level, without using the results from the first level and whose solutions are iterative in nature.
We never like iterations. right? We want things to fall in place right away. It never happens in life, like it never happened for me in a mathematics exam. In an exam, starting with a good guess depends on your practice, intellect and also luck. In real life, it comes from experience.
Those who have started their careers recently, please remember one thing. The experience you gather in the first few years, will form the core for the rest of your career(Like the first level results of a complex mathematical problem). If you go wrong here, then you have screwed up the problem (Rest of your career)
Make sure you learn as much as possible during this phase. Don’t withdraw yourselves to dogma and useless philosophy thrown at you by false colleagues. Look for opportunities with open eyes and use your common sense before you make any decision. Be very sure about your priorities.
Don’t be in a hurry. By running too fast on the road to success, you are missing the fruits of wisdom lying along the road side. You cant survive in the race for long, with out the energy from those fruits.
Once you gather the necessary expertise, you are the King !!!! You can make everything work in the best possible way.
Art: Imagining Mahatma Gandhi in Nature
Today, we are living in a destructive civilization. Trapped in an imaginary world of selfish desire, we are exploiting the environment at such a rapid pace, where the nature’s inherent balancing mechanisms cannot come to our rescue. Mother Earth is a home for many other living beings other than us. We don't care a damn for them. The school time classes on food chain, photosynthesis and morals have faded away from our memory. What kind of intelligent creatures are we?
While we make such a fuss out of the current economic crisis which no one completely understands, many of us don’t spend a micro percent of that time thinking about living in sync with nature. Which Modern Mahatma is going to come and free us from this trap?
NONE……..
In my opinion, everyone who makes a conscious move towards living a better life, with out harming the environment is a Mahatma. We needn’t invent anything to roll back all the destruction we have made over the decades. Lets at least use the available resources in a holistic way. Lets contribute lesser and lesser to air and water pollution. Lets save the energy and water resources for our future generations. Lets use only what we really require. Lets leave the trouble shooting job to the most experienced Nature. It is very capable of saving us. All we have to do, is to help it and move along with it.
Otherwise, the end of the our civilization is not too far. The next generation of life on earth will read about us, like we read about dinosaurs today.
By the way, I see a mahatma in this cute video, which was shared by my friend Chhavi.
Do you ?
by Mahatma Gandhi
1. Politics without principles
2. Wealth without work
3. Pleasure without conscience
4. Knowledge without character
5. Commerce without morality
6. Science without humanity
7. Worship without sacrifice
I would soon write a post on my visit to Navadarshanam. I need real time to write about it, because its kind of tough for me to explain that wonderful experience in words.
