London and Mumbai

I moved to London about 4 months back. Now- the initial honeymoon period is over and it has become the daily routine.

London in many sense is similar to our own Mumbai- Tube reminds our local trains, Buses reminds me of our BEST buses. People are always in hurry similar to Mumbai. The system is also similar in many cases. But there are no short cuts in the system. This is the main difference what we have there and what advance countries. There is one process for everything and one has to follow that and can't really change it. That helps in keeping curses like corruption and bribery in control. That's the main advantage. Though- sometimes few system seem very stupid and ordinary e.g. their National Health system.

It's encouraging to see the economic progress our country has seen and we always feel very proud after reading about it in different medias including MaTa. At the same time- heart gets moved on after reading the sad suicides of farmers who couldn't repay their debts. It's harsh reality and counter opposite pictures of our country. I hope that our economic progress should help in encountering it. That's the one thing we should learn from advanced countries. Very ordinary man over here gets sufficient amount of money to take care of his daily expense. While in our country- it's very difficult to meet both the ends for many people. This leads to corruption, anarchy in the social system.

Hopefully, India will be economic power in coming years to eradicate this disparity. We all are positive about our future and we should be. If we don't then we can't achieve it. We all know that it's difficult task but not the impossible one. Hopefully, we will achieve it pretty soon!

There are lessons to learn from rejection!

Today, I came across one good article in FT and would like to share with you all. Though- it is related to MBA professionals, points mentioned in the article are applicable for all of us. Author has described his internship days during MBA and what mistakes he made while applying for the campus interviews.

Important takeaways from this article are:

- Prospective companies look for commitments as much as skills (this is true for the current company for which you are working.)
- People networking is important for the success. (We often have seen that more than skills, contacts or relationship matters. Companies are not the bricks and walls and they are run by people and that why understanding people, people management is most important thing. This is even true in our personal lives.
- Listen to you heart and don't follow the crowd! (This is most important thing- not just for the professional but in the personal lives too! That's why most of the CEOs always follow their gut-feeling. One has to make very tough decisions in their life.)

Can anyone feel it the pain of rejection than someone who has appeared maximum campus interviews during his MBA days? :-)

Happy Reading !

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fd06a5ce-105d-11dc-96d3-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=02e16f4a-46f9-11da-b8e5-00000e2511c8.html