Dear Friends
I was scheduled to be in Mumbai today but due to some other issues, had to postpone it at the eleventh hour. Today is birthday of my rakhi sister Vinita and I wish her a very very happy returns of the day. May god bless her with healthy, wealthy and happy life ahead.
Birth day is always one of the most important day in life of every one. It brings back the memory of past and great feeling of being human. Every one lives the life but if it is satisfactory then there is no comparison. Many relations are gifted with birth in particular society but lot many relations are built by us from day to day interactions, thought sharing, professional necessities, educational interactions and all. Some time I notice that such relations become more powerful and long lasting than the blood relations. I define the blood relations 'by chance' but the other type of relations 'by choice'.
CP

Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Friends
I wish to share with you some of the key contents of a wonderful book "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni, which I recently finished. The book cautions about the major causes of a business failure and also suggests how to handle such reasons. As per Book, a team which is soul of a business can be disastrous due to five major reasons namely; Absence of Trust, In attention to Results, Fear of Conflict, Lack of Commitment and Avoidance of Accountability. It also highlights the repercussions of these dysfunctions namely; Invulnerability, Artificial Harmony, Ambiguity, Status and Ego and Low Standards. The book is about a company which was on top in its segment and slipped into red in just two years and how the new CEO revived the company. She had to pass through a very painful process but finally she managed to bring back the company to the earlier level. Really a wonderful book and worth reading.
Today is Sunday but for some social meeting had been to office and tried to write this small write up about the Book. Tomorrow would be in Delhi.
CP

Vacation to Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Friends
From Evening of 10Th to late night of 15Th would be a memorable time. This was the vacation time and Me, Shashi, Nikita and Hitisha had gone to Andaman Nicobar Islands. A great place to have vacation and equally great historic location. A & N is a group of about 572 islands located in Bay of Bengal. It is about 1300 kms east to Chennai. Unlike Arabian Sea the water is much cleaner and greenish blue color. Port Blair is the main city of the Islands and well developed too. A & N also habitats some tribes who are still in undeveloped stage and one can find them in the remote areas. These tribes live in jungles and hunt for living. While going towards Banathan from Port Blair, we can come across to one such tribal called "Jarawa" . It is interesting to see them but equally painful too to see our own brother en in such situation. I wish soon they would also join the main line of civilisation. Government and NGOs need to do a lot for such tribal. Havelock is another beautiful location in A & N which has one of the best beach in the world (probably amongst top 10 best beaches). It also has coral beach where you can see the corals and many different color fish in the sea water. Port Blair is mainly famous for the Cellular Jail where the freedom fighters were kept, tortured and hanged. It is really painful to know the history of this wonderful jail. The jail can house more than 750 prisoners, and as per history many prisoners were kept for 40-50 years too in the jail. The cells of the jail don't have any window and very torturous. There are many locations worth visiting in A & N and one should plan for minimum 6 days to stay there. In last 10 years A&N has become a very interesting tourist place and it is really a great place to visit.
CP

Friends
In between quick visit to Mumbai and then some routine stuff at Ahmedabad. It gives really great feeling if you conceive, nurture and build something. Whether it is human being, business enterprise or anything else. Whatever we conceive is the result of dream and when we have faith in ourself we start working on such dreams. It is long and tough process and by the dream comes true lot of sacrifice and heart burn takes place along with the faith, hand holding, team building and so on. That is why when you achieve the dreams you feel great and forget the thorns hurt you during the journey. God tests the faith and belief in yourself before giving the result so that when we get the result, we value that seriously and dont let it take lightly.Our dreams are ours and neither you can pass it on to others nor any body can steal them. If we have faith in God and belief in ourselves there is no power on this earth which can stop you from making your dreams come true. It requires tremendous patience, consistent and persistent efforts, crazyness to achieve and single point focus. Yes God would definitely ask for the price before making your dreams come true. He would make you humble, patient, sacrificing and calm before awarding your dreams in reality. Depends how we take it all.
Despite lot of business travelling, the vacations to distant places is always a fun. This time we are going to Port Blair and wish it would be a great vacation.
CP

Friends
Every thing we see in this world is moving. The people, animals, time, relationship, Business. Nothing is static not even the planet or universe. What is static in this world is probably uncertainty. This is never going to change and would remain always like this. There is no certainty in any sphere of the life. We don't know what is in store tomorrow for us individually or collectively. Though we cannot be certain abut anything but we can gauge the uncertain part by studying the past or learning from the experience of others. History always teaches the future and if read properly the uncertainty part can be reduced to a great extent. Whatever is happening today or where ever we are today is the result of past and the same is going to continue in future too. The destiny is written by us only which is reflected in future. We celebrate or repent the result but forget that this is nothing but only end product of the actions taken in the past. Such results can always be bettered or corrected with certain amendments and the result in future would be different. We may not be perfect but we re also not completely imperfect. There is always gap between these two but with learning from past and with experience of others this gap can be reduced. Another thing is that uncertainty keeps us motivated too and this is really fun. Just imagine if there had been full certainty, the excitement would not be there, no entrepreneurship, no challenges in life, no dream, nothing. Life would have been really hell for most of us. In fact it would be proper to say that uncertainty is blessing in disguise. In nutshell both certainty and uncertainty are integral part of the life and we should know how to enjoy both.
CP

1st April is considered as new year in business fraternity. This is the beginning of the new inning with fresh energy. This day is also dedicated to Fools and never taken seriously. If some one is fooled today, he would not mind probably. My best wishes on this so called practically new year. I wish we achieve our current years' goals and targets.
Learning is part of the life and ends only with the life. We learn every day some thing or the other from dealing with the people, Books, work and other sources of information. One should never shut the doors for learning and if it happens, it is the beginning of End. In fact Learning lights a candle in the darkness that illuminates our dreams. And it is known fact that people without dream are almost dead. So friends, the flow of learning should always be uninterrupted so we live the True Life. "We may know, what we know but we don't know, what we don't know". This is the fact of life and hence shall be always kept in mind.
CP