In the Pursuit of Happyness..

Newton stated, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. That looks like 1:1, action: reaction. Similarly another wise man said, Failure is the stepping stone to success, here 1:1 is failure: success. Oh what wishful thinking, if only it was that easy then we would have billion billionaires and on flip side, we will not have any wisecracks on failure and success. (like the one above!)

Mind you some people are famous just for these wisecracks. This guy Murphy made so much money stating the obvious. “If anything can go wrong, it will”. My perspective on Murphy, I think he is an extremely successful guy, not just because of the money he has made but today he has half the universe quoting him. How cool is it when someone says, according to chaitanya`s laws “Ones success lies in their happiness”.

Dreams apart, reality jolted me this march 11th. To say the least, the interview panel shredded my intellect. Just the way India went under the shredder against Bangladesh at the world cup. One can’t debate who had the worst the debacle, because it’s me obviously! Our dear cricket team gets another chance, what about me! I have to go through the process again and create chances for myself. Easier said than done I guess!

In reality, that’s what would give me the most happiness, a post graduation; a qualification which will make my voice heard and obviously give me more money to burn! I’m sick of lying in the lower strata, the thought that pricks my mind constantly.

Nevertheless I’m still in the hunt.. In the Pursuit of Happyness..

My World Cup Final!

Its tense, its gut wrenching, nerve wrecking, blood boiling, brain drenching and what not! Its got all the ingredients of the world cup final, but this final will be played on a very personal note without any TV rights scandals. Its my SP Jain interview on the 11th of march ’07.

Why MBA? What do you expect out of an MBA? What are your strengths? Do you think you are ready for MBA? Just a few of the zillion questions occupying my brain cells. I guess this syndrome will continue until I actually sit for the interview. I now get a glimpse of what the Indian cricket team went through before their last world cup final! And my last world cup final, was very similar to our cricket teams final.

Its very hard if you don’t win the final, all the hard work goes waste, even worse unnoticed. You have to go through the pain and paces again to give yourself a decent chance for title-shot again. This title-shot on the 11th is god-sent and a make or break situation for me. I make it, I drive the sedan else I watch others drive it!

May be I’m putting undue pressure on myself with this complex and tense thought process, but this is also my motivation, the one that pumps my adrenaline! Go for it, make it even if means a few dog bites on the way up there! This dog also will get the chance to bite. May March 11th and April 28th prove to be the defining moments!

Amidst these constricted feelings, this stub written above is the only solace.