WHY SO SERIOUS SON??.........."Laugh and let laugh"

Humor!! such a priceless commodity. Brings smile to every face. And if you believe in research, key for living little longer.

The more I look at faces, the more I get convinced that people have stopped smiling. Bad thing about a face that can't smile is that it can't offer you anything. I try to find humor in small things. Love to tweak those words, those lines. Just to brighten up the ambiance. Make people laugh. Feel happy seeing them smile.

What pisses me off, is the constipated looks early in the morning. Fresh from the weekend spell, people should be bubbling with new found lease of life, but on the contrary, most drag themselves to the workplace. Thinking bloke like yours truly, feel alienated and lost in the whirlpool of not so happy faces.

Can't pull out a knife like the joker did , but really want to ask each one of them...........WHY ? WHY SO SERIOUS SON??

Rendezvous @ LIVE

Friday night comes as a welcome relief to people at work everywhere. Doesn't it ? It's time to put all those worries behind and look forward to two days of respite, a well deserved break.

29th of August was no different. Somewhere in the heart of the city, a bunch of pros gathered to relive their glorious past. To be more precise, recreate those magical moments or hey !! better still, hear the 100 pipers play.

Unfortunately , yours truly, missed out on all the fireworks that evening. An excellent opportunity to nestle in the warmth of their fabulous company went begging. In a nutshell, that day, the Pundit lost out on a couple of glasses of self sponsored(P.F.Y.O.D....pay for your own drink, silly!) beer, forwarded juvenile jokes(miss that smile on the face of the narrator,that handy man...certainly it used to be bigger than the creator of those stupid jokes) session, and whole lotta gossip( hmmm........now that has to be the icing on the cake for the august gathering).

am I regretting it ??................Nay!!!!

Lightning BOLT !!.......and his blaze of glory.

Still reeling under the effects of Phelps mania,his historic gold rush, the world has found another hero in the Jamaican bullet, Usain Bolt.

He simply decimated the field in the race for the fastest human at Beijing Olympic 08. Last 50 meters of the famous straight dash, saw him donning the garb of a flying God.

The sports aficionado's haven't stopped raving about his blaze of glory. Some of them are already calling his twin wins as the best sporting moments of the Olympic history.

Running the way he did, as a man possessed in the 100 meters, shattering the world record, and then coming back and repeating the amazing run to claim the 200 meters in another World record time. Wow! what can you say?................Superman in action!!

He has done it !!!.........and my head is still spinning

History was made at 8.28 am IST, 17/08/08. The Pool Shark has done it. And thank God, like fortunate millions all over the world, I saw it happening, history being made, an extraordinary sportsman accomplishing an extraordinary feat..... Or is it a giant leap, that will stand for a long long time to come.

8 golds with 7 new world record timings, 14 career gold medals.............IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING, for this man, Phelps. What he has accomplished is really a super human effort. There's been a lot of talk about his physical prowess, but I strongly believe, having exceptional talent alone isn't just good enough, surely it isn't the only attribute for rewriting history books.It is also about what goes inside the mind. Phelps performance is of God like proportions. His name will go down in the annals of Swimming history as the greatest of all time and his golden patch at Beijing will become a case study for all the young and budding swimmers around the world.

Catch me if you can !! .....Waterman with an appetite for destruction

Six gobbled and two to go !! Some call him the pool shark, some call him the waterman..... the world knows him as Micheal Phelps.

It is said every picture tells a story, bears a character. The frame on the top is not just about a swimmer who is in a class of his own. Look at that face.... it is so full of hunger, it knows what lies ahead, what it wants. At Beijing Water cube, Phelps has so far destructed everything that has come in his way. It seems every race has two parts to it. One, Phelps against himself and the second, rest of the swimmers trying to out swim each other.

Aren't we lucky to witness the heroics of this man? Wish I could take a peek inside his brain and see how he does it, how does he remain so focused about his goal of 8 medals, when he knows that it's not just his mother nation USA, but the entire world is following his every move.

I love this guy !! And I am sure I am not the only one.

Red March.................they are coming!!

I missed the kick-start of the greatest sporting spectacle, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic 2008. I am told that the magnitude of the event was such, that it can stake a claim in Ripley's Believe it or Not.

People who were lucky enough to witness this modern marvel on their monitors, haven't stopped talking about it still. With the creme de la creme, all the global statesmen , the power circle in full attendance, China constructed yet another great wall on 08/08/08.

1100 strong Chinese contingent will try to dig as many gold, silver and bronze during the meet. And all the other nations will have to play catch up. It's not just my prophecy, but pretty much the opinion of the whole world.

What a miss!! I envy all you guy's who were fortunate enough to savor this glorious curtain raiser.

It's dying............and all I can do is watch.

The art of storytelling is slowly dying.............or is it dead already? I don't know. All I see when I look around, people nowadays are talking less, writing less. It's very easy to blame paucity of time for all this.I am a firm believer in the art of storytelling. Since I belong to media sales, I can take the liberty of commenting on the crucifixion of this wonderful art within my domain. I have been working for a fairly long time now and have always tried to impress upon my teammates the importance of this art.I know not everyone is equal and some could be more gifted in a particular skill than the others. But what really saddens me is the lack of intent in people. The willingness to learn and to improve is seldom there.I think it's important to follow up an excellent client meeting with a nice thank you note and a carefully worded, telling reinforcement of the proposition that was tabled earlier during the meeting.Acquiring business is like wooing a beautiful damsel. She needs to be charmed each time, every time. We have to utter those golden words, as many times, in as many different ways.

Show me the money!!.........that's all I care.

Came across a very interesting article the other day from the man who doesn't require any introduction, Tom Peters, one of the greatest management thinkers of all times . It was titled " The goal of a sales call".

We all know it. The bottom line is to close and enhance the business. But what many of us tend to forget is the fact that there's something more that transcends the obvious. And that is to take every sales opportunity as a relationship - building encounter.

Dig deep, when was the last time a business was refused as it was not in the best interest of the client. Hard to remember, isn't it ?? I am struggling too.

WEAR YOUR ATTITUDE..............no matter what !!

Have always believed in calling the spade, a spade. Over the years I have made it one of the most important credos of my life. Walk tall, talk straight in every sphere of life.... pretty much sums up who I am.

Well! to be honest, as much as this philosophy is a great quality to have and I am really proud of it. It hasn't helped a wee bit in furthering my cause at least professionally. Middle path has never been easy for me to tread. Never one to take sides to boost my prospects... never believed in flaunting my exploits.

Why there's so much of insecurity in people? I don't think I will ever be able to fathom the reasons. Having worked for so many years now, the thought doesn't bug me anymore. There are far too many things to think about than mulling over who should or who shouldn't get the credit.