Reality Check

I just finished (for the second time) the book "Who will cry when you die" by Robin Sharma. A really good read and thought provoking.  The topic obviously just asks you what your contribution to your family, friends, community, or in your area of interest has been? Will anybody feel the loss at all, should you hitch a hike in the next spaceship and disappear from the face of this planet? 

A very interesting question. For those people like me, who are still wondering what their call in life is, those motley group who are still struggling to identify what their goals in life are, this is one quick reality check. It makes those people who take life as it comes, without any specific purpose or direction, sit up and take notice. 

It is common sense that time, especially in this age,  just flies at such an amazing speed that before one realizes, one has lost all those vital years where one could have made that difference -- the difference of having actually done something to being an "also ran". 

I think the main problem here is that we are somehow trying to identify that one big purpose, goal that would set us apart. It probably never happens that way, the big goal in fact should just be an aggregate of much smaller goals. It definitely is good to identify those small/minor things and accomplish them instead of just trying to spend time identifying that "big thing" and doing nothing at all.  

Another realization that occurs evidently from pondering on this subject is that every minute is important, and that we should use time efficiently to do those small things that hopefully will add up to something substantial at the end. 

I personally hope that these realizations are for good and is not just another fly in the pan and I translate these into action.

BarCamp7, Hyderabad

Over the weekend, I gave a small talk in BarCamp7, Hyderabad. I had not heard of barcamps before, so it was really a revelation. I was surprised by the quantity and quality of the participation. The event was a mix of talks and demos and the participation was certainly not casual, rather treated with a serious intent of sharing and learning. I was lucky to be granted the first slot and had an attentive audience. I thought that my talk was fairly well received.

Some blogs on the event

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One other new thing about the trip was that it was my first visit to the new Bangalore International Airport and the new Hyderabad Airport. I agree with the general public opinion that the Hyderabad airport appears to be a better planned and executed project than the Bangalore one. It is more spacious and has a more International look. One thing common to both is the distance from the city. Even then, I could see that the AP Government is building an elevated highway that directly connects the airport to the HiTech city and another highway to the heart of the city. I hope the Bangalore officials do take some cue from their Hyderabad counterparts.