The time works... more...

Many things to do in life and I am occupied with some stuffs which are least important. I am also engaged with few affairs which are very important. “Making the work fun” is motto given by many…. But what is work?

For me playing cricket is fun but not for Sachin, it is his profession. For me riding a car may be just to pass the time, freak around or travel, but may be for Narain Karthikeyan it’s a work life. So the thing that provides me living, or commercializes me... is work, in brief all other are just hobbies, interests or a sidelines... or whatever you call it. The job which I am doing, and selling to people is my work… and the one who is buying is my consumer... the one who buys my traits that I am selling.

Whatever I sell in my life, I always keep selling my time along with that… my time. Actually as per my view we all sell our time only… what matters is how effectively we commercialize our time… how can I make my time costlier than others… what should I do? How should I find who is my target consumer, and will they buy my time and pay me better?

Micro-Economics, Theory of Micro Economics: Demand and Supply. If Demand is more and supply is less the price increases, and price reduces when it’s opposite. What I am selling via my time is the product and if the demand is higher and supply is less I will get better deal for my time. For instance I am working in a company as a quality representative, if I got to increase my time-price I have to find out the quality area where there are very few people exist as I can not change the demand of the market, I can only work on supply. If I am able to be the part of that niche group for whom the demand is huge I will be able to quote myself at very high price level, and If I remain at the same place where there are lots of people available I have no margin for negotiation.

Micro Economics is something that is applicable at many places, and economics is something that is actually driving the world and providing it a great equilibrium to stay in peace with billion and billion of human master minds. May be the above mentioned fact is not quite clear, as the perception differs from person to person, and you will always find an exception for everything however I was just giving generalized thought of my mind boggling ideas which I keep getting while ideating.

I may be right… you never know.

Shivendra Singh
29 Nov. 2009

Bad words first

"Learn the Bad words first..."


This is the common thing I heard from the people whenever I have been to any place where I was not familiar with the regional language. I was in Andhra for a long time, and then in Tamilnadu but believe me I still don't know any bad word in Tamil except "Adda Paavi" and that too is not bad, it's in fact used in general conversation here. The logic behind learning the bad words first is too find out if somebody is abusing you... but the question is why should I know if somebody is abusing me. I feel that if I know the abusive words I will definitely react to that, and will put myself in a self generated problems. If I don't know, the matter will end then and there, and I will not have to carry a guilt or stress to back to home with me.

It happens very often to us that we hear something bad about us but can not react because of some or other reason, we are angry but can not do anything, we grind our teeth and keep the anger inside, we carry that ire with us to home , and eventually that leads to many problems. Ignoring something that will ignite a rage in you is the best thing one should do, but how to ignore. Simple, don't learn what you don't want to hear from people.

I have been definitely abused by many Autowalas here many time but I don't know what they are talking about. Whenever they show me a frustrated, raged face and abuse me I react back with a gag and long loud laugh... when they try to insult me I find that very moment very funny and I don't know why it forces me to laugh out louder. Ha ha ha...:) and rather than insulting me they feel utter shameful for what they have done.

They must be taking that insult back to home. I move on wearing a relaxing smile even after a great argument with Autowalas, and that's because I don't know what they were talking about....!!!

Shivendra Singh
07 Nov. 2009