Gyan Bhandar - 8

If we are Books, here is the text

I am the wisest, but with no qualification,

I am the honest, but most betrayed,

I am the generous, but most poor,

I am the kindest, but most hurt,

I am charming, but with no looks,

I am the mentor, but with no success.

I don't claim to know everything, I don't claim to be a gyan guru, but I feel the energy, I feel goodness, I feel god, I feel love, I want to share, I want to care, I want to protect, I want to save, I want to help and it's all 100% genuine.

We are like Books, some text by life lessons, some text taught to us, some text by observation, some text by inspiration, but most pages filled with words coming from within.

The thinking process...

When you step on shit on the road, you find ways to clean, but not stand and think whose Shit is that.

When I tell her that we are going out to Kumar's party, "Who all are coming? What time are we going? What should I wear?".

When I tell him that we are going out to Deepti's party, "Sure, let's go".

When the toe is twitching, you go to the Doctor and have it checked, but not open Google "Why is the toe on my right foot is twitching?"

Overthinking is a disease, thinking too much on unnecessary stuff creates nonexistent problems.

As the saying goes "Worrying is like paying a debt that you don't owe".

Zero Speed

Do we not bang a Car if we see "Baby on board" sticker? What should we do if we find a Car with "No Baby on board" sticker?

Who do we assume is the culprit in a road accident involving a BMW Car and a Maruti 800? "Must be a Bloody rich, spoilt brat"

Who do we assume is the culprit in a road accident involving a Scooter and a Truck? "The Driver must be drunk and sleepy"

You stop your Car at a traffic signal, and a two-wheeler hits your car from behind. You get down with anger, frustration lining up all bad words you can think of...what will be your reaction if you find the 2-wheeler driver is a:

School going kid / an old gentleman / a lady / a Swiggy guy / a humble guy who apologizes even before you react!

Do I teach you do do you Learn?

It is well established that people understand and consume things as per their perception, irrespective of how much I explain.

If daily communication and interactions are so difficult, I wonder how academic teachings are dealt with. How much of teacher's skills, ability, communication skills matters to a student's ability to learn?

Probably the job of a teacher is to demonstrate and explain to their best abilities on the subject. It is upto each individual on their grasping ability and how they consume the content.

Probably that's why there are students who learn everything and few others find it difficult to learn anything, despite having same source and quality of teaching.

Do teachers come to teach? Or students go to Learn?

Nobody can probably teach anyone anything, you can only make them think.

My sister who is a Teacher by profession, clarified that unlike daily communications, teaching deals with cognitive aspect of the brain and no emotions, ego involved.

GI & Listening

Our GI is beautifully designed and our Stomach and the Intestines are pre-programmed to consume only the nutrients and discard everything else.

No matter what you eat, regardless of cuisine, cost of the food, taste, they just consume what they are designed to, and everything else becomes Shit!

Our Listening mechanism unfortunately doesn't work that way.

People say good listening shouldn't be judgmental. But what to listen and what to ignore itself is being judgmental.

We process information what we need and ignore what we think we don't need in every single conversation or any information consumption.

So, we decide what to process, how to process based on our judgement at that point, more than what information we are actually receiving.

Sorry, I got no time.

Sorry, I got no time.

Sorry, I have work, can't make it,

Sorry, I can't take off today,

I would have loved to join, but I can't.

A sense of achievement, having well established, is when you will be able to find time, make time.

Who doesn't like being around people who make time for you!?

Time never stops for anyone, neither does the events nor life. Time is allocated to us, if we don't use time to free ourselves, it will be gone and never come back.

Even an understanding mind gets tired of being understanding of how you can't take time off!

The run for the Exams

Another season of Exams..parents n kids all worked up, with dreams, anticipations, hopes, stress and tension in the air.

Haven't met many of my friends, haven't had our regular group catch ups for over 2 months now, as everyone wants to just be there for their children and be around them, while they slog and burn some midnight oil.

I should be the last person to be even talking about children, exams and parental pressures, as neither am I a parent nor did I ever take education and academics seriously.

No way am I taking an iota away from the importance from education and exams.

End of the day, exams and education in general should aim to prepare kids to think, understand and process information logically, and not just byheart and vomit in the exams to score marks.

Majority of my Employees who are Engineers, are poor in communication and logical thinking ability.

Low scores, the prefix of your graduation no way reflects the abilities when they enter a professional setup.