Now that 2010 is soon going to become past tense here's a toast to the future - Welcome 2011!
Happy New Year everyone.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
One for the Little Master!
Even a complete off-cricket person like me is waiting for the Little Master to perform the miracle of fifty 100s and hundred 50s in One day internationals. So when he completed his fiftieth century knock in Tests against SA, I had to write something about him. Words fail short and I found a fabulous piece from Gideon Haigh’s book - 'The Sphere of Influence' -
"In his sheer constancy, Tendulkar unwittingly obscures just how completely cricket has been transformed, to the extent that it is almost impossible to imagine his fame being replicated. Who in future will play international cricket for twenty years, losing neither motivation nor mastery? Who in future will master all three forms of the game, capable of spontaneous spectacle and massive entrenchment alike? Who in future will excite us simply by walking onto the field, just a man and a bat, and disappoint so seldom?"
Just his name evokes so much of inspiration!
"In his sheer constancy, Tendulkar unwittingly obscures just how completely cricket has been transformed, to the extent that it is almost impossible to imagine his fame being replicated. Who in future will play international cricket for twenty years, losing neither motivation nor mastery? Who in future will master all three forms of the game, capable of spontaneous spectacle and massive entrenchment alike? Who in future will excite us simply by walking onto the field, just a man and a bat, and disappoint so seldom?"
Just his name evokes so much of inspiration!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
The Bigger Picture
Some people have the knack of making others feel good about situations in specific and life in general. This happened long back but I am jotting this down when I came across someone exactly opposite to the main protagonist of this tale ;)
Walking down the aisle of a reputed, typical multi storied IT company, we were 3 scared professionals. One of us was a little extra disturbed and he had been in a state of nervous breakdown for quite some time. There came a beautiful HR and asked him for some documents. The nervous wreck that he was, he fumbled and dropped his entire file contents onto the floor, much to our dismay. We expected a blasting from the HR or at least a disgusted look. Instead the lady smiled, bent down and as she helped him collect his papers commented - "Why are you so nervous? It's just an interview, an extremely miniscule entity to something much larger - your life. Never forget about the bigger picture and start worrying about such short films". Saying so she winked! I could see the effect on the guy as he regained his composure.
If I ever own a company, I would love to have someone like that represent the face of my company. Swear the lovely lady just made my day!
Walking down the aisle of a reputed, typical multi storied IT company, we were 3 scared professionals. One of us was a little extra disturbed and he had been in a state of nervous breakdown for quite some time. There came a beautiful HR and asked him for some documents. The nervous wreck that he was, he fumbled and dropped his entire file contents onto the floor, much to our dismay. We expected a blasting from the HR or at least a disgusted look. Instead the lady smiled, bent down and as she helped him collect his papers commented - "Why are you so nervous? It's just an interview, an extremely miniscule entity to something much larger - your life. Never forget about the bigger picture and start worrying about such short films". Saying so she winked! I could see the effect on the guy as he regained his composure.
If I ever own a company, I would love to have someone like that represent the face of my company. Swear the lovely lady just made my day!
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