winning

Enterprise sales are about winning people and their trust. At the same time, one cannot make everyone happy. We have many sales closed because stakeholders believed in us and, we delivered our promise with time. In numerous instances, our believers switched organizations and got us there as well. We closed multiple sales just by delighting those who believed in our journey.

We had gone through dozen-odd meetings where our potential buyer would ask us to come back next set of features. It would be never-ending.

We did it because we were also learning and desperately needed early product uses. With time we realized about qualified or unqualified sales prospects. It would take us a few meetings to pursue or move on. I think time and experience made us better than before.

We are still not perfect and, it’s day zero for us. But one thing is sure, people or customers have to like you before buying your product.

sometimes

Sometimes I feel like I have all-time in the world. It is just people around me are running. Is something wrong with me? Why am I not running and acting busy all the time? Does it make me less aspirational? Are they all have everything sorted that they are running for their true north?

Daily Traffic, grocery shopping, or even at the hospital, I feel this same race.

I don’t know. But it feels weird.

Land Of The Seven Rivers

Last week I picked up Land Of The Seven Rivers by Sanjeev Sanyal.
I loved the book and the amount of research the author has gone through writing the book. It starts with Harappa culture, talking about the Aryans, and goes from Mahabharata to all old Kingdoms and the Mughals.

I could imagine walking as reading the chapters. The end was with changing Indian landscape and the development of Gurgaon with changing economic liberalization.

The book covers good history on the origin of major Indian cities and British raj.

You like the history and geography of the Indian subcontinent. This book is a good read.

mother

I am not sure why mom cries every time I leave her and come back to Bangalore. I sometimes wonder if these are uncontrolled emotions and, I can do nothing much about it.

Being a mother is not easy; Apart from carrying in her womb for nine months. Mothers see their children grow, accept all their tantrums. It is like constant work in progress till eternity.

I am not sure what we can do in return to keep her content, happy with all she has done for us; Apart from spending more time with her.

I am going to ask my sister sometimes the same question. She is raising her first child.

leap of faith

Last week I met a friend and got to know about him getting married. I congratulated and asked the background story. He mentioned meeting his wife over Instagram. I was shocked and surprised when he mentioned their leap of faith and how it worked for them.

In my life, I have made a few friends at random places and closed many sales over the coffee conversation.

I am not saying the world is a perfect place but it is not imperfect either. We don’t have to start looking for reasons for everything. Being a cynic or perfectionist is not the only virtue humanity needs, sometimes a leap of faith does wonders too.

husn

Sab ghum rahe hai apni husn ka zalwa liye. Poochte phir rahe hai auroo se kimat khud ka.

Khoye hue hai khud se, kar nai rahe yakeen khoye hone ka. Auroo se aise pesh aa rahe hai ji mano khud he khuda hai.

Mazhab, imaan aur zindgi bann gaye hai auroo ki mehfil me bhatakne ke liye. Koi kabhi cha-h-ke aur kabhi na-chah-te hue unki husn ke tarif kar baithta hai.

Auro ki tarif ku gumar is karar sar chad jata hai mano khud kya hai auro ne he tai kar diya ho.

Madari ke bandar ke mafik, chand logo ke wah-wahi ke liye kya ho gaye hai hum? Apne husn ki numaish kiye za rahe hai hum.

Kya itne akele pad gaye hai hum ki khud ki zindgi bazaar ki numaish ban gaye hai.

contest

People advise what to wear or act on certain occasions, like a dressed monkey for a grand feast. There have been a few instances where people acted lowly because of my dressing.

I wonder who decides what we should wear or how we carry ourselves: consumerism lobby, which thrives on selling more? All are chasing it like rats believing it’s our bucket list? We are throwing authenticity and originality to the dustbin on a quest of fitting into this world.

We eat, act, project, or behave how others want us to see. My simple question is, why? As long as we are not offending anyone, why can we not be as we are?

Be it personal or professional life: I end up meeting lab rats of consumerism and society faking and making up like life is a popularity contest. I have nothing against them. It is just that my time is not for them.

Saher

Ja raha hun tere saher se kuch yadoo ko liye. Simate apne dil ke sandook me.

Ye saher itna madmast kyun hai, yahan ke log itne mast kyun hai. Sabke sab thame se jaan padte hai. Koi bhaag dauur sa nai hai, sab apne man ke malik se hain.

Aisa lagta hai ke aa gaya hun mae sapno ke duniya me jahan sabkuch acha sa he hai.

Kya ye saher sach me aisa hai? Kya iss saher ke log sach me itne ache hai? Ya ye mere mann ki karistaani hai jo bas aankho ke samne achee cheezo ko he dekhte zaan padta hai?

Tumse mila, aur kitne dosto se mila, sab insaan se he jaan padte hai. Koi kuch dikhawa nai kar raha, sab apne Zindgi ko bass jite hue se jaan padte hai.

Ache see he hai zindgi aisa lagta hai mujhe, kya lagta hai tumhe? Kya mae sapno ke duniya me hun?

How democracies die

Last week while traveling, I had picked up: How democracies die. As the title suggests, the book talks about changing countries ruling from democracy to dictatorship. In the chapter, the author cites many examples of how the dictators, from the crowd selected by the democratic process and slowly and gradually started killing the pillars of democracy.

The hate among the ruling and opposition, running media like a PR agency, and running judiciary like a personal agency are a few signs of how an elected democratic ruler becomes a dictator.

In one of the chapters, the author mentions how Trump wanted to do something similar, but his own party, opposition, strong press, and judiciary cut his clips and plans.

Love

People have written about love. People have lost lives for it. Like others, I have fallen in love as well. But what I have witnessed is different from what people have written, spoken, or made a movie.

There is no boundary, limitations, bucket list, or checklist. Love comes with freedom and trust. I see people becoming control freaks or possessive and call it love. You cannot cage someone or control them and in love. Also, love cannot distract or affect you from your daily, day-to-day life. It is part of you, not something external force-fed.

If you love someone, you need to set them free. You should not dictate your terms or let them dictate you. It suffocates both actors. The relationship ends up being robotic and toxic.

Both parties need to live, accompany and contribute to their success by being together in it. Lastly, love is not what media, marketers, advertisers are selling us all day.