Allwyn's Blog- The Journey

Success is elusive as always. There is no special formulae or thumb rule to succeed. Do you know why? Success is a comparative term .. One may feel successful but adjourned not successful by others. Your goal or finish line may not be the same as of others as goals are usually influenced by our life and circumstances. To understand better, for a poor man if he is able to earn enough to feed his family, buy them clothing, give them a shelter he can consider himself successful whereas a rich man need not worry about the basic needs, he considers himself successful only when he has earned his fortune. To be successful if you are chasing someone else goal, you may get a participation certificate but not the medal. You are your only judge who can judge whether you are successful or not. Usually you don’t need to be worried about others judgment, but it is very important to fix appropriate goals. You can’t set an unrealistically high goals or unbelievably low goals. Not on...

From being an easy-going youngster in the Engineering College in the late 90’s to ambitious Engineering graduate to being a team leader of highly aspiring Engineers, I have been in many stressful situations ranging from missed targets to unsolved problems to successful moments, on the other hand performing the balancing act between the family and profession. There were lighter moments as well as heavier moments, moments when everyone come to the rescue and moments where I am let alone to handle stressful situation. It has been an awesome journey so far in my professional career. I would like to share some of my experience and practice for those who struggle handling the work related stress. Why I decided to write about work related stress? Let alone the budding stars, usually work environment is unforgiving and ruthless, which even tests the capabilities of the seasoned and  experienced professionals.  Work stress d...

What would you do if you get a bag full of money? It may be a hypothetical situation for many of us and reality for many others. Anyways once the question creeps up the first thing everyone imagines is about the size of the bag? Is it USD or other currency? Let’s assume the bag weighs 20kg with highest denomination of your countries currency.  Will you keep the bag in a strong room & keep counting many times or put the money into full use..  My take on what to do with the bag of money. This post is not to tell the readers how to use the bag full of money but to open-up the minds and use the bag full of money efficiently and effectively through systematic thinking.  

Take a piece of paper or if you are bold enough go for a white board and marker... But why Paper and pen? If you hold your nerves I will tell. Take a deep breath.. Breath In.. Breath out.. five times you are ready now... List down your strengths & Weakness.. at-least five each of them... Adds a feather to the Crown.. Pretty happy & Excited If you are able to list down your key strength and weakness then its time to transform your weakness to strength.. If your are not able to list then its really time to work on yourself to identify your strengths and weakness. We all were supposed to be perfect without any weakness in an ideal world, but unfortunately the world has so many variants, forcing us to develop weakness which is basically the short coming to handle the variants. This article will help the readers identify their strength & weakness and will be a guide to transform weakness to strength. Transforming  weakness to strength...

In schools, colleges, work place we always hear the phrases Innovation is the key, Be creative. Think out of box etc.. Ask anyone “ Tell me about yourself” 99 out 100 would say I am optimistic, Innovative and creative. In a context those who preach to be innovative and creative, as well as the one who claims to be innovative and creative may not necessarily have a good understanding about what it means? Are we taught to be innovative and creative in schools, colleges or University.. It's a big no.... Then how to be innovative and creative? one need to figure out himself/herself. I have decided to write about innovation and creativity to share my opinion about creativity and Innovation. I leave it to the audience or readers to decide its right decision to write about the very wage and really close terminologies, I hope my post possess the creativity & the X-factor.  Let me put innovation in this way- It's doing things differently. ...

What makes our lives very interesting is that no one knows or even have idea about what will happen the next minute or second. Its real wastage of time guessing the future. Its equally annoying to keep worrying about the past.   Prepare yourself for the future and cherish your past. Learn from your mistakes and write your own future and on the way enjoy the present. When you ride the wave, even rough waves can be tamed, on contrary, if you don't ride the wave, even a small wave unfolds like a monster swallowing everything on its way. Are you asking me, why to put efforts when neither future nor the past is out of our control? Without efforts you will not have anything to cherish, rather you will drown in your own tears remembering the missed opportunities.   Can we make Alterations in our life? Yes why not, but only on the future, not on the past. One can easily drop his current profession, deciding to become a writer, traveler, wanderer etc.. etc... O...

How to be captain cool?This is  an article which focuses on how to keep the emotions under control and remain cool. Though it is impossible to be chill like ice at all times, as emotions surge results in tension, stress, anxiety, or anger. Letting loose your emotions once in a while helps release the pressure. Our mind is like a pressure cooker, if the pressure is not vented properly it will explode with severe damages. Dancing, Music, Workout, Meditation are some few ways of reducing the tension or stress developed from within. Here I am not going to talk about the ways to release the pressure rather through light on how to avoid developing internal pressure. There is no thumb rule to be captain cool as the environment and situation vary widely. Typically these are few steps which will avoid increase in barometer. Being Patient: Being patient is the first and foremost mantra to be cool. Crane waits in murky,muddy river patiently, in one leg until th...

Are you a confused person? Probably you are taking way too many opinion from everyone you meet. Too many opinions doesn’t let you come to a conclusion rather keeps you confused always. Ok now other way around you are not a confused person.. that's great you respect self opinion and you take only opinion from people who only matters for you.. So how to be selective about opinion. Read through to find out.... What is opinion: In general, opinion is a viewpoint or statement or judgment which is not conclusive and not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. Expert opinion is statement of advise given by experts on professional matters. Second opinion is verifying the advise given by an expert with another expert. When to seek opinion: Imagine you were struck in a situation where you are not able to take a decision or when you don't have prior experience, only then seek for opinion . Suppose you have to  travel  from city X to city Y for th...

What happens If... post deals with negative thoughts which flashes in our mind when we are planning to pursue our dreams or ambition. The ambition need not be creating a billion dollar company, but it can be anything in day today life to dreaming of becoming a successful politician... The most frequent thought which flashes in anyones mind is What happens if I fail.. What happens if I could not perform.. etc.. especially when one has to move from his/her comfort zone. Moving out from the comfort zone is one of the toughest tasks as you may have to sacrifice the comfy working environment, flashing monthly salaries etc.. Negative thoughts brings negative energy and pulls one down and makes the most easiest task look harder. Better said than done, launch a counter attack on the negative thought, What happens if I succeed.. What happens if I perform well.. Ya first you asked yourself What happens if I fail.. which is answered by another que...