It is funny how elders teach from birth it is wrong to be shrewd in various ways. When encountering a guy like the main character in slumdog millionaire we were constantly told NOT to be like that guy. It is wrong to be shrewd! DON'T go on the streets! are you crazy? you'll be duped by unscruplous people!
But in adult world it is shrewdness that saves us more often than not. Being LEFT brained and obseessively correct is NOT always your ticket to success and happiness. Being shrewd saves you from expending SO MUCH energy and PAIN of suffering. It is good to be SMART.
Is my job to educate other rigid left brained folks about why it is good to be SHREWD? Absolutely NOT! My job is to learn how to use this streetsmart so that it benefits ME. YES ME first.I was surprised when an intelligent and smart guy said Gandhi and Mother Theresa are shrewd but then I realized WHY it is so.
It is only way to HAVE the CAKE and EAT it TOO . What good is having a cake if you cannot eat it?
Monday, January 18, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Improv class
So I wanted give my quick thinking a boost and joined a comedy Improv course. The first class was today and it was really cool seeing everyone think on thier feet, come up with something creative. It was cool to do random stuff like word association games, walking randomly and saying hi and bye to random people, emote like a duck, cat, ,owl, say funny sounding words and feel silly. There was a 3 step scenes game to be enacted between two people where 1 person says something and the 2nd person has to say yes reagardless, and the first person reacts to it and on and on. It was really fun seeing people coming up with random stories and making other go YES even when they strongly wanted to say NO.
It was the first time to perform in such a group and though acting these 3 scenes were difficult it was fun nevertheless.
It was the first time to perform in such a group and though acting these 3 scenes were difficult it was fun nevertheless.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
KWML around me
KWML for those unawares is a jungian psychological classification of people into 4 basic temperaments. King/Queen, Warrior, Magician and Lover. For more on KWML go to www.doctorpaul.net
Kings/Queens are left brained, nurturing, slow to action people - Matt Daemon, Good will Hunting.
Warriors are left brained, confident hogh octane action oriented people - Russell Crowe in gladiator, One of my friends Alex.
Lovers are right brained, artistic philosophers and are slow to action like Kings/queens - Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge.
Magicians are right brained, artisitc action takers - Easy to spot but very few in numbers - Jim Carrey, Vince Vaugn.
With that background, I started to read KWML of those around me and re-evaluate my stand on the KWML spectrum. The test (www.kwml.com) puts me as a lover and the job I do demands to be a King and I love solving problems. Or lets just say I believe identifying a problem is half as good as solving the problem itself. I work by this paradigm.
Going back to KWML I am a lover and my close buddy is a warrior. Another dude at work I get along pretty well is a warrior too. Interestingly we agree on same issues but for very different reasons. Warrior women friends like to hang out with me just because they are amused at how I keep cool head. But it is constant struggle to be around them consistently because they don't get a joke and they take any comment too literally and get pissed off quite often. Yeah they need growing for sure. And I just cannot get along with some immature warrior women at all. This one girl I had amazing chemistry early on was a warrior and had too little patience. The initial passion was great but then it died out because she was too aggressive for my liking. It always is a heavy work to be constantly surrounded by warriors who don't like to be lighter hearted.On the other hand I get along very well with magicians as they don't give a damn and just concentrate on having fun. When they are quite which is rare it seems perfect to have that quiteness. While calmness with lovers girls is boring, calmness with queens/kings is interesting to some extent but boring on ongoing basis.
Kings/Queens are left brained, nurturing, slow to action people - Matt Daemon, Good will Hunting.
Warriors are left brained, confident hogh octane action oriented people - Russell Crowe in gladiator, One of my friends Alex.
Lovers are right brained, artistic philosophers and are slow to action like Kings/queens - Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge.
Magicians are right brained, artisitc action takers - Easy to spot but very few in numbers - Jim Carrey, Vince Vaugn.
With that background, I started to read KWML of those around me and re-evaluate my stand on the KWML spectrum. The test (www.kwml.com) puts me as a lover and the job I do demands to be a King and I love solving problems. Or lets just say I believe identifying a problem is half as good as solving the problem itself. I work by this paradigm.
Going back to KWML I am a lover and my close buddy is a warrior. Another dude at work I get along pretty well is a warrior too. Interestingly we agree on same issues but for very different reasons. Warrior women friends like to hang out with me just because they are amused at how I keep cool head. But it is constant struggle to be around them consistently because they don't get a joke and they take any comment too literally and get pissed off quite often. Yeah they need growing for sure. And I just cannot get along with some immature warrior women at all. This one girl I had amazing chemistry early on was a warrior and had too little patience. The initial passion was great but then it died out because she was too aggressive for my liking. It always is a heavy work to be constantly surrounded by warriors who don't like to be lighter hearted.On the other hand I get along very well with magicians as they don't give a damn and just concentrate on having fun. When they are quite which is rare it seems perfect to have that quiteness. While calmness with lovers girls is boring, calmness with queens/kings is interesting to some extent but boring on ongoing basis.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
A decent "running" speed
I finally broke the 10 min/mi barrier and today I can call it a "run" NOT a jog or a walk but all of this on a treadmill :-/ So still a long way to go till I make it consistent on the real surface with ups and downs along the path. But what is satisfying is that I was doing 15 min/mi in June. So 5 min per mile is a solid gain.
In nomine Patri. Et Fili. Spiritus Sancti. Amen!
Did I forget to mention how long did I run with this pace? not yet right? for 45 mins making the actual pace to 9:53 min/mi.
So yes there is progress and there will be till I make it possible. I am psyched up! Now much awaited rest! ciao people.
In nomine Patri. Et Fili. Spiritus Sancti. Amen!
Did I forget to mention how long did I run with this pace? not yet right? for 45 mins making the actual pace to 9:53 min/mi.
So yes there is progress and there will be till I make it possible. I am psyched up! Now much awaited rest! ciao people.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Diet realignment.
Since my last post I have been intensively googling to find how to get to the best shape of my life. I immediately realized that in my quest to keep my weight constant I am actually starting to lose it! ironically! Why?
Well because I am running more often, my body is using up ALL the energy and is craving for more. But the consumption is constant so the net is negative.
After yesterday's 13 mile run... errrr... Jog...walk... well run-walk-jog all in one, I was voraciously hungry. So I decided to push aside my food allergy (no I have no food allergies) and ate about 2800 calories (counting made possible by http://www.livestrong.com/ btw I am in love with this site). This made me feel much better.
Now with this new calorie counting tool in tow with the new diet realization and not to forget calcium (oh yes I added it to my daily intake) and Vitamin D. I hope to charge further in achieving my goal! Half Marathon! here I come.
Well because I am running more often, my body is using up ALL the energy and is craving for more. But the consumption is constant so the net is negative.
After yesterday's 13 mile run... errrr... Jog...walk... well run-walk-jog all in one, I was voraciously hungry. So I decided to push aside my food allergy (no I have no food allergies) and ate about 2800 calories (counting made possible by http://www.livestrong.com/ btw I am in love with this site). This made me feel much better.
Now with this new calorie counting tool in tow with the new diet realization and not to forget calcium (oh yes I added it to my daily intake) and Vitamin D. I hope to charge further in achieving my goal! Half Marathon! here I come.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Vitamin D deficiency and fatigue.
My doctor recently told me that I have vitamin D deficiency and am on a course of 15 day D-vita-boost.
Out of curiosity I googled vitamin D deficiency and found lot of correlation between this and fatigue. Now I am able to connect the dots or so I think.
Till 2007 I pretty much lived a sedentary lifestyle and out of frustration turned Anger turned Motivation I started working out bit by bit and completed two 20 mile walks since. But it was not enough (well I am not tooting my horns yet). With this little success I am training to run atleast a half marathon this october. However I noticed decline in my performance since I started training. Besides stretching, icing etc I still seem to get fatigued quickly and feel less energetic for my next run. I could not figure out the reason even after thinking till my wits end. I mean I have a pretty decent protein intake and decent carb intake.
Then comes this vitamin D realization out of nowhere. Fatigue was not the precise reason why I visited the doc in the first place. However since he just blurted out vitamin D deficiency keyword it got me started. Since past 5 days I am seeing an improvement in my energy levels. I hope it is the vita-D secret! or is it the 3 week vacation that ended 5 days ago? Time will tell... till then I am happy with my doctor. Hope he did not hide more from me.
Out of curiosity I googled vitamin D deficiency and found lot of correlation between this and fatigue. Now I am able to connect the dots or so I think.
Till 2007 I pretty much lived a sedentary lifestyle and out of frustration turned Anger turned Motivation I started working out bit by bit and completed two 20 mile walks since. But it was not enough (well I am not tooting my horns yet). With this little success I am training to run atleast a half marathon this october. However I noticed decline in my performance since I started training. Besides stretching, icing etc I still seem to get fatigued quickly and feel less energetic for my next run. I could not figure out the reason even after thinking till my wits end. I mean I have a pretty decent protein intake and decent carb intake.
Then comes this vitamin D realization out of nowhere. Fatigue was not the precise reason why I visited the doc in the first place. However since he just blurted out vitamin D deficiency keyword it got me started. Since past 5 days I am seeing an improvement in my energy levels. I hope it is the vita-D secret! or is it the 3 week vacation that ended 5 days ago? Time will tell... till then I am happy with my doctor. Hope he did not hide more from me.
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